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Authorities, R&D, Technology
Danish government has designated Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy’s wind-to-hydrogen pilot project currently under development nearby the company’s Danish headquarters in Brande as an official regulatory energy test zone. The test zone permit gives Siemens Gamesa dispensation from electricity regulations in order to test its potential future application for both onshore and offshore wind. The project, […]
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Ørsted has taken a final investment decision (FID) on the H2RES green hydrogen demonstration project in Denmark and expects first hydrogen production in late 2021. The project, to be built at Avedøre Holme in Copenhagen, will comprise a 2 MW electrolysis plant with appurtenant hydrogen storage, with the production powered by Ørsted’s two Siemens Gamesa […]
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Authorities, Business & Finance
The UK Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) has launched an Offshore Wind Investment Programme to support the delivery of manufacturing investment in the offshore wind supply chain in disadvantaged or deprived regions in the UK. UK-registered businesses can apply until 11:59 p.m. on 30 May for a grant funding for major investments in […]
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Business & Finance, Environment, Jobs & Recruitment, Operations & Maintenance, Ports & Logistics, Wind Farm Update
Irish energy company ESB and Equinor will jointly develop a 1.4 GW Moneypoint floating offshore wind farm off the West Coast of Ireland. The Moneypoint wind farm will be developed off the coast of Counties Clare and Kerry in two phases. Once complete, the wind farm will be capable of powering more than 1.6 million […]
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Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders
HSBC has issued a green trade finance facility raising USD 48 million (around EUR 40 million) for UAE-based Lamprell to support the company’s fabrication work for the Seagreen offshore wind farm in Scotland. The facility, for which HSBC was the sole arranger, is the first green guarantee in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) […]
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Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders
Ørsted has chosen Denmark-based Green Hydrogen Systems (GHS) as the supplier of electrolysis technology for the H2RES offshore wind-to-hydrogen demonstration project. The 2 MW electrolysis plant at the Avedøre Power Station will be built around GHS modular electrolysers powered by two 3.6 MW offshore wind turbines. GHS, one of the project partners, announced that it […]
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Authorities, Business & Finance, Grid Connection, Jobs & Recruitment
Britain’s energy regulators are putting billions of pounds of green infrastructure investment at risk by overseeing an energy market which favours EU energy imports at the expense of home-grown schemes, new research has shown. Electricity generators in the UK pay transmission charges for the cost of building and maintaining the network, set by the regulator […]
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Contracts & Tenders, Environment, Technology
Dutch energy major Shell has awarded the Australian engineering company Worley a services contract to support the development of a new 200 MW electrolysis-based hydrogen plant in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. The new plant will be powered by renewable energy from an offshore wind farm that is currently in development, Worley said. Once complete, the green […]
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Siemens Gamesa and Siemens Energy are joining forces to develop a solution that fully integrates an electrolyzer into an offshore wind turbine as a single synchronized system to directly produce green hydrogen. Siemens Gamesa will adapt its development of SG 14-222 DD – the world’s most powerful offshore wind turbine – to integrate an electrolysis […]
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Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update
Amazon has signed a ten-year corporate power purchase agreement with Ørsted to offtake the output of 250 MW from Ørsted’s planned 900 MW Borkum Riffgrund 3 offshore wind farm in Germany. This CPPA will contribute to Amazon’s target of being 100 per cent renewable by 2030 as part of the company’s goal to reach net-zero […]
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Siemens Gamesa has highlighted strong opportunities for the wind industry in green hydrogen production, which is reinforcing the growing global wind energy capacity expected to be installed over the next decade. The growth in global wind energy capacity, including a sharp increase in offshore wind installations from 2024, will be reinforced by the enormous potential of […]
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Business & Finance, Technology, Wind Farm Update
An offshore hydrogen production plant powered by electricity from a floating wind turbine is scheduled to be put into operation next year in France. The hydrogen production system will be installed at the SEM-REV demonstration site, off the coast of Le Croisic in France where it will be linked with the Floatgen wind turbine. According […]
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Business & Finance, Environment, R&D, Technology, Wind Farm Update
Chemicals giant BASF and RWE have presented a project to build a 2 GW offshore wind farm that would power BASF’s chemical site in Ludwigshafen, Germany, and enable CO2-free production of hydrogen. No public subsidies would be needed for the construction of the wind farm, which is already in the planning stage, the companies said. […]
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Grid Connection, R&D, Technology
The VindØ consortium has revealed its vision of the world’s first energy island. The VindØ consortium comprises two of Denmark’s largest pension funds, PensionDanmark and PFA, and Denmark’s largest utility company, Andel. The artificial island, made of submersible concrete boxes, is to be built in the Danish part of the North Sea, around 100 kilometres […]
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Siemens Gamesa’s plan to double the size of its blade manufacturing plant in Hull, the UK, will create 250 new jobs. The jobs number was revealed during the UK Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak’s visit to Siemens Gamesa’s facilities at the Green Port Hull complex. During a tour of the factory, Chancellor Sunak met […]
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Contracts & Tenders, Ports & Logistics
Global Energy Group (GEG) has signed an agreement with ScottishPower’s newly established Green Hydrogen Business to explore the best solution to power the operations at the Port of Nigg with green hydrogen. The companies will undertake a feasibility study to assess the full potential range of processes that could be supported by hydrogen and the […]
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Van Oord has placed an order with VARD for a next-generation green cable-laying vessel for the offshore wind sector. According to Van Oord, the vessel will be fully operational in 2023 and the investment is part of the company’s strategy to strengthen its position in the offshore wind market. Apart from the possibility to run […]
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California is set to allocate USD 20 million to support offshore wind development in its 2021-2022 budget, on which the state government is currently working. Governor Gavin Newsom presented the US state’s revised 2021-2022 budget on 14 May, before the final budget is established this Summer. The ‘May Revision’ includes USD 912 million in investments to accelerate […]
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Authorities, Business & Finance, Environment, Grid Connection, Ports & Logistics, R&D, Technology
Denmark has reached a landmark agreement on the construction of an energy hub in the North Sea. The energy hub will be an artificially constructed island 80 kilometers from the shore of the peninsula Jutland. Around 200 wind turbines with a combined capacity of 3 GW are expected to be installed in the first phase […]
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Norwegian Electric Systems (NES) has won a contract from Green Yard Kleven to deliver the energy design and smart control solution to Rem Offshore’s new construction service vessel (CSV). NES will supply the energy design and system solution with a battery pack for the vessel named Rem Energy, while the delivery also includes options to […]
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Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update
A plan to decarbonise offshore oil and gas assets in the UK through an integrated 200-turbine floating wind and green hydrogen development was revealed today (1 June). The GBP 10 billion (approx. EUR 11.62 billion) project involves installing 200 of the largest floating wind turbines at sites West of Shetland and in the Central North […]
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The US-based Green Shipping Line (GSL) has signed a Teaming Agreement with the Dutch marine vessel engineer DEKC Maritime to pursue Jones Act-compliant offshore wind vessel solutions in the United States. This announcement follows a string of deals by GSL, including an agreement with Keystone Shipping Company to operate future shuttle vessels in the US […]
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Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders
Ørsted is participating in the ScotWind seabed leasing round for offshore wind projects in Scotland. As part of this process, Ørsted has secured a 1.8 GW grid connection from National Grid ESO for use should it secure seabed rights following the leasing round. “Scotland has one of the most ambitious net zero targets in the […]
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Business & Finance, R&D, Technology
Innovation Norway has granted financial support to the Deep Purple project, which is developing a green hydrogen production system powered by offshore wind, with the hydrogen being stored on the seabed. A consortium led by TechnipFMC is working on a pilot project that will see a green hydrogen offshore energy system being constructed and tested […]
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Authorities, Business & Finance
The Polish government has allocated more than EUR 4 billion for offshore wind, port development, and hydrogen production and distribution in its National Reconstruction Plan (KPO). The KPO has been adopted by the Council of Ministers and submitted to the European Commission through which Poland will tap into the EU Reconstruction Fund. More than third […]
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Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update
RWE and ASML, the world’s largest supplier of lithography systems for the semiconductor industry, have signed a Power Purchase Agreement (PPA). Under the terms of the 10-year agreement, which is already underway, ASML will be provided with more than 250 gigawatt-hours of green electricity per year from RWE, a portion of which will be sourced […]
