The US Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has designated the Morro Bay Wind Energy Area offshore California. The area is located approximately 20 miles offshore the central California coastline and contains approximately 240,898 acres (376 square miles). BOEM will now prepare an Environmental
Shell New Energies and RWE Generation will explore the possibilities of establishing integrated projects for the production of green hydrogen using offshore wind power on a gigawatt scale in the industrial regions in the north-east of England such as Teesside and/or Humberside. The plan is one of th
The UK Department for Transport and the Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult have unveiled the Department’s ‘Operation Zero’, which aims to accelerate the decarbonisation of offshore wind operations and maintenance (O&M) vessels working in the North Sea’s offshore wind farms. At an event as part
BW Ideol’s planned offshore floating wind pilot-project in California has progressed to the environmental assessment stage. This represents the next milestone in the permitting process for what may become one of the first wind farms off the coast of California, the floating wind specialist said. The
In less than two weeks, Offshore Energy Exhibition & Conference 2021 will open its doors! The industry will meet again face-to-face on 26 and 27 October 2021 in RAI Amsterdam. Offshore Energy looks forward to an event with various opportunities to network and do business. Industry experts, business
Vestas has launched a new circularity roadmap detailing a set of commitments to be implemented across the company’s value chain to accelerate the journey to reach zero-waste turbines by 2040. Through the roadmap, Vestas aims to set a new benchmark for the wind industry within circularity and waste r
Vattenfall has decided to commit to a landfill ban on decommissioned wind turbine blades, effective immediately, and to increase blade recycling rate over the next decade. With this move, the Sweden-headquartered offshore wind major has joined several other developers and OEMs on the now industry-wi
SSE Renewables plans to reduce the size of the area over which the 4.1 GW Berwick Bank offshore wind project in Scotland will be developed to protect local seabird populations. The developer said it will reduce the overall size of the site by around ten per cent compared to the area available for de
Leading offshore wind developer Ørsted has submitted an environmental report for the 1.5 GW Skåne Havsvindpark wind farm project offshore Sweden. The submission of the report was preceded by surveys and a thorough environmental impact assessment (EIA), the developer said. Skåne offshore wind farm is
Power producer and gas trader Uniper has formed a strategic partnership with Ørsted to jointly develop combined offshore wind and hydrogen projects on a large scale in Germany. This is to be achieved in particular through a system-serving direct integration of hydrogen production from offshore wind
Siemens Gamesa has launched what the company describes as the world’s first wind turbine blade ready for commercial use offshore that can be recycled at the end of its lifecycle – the RecyclableBlade. The first six 81-metre long RecyclableBlades have already been produced at the Siemens Gamesa blade
The Global Wind Energy Council (GWEC), the Vice-ministry of Energy and Environmental Quality (MINAE) of Ministry of Environment, and Energy and Costa Rican Electricity Institute (ICE) have kicked-off a joint initiative to build knowledge about the local benefits of offshore wind and explore pathways
Sarawak Shell Berhad (SSB), a subsidiary of Royal Dutch Shell plc, has taken a final investment decision (FID) on the Timi gas development project offshore Malaysia which will feature a wellhead platform powered by a solar and wind hybrid renewable power system. SSB is developing the Timi project jo
A new research programme has been launched in the UK to address the gap in understanding how marine ecosystems will respond to the continued growth of offshore wind as the UK sector ramps up to deliver 40 GW of offshore wind by 2030. The GBP 7 million programme – known as ECOWind – is a […]
