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  • Ørsted Secures 1.6 GW Offshore Wind Capacity in South Korea

    30 November 2023
    Authorities, Fixed-Bottom, Planning & Permitting, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    Ørsted has secured an Electricity Business License (EBL) from the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy of the Republic of Korea for the 1.6 GW Incheon offshore wind project. The license grants Ørsted exclusive development rights for its gigawatt-scale Incheon offshore wind project which is set to become the largest in Korea on completion and […]

  • Floating Wind Brings Associated British Ports, Taiwan International Ports Corporation Together

    9 November 2023
    Floating Wind, Ports & Logistics

    Associated British Ports (ABP) and Taiwan International Ports Corporation (TIPC) have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) on cooperation in floating offshore wind. Under the MOU, ABP and TIPC will share information and experience on floating wind-related port facilities and explore future business collaboration opportunities. The agreement was signed at the Kaohsiung Port Cruise Terminal […]

  • UK’s OEG to Buy Bluestream Offshore

    15 December 2023
    Business & Finance

    OEG Energy Group (OEG) has signed a Sale and Purchase Agreement (SPA) to acquire Dutch subsea and topside services specialist Bluestream Offshore. The acquisition is expected to increase OEG’s subsea and topside capabilities while expanding its operating footprint to be able to pursue further opportunities in the growing offshore renewable industry. Bluestream has a turnover […]

  • Spain and Norway Bolster Offshore Wind Ties

    22 March 2024
    Business development, Collaboration, Outlook & Strategy, Research & Development

    Norwegian Offshore Wind (NOW) and Spain’s Basque Energy Cluster have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to strengthen collaboration between the supply chains in Norway and the Basque Country. The agreement was signed at the WindEurope Annual Event 2024 in Bilbao this week. These two offshore wind nations have different strengths that will create valuable […]

  • Germany to Auction Off 5.5 GW of Offshore Wind Capacity in 2024

    22 February 2024
    Authorities, Planning & Permitting

    Germany’s Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency (BSH) has verified that three offshore wind areas in the North Sea, with a combined capacity of 5.5 GW, are approved for auction later this year. The BSH issued the fourth WindSeeV regulation, which contains the preliminary area investigation results for constructing offshore wind farms in three areas in […]

  • Australian Gov’t Rejects Port of Hastings Wind Terminal Project, Tasmanian Gov’t Proposes Port of Bell Bay

    11 January 2024
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Fixed-Bottom, Planning & Permitting, Ports & Logistics

    Australian Minister for the Environment and Water, Tanya Plibersek, has rejected the application for the Victorian Renewable Energy Terminal submitted by the Port of Hastings Corporation, which plans to establish the terminal at the Old Tyabb Reclamation Area (OTRA), located within an existing port zone. In this article: The proposed terminal is planned to serve as […]

  • Californian Floating Wind Tech Company Unveils Aikido One Project, Awards Platform Fabrication Contract

    17 April 2024
    Business development, Floating Wind, Foundations, Innovation, Project Updates, Supply Chain, Technology

    Californian floating wind technology developer, Aikido Technologies, will test a scaled prototype of its technology, said to be the world’s first upending semi-submersible platform, through a project named Aikido One. Aikido Technologies has awarded a contract for the fabrication of a 1:4 scale, 100 kW floating wind platform to Chet Morrison Contractors (Morrison), a Louisiana-based […]

  • Half of Saint-Brieuc Wind Turbines Now Generating Power

    11 March 2024
    Fixed-Bottom, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    Ailes Marines, an Iberdrola subsidiary, has achieved a milestone by initiating power production from half of the wind turbines at the 496 MW Saint-Brieuc offshore wind farm in France. The commissioning of the project is gradual and will continue until spring 2024, said the developer. Located 16 kilometres off the northwest coast of France in […]

  • Aker Solutions, Principle Power Win FEED Deal for 1 GW South Korean Floater

    15 February 2024
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Floating Wind, Foundations, Supply Chain

    Haewoori Offshore Wind 2 and 3, Copenhagen Infrastructure Partner’s (CIP) floating offshore wind projects in South Korea, have awarded a front-end engineering and design (FEED) contract to Aker Solutions and Principle Power for the floating foundations. Haewoori 2 and 3 are planned to have a capacity of 500 MW each. The floating offshore wind projects […]

  • Canadian Pension Fund to Consolidate Its Offshore Wind Holdings into UK-Based Reventus Power

    10 April 2024
    Business & Finance

    Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPP Investments) will consolidate its existing direct and indirect offshore wind holdings into Reventus Power, its UK-based portfolio company, which will become its dedicated global offshore wind platform. Subject to customary approvals, the move will see Reventus Power growing its teams in the UK, Germany, Poland and Portugal to form […]

  • Diverse Marine Secures Financing for Eight Crew Transfer Vessels

    28 November 2023
    Business & Finance, Vessels

    The UK shipbuilder Diverse Marine has introduced the Diverse Marine Client Finance Programme, its own finance and lease programme, through which it secured financing for an initial, but rolling, eight crew transfer vessels (CTVs). Funding for offshore wind CTVs has been challenging, said the company, and the Diverse Marine Client Finance Programme, designed initially for […]

  • Swire, Tien Li Forge O&M Services Alliance in Taiwan

    25 March 2024
    Business & Finance, Collaboration, Operations & Maintenance, Outlook & Strategy

    Denmark-based Swire Renewable Energy (SRE) and Taiwan’s Tien Li Offshore Wind Technology have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to deliver operations and maintenance services in the Taiwanese offshore wind turbine industry and other parts of the Asia-Pacific region. SRE said that the signing marks a key step for both companies to establish a joint […]

  • South Fork Wind Delivers First Power to New York Electric Grid

    7 December 2023
    Fixed-Bottom, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    The 132 MW South Fork Wind offshore wind farm delivered the first power to New York State’s power grid, announced Governor Kathy Hochul on 6 December. The South Fork Wind project is being built by a joint venture between Eversource and Ørsted. The joint venture reached the final investment decision for the project at the […]

  • BREAKING: Finland Opens 3 GW Offshore Wind Auction Round

    23 November 2023
    Authorities, Business development, Planning & Permitting, Research & Development

    The Finnish Government has adopted a resolution to launch the tendering procedure for five offshore wind projects in public water areas. With the government resolution, Metsähallitus will immediately launch the process to select the implementing partners for two offshore wind power projects. The competitive tendering procedures to be launched this year will concern the offshore […]

  • Vestas Secures Offshore Wind Turbine Order in South Korea

    29 December 2023
    Business & Finance, Project Updates, Supply Chain, Wind Farm Update, Wind Turbines

    Vestas has signed a preferred supplier agreement with Hanwha Corporation E&C Division for the 390 MW Shinan Ui offshore wind project in Shinan County, South Jeolla Province, South Korea. The project is developed by Shinan Ui Offshore Wind, a special-purpose company established by Hanwha Corporation E&C Division, SK D&D, and KOEN. If the project materialises, […]

  • Norwegian Companies Join Forces to Construct Methanol-Powered Vessel

    19 February 2024
    Contracts & Tenders, Supply Chain, Vessels

    Norway’s Eidesvik Offshore joins forces with its compatriot Agalas to build a construction support vessel (CSV) to perform subsea and offshore wind operations. Equipped with methanol engines and a battery hybrid system, the vessel will be “the world’s most environmentally friendly vessel within its operating segments”, said the partners. The vessel is set to be […]

  • Plans Unveiled for New Multi-Gigawatt Offshore Wind Project in South Korea

    30 October 2023
    Business & Finance, Cables, Fixed-Bottom, Foundations, Grid Connection, Planning & Permitting, Project Updates, Supply Chain, Wind Turbines

    Several Korean companies have joined forces on a multi-gigawatt offshore wind project in the southwest of Korea. The project consists of three offshore wind farms with a combined installed capacity of 3.2 GW, which would produce enough electricity to power 3 million households. On 30 October, HD Hyundai Electric, Pacifico Energy Korea, CS Wind, Korea […]

  • Simply Blue Joins Consortium to Develop First-Ever Commercial-Scale Seaweed Farm Located Between Wind Turbines

    15 March 2024
    Business development, R&D, Research & Development

    Ireland-headquartered Simply Blue Group has joined the North Sea Farm 1 (NSF1) project consortium to develop the world’s first commercial-scale seaweed farm located within an offshore wind farm. Located off the coast of the Netherlands in the North Sea, the 10-hectare farm is planned to become operational in autumn 2024 when it will be deployed […]

  • BayWa r.e. Has Plans for Over 9 GW of Floating Offshore Wind in Italy

    21 February 2024
    Business & Finance, Business development, Floating Wind, Research & Development

    BayWa r.e. AG has a development portfolio of over 9 GW in floating wind power projects in Italy, underlining its ambition to become an established player in the offshore wind industry, said the company. Integrated into a global offshore wind team, a dedicated offshore project development team has been set up in Rome which is […]

  • European Energy Cancels Wind Project Offshore Denmark

    29 January 2024
    Business & Finance, Business development, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    The Danish company European Energy has decided to cease the development of the Omø Syd (Omø South) offshore wind project in Denmark. European Energy has been developing the Omø South offshore wind project for over ten years and had its environmental impact assessment (EIA) approved in 2020, together with its other project in Denmark, the […]

  • Wind Turbine Installation on Dogger Bank A to Resume in May, Voltaire Undergoing Scheduled Maintenance in Netherlands

    27 March 2024
    Fixed-Bottom, Project Updates, Vessels, Wind Farm Update, Wind Turbines

    The jack-up vessel Voltaire has installed twelve wind turbines at the Dogger Bank A offshore wind farm in the UK so far and is currently in Vlissingen, the Netherlands, where it will undergo scheduled maintenance and return to the UK project in May. This is according to a Notice of Operations from the project issued […]

  • Octopus Energy Forays Into German Offshore Wind Market with Butendiek Acquisition

    13 November 2023
    Business & Finance, Fixed-Bottom, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    Octopus Energy’s generation arm has made its first offshore wind investment in Germany with the acquisition of a 5 per cent stake in the 288 MW Butendiek offshore wind farm from Ewz, the Zurich Municipal Electric Utility. Located 32 kilometres west of Sylt Island in the North Sea, the Butendiek offshore wind farm features 80 […]

  • Another Norwind Offshore CSOV Order Lands at Vard’s Desk

    8 March 2024
    Business & Finance, Vessels

    Fincantieri-owned Vard has signed a contract with Navigare Capital Partners, in close cooperation with Norwind Offshore, for the design and construction of one tailor-made Commissioning Service Operation Vessel (CSOV). The parties have also agreed on new options for two additional vessels. Scheduled for delivery in the first quarter of 2026, the vessel is of VARD […]

  • Deep Wind Offshore Reveals 70-Turbine Wind Farm Project Offshore Sweden

    26 December 2023
    Authorities, Planning & Permitting, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    Norway-headquartered Deep Wind Offshore is submitting a permit application for the construction and operation of an offshore wind farm off the south coast of Sweden. Located in the Gulf of Bothnia, northeast of Gävleborg and Uppsala counties, the Olof Skötkonung wind farm will include a maximum of 70 wind turbines. The planned wind farm project […]

  • RWE and Spanish Port Team Up for Floating Offshore Wind

    19 March 2024
    Business & Finance, Business development, Collaboration, Floating Wind, Outlook & Strategy, Research & Development

    German energy company RWE has teamed up with the Port of Authority of A Coruña to facilitate the scaling-up of the port capacity in support of the Spanish Government’s floating offshore wind targets. Working together under a Letter of Support, the partners will investigate the potential for transforming infrastructure at the Port of Coruña, in […]

  • Onshore Cabling Work for Denmark’s Largest Offshore Wind Farm Starts

    15 April 2024
    Cables, Grid Connection, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    Work on the onshore cable route for RWE’s offshore wind farm Thor has started near the onshore substation located south of Lemvig, Denmark. The activities, scheduled to be underway from mid-April until the end of October, are starting with horizontal directional drilling under the dune and a field immediately south of Tuskær. The landfall work, […]