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  • ‘Chilling Signal to Investors in US Market’ | Backlash from Industry, NY State Agencies After US Gov’t Suspends Empire Wind 1 Mid-Construction

    18 April 2025
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Industry, Planning & Permitting

    US renewable energy industry organisations and New York state agencies, as well as the Governor, have responded with criticism to the decision of the US Department of the Interior (DOI) to halt construction on Empire Wind 1. The move has been called a “chilling signal” to investors in the US market by the CEOs of […]

  • Tenders in 2025: Malta, Colombia to Select First Offshore Wind Developers; Ireland, Netherlands to Award New Areas

    1 January 2025
    Authorities, Fixed-Bottom, Floating Wind, Planning & Permitting

    State procurement of new offshore wind farms continues worldwide, with some countries launching their first tenders and others preparing to open their next offshore wind auctions this year. In this article, we are bringing a selection of news published by offshoreWIND.biz in 2024 about tenders planned for 2025. Malta Launches First Offshore Wind Tender On […]

  • All Turbines Up at First South Korean Commercial-Scale Offshore Wind Farm

    18 December 2024
    Fixed-Bottom, Project Updates, Supply Chain, Wind Farm Update, Wind Turbines

    The final wind turbine has been installed at the Jeonnam 1 offshore wind farm in South Korea, the project’s wind turbine supplier Siemens Gamesa said via social media on 18 December. Jeonnam 1, which has a nominal installed capacity of 96 MW, features Siemens Gamesa SG 10.0-193 DD wind turbines and is expected to provide enough […]

  • South Korea Awards Nearly 1.9 GW of Offshore Wind Capacity

    19 December 2024
    Authorities, Fixed-Bottom, Floating Wind, Planning & Permitting

    South Korea’s Ministry of Trade, Industry, and Energy (MOTIE) has awarded a total of 1,886 MW in capacity across four fixed-bottom offshore wind projects and one floating wind project. The projects that were awarded: the 532 MW Anma Offshore Wind (both phases), the 500 MW Taean (Vena Energy and Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners), the 104 MW […]

  • Hitachi Energy Wins HVDC Contracts Worth Over EUR 2 Billion from Amprion

    20 December 2024
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection, Offshore Platforms, Supply Chain

    Hitachi Energy has signed contracts, totalling over EUR 2 billion, with German transmission system operator (TSO) Amprion to deliver four converter stations for two high-voltage direct current (HVDC) links that will support Germany’s clean energy transition. The orders follow the capacity reservation agreement signed in September 2023, under which Hitachi Energy was picked as the […]

  • BlueFloat’s 2.1 GW Gippsland Dawn Offshore Wind Farm Gets Major Project Status

    6 November 2024
    Authorities, Fixed-Bottom, Planning & Permitting, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    The Gippsland Dawn offshore wind project, being developed by BlueFloat Energy, has been granted Major Project Status (MPS) by the Australian Government. Gippsland Dawn is one of 16 projects nationwide to receive this recognition and the second offshore wind project being developed to hold this status, following the Star of the South wind farm. The […]

  • 50Hertz Opens Environmental Consultancy Tender for Danish Part of Bornholm Energy Island Interconnection

    18 December 2024
    Contracts & Tenders, Energy Islands, Environment, Grid Connection, Supply Chain

    Transmission system operator (TSO) 50Hertz has launched a tender for environmental engineering consultancy services for the interconnection between Denmark and Germany, part of Bornholm Energy Island in the Baltic Sea. The TSO is looking to contract an environmental consultancy provider to prepare the Planning Consent and Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA), where required, for Bornholm Energy […]

  • Will Trump Venture to Impose ‘No New (Offshore) Wind Turbines’ Policy and Bring US Industry Supporting 120,000 Jobs to Halt?

    8 January 2025
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Fixed-Bottom, Floating Wind, Planning & Permitting

    During his presidential campaign in 2024, Donald Trump said he would sign an executive order to stop offshore wind farms from being built in the US “on day one”. On 7 January, the US president-elect reiterated the plan which now seems to apply to wind energy on land too, saying he would look into implementing […]

  • The Crown Estate Awards GBP 5 Million in First Supply Chain Accelerator Round

    10 December 2024
    Business & Finance, Business development, Research & Development, Supply Chain

    The Crown Estate has awarded nearly GBP 5 million in funding to 13 organisations across England, Wales, and Scotland in the first round of its Supply Chain Accelerator. According to The Crown Estate, the funding will help kick-start projects drawing down from a GBP 50 million fund established in May this year to accelerate and […]

  • UPDATED: COD for 900 MW German Offshore Wind Farm Pushed Back from End-2025 to Early 2026

    6 December 2024
    Grid Connection, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    The 900 MW Borkum Riffgrund 3 offshore wind farm in Germany will be commissioned in the first quarter of 2026 instead of the initially planned fourth quarter of 2025 due to a delay in the grid connection construction. The cause of the grid connection delay can be traced back to 2020/2021 and the challenges in […]

  • New Agreement to Keep LS Cable & System Busy Offshore South Korea

    21 November 2024
    Business & Finance, Cables, Grid Connection

    Vena Energy’s subsidiary, Taean Wind Power, has selected LS Cable & System as the preferred submarine cable supplier for the 504 MW Taenan offshore wind farm in South Korea. Under the agreement, LS Cable will supply high-voltage subsea cables, which are essential for transmitting renewable energy from offshore turbines to the onshore grid. The company’s […]

  • Ventus Energy Expands into US Offshore Wind Market

    25 November 2024
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

    UK-based high-voltage engineering company Ventus Energy has launched its US entity with two East Coast locations to further support the growing offshore wind industry in the country. Operating as Ventus Energy Incorporated, the primary office is located in Brooklyn, New York, within the Industry City complex. This places it close to key clients and overlooks […]

  • South Korea’s First Commercial-Scale Offshore Wind Farm Delivers First Power

    18 November 2024
    Fixed-Bottom, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    The 96 MW Jeonnam 1 offshore wind farm in South Korea, jointly developed by Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP), SK Innovation E&S, and Copenhagen Offshore Partners (COP), has delivered its first power. Construction on the Jeonnam 1 offshore wind project started in early 2023, with turbine installation commencing in September 2024. Located off the coast of […]

  • Shell Halts Investments in New Offshore Wind Projects, Partners with Equinor to Create ‘UK’s Largest Independent Oil & Gas Company’

    5 December 2024
    Business & Finance, Fixed-Bottom, Floating Wind

    Shell has decided to cease investments in new offshore wind developments as part of a review of the Shell Energy business. The oil and gas major, which has built a significant portfolio of renewable energy and clean fuel projects, will not abandon its existing offshore wind projects, but investing in new offshore wind farms is […]

  • UK Energy Secretary to Decide on Rampion 2 by Early February 2025

    7 November 2024
    Authorities, Fixed-Bottom, Planning & Permitting, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    The UK Planning Inspectorate has submitted its recommendation report on Rampion 2, the proposed 1.2 GW extension to the existing 400 MW Rampion offshore wind farm in Sussex, to the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, who now has three months to issue a decision. The inspectorate closed the examination period in […]

  • US Offshore Wind Farm Encounters Another Construction Hiccup

    5 November 2024
    Fixed-Bottom, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    After a delay in the construction of the onshore substation that also delayed the project’s commercial operation date, the Revolution Wind offshore wind farm in the US has faced a challenge with the installation of one of the offshore substation monopiles. This is according to the information shared by Ørsted in the company’s third-quarter results, […]

  • Petrobras to Start Major Offshore Wind Measurement Campaign Using Brazil-Made Floating LiDARs

    30 October 2024
    Fixed-Bottom, Floating Wind, Planning & Permitting

    Brazil’s oil and gas major, Petrobras, will deploy five new units of a Brazil-made floating LiDAR for wind measurements off the country’s coasts starting this December. The company will invest BRL 60 million (approximately EUR 9.6 million) in the new measurement campaign which follows a one-year deployment of the first floating LiDAR buoy, called Bravo, […]

  • MSPAR Floating Wind Foundation Gets DNV Nod

    16 October 2024
    Business development, Floating Wind, R&D, Research & Development, Technology

    The MSPAR floating offshore wind turbine foundation, developed by South Korea’s Daewoo Engineering & Construction (Daewoo E&C) and Netherlands-based Monobase Wind, has received Approval in Principle (AiP) from DNV. The MSPAR foundation, a hybrid of semi-submersible and SPAR foundation design, is engineered for full assembly at the quayside. This foundation is capable of supporting 15-25 MW […]

  • Dominion Energy Plans to Add 3.4 GW of New Offshore Wind

    17 October 2024
    Business & Finance, Business development, Research & Development

    In its 2024 Integrated Resource Plan (IRP) filed with the Virginia State Corporation Commission (SCC) and the North Carolina Utilities Commission (NCUC), Dominion Energy Virginia laid out multiple portfolio options to meet rising power demand through investments in new power generation, including offshore wind. The IRP is based on a forecast developed by PJM, which […]

  • Australia’s Star of the South Starts Work on Environmental Statements

    17 August 2021
    Wind Farm Update

    The developers of the Star of the South wind farm offshore Australia are starting work on the Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) and the Environment Effects Statement (EES) for the up to 2.2 GW project. These are the most detailed environmental assessments a project can go through in Australia with specialists undertaking 25 technical studies to […]

  • WSP in Australia Joins Star of the South Offshore Wind Project

    19 March 2020
    Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection

    WSP in Australia has secured a contract to help design the onshore transmission network and grid connection of the Star of the South offshore wind farm. WSP will be supporting the power system studies, system integration and Front End Engineering Design of the onshore transmission assets for what is Australia’s first offshore wind project. The […]

  • AECOM Joins Australian Offshore Wind Team

    27 November 2019
    Environment, Wind Farm Update

    California-headquartered infrastructure firm AECOM has signed a contract with Star of the South to support the planning assessment and approvals process for the 2GW Star of the South offshore wind project in Australia. AECOM will assist the developer in understanding and mitigating any potential impacts the project might have on the environment and the communities […]

  • Australia Clears Path for Offshore Wind Projects

    25 November 2021
    Authorities

    Australia’s Parliament has endorsed a package of new laws establishing the regulatory framework around electricity infrastructure projects in Commonwealth waters. The three bills passed the final stage in the Senate on Thursday, 25 November. ”This legislation will accelerate a number of key projects already under development – projects that include the Star of the South, […]

  • Australians Schedule Community Talks Ahead of Site Investigations

    2 September 2019
    Wind Farm Update

    The team behind Australia’s first offshore wind project, Star of the South, is holding a series of consultations with local communities in Gippsland ahead of the site investigation campaigns scheduled to start later this year. The project team will hold a number of information sessions from 12 September to 21 September. Following the community sessions, […]

  • Cbus Acquires 10 Pct Stake in Star of the South

    2 June 2022
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    Cbus Super, Australia’s building and construction industry superannuation fund, has acquired a 10 per cent interest in Star of the South, the country’s most advanced offshore wind project, after investing into Copenhagen Infrastructure IV (CI IV), the majority owner of the project and the flagship fund of the Danish Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP). The new […]

  • Most Advanced Offshore Wind Project in Australia Gets State Funding

    23 November 2021
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    Star of the South, Australia’s first offshore wind project, has entered a AUD 43.1 million (around EUR 27.7 million) partnership with the Victorian government to progress key development activities and kick-start a local offshore wind industry. This partnership will see the Star of the South invest AUD 23.6 million and the Victorian Government contribute AUD […]