The developer of the 2.4 GW Leading Light Wind project off the coast of New Jersey, the US, is requesting an additional delay for the project’s contract due to difficulties in securing essential equipment. Leading Light Wind, developed by Invenergy and its partner energyRe, already received one paus
Dutch Climate and Green Growth Minister Sophie Hermans has included LionLink, said to be the first direct-current hybrid interconnector, in the country’s latest Offshore Wind Energy Development Framework. LionLink will use the offshore grid connection of the Nederwiek 3 offshore wind farm in the Net
The offshore installation vessel Seaway Strashnov has installed all but two monopile foundations at the Dogger Bank B offshore wind site in the UK and will return in the second quarter of 2025 to complete the installation. Five more transition pieces (TPs) are also left to be installed, according to
Equinor has secured a project financing package of over USD 3 billion (approximately EUR 2.9 billion) and reached financial close on Empire Wind 1, the first offshore wind farm to connect to New York City’s grid, which is already under construction after Equinor made a final investment decision (FID
Some news are important for the offshore wind industry at large, some are significant for parts of the supply chain or in certain regions, and some are just good to know. With 366 days and thousands of news in 2024 behind us, the task of choosing only a few stories was not an easy one […]
The developers behind the Baltic Power project have made the initial compensation payments to fishermen who conducted fishing activities in the wind farm area off the coast of Poland. The transitional compensation scheme is valid for the construction of the offshore wind farm or until ministerial re
State procurement of new offshore wind farms continues worldwide, with some countries launching their first tenders and others preparing to open their next offshore wind auctions this year. In this article, we are bringing a selection of news published by offshoreWIND.biz in 2024 about tenders plann
New wind turbine models, vessels and equipment, and project updates were the most read topics on offshoreWIND.biz in 2024. In this overview, we are bringing the ten most popular news in 2024. In January 2024, Siemens Gamesa received a EUR 30 million grant from the EU for a project called Highly Inno
Denmark’s Vestas has received an order to supply its 15 MW turbines for the 315 MW Oga Katagami Akita Offshore Wind Project in Akita Prefecture, Japan. The order includes 21 V236-15.0 MW turbines as well as a long-term service agreement designed to ensure optimised performance of the assets. This ma
Vineyard Offshore, the US offshore wind development company owned by Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP), has withdrawn the 800 MW of offshore wind capacity selected earlier this year in Massachusetts as the 400 MW part of the 1.2 GW Vineyard Wind 2 project was not selected in Connecticut. As r
The President of Finland has signed a bill that enables the country to organise its first tender for offshore wind development in the exclusive economic zone (EEZ). With the new legislation set to enter into force on 1 January 2025, the government is looking to launch the first offshore wind tender
A pre-installation survey at the East Anglia Three offshore wind farm site is scheduled to begin in early January 2025, following subsea boulder clearance and scour protection work that was carried out in November 2024 and marked the start of offshore construction work. The survey, which will be per
A 300 MW expansion to the existing 600 MW Xuwen offshore wind farm in Zhanjiang, China, developed by State Power Investment Corporation (SPIC), has started commercial operation. The 600 MW Xuwen offshore wind farm was built in two phases consisting of a total of 94 wind turbines. The first of 47 Min
The JERA-led consortium and BP, along with its consortium partners, have been granted exclusive rights to develop two offshore wind farms in Japan’s territorial waters. The awarded sites are part of the country’s 3rd auction round, where a total capacity of 1.1 GW has been granted for development. B
