Amazon has entered into a new long-term corporate power purchase agreement (CPPA) with Ørsted for electricity that will be produced by the Borkum Riffgrund 3 offshore wind farm in Germany. Following the CPPA signed in December 2020, when the Seattle-headquartered technology company signed up for usi
Valmont SM, a manufacturer of offshore wind turbine towers, has signed an agreement with the Port Esbjerg for an exclusive option to have the port build a large production facility for wind turbine towers. The location allows the company to shorten the distance from production to erection of new win
RWE has signed a fifteen-year power purchase agreement (PPA) with EDF who will purchase the renewable electricity from the 1.4 GW Sofia offshore wind farm which is set for full generation in 2026. In what represents RWE and EDF’s largest renewable energy agreement to date, EDF will offtake all the w
Ørsted has signed a 12-year corporate power purchase agreement (CPPA) with Google under which Google will offtake 50 MW of Ørsted’s planned 900 MW Borkum Riffgrund 3 offshore wind farm in the German North Sea. Borkum Riffgrund 3 was the world’s first large-scale offshore wind farm to be awarded a ze
Keppel FELS, a wholly owned subsidiary of Keppel Offshore & Marine, has signed a global framework agreement with Ørsted to potentially undertake future offshore substation (OSS) projects. The agreement follows Keppel Offshore & Marine’s completion of its first project for Ørsted in Singapore in Sept
German energy company RWE and the Ulsan Metropolitan City will cooperate on the development of floating offshore wind projects off the South Korean coast with an envisaged capacity of up to 1.5 GW. A corresponding Memorandum of Understanding was signed recently between RWE and Ulsan City, in support
MunmuBaram, a joint venture between Shell and CoensHexicon, has secured an Electricity Business License (EBL) for its floating offshore wind project off the coast of Ulsan, South Korea. The EBL from South Korea’s Ministry of Trade, Industry, and Energy grants MunmuBaram exclusive development rights
British oil and gas major bp is planning a new large-scale green hydrogen production facility in the North East of England that could deliver up to 500 megawatt electrical input (Mwe) of hydrogen production by 2030. To be developed in multiple stages, HyGreen Teesside is expected to match productio
The cyber security incident which forced the Danish wind turbine maker Vestas to shut down IT systems across multiple business units and locations earlier this month was a ransomware attack, the internal investigations have indicated. The incident, which occurred on 19 November, impacted Vestas’ int
Swedish wind farm developer OX2 and Finland’s Bank of Åland Fondbolag Abp have signed a Memorandum of Understanding regarding the development of the Noatun offshore wind farm project, south of the Åland Islands. The collaboration between OX2 and Ålandsbanken Fondbolag will take place via a jointly o
BayWa r.e. has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Ulsan City, South Korea, for the development of floating offshore wind projects off the coast of Ulsan. According to BayWa r.e., floating wind enjoys high levels of public support in Ulsan City, in part due to the city’s major Song Cheol
Danish company Floating Power Plant (FPP) has signed an agreement with the Oceanic Platform of the Canary Islands (PLOCAN) to test its multi-megawatt hybrid floating wind and wave energy platform off the coast of Gran Canaria. The contract will enable FPP to deploy its hybrid offshore renewable ener
BlueFloat Energy, Energy Estate, and Elemental Group are partnering to develop offshore wind farms in New Zealand. The partners have launched “Haumoana – New Zealand Offshore Wind Capacity Building”, a report which highlights New Zealand’s untapped potential for offshore wind development and the opp
15-year offtake Power Purchase Agreements (PPAs) have been signed for the third phase of the 3.6 GW Dogger Bank, the world’s largest offshore wind farm, SSE Renewables and Equinor said. Dogger Bank Wind Farm will be constructed over 130 kilometres out to sea off the north-east coast of England and i
