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BP Could Place Its First Floating Wind Bid in California
BP has qualified as an eligible bidder for the upcoming (floating) offshore wind lease sale in California, for which the US Government just announced would be held on 6 December by the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM). Since the issuance of the Proposed Sale Notice (PSN) for the five lease s
Siemens Gamesa Inks Hai Long Offshore Wind Turbine Deal
Siemens Gamesa and Hai Long Offshore Wind Project have signed the Turbine Supply Agreement and Service and Availability Agreements covering the Hai Long 2A, Hai Long 2B, and Hai Long 3 wind projects offshore Taiwan. The projects, which will use 73 SG 14-222 DD turbines, are Siemens Gamesa’s largest
Italian Developer Plans 800 MW Floating Wind Farm Offshore Sicily
Milan-based company, Np Pozzallo Wind s.r.l., has applied for a maritime concession with the Italian authorities to build an 800 MW floating wind farm in the Malta Channel, some 55 kilometres off the town of Pozzallo on the island of Sicily. The developer is seeking a 40-year maritime concession to
Van Oord Launches Next-Gen Hybrid Cable-Laying Vessel
Van Oord’s next-generation green cable-laying vessel Calypso has been launched at VARD’s Tulcea shipyard in Romania. Van Oord laid the keel for its new 130-metre cable-laying vessel in December last year. The Dutch company placed an order with VARD for Calypso a year before the keel laying ceremony
US Sets Date for First-Ever Offshore Wind Lease Sale on West Coast and First-Ever to Support Floating Wind
The US Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) will hold an offshore wind lease sale in California on 6 December. This will be the first-ever offshore wind lease sale on the US Pacific coast and the first-ever through which the country will support commercial-scale floating wind farms. On 6 Decembe
Goldwind’s New Offshore Wind Turbine Smashes Rotor Diameter Record
Chinese wind turbine manufacturer Goldwind and China Three Gorges (CTG) Corporation held a ceremony in the Fujian offshore wind industrial park on 13 October as Goldwind rolled out the nacelle for its first 13.6 MW turbine that will have a rotor diameter of 252 metres. While Vestas’s and Siemens Ga
Offshore Construction Starts on Japan’s First Floating Wind Farm
Offshore construction has started on the 16.8 MW Goto floating wind farm offshore Goto City, Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan, the Goto Floating Wind Farm LLC consortium said. The first of the eight SPAR-type floating foundations has been loaded onto the semi-submersible spud barge, Float Raiser, at Fukue
COWI Awarded Another Offshore Wind Contract in Ireland
Corio Generation has appointed COWI as the Pre-FEED Designer for the Sceirde Rocks offshore wind project in Ireland, shortly after the Danish engineering company secured a contract for another Irish offshore wind farm, the North Irish Sea Array (NISA), developed by Statkraft. The 450 MW Sceirde Rock
PGE Group to Build Offshore Wind Service Hub in Ustka
PGE Group has unveiled plans to build an operations and maintenance (O&M) centre for its future offshore wind projects and a competence centre in Ustka, Poland. The Polish energy company will build an O&M base to service its offshore wind farms and an associated training centre for offshore wind in
Construction Starts on CrossWind’s Hollandse Kust Noord Offshore Wind Farm
The construction of the 759 MW Hollandse Kust Noord (HKN) offshore wind farm has commenced with the first monopile installed at the site some 18.5 kilometres off the coast of Egmond aan Zee in the Netherlands. The HKN’s monopiles will be installed by Van Oord for which the company was awarded a cont
Semco, SeaRenergy Secure TenneT Offshore Assets Service Contract
Semco Maritime and SeaRenergy have secured a five-year service contract with TenneT for offshore grid connection systems and offshore substations in Germany and the Netherlands. The consortium, comprised of Semco Maritime and SeaRenergy, will be responsible for mechanical and electro-technical integ
SSE, RWE Gather Public Feedback for North Falls Offshore Wind Farm
SSE Renewables and RWE are asking North Essex communities for their feedback on the proposed North Falls offshore wind farm in the North Sea as part of the second round of consultations that are currently underway. North Falls, a 50/50 joint venture between SSE Renewables and RWE, is a proposed exte
Offshore Wind One of Building Blocks for Independent Scotland in New Gov’t Paper
On 17 October, Scotland’s First Minister presented a new paper on the plans for independence from the UK, which addresses numerous administrative and economic aspects of an independent Scotland. Among the resources that Scotland already has or is set to have is offshore wind, which will become the l
Brazil and Colombia to Lead Offshore Wind Charge in Latin America – Analysis
Latin America will see a sharp increase in offshore wind projects, with capacity reaching 34 GW by 2050, driven by the growth of off-grid green hydrogen projects, according to new analysis from Wood Mackenzie. Offshore wind activity will correspond to a 15.4 per cent compound annual growth rate star