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  • Australia Putting Wind Projects Offshore Victoria on Fast Track

    21 October 2022
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Environment, Industry, Jobs & Recruitment

    Australia’s federal government and the Victoria state government plan to fast-track Victorian Renewable Energy Zones (REZ) and offshore wind development in an effort to create new energy jobs across Victoria, unlock cleaner, cheaper and more secure energy, and put downward pressure on prices. The Commonwealth and Victoria have signed an agreement to jointly fund Victorian […]

  • Australian Government Moves Forward with Setting Up Offshore Wind Regulations

    22 March 2022
    Authorities

    Australian Government has launched public consultation on draft regulations for the Offshore Electricity Infrastructure (OEI) framework, which will enable the development of offshore electricity infrastructure, including offshore wind and electricity transmission projects, in Commonwealth waters.  The country’s first OEI framework is enabled by legislation introduced in late 2021, when Australia’s Parliament endorsed a package of […]

  • Atlas Professionals Sets Up Renewables Unit in Australia

    10 September 2018
    Business & Finance

    Atlas Professionals has established a renewables division in Australia to support the development of the country’s first offshore wind farm.

  • Two Co-Founders of Australia’s First Offshore Wind Farm Eye Building 4 Floating Wind Projects

    17 February 2022
    Wind Farm Update

    A company founded in 2020 by two of the co-founders of the Star of the South, Australia’s first proposed offshore wind farm, is planning to build five offshore wind projects in the country and three in New Zealand. Oceanex Energy, which says on its website that it is “progressing the development and construction” of up […]

  • Equinor Enters Australian Offshore Wind Market

    30 August 2022
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    Equinor has entered into partnership with the company established by two of the co-founders of the Star of the South, Australia’s first proposed offshore wind farm, to develop offshore wind projects in the country. The partnership marks Equinor’s entrance into the Australian offshore wind market. “Our ambition is to apply our industrial offshore experience and […]

  • Australia Earmarks EUR 2.9 Million for Offshore Renewables Regulatory Framework

    15 October 2020
    Authorities, Business & Finance

    Australian government has dedicated AUD 4.8 million (around EUR 2.9 million) from its 2020-2021 Federal Budget to the development of a regulatory framework related to offshore renewables. According to the budget document, the funds will “support the development of a regulatory framework for offshore clean energy infrastructure industry, consistent with the Australian Government Charging Framework”. […]

  • Ørsted to Become First Tenant of New Jersey Wind Port

    31 July 2023
    Contracts & Tenders, Infrastructure, Ports & Logistics

    The New Jersey Economic Development Authority (NJEDA) has approved agreements with Ørsted for the development and sublease of up to 34 acres at the New Jersey Wind Port (NJWP), which Ørsted will use as a staging and support area for its 1.1 GW Ocean Wind 1 offshore wind project. With the agreement, Ørsted will be […]

  • Akrocean Sends WINDSEA LiDARs Down Under?

    16 September 2019
    Contracts & Tenders

    Akrocean has won a contract to deploy two WINDSEA LiDARs on a 2GW offshore wind project for a period of two years. Although Akrocean did not reveal the name of the project, it did state that the LiDARs are going to be installed “on the other side of the world.” According to the French company, […]

  • Benthic Completes Site Investigation for Polish Offshore Wind Projects

    26 July 2023
    Wind Farm Update

    Benthic, a geo-services brand in Acteon’s Data and Robotics division, has completed a site investigation comprising cone penetration tests (CPTs) at the MFW Bałtyk II and MFW Bałtyk III offshore wind farm sites in the Polish Baltic Sea. The tests were done using the company’s portable remotely operated drill (PROD) that has enabled the design […]

  • Victoria Sets Massive Budget for Offshore Wind, Green Hydrogen

    30 November 2020
    Authorities, Business & Finance, R&D, Wind Farm Update

    The government of Australia’s state of Victoria is pouring the first AUD 108 million (around EUR 67 million) from its clean energy 2020/21 budget into the first steps toward bringing new renewable energy and hydrogen projects, such as the country’s first offshore wind farm, to realisation. The funds will support research, start-ups and innovation, and […]

  • Australia Senate’s Committee In Favour of Offshore Wind Bills

    19 October 2021
    Authorities

    Australian Senate’s Environment and Communications Legislation Committee has endorsed the Offshore Electricity Infrastructure Bill 2021 and the Offshore Electricity Infrastructure (Regulatory Levies) Bill 2021, introduced last month by the country’s Minister for Energy and Emissions Reduction, Angus Taylor. The committee said that, even though the bills established a framework with much of the detail currently unknown, […]

  • Australia: OEPL Seeks Permit to Explore Site for Massive OWF

    25 October 2017
    Wind Farm Update

    Offshore Energy Pty Ltd (OEPL) has requested a permit from the Australian Government to conduct a feasibility study for a proposed offshore wind farm off the coast of south-eastern Victoria, which would have up to 250 turbines and a capacity of at least 2GW.

  • 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 […]

  • Australia’s First Offshore Wind Zone Open for Feasibility Licence Applications

    23 January 2023
    Authorities, Industry

    Australia’s Ministry for Climate Change and Energy has opened the invitation period for feasibility licence applications for the Gippsland declared area, the country’s first offshore wind area. Feasibility Licence applications will be accepted for proposed projects within the area until 27 April. Once the application period has closed, the Registrar will assess all applications against […]

  • 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 […]

  • Australia Thinks Big with First Offshore Wind Project

    2 June 2017
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Environment, R&D, Wind Farm Update

    The government of Australia’s state of Victoria has welcomed plans for the establishment of the country’s first offshore wind farm in Gippsland.

  • Offshore Wind Consultants Heads Down Under

    1 November 2019
    Business & Finance

    International engineering consultancy Offshore Wind Consultants (OWC) is setting up an office in Australia. The International Energy Agency’s recently launched “Offshore Wind Outlook 2019” has identified more than 7,000TWh per year of offshore wind technical potential, roughly 2,000GW of capacity, in waters below 60 metres offshore Australia. The potential adds up to 16,000TWh per year […]

  • Australian Consortium Unveils 2 GW Floating Offshore Wind Plan for Hunter Area

    18 July 2023
    Business development, Floating Wind, Research & Development

    Ireland-headquartered Simply Blue Group, offshore services provider Subsea7, and Australia’s Spark Renewables have unveiled their plan to develop the Sea Fern floating offshore wind project in the Commonwealth’s newly declared Hunter wind zone in the Pacific Ocean. A few days ago, the Australian Government officially declared its second offshore wind zone off the coast of […]

  • DP Energy Plans to Enter Australian Offshore Wind Market

    25 August 2022
    Business & Finance, R&D

    The international renewable energy company DP Energy has unveiled plans for five separate offshore wind projects in Australia after the government introduced more supportive policy for the sector. These five areas are off the coast of Warrnambool in Western Victoria, Wonthaggi and Port Albert in the Gippsland Region, and Wollongong and Newcastle areas in New […]

  • German BASF and Mingyang Plan to Build 500 MW Offshore Wind Farm in China

    21 July 2023
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    World’s largest chemicals producer, German BASF, and Mingyang, which just recently put the world’s biggest wind turbine in operation in China, have formed a joint venture to build and operate a 500 MW offshore wind farm which will power BASF’s new Zhanjiang Verbund site. In the joint venture, named Mingyang BASF New Energy (Zhanjiang), Mingyang […]

  • Australian State Starts Planning Offshore Wind Grid Development

    11 April 2023
    Authorities, Grid Connection

    VicGrid, a new body established by the government of the Australian state of Victoria that coordinates the overarching planning and development of the state’s renewable energy zones (REZ), has initiated early consultation on new transmission connections for offshore wind with an aim to select preferred transmission options or concepts by the end of this year. […]

  • US Could Soon Give Go-Ahead to Another Large-Scale Offshore Wind Farm

    17 July 2023
    Authorities, Wind Farm Update

    The US Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) is expected to soon announce its decision on whether to approve the Revolution Wind offshore wind farm as the federal agency has now completed the environmental analysis of the project, which Ørsted and Eversource plan to build offshore Rhode Island. BOEM issued the Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) […]

  • 1 GW Offshore Wind Project in Australia Planned to Power Aluminium Smelter

    7 December 2021
    Wind Farm Update

    Australian renewable energy company Alinta Energy has revealed plans for a 1,000 MW wind farm offshore Portland in southwestern Victoria, which would supply electricity to the Portland Aluminium Smelter and the east coast grid. The project, named Spinifex Offshore Wind Farm and valued at AUD 4 billion (approx. EUR 2.5 billion), would connect to the […]

  • SSE Renewables, Equis to Place Joint Bid for Offshore Wind Project in Australia This Month

    3 April 2023
    Business & Finance, Business development, Wind Farm Update

    SSE Renewables and Equis Development, a Singapore-based renewable energy developer, have established a 50/50 consortium for offshore wind development in Australia, where they now plan to submit a bid for a feasibility license for an offshore wind farm project in Gippsland. In a press release issued on 3 April, the new offshore wind partners said […]

  • Energinet Awards EUR 19.8 Million in Contracts for Studies of Denmark’s New Offshore Wind Areas

    12 July 2023
    Authorities, Fixed-Bottom, Planning & Permitting

    Danish transmission system operator (TSO) Energinet has awarded several contracts for surveys and studies for Denmark’s new offshore wind areas. Valued at a total of EUR 19.8 million, the contracts secured by GEO.xyz, WSP Danmark, DNV, and LiveLink Aerospace include cable route surveys, consultancy services for a number of marine environmental studies, and radar analysis. […]

  • Victoria Issues Offshore Wind Implementation Statement

    16 March 2023
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Industry, Infrastructure, Jobs & Recruitment, Ports & Logistics

    Victorian Energy and Resources Minister Lily D’Ambrosio has released the Victorian Offshore Wind Energy Implementation Statement 2 which sets out how this Australian State will leverage industry-led investment in offshore wind for the first tranche of projects that will deliver at least 2 GW by 2032. The strategy confirms the location of the Victorian Renewable […]