The South Australian (SA) government has rejected a proposal by Skyborn Renewables and Australis Energy for an offshore wind farm to be built off the state’s coast and has also submitted a document to the federal government in which it expresses its opposition to the Southern Ocean offshore wind dev
Goldwind’s GWH252-16MW wind turbine, installed at the Zhangpu Liuao offshore wind farm owned and developed by China Three Gorges, has produced 384.1 megawatt-hours in a 24-hour period, setting a new world record for an individual wind turbine in the given period. The record was achieved on 1 Septemb
Boskalis has been awarded contracts by PGE Polska Grupa Energetyczna and Ørsted for the transportation and installation of the export and array cables for the Baltica 2 offshore wind farm in Poland, classifying the contract value as “large”, which for Boskalis means it is worth more than EUR 300 mil
Offshore construction has started on RWE’s 1.4 GW Sofia offshore wind farm on Dogger Bank in the central North Sea off the northeast coast of the UK. The offshore works are kicking off with the laying of the first section of high voltage direct current (HVDC) export cable which will be done by Prysm
The offshore substation at the Gode Wind 3 offshore wind farm was installed 30 kilometres off the island of Norderney in the German North Sea, Ørsted announced. The substation topside was installed by Jan De Nul’s Les Alizés. The vessel is also installing the monopile foundations at the wind farm. I
RWE and Valorem have signed a partnership agreement to jointly respond to the call for tenders for the offshore wind project off the island of Oléron (AO7), France. As part of this call for tenders, a landed offshore wind farm with an installed capacity of about 1,000 MW will be deployed about forty
Skyborn Renewables and its partners in the Yunneng Wind Power consortium that owns the Yunlin offshore wind project in Taiwan have signed an extended financing agreement to complete the construction of the 640 MW offshore wind farm. The project is now on track for completion according to an amended
The number of New Jersey residents who support offshore wind fell by more than 20 per cent since 2019, from 76 per cent four years ago to just over half (54 per cent) now, and the number of those opposing offshore wind has climbed from 15 per cent to 40 per cent since 2019. This […]
The Australian government will soon launch consultations for two more proposed offshore wind zones, namely the Bass Strait region off Northern Tasmania and the Indian Ocean region off Perth/Bunbury. The government, which has earlier identified six zones, is carrying out consultations as part of the
Ørsted has signed a NTD 25 billion (EUR 721 million) sustainability-linked revolving loan facility agreement for the developer’s offshore wind farms in Taiwan with a consortium of financial institutions, including nine state-owned banks. Ørsted and the financial institutions have aligned to include
EDF Renewables has signed the Administrative Contract for Huanyang offshore wind farm, the company’s first offshore wind project in Taiwan. This 440 MW project was awarded in the Round 3-1 Offshore Wind Zonal Development in December 2022, with a grid connection year in 2027. Owned by EDF Renewables
DNV has signed a contract with Intercontinental Wind Energy (IWE) to support the Taiwanese company’s diversification into offshore wind turbine jacket fabrication. According to a press release from DNV, the company’s work scope will assist IWE towards Tier-1 supplier status for offshore wind in Taiw
The world’s leading offshore wind developer, Ørsted, could book impairments of DKK 16 billion (EUR 2.15 billion) on its US portfolio due to adverse impacts relating to the supply chain, lack of favorable progress in Investment Tax Credit (ITC) guidance, and increased interest rates. The Ocean Wind 1
RWE Offshore US Gulf, LLC has won the rights to develop offshore wind capacity at the Lake Charles Lease Area in the Gulf of Mexico off Louisiana, USA. The area has the potential to generate approximately 1.24 gigawatts of offshore wind energy capacity and power nearly 435,400 homes with renewable e
