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Cable giant Prysmian has been chosen to produce and install the cables for two offshore grid connection systems and an underground cable project in Germany in contracts worth €4.5 billion. Transmission System Operator (TSO) Amprion is responsible for getting the grid connection systems installed from the North Sea down to Wehrendorf and Westerkappeln, which means… Read More
As momentum builds for developing offshore wind energy in the Gulf of Maine, a proposed research array of wind turbines is one small-step closer to regulatory approval, after a July determination from the federal Bureau of Ocean Energy Management. The state of Maine is developing the research array in partnership with New England Aqua Ventus…. Read More
The Biden Administration has not included areas offshore North Carolina in the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management’s plans to lease areas for offshore wind projects off the East Coast due to objections raised by the US. Department of Defense, the Carolina Journal reports. The military has long been opposed to offshore wind projects in North Carolina… Read More
The Department of the Interior today announced its approval of the Revolution Wind project. Located about 15 nautical miles southeast of Point Judith, Rhode Island, the project will have an estimated capacity of 704 megawatts of clean energy, capable of powering nearly 250,000 homes. The project is expected to create an estimated 1,200 local jobs… Read More
The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has recently announced that two offshore wind sites located in Eastern North Carolina will not be leased due to objections from The Department of Defense. Democratic Governor Roy Cooper responded by calling the decision “extremely disappointing.” “North Carolina is the most military friendly state in the country and… Read More
Mainstream Renewable Power and Ocean Winds, the joint venture between EDPR and ENGIE, are teaming up to develop their second 500-MW ScotWind site east of Shetland in the northern UK North Sea. This will expand the footprint of the Arven offshore wind farm to 2.3 GW. The first 1.8-GW site was issued to the 50:50… Read More
In 2022, U.S. state governments increased their collective procurements of offshore wind power to over 8,100 MW. While these collective procurement targets have the potential to transform electricity generation in the United States, states have so far come to these targets and approached offshore wind development more generally, on an individual basis. To fully realize the… Read More
The offshore wind sector is navigating uncharted waters with a new set of challenges emerging. While governments have set ambitious targets for the buildout of the sector, many of the leading developers are citing the changing economics of the market, which is causing some of them to review their plans in part due to supply… Read More
Further to the press release issued on 24 July 2023, Ørsted has completed the divestment of 25 % of the London Array Offshore Wind Farm to funds managed by Schroders Greencoat. About Ørsted The Ørsted vision is a world that runs entirely on green energy. Ørsted develops, constructs, and operates offshore and onshore wind farms, solar farms,… Read More
The Dredging Contractors of America (DCA) strongly supports the development of a robust offshore wind industry. “As the industry grows in the United States and along the U.S. East Coast, the DCA and its companies are working with state and federal regulators on matters related to dredging operations,” said William P. Doyle, CEO of the… Read More
HAL acquired 100% of the shares in IQIP Holding B.V. (“IQIP”) in March 2023 and has now agreed to sell 40% of IQIP to AvH Growth Capital NV1 (“AvH”) and 20% to MerweOord B.V. (“MerweOord”). MerweOord has the option to increase its shareholding to 33.33% during 2024, which upon exercise would result in HAL, AvH… Read More
The U.S. Department of Defense and Floventis Energy have reached an agreement to enable operation of the state’s first offshore wind power project in waters near Vandenberg Space Force Base in northern Santa Barbara County, California, the US. The mitigation agreement creates a series of de-confliction protocols for CADEMO’s spinning blades, whose tips will reach… Read More
The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management – the federal agency tasked with leasing federal waters for offshore wind projects – released on July 21 a draft environmental assessment on the potential effects of issuing a federal lease for a floating offshore wind energy research array in federal waters off Monhegan Island. The assessment concludes that… Read More
RWE has designated DeepOcean as a preferred supplier of subsea installation services for the Nordseecluster A offshore wind development. This comprises four wind farm sites in the eastern part of the German North Sea with a planned power output of 1.6 GW project, generated by a minimum of 104 wind turbines. All four wind farms… Read More
Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek is calling for more transparency from the federal Bureau of Ocean Energy Management as officials work to identify areas for potential offshore wind development off the state’s southern coast. BOEM is identifying which sites may be best to build floating wind farms within two “call areas” covering 1,811 square miles of ocean near… Read More