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NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. — The New Jersey Board of Public Utilities announced it has awarded a 2,400-megawatt contract to Leading Light Wind in its highly competitive third offshore wind solicitation. A partnership between two American companies – lead developer Invenergy and co-developer energyRe, the project is now the largest competitively awarded offshore wind project in the U.S. Leading Light Wind… Read More
Maryland’s nascent offshore wind energy industry suffered a major blow late Thursday when one of the two companies planning to install wind turbines off the coast of Ocean City announced that it was “repositioning” its plans, pulling out of its agreement with the state and seeking alternative financial arrangements to keep the project going. Ørsted,… Read More
Ørsted has signed an agreement with Eversource to acquire Eversource’s 50 % share of Sunrise Wind, a 924 MW offshore wind farm which would deliver power to New York. The acquisition is subject to the successful award of Sunrise Wind in the ongoing New York 4 solicitation for offshore wind capacity, signing of an OREC… Read More
Jan 25 – Norway’s Equinor (EQNR.OL), opens new tab said on Thursday it had entered an agreement with BP (BP.L), opens new tab to independently pursue separate wind projects under its bid for New York’s offshore wind auctions. As part of the agreement, BP would take over full control of the Beacon Wind project, while Equinor takes over the… Read More
HOUSTON and PERTH – Jan. 25, 2024 – McDermott, a premier engineering and construction company, and Baker Hughes, an energy technology company, today announced the safe completion of the installation of subsea infrastructure at the Ichthys field in northern Australia. Awarded to the McDermott and Baker Hughes consortium in 2019 by INPEX Operations Australia P/L (INPEX), the… Read More
Ørsted will release its results for the full year 2023 on Wednesday, 7 February 2024 at approx. 8:00 CET. Mads Nipper, Group President and CEO of Ørsted, and Rasmus Errboe, interim CFO of Ørsted, will present the full-year results and a Capital Markets Update on Wednesday, 7 February at 13:00 CET. The presentation can be… Read More
In a landmark agreement signed in December 2022, Nippon Yusen Kaisha (NYK-Line) partnered with Damen Services to introduce an advanced full mission bridge simulator tailored for offshore wind operations. The simulator, built in cooperation with maritime simulation leader VSTEP Simulation, achieved a critical milestone with the successful completion of Factory Acceptance Testing (FAT) in October. To be… Read More
Lowland state seeks to optimise limited North Sea area for clean energy production. With a relatively short coastline, Belgium has set ambitious goals to boost offshore energy capacity through wind and floating solar panels, the country’s Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of the North Sea told Euronews during an event in Brussels today (23 January)…. Read More
Dive Brief: The California Energy Commission, or CEC, on Friday released a draft strategic plan for offshore wind development, which estimates a potential generation capacity of up to 59.6 GW off the state’s coast and lays out strategies for maximizing that potential. The draft plan was completed in accordance with a 2021 bill passed by the… Read More
The Southeast coast sits at a critical precipice in the climate emergency. We are bearing the brunt of its impacts as coastal erosion, storms, and sea level rise threaten coastal communities, yet our sunny states and breezy coastline have the potential to deliver powerful solutions and have an important role to play in addressing the… Read More
Renewable energy company Ørsted has been named the world’s most sustainable energy developer in Corporate Knights’ 2024 Global 100 index. To triple renewable energy capacity by 2030, we need to unlock more space at land and sea with support from governments and societies – a sustainable approach must be at the core of that journey,… Read More
TOKYO, Jan 22 (Reuters) – The Japanese government launched a third major round of auctions on Friday to select operators for two new offshore wind power areas capable of generating 1.05 gigawatts (GW) in the northern part of the country. One area is in the southern side of the Japan Sea off Aomori prefecture, near… Read More
A draft assessment of the potential impacts of offshore wind fields in the central-Atlantic region is up for public review. The public comment period on the Bureau of Ocean Management’s draft environmental assessment will include two upcoming virtual public hearings. Written comments will be accepted through Feb. 12. The draft environmental assessment examines potential environmental impacts to… Read More
Bidding deadlines in ongoing solicitations for offshore wind power capacity in Massachusetts, Connecticut and Rhode Island have been extended by two months, through the end of March. The three New England states separately announced the revision in their Request for Proposals (RfP) on Thursday without stating the reason for the amended submission timelines. Lauren Diggin,… Read More
New York’s South Fork Wind has become the first utility-scale offshore wind farm to generate power in the US. Danish renewables giant Ørsted announced that South Fork Wind has achieved its 50% installation milestone. Six out of 12 wind turbines are complete and online. “The 7th turbine has also been installed, with components for the… Read More