Professionals from the industry discussed floating wind during the panel session ‘Focus on Floating Wind’. With record floating wind capacity already awarded or soon to be procured across Europe, and new targets being set worldwide, the conference session looks at both the industry’s trajectory towa
In the hydrogen session during Offshore Energy Exhibition & Conference pioneers from different markets share their experiences. Challenges when it comes to innovation, infrastructure and regulation are discussed and views are shared on the roadmap towards a hydrogen economy. What are the opportuniti
Ørsted and Eversource, developers of Connecticut’s first offshore wind farm, Revolution Wind, have entered a multi-year research partnership with a nonprofit organisation Mystic Aquarium to conduct studies of the effects of offshore wind turbines on marine mammals and sea turtles. “Developing more c
Ørsted and Yorkshire Wildlife Trust have teamed up to develop a seagrass restoration project as part of Ørsted’s 2.6 GW Hornsea Project Four offshore wind farm in the UK. The initial phase of the project has already started as the Trust was commissioned to collect and plant seagrass seed across a 9.
The Danish transmission system operator (TSO) Energinet has opened a tender for consultancy services for a number of marine environmental studies for the new areas in the North and Baltic Seas, planned to house up to 7.2 GW of new offshore wind capacity in Denmark. This is an excerpt from a Premium
As part of its development of the 2.9 GW Hornsea Three offshore wind farm in the UK, Ørsted is also required to implement compensation measures for the protection of the Black-legged kittiwake. Now, the company is starting surveys at the locations where artificial nesting structures for kittiwake ar
Hitachi Energy and Equinor have signed a strategic agreement to collaborate within electrification, renewable power generation, and low-carbon initiatives worldwide. Initial areas of focus for the collaboration include developing standardized base designs to be applied for high-voltage direct curren
Four oyster tables made of concrete and other material on which live oysters are placed have been installed at the Eneco Luchterduinen offshore wind farm as part of a mission to restore oyster reefs in the Dutch North Sea. The new oyster table design, which was developed under The Rich North Sea pro
Ørsted and World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF), Denmark, have teamed up with the goal to advance offshore wind deployment that enhances ocean biodiversity and to drive a global shift towards addressing climate and biodiversity goals together. Under the five-year global partnership, the companies will j
The US Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) have released a draft joint strategy to protect and promote the recovery of North Atlantic right whales as part of responsible offshore wind development. The draft strategy, which is now pu
Ocean Winds has received a positive environmental decision for its BC-Wind offshore wind farm in the Polish Baltic Sea, thus completing the environmental impact assessment process for the 400 MW project. The decision was taken by the Regional Directorate for Environmental Protection (RDOŚ) in Gdańsk
As some European countries announced plans to fast-track offshore wind development and the current energy crisis is triggering more ambitious targets, how to achieve this without a negative environmental impact is one of the rising concerns. According to the Offshore Coalition for Energy and Nature
Australia’s federal government and the Victoria state government plan to fast-track Victorian Renewable Energy Zones (REZ) and offshore wind development in an effort to create new energy jobs across Victoria, unlock cleaner, cheaper and more secure energy, and put downward pressure on prices. The Co
The Regional Director of Environmental Protection in Gdansk has issued a decision on the environmental conditions for the connection infrastructure of the Baltica Offshore Wind Farm, Baltica 2 and Baltica 3 in the Polish Baltic Sea, to be implemented in two stages. This allows the project’s investor
