It takes more than ten years for offshore wind projects to go through the permitting system in South Korea. Only 2 per cent of all offshore wind projects that applied for a permit were able to reach the end of the process over the past decade. Meanwhile, 98 per cent are still trying to reach that [&
The European Commission (EC) has approved, under EU State aid rules, a EUR 2.08 billion measure to support the construction and operation of a floating offshore wind farm in France. The floating offshore wind project will be located off the coast of South Brittany and is expected to have a capacity
The Danish Energy Agency (DEA) and the California Energy Commission (CEC) have extended their cooperation on offshore wind and energy efficiency which was established back in 2017. The renewed cooperation now involves DEA assisting the Californian authorities with optimising the legislative framewor
The US Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has issued a Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) for the SouthCoast Wind project offshore Massachusetts, the 2.4 GW offshore wind project formerly known as Mayflower Wind, developed by a joint venture between Shell and Ocean Winds. BOEM will op
Atlantic Shores Offshore Wind, a 50:50 US partnership between Shell and EDF Renewables, has joined the Northeast Clean Hydrogen Hub, a major multi-state initiative in the US that plans to develop a proposal to become one of up to 10 regional clean hydrogen hubs in the country. The developer of a 1.5
The UK’s National Infrastructure Commission (NIC), on request from the UK government, will conduct a study on the infrastructure planning system and National Policy Statements (NPSs). The study will have a special focus on the lengthy consenting processes for major infrastructure projects such as of
The US Department of Energy (DOE) has announced a USD 30 million funding opportunity to advance the cost-effective domestic manufacturing of materials, including lightweight composites, that could allow wind turbines to produce power more efficiently. Lightweight composite materials reduce emissions
The UK’s Planning Inspectorate has delayed a final decision on granting approval for Ørsted’s 2.6 GW Hornsea Four offshore wind farm by nearly five months. Ørsted submitted a Development Consent Order (DCO) application for Hornsea Four to the UK Planning Inspectorate in September 2021. The Examining
TenneT is investigating the possible sale of its German activities to the German state in order to achieve the energy transition objectives, the Dutch-German transmission system operator (TSO) said. In recent years, TenneT has developed into the world’s largest investor and operator of offshore wind
Updated on 8 February at 14:51 with a comment from European Energy’s CEO. On 6 February, the Danish Energy Agency (DEA) announced that it had suspended the processing of offshore wind projects under the open-door scheme, saying that this permitting scheme was potentially in breach of EU law. It did
HOFOR (Greater Copenhagen Utility) has warned that several of its offshore wind projects will be negatively affected by the Danish Energy Agency’s decision to suspend the processing of offshore wind farm projects and other renewable energy projects under the open door scheme. The Ministry of Climate
Germany’s Federal Network Agency has launched a tender for four areas in the North Sea and the Baltic Sea with a combined offshore wind capacity of 7 GW. Three areas (N-11.1, N-12.1, and N-12.2), each with an output of 2,000 MW, are located in the North Sea, and one area (O-2.2) with a capacity of [
The 1.2 GW Baltic Power wind project offshore Poland has received its first building permit for the onshore part of the development, according to a recent social media post by Daniel Obajtek, CEO of PKN Orlen. The work on the project’s onshore development is planned to start in 2024, Obajtek said. T
Grant Shapps, the UK Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS), has less than a month to sign off on a decision on Ørsted’s Hornsea Four offshore wind farm, which might not be an easy task as the Danish renewable energy developer and BP are still at odds over an area whe
