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  • 1.2 GW Floating Wind Project Emerges Offshore Italy

    1 October 2021
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    Falck Renewables and BlueFloat Energy have formed an equal partnership to develop floating offshore wind farms off the Italian coast. The new partnership also marks the start of the authorization process for the first project in Puglia, called Kailia Energia, in the waters off Brindisi. Kailia Energia‘s expected installed capacity will be around 1.2 GW, […]

  • Wpd, Vattenfall and BlueFloat Name Their Floating Wind Project in France

    27 October 2021
    Wind Farm Update

    The consortium formed by wpd, Vattenfall, and BlueFloat Energy has revealed the name of the project it will bid with in the upcoming floating offshore wind tender for a site off the coast of Southern Brittany in France, for which the consortium prequalified last month. The proposed floating wind farm is called Triskéol, with an […]

  • BlueFloat Tie-Up Reveals 900 MW Wind Farm Project Offshore New Zealand

    2 November 2022
    Contracts & Tenders, R&D, Wind Farm Update

    A joint venture (JV) between BlueFloat Energy, Energy Estate, and Elemental Group have revealed their new offshore wind project, South Taranaki, off the coast of New Zealand’s North Island. The South Taranaki offshore wind project, which will use bottom-fixed technology, will be located 22 kilometres off the coast of South Taranaki and is expected to […]

  • CIP, NZ Super Fund Set to Deploy Floating LiDAR at 1 GW Taranaki Offshore Wind Project Site

    8 June 2023
    Wind Farm Update

    A joint venture between Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners and NZ Super Fund, which is proposing to build a 1 GW offshore wind farm in Taranaki, New Zealand, is preparing to deploy a Floating Light Detecting and Ranging device (FLiDAR) at the project site. According to the joint venture, named Taranaki Offshore Partnership (TOP), this will be […]

  • Three New Offshore Wind Projects Emerge in Australia

    22 December 2021
    Wind Farm Update

    Spain-based BlueFloat Energy and Australia’s Energy Estate, which recently partnered to develop offshore wind projects in New Zealand and Australia, have revealed the first three offshore wind farms they are developing together in Australia. The projects, which have a total installed capacity of 4.3 GW, include one bottom-fixed and two floating wind farms, with floating […]

  • Oil & Gas Company to House Offshore Wind LiDAR on Its New Zealand Gas Platform

    24 August 2022
    Wind Farm Update

    Australian oil and gas company Beach Energy will install a Doppler Light Detection and Ranging system (LiDAR) on its Kupe platform in the gas field located offshore South Taranaki, New Zealand, and will share the obtained data with multiple offshore wind developers. On 23 August, the consortium between BlueFloat Energy, Energy Estate and Elemental Group […]

  • Scotland and Brittany Discuss Partnership on Floating Wind Turbines

    9 February 2023
    Collaboration, Outlook & Strategy

    A delegation of fifteen Scottish companies met in Rennes, France, with companies from the Brittany offshore wind and marine energy sector to discuss the development of partnerships around floating wind turbines. Scotland and Brittany are two players at the forefront of floating wind development in Europe. The two territories have the advantage of having floating […]

  • BlueFloat and Energy Estate Unveil 1.2 GW Offshore Wind Plan in Australia

    23 June 2022
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    BlueFloat Energy and Energy Estate have unveiled their new offshore wind project, Southern Winds, off the coast of Australia. The Southern Winds offshore wind project, which will use bottom-fixed technology, will be located 10 to 30 kilometres off the coasts of South Australia and Victoria and is expected to have a capacity of 1.15 GW. […]

  • Ørsted to Bid for Floating Wind Farms Off Scotland

    8 July 2021
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    Ørsted, Falck Renewables, and BlueFloat Energy have established a consortium to jointly apply for seabed leases in sites suitable for building large-scale floating wind farms in Scotland’s upcoming ScotWind leasing round. The news comes less than a month after Ørsted revealed its strategic decision to pursue floating wind opportunities as part of its entering into […]

  • Falck, BlueFloat Plan New Floating Wind Farm in Italy

    20 May 2022
    Wind Farm Update

    Falck Renewables and BlueFloat Energy have submitted an application for a maritime concession for a site off the northeastern coast of Sardinia, where the two companies plan to build a 975 MW floating wind farm, called Tibula Energia. The companies, which formed a partnership to develop floating wind projects in Italy last year, filed a […]

  • BlueFloat Energy Has 14 Offshore Wind Projects in South America

    4 May 2022
    Wind Farm Update

    As the Colombian Government launched the country’s Offshore Wind Roadmap on 3 May, BlueFloat Energy revealed it has seven offshore wind projects under development in the country. This is just half of what the company plans in South America since there are also seven projects the Spanish developer is planning offshore Brazil. In Colombia, BlueFloat […]

  • Developers in New Zealand Team Up to Explore Port Taranaki’s Offshore Wind Hub Potential

    27 March 2023
    Ports & Logistics

    Taranaki Offshore Partnership (TOP), a partnership between NZ Super Fund and Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP) in New Zealand, has signed an agreement with Port Taranaki and BlueFloat Energy for a joint study into how the port’s assets, infrastructure and land can support the growth of the offshore wind industry in Aotearoa. The study, which aims […]

  • Consortium Bidding in ScotWind Plans Sharing Project Ownership with Community

    5 October 2021
    Business & Finance

    The consortium between Falck Renewables, Ørsted, and BlueFloat Energy, which is bidding in the latest ScotWind leasing round, has signed an exclusive Memorandum of Understanding with the community ownership organisation Energy4All to work on opportunities for Scottish communities to own a stake in the consortium’s offshore wind projects. Under the agreement, Energy4All will co-operate with […]

  • Floating Wind Partners Strike Again Offshore Italy

    14 December 2021
    Authorities, Contracts & Tenders, Jobs & Recruitment, Operations & Maintenance, Ports & Logistics, Wind Farm Update

    The Falck Renewables/BlueFloat Energy partnership set up to develop floating offshore wind farms off the Italian coast has announced the creation of Minervia Energia, an ad hoc company to develop a floating offshore wind farm off Catanzaro, Calabria. Recognizing the potential for the floating wind technology in Italy, the developers have chosen Calabria as a […]

  • Offshore Wind Partnerships Form Down Under

    25 November 2021
    Business & Finance

    BlueFloat Energy, Energy Estate, and Elemental Group are partnering to develop offshore wind farms in New Zealand. The partners have launched “Haumoana – New Zealand Offshore Wind Capacity Building”, a report which highlights New Zealand’s untapped potential for offshore wind development and the opportunities to establish a local supply chain as well as create enduring […]

  • BlueFloat, Energy Estate to Increase Greater Gippsland Capacity to 2.1 GW

    8 September 2022
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    Spain-based BlueFloat Energy and Energy Estate have expanded the proposed capacity of the Greater Gippsland wind project offshore Australia from 1,275 MW to 2,085 MW. Initially, the two companies planned to develop a 1.3 GW bottom-fixed offshore wind project located off the coast of the Gippsland region in Victoria. The increase in the capacity of the […]

  • Ørsted, Falck and BlueFloat Support Cromarty Firth Green Freeport Bid

    23 May 2022
    Jobs & Recruitment, Ports & Logistics, Vessels

    Ørsted UK, Falck Renewables, and BlueFloat Energy have expressed their support for the bid to give Scottish Green Freeport status to the Cromarty Firth. The three companies, which have secured seabed leases in the recent ScotWind round, have become members of Opportunity Cromarty Firth (OCF), the partnership of private, public, and academic sector bodies committed […]

  • Plans for New Floating Wind Project Revealed in Spain, Green Hydrogen Production Included

    26 October 2021
    Wind Farm Update

    A joint venture between Spanish companies BlueFloat Energy and Sener has revealed plans for one of the first floating offshore wind farms in Andalusia, Spain. The project is planned to have an installed capacity of 300 MW and to potentially power green hydrogen production. Called Mar de Ágata, the floating wind farm would be located […]

  • Australian Floating Offshore Wind Project Grows in Size

    7 October 2022
    Wind Farm Update

    BlueFloat Energy and Energy Estate, the developers of the Hunter Coast floating wind farm offshore Australia, have expanded the size of the project from 1.4 GW to 1.65 GW and released the visual simulation for it. Located between 20 and 50 kilometres off the Hunter-Central Coast region of New South Wales (NSW), the 110-turbine Hunter […]

  • Italian Floating Offshore Wind Farm Secures Maritime Concession

    8 March 2022
    Authorities, Wind Farm Update

    Falck Renewables and BlueFloat Energy have secured a 40-year maritime concession for the 1,350 MW Odra Energia floating wind project offshore off the southern coast of the province of Lecce, Italy. The Odra Energia wind farm will comprise 90 wind turbines installed in the Ionian Sea, between 12 kilometres and 24 kilometres off the south-eastern […]

  • Parkwind’s First Move Outside Europe Made Down Under

    27 April 2022
    Business & Finance

    Parkwind is entering the offshore wind market in Aotearoa New Zealand and Australia, and has made its first move outside of Europe by naming a country manager in the two countries. The Belgium-based offshore wind developer, which says its move reflects the high potential in the region, has appointed Peter Lars Spencer as country manager […]

  • ScotWind Floating Wind Consortium to Investigate Effects on Marine Environment

    19 November 2021
    Environment

    The Ørsted, Falck Renewables, BlueFloat Energy consortium currently bidding for offshore wind leases for floating wind projects in Scotland has announced a link up with the Scottish Association for Marine Science (SAMS) to investigate the potential effects of floating wind developments on the marine environment. Areas under discussion for future research projects if the consortium’s […]

  • Falck, BlueFloat to Request Permit to Build 1.3 GW Floating Wind Farm Offshore Italy

    26 October 2021
    Authorities, Wind Farm Update

    Falck Renewables and BlueFloat Energy are set to apply for permission to develop a second floating offshore wind project in Puglia, Italy. After filing for authorisation of a 1.2 GW floating wind farm in the waters off Brindisi last month, the partners will now seek permits to install floating wind turbines with a total capacity […]

  • Ørsted Marks First Floating Offshore Wind Win

    18 January 2022
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders

    Crown Estate Scotland (CES) has selected the Ørsted, Falck Renewables, and BlueFloat Energy consortium to enter into an Option Agreement for a new floating offshore wind site off the north-east coast of Scotland. The award for this floating wind site of up to 1 GW in scale has been made through CES’s ScotWind offshore wind […]

  • Floating Wind Partners Up Italian Portfolio to 4.6 GW

    22 February 2022
    Jobs & Recruitment, Wind Farm Update

    Nora Ventu, a company set up by Falck Renewables and BlueFloat Energy, has launched a consultation to provide local communities with more information on two floating wind projects to be developed in the Gulf of Cagliari offshore Italy. Nora Ventu, set up to develop floating offshore wind farms off the Sardinian coast, has begun a […]

  • Magnora-TechnipFMC JV Submits Two Proposals in ScotWind Leasing Round

    19 July 2021
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Floating Wind

    Magnora Offshore Wind, a joint venture (JV) between Magnora and TechnipFMC, has submitted two applications in the ScotWind seabed leasing round in Scotland, the company informed on 19 July. The two companies, which established the joint venture earlier this year, did not detail on the projects, but the focus of the partnership is on floating […]