Canada’s Minister of Natural Resources, Jonathan Wilkinson, has introduced a new bill in the House of Commons which will put in place regulations that will enable offshore wind development in the provinces of Nova Scotia and Newfoundland and Labrador. On 30 May, the minister, in partnership with the
The G7 (Group of Seven) Ministers of Climate, Energy and the Environment have pledged to speed up the buildout of renewable energy projects, including offshore and floating wind, and reaffirmed the seven countries’ commitments to their existing 2030 offshore wind targets, which together amount to 15
The government of Canada has, together with the government of Nova Scotia and the government of Newfoundland and Labrador, launched the start of the regional assessments of offshore wind development in the two provinces. The recently released Agreement and Terms of Reference outline how the assessme
Canada-headquartered Northland Power has secured two Electricity Business Licenses (EBLs) for its 1,000 MW Dado and 600 MW Bobae offshore wind projects in South Korea. The Dado offshore wind project was awarded EBL for 900 MW of the 1,000 MW capacity, providing exclusivity on the leases for the proj
The Canadian Province of Nova Scotia has set a target to auction off 5 GW of offshore wind energy by 2030. This is the first concrete move toward planned offshore wind development in the country which has seen significant activity in the marine energy sector (tidal and wave energy) over the past sev
The Group of Seven (G7) has launched the G7 Hydrogen Action Pact (G7-HAP), a joint initiative on low-carbon and renewable hydrogen, and its derivatives such as ammonia. The pact comes on the heels of the recently signed declarations through which some of the seven countries vowed to up their energy
The governments of Canada and Nova Scotia intend to refresh and expand the mandate of the Canada-Nova Scotia offshore energy regime and further collaborate on establishing a competitive offshore renewables sector expected to position Nova Scotia as ”a world leader in offshore wind and clean hydrogen
Canada’s Northland Power and its German partner RWE have exercised their step-in right to match the winning bid in Germany’s latest offshore wind auction for the N-3.8 zone in the North Sea and secure the lease for the 433 MW German Nordsee Two offshore wind project. Back in September, Germany’s Fed
Canadian government has awarded funding to several projects that could help reduce greenhouse gas emissions from Newfoundland and Labrador’s offshore oil & gas operations, including a project using floating wind turbines to power oil & gas assets. The project, being developed by floating wind techno
