An offshore renewable energy bill that was introduced in the Bulgarian Parliament in December 2023 is expected to soon be up for a second reading, after passing the first reading last month. The bill, which aims to facilitate offshore wind build-out in the Bulgarian sector of the Black Sea, is seein
The Australian Government has launched a consultation on an offshore wind development zone in the Indian Ocean off the Bunbury region in Western Australia (WA) that could host up to 20 GW of offshore wind. The Commonwealth is seeking feedback on a proposed area, which is 7,674 square kilometres and
PGE and Ørsted have received permits from the Pomeranian Voivodeship for the construction of the offshore part of the 1.5 GW Baltica 2 offshore wind farm in Poland. The permits concern the construction of wind turbines and four offshore substations. According to PGE, these are the last permits neces
Five applicants have qualified for the upcoming 1.5 GW Sørlige Nordsjø II (Southern North Sea II) offshore wind auction round in Norway. “Today, we can announce that several strong applicants have been qualified to participate in the auction for offshore wind for Sørlige Nordsjø II. We have decided
The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has issued a Clean Air Act permit to Empire Offshore Wind, owned by Equinor. The air quality analysis, conducted by EPA, showed that the impacts on air quality from the construction and operation of the offshore wind project will not cause or contribute t
The US Bureau Of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has designated two final wind energy areas (WEAs) offshore Oregon which could accommodate 2.4 GW of offshore wind capacity. The two areas total approximately 195,012 acres and they avoid 98 per cent of the areas recommended for exclusion due to their i
The Danish Energy Agency (DEA) has approved the feasibility study report for the Lillebælt Syd (Lillebælt South) offshore wind farm, a 160 MW project being developed by European Energy and SONFOR (formerly Sønderborg Forsyning). On 7 February, the DEA approved the feasibility study report for the 16
The BlueFloat Energy and Renantis partnership have submitted a scoping request and Habitats Regulations Assessment screening report to the Marine Directorate for the Broadshore Hub Wind Farm Development Areas in Scotland. The scoping request seeks the Scottish Minister’s opinion on the scope and det
German transmission system operator (TSO) 50Hertz has received planning approval decisions for the offshore route of the Ostwind 3 grid connection project in the Baltic Sea. The planning approval refers to the section in the exclusive economic zone (EEZ) and the section in the territorial sea, the s
The US regional transmission company PJM Interconnection and the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities (NJBPU) have signed an agreement that opens the path towards New Jersey’s second offshore wind transmission tender. The agreement was filed with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) on 2
The Danish Energy Agency (DEA) has opened an eight-week public consultation on the strategic environmental assessment (SEA) of the plan for the revised southern location of the Hesselø offshore wind farm. The public consultation of the revised SEA of the plan for the offshore wind project is planned
The Government of India has invited bids for the development of offshore wind with a total capacity of 4 GW off the coast of Tamil Nadu. The bids invited are for four blocks of 1 GW each on an open access basis, for the development of offshore wind projects off the coast of Tamil Nadu, […]
The New York City Public Design Commission (PDC) has approved Equinor’s design for the offshore wind operations and maintenance (O&M) building that the developer of the Empire Wind projects plans to build at the South Brooklyn Marine Terminal (SBMT). The O&M base would be New York’s first-ever purpo
The Regional Director of Environmental Protection in Gdansk has issued a decision on the environmental conditions for the connection infrastructure of the Bałtyk II and Bałtyk III offshore wind projects in Poland. This allows the project’s investors, Polenergia and Equinor, to continue the project a
