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In late March, Ørsted awarded OEG Energy Group subsidiary Specialist Marine Consultants a three-year contract to provide crane and lift servicing, lifting inspection and maintenance support across the company’s six German offshore wind farms. The award, which includes options for two one-year extensions, covers: Inspections of lifting equipment, cranes, service lifts, and associated electrical and… Read More
The American Clean Power Association (ACP) issued the following statement from Moira Cyphers, ACP Director of Atlantic Offshore & Eastern State Affairs, regarding the announcement from Massachusetts and Rhode Island that they will delay offshore wind contract awards until at least June 30, 2025: “Several states are now confronted with a crucial decision about whether… Read More
Our subsea rock installation vessel Rockpiper recently completed a major project in the North Sea. The development of the East Anglia Three offshore wind farm required the installation of 95 rock berms that serve as scour protection for the future wind turbine foundations and one pre-lay rock pad as foundation for the future offshore converter… Read More
In a few years, the blades of exactly one hundred wind turbines in RWE’s 1.4 GW Sofia offshore wind farm in the North Sea will be rotating continuously. But in order to install the foundations, turbines and blades, dredging work must first be carried out. Not in the future wind farm itself but at the… Read More
WASHINGTON — Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum has directed the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management to hold the next scheduled oil and gas lease sale in the Gulf of America. America’s Outer Continental Shelf contains a significant source of oil and gas for the nation’s energy supply, and BOEM’s latest estimates of technically recoverable oil… Read More
Today, Ørsted A/S held its annual general meeting, where the following decisions were adopted: The audited annual report for 2024 and appropriation of profit The audited annual report for 2024 was approved. In accordance with the proposal of the Board of Directors, no dividend is paid to the shareholders for the financial year 2024. Discharge,… Read More
Pine Tree Offshore Wind has requested that the talks be temporarily suspended, citing ‘recent shifts in the energy landscape.’ Three years after they began, negotiations over a proposed power contract for an offshore floating wind farm in the Gulf of Maine have come to an abrupt halt, with the developer citing “recent shifts in the… Read More
Legal challenges, economic factors and Trump administration policies are all creating problems for commercial wind farms. Welders are hard at work at the Paulsboro Marine Terminal, four years after New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy announced a $250 million investment from offshore wind energy companies in a new manufacturing facility. But instead of putting together massive… Read More
MORE than £300 million could be generated for the local economy if a proposed offshore wind farm goes ahead. This follows the announcement of a partnership between Portland Port and European renewable energy company Source Galileo – which could bring 132 wind turbines to an area off the Dorset coast. The energy firm has projects in Scandinavia and the Irish Sea… Read More
Pine Tree Offshore Wind cites “recent shifts in the energy landscape.” Three years after they began, negotiations over a proposed power contract for an offshore floating wind farm in the Gulf of Maine have come to an abrupt halt, with the developer citing “recent shifts in the energy landscape that have in particular caused uncertainty… Read More
The agency, led by Trump loyalist Lee Zeldin, just revoked one offshore wind farm’s permit. Now anti-wind groups are trying to leverage a Republican-run EPA. The Environmental Protection Agency revoked an essential Clean Air Act permit last month from Atlantic Shores, an offshore wind development slated to be built off the New Jersey coast. One of the… Read More
Massachusetts’ latest attempt to procure more offshore wind power is now running nearly a full year behind schedule. Last September, the state selected 2,678 megawatts of offshore wind power from three projects during a competitive auction. This kicked off contract negotiations between the state and developers, though in the time since, one of those projects removed itself from… Read More
US offshore wind projects are facing even more headwinds as the town of Nantucket and activist groups are challenging three offshore wind projects off the Massachusetts coast. Town officials filed an appeal in the US District Court for the District of Columbia, challenging the decision by the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) to allow… Read More
RTE’s gigantic investment plan for the French grid will be reviewed annually to keep spending focus French transmission system operator RTE has fired the starting gun on a €100bn ($108bn) investment plan that will include a big increase in funding for connecting offshore wind farms over a 15-year period. RTE’s investment programme for the first… Read More
The town of Nantucket filed an appeal in federal court Thursday, alleging that the SouthCoast Wind project was improperly permitted and will harm the island’s “heritage tourism economy.” The appeal was filed in U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. The plaintiffs are targeting the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM), claiming it violated federal law… Read More