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  • Empire Wind to Probe Concrete Turbine Foundations

    17 February 2021
    Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    Aker Solutions has signed a front-end engineering and design (FEED) contract with Empire Offshore Wind LLC to study the design and delivery of concrete foundations for the wind turbines at the Empire Wind project in New York. Empire Wind is being developed by Equinor and BP through their 50/50 strategic partnership in the US. Aker […]

  • Equinor Says US Order on Empire Wind Project Is ‘Unlawful’

    30 April 2025
    Business & Finance, Fixed-Bottom

    Anders Opedal, CEO and President of Equinor, said on 29 April that the order from the US government to stop construction activities of the Empire Wind 1 offshore wind farm is “unlawful”. “We have invested in Empire Wind after obtaining all necessary approvals, and the order to halt work now is unprecedented and in our […]

  • Full Production Ramp-Up at Sif’s New Monopile Mega-Factory Delayed Until First Half of 2026

    2 September 2025
    Business & Finance, Business development, Fixed-Bottom, Foundations, Manufacturing, Supply Chain

    Dutch offshore wind foundation manufacturer, Sif Group, is facing a delay in the ramp-up of production at its new monopile production facility at Maasvlakte 2 in Rotterdam and expects to achieve this in the first half of 2026, instead of this year. Also in this article: In its half-year results for 2025, the company reported a […]

  • US Issues Clean Air Permit for 2.1 GW Empire Wind

    16 February 2024
    Authorities, Fixed-Bottom, Planning & Permitting, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has issued a Clean Air Act permit to Empire Offshore Wind, owned by Equinor. The air quality analysis, conducted by EPA, showed that the impacts on air quality from the construction and operation of the offshore wind project will not cause or contribute to a violation of federal air […]

  • Equinor and BP’s Empire Wind Offshore Project Gets Federal Approval

    22 November 2023
    Authorities, Planning & Permitting, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    The US Department of Interior (DOI) has approved Equinor and BP’s Empire Wind, the sixth commercial-scale offshore wind farm to receive federal approval. Empire Wind US LLC, a joint venture between Equinor and BP, plans to develop two offshore wind farms known as Empire Wind 1 and Empire Wind 2. Located approximately 12 nautical miles […]

  • US Greenlights First Offshore Wind Project to Connect to New York’s Grid

    14 March 2024
    Authorities, Fixed-Bottom, Grid Connection, Onshore Infrastructure, Planning & Permitting, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    Equinor has been granted authorisation from the US Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to link the Empire Wind 1 offshore wind project directly into New York’s transmission system. Approved on 1 March, the Large Generator Interconnection Agreement (LGIA) executed between Equinor’s Empire Wind 1 project, New York ISO (NYISO), and Consolidated Edison Company of New […]

  • Equinor and BP’s New York Offshore Wind Projects Take Next Step in Federal Permitting Process

    15 November 2022
    Authorities, Wind Farm Update

    The US Bureau of Ocean Energy and Management (BOEM) has issued the Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) for the Empire Wind offshore wind projects, being developed by Equinor and BP in New York. The DEIS encompasses the Empire Wind 1 and Empire Wind 2 offshore wind farms that are proposed to be built in waters […]

  • Equinor Freezes Empire Wind 1 Construction, Considers Appealing US Gov’t Order

    17 April 2025
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Fixed-Bottom, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    Following an order to halt construction activities issued by the US government, Equinor said it will suspend the offshore construction “in waters of the outer continental shelf for the Empire Wind project.” Empire Offshore Wind LLC (Empire), the project company owned by Equinor, received a notice from the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) on […]

  • BP and Equinor Part Ways in US

    26 January 2024
    Business & Finance, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    Equinor and BP have reached an agreement to restructure the ownership of their joint US offshore wind projects which, following completion, will result in BP taking ownership of Equinor’s 50 per cent stake in the Beacon Wind 1 and 2 projects and Equinor taking ownership of BP’s 50 per cent stake in the Empire Wind […]

  • Spanish Technology Gauged for New York Offshore Wind Farm

    26 April 2021
    Contracts & Tenders, Technology, Wind Farm Update

    Cobra Instalaciones y Servicios, in a consortium with Esteyco, has won a Front End Engineering Design (FEED) contract for the Empire Wind offshore wind project in New York. The Spanish companies will analyse the feasibility of a concrete gravity-based foundation for the offshore wind farm developed by oil and gas majors BP and Equinor. Cobra […]

  • Edison Chouest Offshore Signs Empire Wind SOV Contract

    13 May 2022
    Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    Empire Offshore Wind, a joint venture between Equinor and BP, has awarded a long-term service operations vessel (SOV) charter agreement to the US-based Edison Chouest Offshore (ECO) to support the Empire Wind offshore wind farm project. The charter agreement has a fixed period of 10 years, with commencement in the mid-2020s. The plug-in hybrid SOV […]

  • Nexans Signs Export Cable Contract for BP and Equinor US Offshore Wind Project

    6 October 2022
    Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    Nexans has landed a significant contract for phase one of the Empire Wind offshore wind project developed by a 50/50 partnership between BP and Equinor. This contract follows the preferred supplier agreement signed in March 2021 and covers the design and manufacturing, as well as the laying and protection of export cables for the project. […]

  • BP and Equinor Pick Vestas 15 MW Turbines for US Offshore Wind Projects

    18 October 2021
    Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    Empire Offshore Wind, a joint venture between Equinor and bp, has named Vestas as the preferred turbine supplier for the 2.1 GW Empire Wind 1 and Empire Wind 2 offshore wind projects in New York, USA. Vestas will provide 138 V236-15.0 MW turbines for Empire Wind 1 and 2, located 15-30 miles off the coast […]

  • Equinor Picks Prysmian Inter-Array Cables Offshore New York

    5 December 2019
    Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    Equinor has signed an agreement with the Prysmian Group for the supply of inter-array cables for the Empire Wind offshore wind project in New York. Prysmian revealed that it is responsible for the design, supply and storage of approximately 150km of 66kV XLPE-insulated inter-array cables, which will transmit twice the current industry standard ensured by […]

  • Sif Soon to Start Empire Wind 1 Monopile Production

    28 June 2024
    Fixed-Bottom, Foundations, Manufacturing, Supply Chain

    Sif Group is planning to commence the production of monopile foundations for the Empire Wind 1 offshore wind project next month at its Maasvlakte site in the Netherlands. The first steel plates for the 810 Empire Wind 1 wind farm have been delivered at Sif’s Maasvlakte site, and the first transition piece (TP) is currently […]

  • Maersk Makes Grand Entrance Into Offshore Wind Installation Market

    29 March 2022
    Contracts & Tenders, Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    The recently announced wind turbine installation vessel (WTIV) for which Singapore’s Sembcorp Marine won a shipbuilding contract is now confirmed to have been ordered by Maersk, whose subsidiary Maersk Supply Service has just revealed that it signed a firm contract with a joint venture between Equinor and BP for the installation of the Empire 1 […]

  • New York City’s Offshore Wind Terminal Under Construction

    11 June 2024
    Ports & Logistics, Project Updates

    Construction work on turning the South Brooklyn Marine Terminal (SBMT) in New York City into an offshore wind hub started on 10 June. The SBMT redevelopment is being performed by Equinor, in cooperation with the New York City Economic Development Corporation (NYCEDC) and terminal operator Sustainable South Brooklyn Marine Terminal (SSBMT). Equinor, the owner/developer of […]

  • Seatrium to Build Offshore Platforms for BP and Equinor’s Empire Wind Projects

    5 May 2023
    Contracts & Tenders

    Seatrium Limited, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Sembcorp Marine Offshore Platforms (SMOP), has secured a contract from Empire Offshore Wind, a joint venture between Equinor and BP, to supply two offshore substations for the Empire Wind 1 and Empire Wind 2 offshore wind farms in the US. The scope of the project involves the engineering, procurement, […]

  • Van Oord, Great Lakes Dredge & Dock to Rock Empire Wind Seabed

    4 May 2022
    Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    Equinor and BP have selected a consortium between Van Oord and Great Lakes Dredge & Dock (GLDD) for subsea rock installation works for their Empire Wind 1 and Empire Wind 2 offshore wind farms in New York. The consortium plans to start operations at the offshore wind farm sites in the mid-2020s, with Van Oord […]

  • Equinor, Ørsted Sign New Empire Wind 1, Sunrise Wind Contracts with New York State

    5 June 2024
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Fixed-Bottom, Planning & Permitting, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    The State of New York and the developers of Empire Wind 1 and Sunrise Wind projects, Equinor and Ørsted, have signed Offshore Wind Renewable Energy Certificate (OREC) Purchase and Sale Agreements for the two projects the developers re-bid in the state’s fourth offshore wind solicitation and were awarded capacity. Empire Wind 1 and Sunrise Wind […]

  • Statoil In the Empire State of Mind

    24 October 2017
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    Norwegian energy company Statoil has chosen the name of Empire Wind for the offshore wind project located off the southern coast of Long Island, New York.

  • Great Lakes Inks First Rock Supply Deal For US Offshore Wind Farm

    27 July 2023
    Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Corporation (Great Lakes) has signed the first-ever subcontract for the procurement of rock for a wind farm offshore the US with Carver Sand & Gravel LLC (Carver), a US quarry in the state of New York. Through this subcontract, Great Lakes will use rock produced in New York to provide […]

  • New York Governor: ‘I Will Not Allow This Federal Overreach to Stand’

    17 April 2025
    Authorities, Fixed-Bottom, Planning & Permitting, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    Following the order of the US Department of the Interior (DOI) to halt all construction activities on the Empire Wind 1 offshore wind project, New York Governor Kathy Hochul said she would fight the federal decision. “This fully federally permitted project has already put shovels in the ground before the President’s executive orders—it’s exactly the […]

  • BP and Equinor Could Cancel US Offshore Wind Projects

    1 August 2023
    Business & Finance, Business development, Wind Farm Update

    BP and Equinor are in the process of renegotiating the power purchase agreements (PPAs) for their joint offshore wind projects in the USA, according to Reuters. The partners do not plan on developing the projects off the US East Coast unless they meet the ”return thresholds of 6% to 8%”, Reuters quoted bp’s CEO Bernard […]

  • Equinor Secures USD 3 Billion for New York City’s First Offshore Wind Farm

    3 January 2025
    Business & Finance, Fixed-Bottom, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    Equinor has secured a project financing package of over USD 3 billion (approximately EUR 2.9 billion) and reached financial close on Empire Wind 1, the first offshore wind farm to connect to New York City’s grid, which is already under construction after Equinor made a final investment decision (FID) on the project earlier this year. […]

  • BOEM to Start Environmental Review of 2+ GW Empire Wind

    17 June 2021
    Authorities, Environment, Wind Farm Update

    The US Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) will be conducting an environmental review of the Empire Wind project offshore New York and New Jersey. On 18 June, BOEM will publish a Notice of Intent (NOI) to prepare an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) on a Construction and Operations Plan (COP) submitted by Empire Wind, LLC, […]