The Danish Energy Agency and Energinet have invited potential tenderers and relevant industry associations to participate in a market dialogue concerning the upcoming procurements related to the Bornholm Energy Island offshore wind farm and other future wind farms. Denmark is currently in the proces
Dutch-German transmission system operator (TSO) TenneT has launched a qualification system for the delivery of 2 GW High Voltage Direct Current (HVDC) offshore platforms and HVDC converter systems. The scope of this qualifications system covers the Category Converter, and/or the Category Platform, T
US-based Keystone Engineering Inc. and the German civil engineering company Jörss-Blunck-Ordemann GmbH (JBO) have entered into a strategic partnership to jointly provide offshore wind farm designs that are tailor-made to the growing US offshore wind market. The parties said that, as the US offshore
WPD offshore Australia Holding GmbH (wpd), part of wpd group, and Australis Energy Ltd have entered into a 50:50 joint venture for three offshore wind energy projects off the coast of Australia. The development of the three projects, located in the coastal waters of the states of Victoria, South Aus
A European electricity company has invited component manufacturers and services providers to engage in a preliminary market consultation to determine the current market capabilities within the offshore wind industry before the start of the potential procurement process. This is an excerpt from a Pre
Japanese utility JERA and Corio Generation, the new specialist offshore wind business of Macquarie’s Green Investment Group (GIG), announced on 30 June that they were ready to bid for the third phase of Taiwan’s offshore wind zonal development with their Formosa 3 project. JERA and Corio (GIG at the
Vattenfall and St1 have signed a Letter of Intent to develop a fossil-free value chain for production of synthetic electro fuel from offshore wind, with the next step being conducting a feasibility study into bringing the project to life in 2029 and gradually growing towards the target of one millio
Norwegian offshore wind developer Deep Wind Offshore has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with East West Power to collaborate on four projects totalling more than 4GW of floating and bottom fixed offshore wind in South Korea. “The complementary capabilities of our companies create a solid founda
Eni’s energy transition unit Plenitude and HitecVision have agreed to expand their Norwegian renewable energy company, Vårgrønn. The partners’ joint ambition is to build Vårgrønn into a material full-cycle offshore wind player, targeting 5 GW of installed and sanctioned offshore wind capacity by 203
DEME Group started trading its shares on Euronext Brussels on 30 June, following a partial demerger of Compagnie d’Entreprises CFE SA (CFE), which split it into two separately listed entities, DEME Group and CFE, with Ackermans & van Haaren remaining the majority shareholder of both companies. Namel
RWE and Tata Steel, the largest steelmaker in the UK, have committed to working together to support the delivery of floating wind structures in the Celtic Sea from Tata Steel’s South Wales facilities. The two companies will work together to identify the steel components that could be supplied from T
A Spain-based renewable energy developer has submitted an application for a 30-year maritime concession in the Ionian Sea, offshore Calabria in Italy, where the company wants to build a floating wind farm. This is an excerpt from a Premium article published on our sister site Offshore Energy. You ca
A consortium of sellers, including Van Oord, has sold its shares in the Borssele V wind farm to Octopus Energy Generation, one of Europe’s largest investors in renewables. According to Van Oord, the sale confirms the success of innovations demonstrated in Borssele V, including the world’s first subm
EDF Renewables and Fred. Olsen Seawind have applied for a Maritime Area Consent (MAC) for the proposed 1.5 GW Codling offshore wind farm in Ireland. The project is one of the seven that the Irish Government invited to apply for MACs earlier this year after the country launched this new consent proce
