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An educated workforce fully prepared for employment in the burgeoning offshore wind industry will be emerging soon in Maine. Leaders from the Maine Community College System (MCCS), Maine Maritime Academy (MMA) and Diamond Offshore Wind signed a memorandum of understanding committing to a partnership that will map out workforce needs of the offshore wind industry in Maine and support the… Read More
Approximately 900MW of thermal power is scheduled to come online in Brazil before the end of 2023, according to data from watchdog Aneel. Located in Rio de Janeiro state, the Marlim Azul natural gas-fired plant represents more than half of the total forecast installed capacity, with 566MW. The project, owned by a consortium formed by Pátria Investimentos (50.1%), Shell Brasil (29.9%) and… Read More
The installation of the world’s largest wind turbine has now been completed off the east coast of China making the 16-megawatt turbine operational, China Three Gorges Corporation (CTGC) said in a press release. As it looks to move away from its carbon-heavy energy consumption, China is deploying a mix of technologies to meet its power demands. Interesting… Read More
Breesea Limited, Soundmark Wind Limited, and Sonningmay Wind Limited, a joint venture owned by Ørsted (50 %) and AXA IM Alts and Crédit Agricole Assurances (CAA) (jointly 50 %), today announced that they have signed an agreement on the sale of their transmission assets to Diamond Transmission Partners Hornsea Two Limited (‘DTP’). DTP is a… Read More
Van Oord has completed installing and burying inter-array cables at CrossWind’s Hollandse Kust Noord offshore wind park, bringing it a step closer to being fully operational by the end of this year. The cables are used for connecting the offshore wind turbines and transmitting electricity. Van Oord’s top duo cable-laying vessel Nexus and trencher Dig-It… Read More
SeaVolt, a collaboration between Tractebel, DEME, and Jan De Nul, gets ready for its first floating solar energy test platform to be installed offshore. The platform floatation system is currently located in the port of Ostend, on the Belgian North Sea coast, where main contractor Equans is finalizing assembly. The test platform will be the… Read More
The Department of the Interior on July 20 said it will hold the first-ever offshore wind energy lease sale in the Gulf of Mexico. The areas to be auctioned on August 29, 2023, by the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management have the potential to generate approximately 3.7 gigawatts. The announcement advances the Biden Administration’s efforts to deploy… Read More
Amid soaring costs, wind energy companies canceled two offshore projects in the United States and a third in Britain even as the demand for renewable energy soars. Iberdrola canceled a contract to sell power from a planned wind farm off the coast of Massachusetts while Orsted lost a bid to provide offshore wind power to… Read More
A consortium consisting of global wind and offshore specialists Simply Blue Group and Subsea7, and local renewable energy developer Spark Renewables will be spearheading the development of the Sea Fern Floating Offshore Wind project in the Commonwealth’s newly declared wind zone in the Pacific Ocean off the Hunter, in New South Wales. The project will have… Read More
SouthCoast Wind, the offshore wind JV south of Martha’s Vineyard, has had its application for a wind power transmission cable sidelined by a Rhode Island permitting board. It is the latest in a series of setbacks for the high-profile project, and all are driven by the soaring cost of offshore wind power development. SouthCoast Wind… Read More
Transocean Ltd. announced that an independent operator awarded a 1,080-day contract for a high-specification seventh-generation, ultra-deepwater drillship in the Gulf of Mexico offshore Mexico. One of three drillships will be selected by Transocean from among Deepwater Invictus, Deepwater Thalassa, and Deepwater Proteus no later than one year prior to the earliest date in the commencement… Read More
Standing taller than the Washington Monument, two wind turbines currently sit towering over the Atlantic Ocean, 27 miles off the coast of Virginia Beach. These turbines are part of the pilot project for Dominion Energy’s Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind Program, slated to be completed in 2026. The project will soon grow to include a total… Read More
Ofgem has narrowed down the contenders for ownership and operation of up to three offshore wind farm transmission assets in its “most valuable” Offshore Transmission Owner (OFTO) bidding round to date. Joining the race is Gravis Capital Partners, leading a consortium of newcomers, alongside previous bidders EKITD Consortium, Diamond Transmission Partners, and Transmission Capital Partners. All… Read More
Offshore wind developers with projects lined up for the newly declared Hunter zone off the coast of New South Wales are likely to have to dial back their plans, following the introduction of strict turbine height restrictions this week. Australia’s nascent offshore wind energy industry unanimously welcomed the declaration on Wednesday of the nation’s second… Read More
BOSTON – Just as the U.S. is plunging into the deep end of offshore wind energy development, the nascent domestic industry is facing major supply chain problems, surging costs, permitting delays and other headwinds that could affect the aggressive installation timelines state and federal governments have targeted. Those obstacles, chiefly triggered by the pandemic, inflation… Read More