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  • Norway’s Offshore Wind Tender Attracts Seven Applications

    16 November 2023
    Authorities, Fixed-Bottom, Planning & Permitting

    Norway’s Ministry of Petroleum and Energy has received seven applications to participate in the tender for the Southern North Sea II offshore wind project area. Chinese wind turbine manufacturer Mingyang Smart Energy, Texas-based Hydroelectric Corporation, and Norseman Wind, a subsidiary of EnBW, submitted individual applications to take part in the tender. Among others who sought pre-qualification for Norway’s […]

  • Ørsted Pulls Out of Norwegian Offshore Wind Partnership

    14 November 2023
    Business & Finance

    Denmark’s Ørsted has decided to pull out of a Norwegian offshore wind partnership with Fred. Olsen Seawind and Hafslund. “Ørsted have informed us that due to a prioritisation of investments in the portfolio they will withdraw from pursuing participation in offshore wind developments in Norway, and therefore their participation in the partnership will discontinue,” said […]

  • Date Confirmed for Lithuania’s Second Offshore Wind Tender

    8 November 2023
    Authorities, Planning & Permitting

    The Lithuanian government has confirmed that the country’s second offshore wind tender will be opened on 15 January 2024. The tender was pushed back to January instead of this autumn after Lithuania’s Ministry of Energy received feedback from investors on the global renewable energy sector being affected by the current economic conditions. Last month, the […]

  • BLIX to Work on Dutch Offshore Wind Farm Zone

    4 May 2023
    Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    The Netherlands Enterprise Agency (RVO) has awarded a contract to BLIX Consultancy for soil site characterisation work for the Doordewind Wind Farm Zone (WFZ). Together with dGB Earth Sciences and GEO2 Engineering, BLIX Consultancy is supporting RVO to provide detailed information on the site conditions at Doordewind WFZ, which could be used for the future […]

  • RVO, EnBW Issue Offshore Wind Contract Notices

    11 April 2023
    Authorities, Business development, Research & Development

    The Netherlands Enterprise Agency (RVO) and Germany-based EnBW have issued contract notices seeking services for the development of offshore wind farms in the Doordewind wind farm zone and in the German Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ), respectively. RVO aims to publish a tender around the end of May or the beginning of June 2023. The goal […]

  • Bosch Buys Subsidy-Free Offshore Wind Power

    21 March 2023
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    EnBW has signed a power purchase agreement (PPA) for 50 MW of power from the 900 MW He Dreiht offshore wind farm with the Stuttgart-based technology and services company, Robert Bosch GmbH (Bosch). The output is equivalent to around 200 gigawatt-hours of electricity per year. The power purchase agreement (PPA) runs for a term of […]

  • Portugal Identifies Areas for 10 GW of Offshore Wind

    30 January 2023
    Authorities

    Portugal’s Ministry of Economy and Maritime Affairs, the Ministry of Infrastructure, and the Ministry of Environment and Climate Action have released draft areas for offshore wind development as part of the government’s plan to award 10 GW of capacity that would be grid-connected by 2030. This is an excerpt from a Premium article published on our […]

  • InterOPERA Project Aims to Improve Offshore Wind Interconnection

    23 January 2023
    Grid Connection, R&D, Technology

    A project, funded by the European Union and the industry, that will help define the future interoperability standards of the multi-terminal high-voltage direct current (HVDC) grids in offshore electricity has been launched in Lyon, France. The project “Enabling interoperability of multi-vendor HVDC grids” (InterOPERA), funded by the EU programme for research and innovation, unites more […]

  • First Foundation In at Saint-Brieuc Offshore Wind Farm

    4 July 2022
    Wind Farm Update

    The first wind turbine foundation at the Saint-Brieuc offshore wind farm has been installed, the developer Ailes Marines informed today, 4 July. Using Subsea 7’s Seven Borealis vessel, Van Oord installed the first jacket foundation, located in the northern part of the project site and has already started installing the second one in the same […]

  • Danes Move Forward with New Offshore Wind Areas

    1 July 2022
    Authorities, Wind Farm Update

    Danish transmission system operator (TSO) Energinet has received an order to initiate preliminary studies at the areas that could accommodate 6 GW of new offshore wind capacity as well as at the new location of the Hesselø offshore wind farm. This year, the Danish Energy Agency (DEA) carried out a fine screening of a number […]

  • Denmark Rejects Several Offshore Wind Project Applications

    24 June 2022
    Authorities, Contracts & Tenders

    The Danish Energy Agency has rejected several applications for new offshore wind farm projects under the open door scheme as they overlap with the areas that have been identified and reserved for future state auctions. In the period between the beginning of April 2022 and 20 June 2022, the Danish Energy Agency has received a […]

  • French Companies Join Forces on Offshore Green Hydrogen

    15 June 2022
    Business & Finance

    Green hydrogen technology developer Lhyfe and the offshore engineering and shipbuilding company Chantiers de l’Atlantique have signed a Memorandum of Understanding on the development of offshore hydrogen production platforms. The two companies will collaborate on offshore renewable hydrogen production projects with on-grid or off-grid wind farms and plan to develop green hydrogen production solutions with […]

  • Recyclable Wind Turbine Blades to Spin Offshore the Netherlands

    13 June 2022
    Environment, Technology, Wind Farm Update

    Vattenfall and BASF have decided to fit three of the 140 Siemens Gamesa 11 MW wind turbines at the Hollandse Kust wind farm offshore the Netherlands with recyclable blades. Conventional blades are made with resin which is fused with fiberglass and carbon to create the blade’s structure. The resin only dissolves by exposing it to […]

  • Irish Port Forges Ties with Norwegian Offshore Wind

    9 June 2022
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders

    Shannon Foynes Port Company (SFPC) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Norwegian Offshore Wind as part of plans to transform the Shannon Estuary in Ireland into an international supply chain hub for floating offshore wind. The MoU will enable collaboration between SFPC and offshore wind interests in Norway, providing a framework for further […]

  • Orlen Group to Compete in Lithuanian Offshore Wind Auction

    27 April 2022
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders

    Poland’s Orlen Group plans to compete in an upcoming auction for the development of an offshore wind farm with a capacity of 700 MW in the Lithuanian part of the Baltic Sea. The auction for the developer of Lithuania’s first offshore wind farm is planned to be launched in the second half of 2023, with […]

  • EOLOS and OceanPact Join Forces for Offshore Wind in Brazil

    8 April 2022
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders

    Spain-based EOLOS Floating Lidar Solutions has signed an agreement with OceanPact to secure business in the Brazilian offshore wind market. Under the agreement, EOLOS FLS200 technology, which recently achieved Stage 3 rating under the Carbon Trust Offshore Wind Accelerator Roadmap, will be combined with OceanPact’s environmental marine services expertise. EOLOS will provide OceanPact with the […]

  • BP Takes The Stage at Offshore Energy Exhibition & Conference

    9 November 2022
    Business & Finance, Industry

    The following is a press release from Navingo BV, the owner of offshoreWIND.biz and organiser of the annual Offshore Energy Exhibition & Conference in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.  BP is joining this year’s Offshore Energy Exhibition & Conference (OEEC) in Amsterdam as the sponsor of The Stage and one of its participants. In three weeks, this […]

  • BOEM Improves Offshore Wind Site Identification Processes

    19 September 2022
    Authorities, Business & Finance, R&D

    The US Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has decided to improve its processes for identifying future offshore wind sites that will be applied to ongoing planning efforts in the Gulf of Mexico, Central Atlantic and Gulf of Maine, and off the Oregon coast. In response to feedback from BOEM’s government partners and other stakeholders, […]

  • Seaway 7 Wins EPIC Offshore Wind Contract

    29 March 2022
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    Seaway 7 has won an engineering, procurement, installation and commissioning (EPIC) contract with EnBW for the inter-array cables for the He Dreiht offshore wind project in Germany. The scope includes the supply and installation of around 100 kilometres of 66 kV subsea power cables and respective cable protection systems (CPSs). The contract award is subject […]

  • Fugro to Survey New Dutch Offshore Wind Zones

    16 March 2022
    Contracts & Tenders

    Fugro Netherlands Marine has won the contract to carry out geophysical investigations at the IJmuiden Ver V and VI offshore wind sites in the Dutch North Sea. The IJmuiden Ver V and VI areas are located in the northern part of the IJmuiden Ver wind farm zone, and the investigation area covers approximately 250 square […]

  • The Netherlands Issues Rules for Next Offshore Wind Auction

    10 March 2022
    Authorities, Contracts & Tenders

    The Dutch Ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate Policy has issued regulations containing rules for the upcoming licensing of the Hollandse Kust (west) VI and Hollandse Kust (west) VII offshore wind zones in the North Sea. As reported, the auction for the two sites will open for bids on 14 April and close on 12 […]

  • Ørsted and PGE Seek More Room Offshore Poland

    25 February 2022
    Authorities, Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    Poland’s PGE and Ørsted are applying for seabed acreage in the Polish Baltic Sea adjacent to the Baltica offshore wind project that the two companies are jointly developing. The 45.E.1 area on Ławica Słupska covers 17 square kilometres and is directly adjacent to the 2.5 GW Baltica offshore wind project. The application to the Polish […]

  • Another Offshore Wind Tower Factory Announced in Poland

    18 February 2022
    Business & Finance

    Following the news that Spanish wind turbine tower manufacturer, Windar, will build a factory in Poland, Polish Offshore Wind Energy Society (PTMEW) said via social media that there was another agreement for a factory of this kind in the country between its supporting member Agencja Rozwoju Przemysłu (Industrial Development Agency; ARP) and the Spanish company GRI Renewable […]

  • 16.6 MW Wind Turbines to Spin Offshore China

    16 February 2022
    Technology, Wind Farm Update

    China’s MingYang Smart Energy plans to deploy two wind turbines with an individual capacity of 16.6 MW at the MingYang Yangjiang Qingzhou Four offshore wind farm in the South China Sea. The 505.2 MW offshore wind farm will also feature 59 8 MW wind turbines. Available data suggest that the wind farm is expected to […]

  • UK Gauging Offshore Wind Business Opportunities in US

    14 September 2021
    Authorities, Business & Finance

    Xodus has completed an analysis of the US offshore wind industry to determine potential opportunities for UK companies to enter the offshore wind market across the pond. According to the study, a rapid expansion in products and services is currently required to deliver projects on time and on budget, due to a lack of maturity […]

  • America’s First Offshore Wind Port Breaks Ground

    10 September 2021
    Ports & Logistics

    Construction has started on the New Jersey Wind Port, the first facility purpose-built for staging, assembly, and manufacturing activities related to offshore wind projects on the US East Coast. Earthworks will begin on-site in the coming weeks and major construction is due to start in December 2021 with the goal of opening the port in […]