Spain plans to develop between 1 GW and 3 GW of floating offshore wind capacity by 2030, according to the country’s Ministry for the Ecological Transition and the Demographic Challenge. The goal is set out in The Roadmap for the Development of Offshore Wind and Marine Energies in Spain, which is now
Delivery of onshore cables for Dogger Bank Wind Farm has started, according to Jones Bros Civil Engineering UK, the company responsible for installing the cables for the first two phases of the offshore wind project. The first drum with the cables has already arrived and Jones Bros are set to commen
Norway-headquartered Integrated Wind Solutions (IWS) has bought into the Danish provider of electrical and technical solutions ProCon. With an investment of DKK 60 million (around EUR 8 million), IWS has become the majority shareholder of the Danish company. According to a press release from 5 July,
RWE Renewables has joined the Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult’s Circular Economy for the Wind Sector joint industry programme (CEWS JIP), focused on the reuse, recycling and sustainable disposal of components of decommissioned offshore wind turbines. “The programme aims to lead the way in e
Following Ireland’s launch of the National Marine Planning Framework (NMPF) on 1 July, RWE Renewables announced its intention to apply for development consent to build a 900 MW offshore wind farm under the new Maritime Area Planning (MAP) legislation once the new consenting framework is established.
Subsea 7 S.A. has agreed to combine its Renewables business unit with Norway’s OHT ASA. Subject to the customary approvals, conditions and relevant employee consultations, the combined company will be renamed Seaway 7 ASA and will initially retain OHT’s listing on Oslo’s Euronext Growth market, with
60 out of the 100 Vestas V164-9.5MW wind turbines have been installed at the 950 MW Moray East wind farm offshore Scotland. The current installed capacity at Moray East stands at 570 MW, and the wind farm is two turbines away from taking the top spot in Scotland in terms of the installed capacity fr
Janet Mills, the Governor of the US State of Maine, has signed into law LD 1619 which prohibits new offshore wind projects in State waters. The prohibition is said to preserve Maine’s State waters for recreation and fishing, where up to 75 per cent of Maine’s commercial lobster harvesting occurs, an
The newly-established maritime holding company, Purus Marine, has agreed to acquire a large offshore wind service operation vessel (SOV). The SOV is currently under construction and will deliver directly into a multi-year time charter with a leading European renewable energy company, beginning early
After partnering to develop offshore wind projects in the US and South Korea, Ocean Winds and Aker Offshore Wind have now formed a new partnership to apply for the development of floating wind farms in Scotland’s upcoming seabed leasing round. The two companies will jointly submit the bid to Crown E
Ørsted, Falck Renewables, and BlueFloat Energy have established a consortium to jointly apply for seabed leases in sites suitable for building large-scale floating wind farms in Scotland’s upcoming ScotWind leasing round. The news comes less than a month after Ørsted revealed its strategic decision
A UK-US research team has started a project to investigate the application of wake steering on floating offshore wind farms. The UK team, led by DNV, is cooperating with the US National Offshore Wind Research & Development Consortium (NOWRDC) on the project funded by Innovate UK. The research projec
Ørsted has submitted a bid to the Maryland Public Service Commission (PSC) to build a 760 MW wind farm off the state’s coast. The company has filed its proposal for the Skipjack Wind 2 project in response to the Commission’s call for Round 2 offshore wind projects, through which the Commission can a
The 1.4 GW Sofia and the 1.2 GW Dogger Bank C offshore wind projects have marked the start of their onshore construction with an official ground-breaking in Teesside, the UK. The separate wind farm projects are sited on Dogger Bank in the middle of the North Sea, more than 190 kilometres from the No
