This article was updated at 10:15 CET on 28 August 2024 after a response from Hai Long Offshore Wind. The CO2 leak that hospitalised 17 people working at the Hai Long onshore substation site in Changhua, Taiwan, on 20 August has claimed at least one life. On 27 August, the Hai Long Offshore Wind con
The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) has finalised its plan to facilitate the state’s procurement of more than 10 GW of large-scale renewable energy and storage, including 7.6 GW of (floating) offshore wind. CPUC has voted to adopt a proposed decision from July, directing the Department
The US Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) and the US State of Hawaii held the fifth task force meeting on 22 August as part of the work to determine a potential path forward for offshore wind planning in the state. As reported in April, BOEM is looking to organise the first-ever offshore wind
Equinor has decided to leave the offshore wind market in Vietnam and close its office in Hanoi, following a review of its renewable energy portfolio and with the industry “facing significant headwinds”, a company spokesperson told Reuters. The Norwegian state-owned energy company established an offi
The Development Consent Order (DCO) application of the North Falls Offshore Wind Farm, a 50/50 joint venture between RWE and SSE Renewables, has been accepted for examination by the UK Planning Inspectorate. The project’s DCO application was submitted in July 2024. North Falls now moves into the pre
Denmark-headquartered Ramboll has signed a multi-year agreement with PGE Baltica to provide wide-ranging technical advisory services to the company’s 7+ GW offshore wind farm portfolio in the Baltic Sea. Ramboll’s support will cover every aspect of offshore wind farm progression, ensuring technical
COSCO Shipping Heavy Industry has awarded Kongsberg Maritime a contract to supply a technology package for Cadeler’s latest A-class wind turbine installation vessel (WTIV), which is currently under construction in China. This is the fifth Cadeler offshore installation vessel to be built at COSCO’s Q
“K” Line Wind Service (KWS), a subsidiary of the “K” Line Group, and UK-headquartered Acteon have signed a non-exclusive memorandum of understanding (MoU) outlining how they will use each other’s skills and services to support floating offshore wind in Japan, including demonstration and commercial p
This article was updated at 15:05 CET on 23 August 2024 with a statement from GE Vernova. One of the already installed wind turbine blades at Dogger Bank A offshore wind farm, currently under construction in the UK, has sustained damage and failed. The blade failure occurred on the morning of 22 Aug
Researchers at the US Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) have found a practical path for manufacturing bio-derivable wind turbine blades that can be recycled and reused, potentially ending the practice of landfilling old blades. The paper “Manufacture and testing of b
InterConnect Malta (ICM), a government entity responsible for Malta’s energy interconnection projects with Italy and offshore renewable energy, has appointed Fugro Italia to survey two areas which the Maltese government plans to put out to tender for floating wind development. Fugro has now started
All transition pieces (TPs) have been installed at the 640 MW Yunlin offshore wind farm in Taiwan. With all 80 monopiles and 68 wind turbines now in place – 52 of which are already feeding clean electricity into the grid – the project has moved into its final installation phase. Major offshore const
Norway’s Integrated Wind Solutions has taken delivery of its third Commissioning Service Operation Vessel (CSOV) in the Skywalker class series, named IWS Seawalker. IWS Fleet, a fully owned subsidiary of IWS, signed newbuild contracts with China Merchants Heavy Industry (CMHI) for two purpose-built,
According to Rystad Energy, global offshore wind capacity will surpass 520 GW by 2040, with floating wind installations nearing 90 GW by that time. In 2023, the offshore wind sector saw a seven per cent increase in new capacity additions compared to the previous year, said Rystad Energy. This moment
