The California Energy Commission (CEC) has adopted a Strategic Plan for Offshore Wind that will guide the development of offshore wind energy in this US state. The plan outlines analysis and strategies to deploy floating turbines off California’s central and northern coasts with a planning goal of 2
Thistle Wind Partners (TWP), a consortium comprising DEME, Qair, and Aspiravi, has submitted the offshore scoping report for the Ayre floating offshore wind project to the Scottish Government’s Marine Directorate. The report was submitted to the Marine Directorate – Licensing & Operations Team to re
Buchan Offshore Wind, a consortium comprising BayWa r.e., Elicio, and BW Ideol, has initiated the scoping process for its onshore grid infrastructure by submitting the Onshore Scoping Report to Aberdeenshire Council. The Onshore Scoping Report contains details of the planned onshore elements and its
A research and development (R&D) project focused on reusable floating wind anchoring systems, high and low connectors, and tendons for tension line systems, has been launched in France. The project is led by Technip Energies in partnership with Université Gustave Eiffel, Valeco, and OPEN-C Foundatio
After six years of development, sustainability consultancy ERM has launched offshore trials to test its Dolphyn Hydrogen process which combines electrolysis, desalination, and hydrogen production on a floating wind platform, marking the first time hydrogen has been produced from seawater in a marine
Norwegian service provider to the oil and gas industry, Archer, is taking over its compatriot Moreld Ocean Wind (MOW), a floating wind engineering and technology company. Once the acquisition transaction is completed, MOW will be renamed Archer Wind. Archer acquired a 100 stake in MOW through an agr
Eolus has submitted an application to the Swedish government for permission to build a 2.2 GW floating offshore wind farm at a site located 20 kilometres north of Gotska Sandön and about 100 kilometres southeast of Stockholm. The project, named Skidbladner and developed by Simply Blue Group, is plan
Japan’s GF Corporation has joined as a strategic partner in IX Renewables’ Rui-li Phase 1 floating offshore wind project in Taiwan. The Rui-Li 1 project, located off the coast of Hsinchu County, is planned to feature twelve 15 MW wind turbines. The project is set to participate in the upcoming float
The US-based classification organisation American Bureau of Shipping (ABS) and Dutch synthetic mooring solutions provider FibreMax have signed an agreement to collaborate on stiffness-driven mooring tendons for the floating offshore wind market. Under the agreement, ABS will provide qualification fo
Edison, the Italian subsidiary of EDF, has acquired a 50 per cent stake in Wind Energy Pozzallo, a special-purpose company that is developing a 975 MW floating offshore wind project in Sicily, Italy. Edison’s investment in Wind Energy Pozzallo was facilitated through a partnership with Blunova, a re
The US Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has issued a draft Environmental Assessment (EA) of the Wind Energy Area (WEA) in the Gulf of Maine. The WEA spans the federal waters off Maine, Massachusetts, and New Hampshire and includes eight potential leasing areas that could house 15 GW of insta
Denmark’s Floating Power Plant has purchased a wind turbine from Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy for its flagship demonstrator project located off the coast of Gran Canaria. According to the company, the selected wind turbine, a 4.3 MW SWT-DD-120 from Siemens Gamesa, fits Floating Power Plant’s requ
TGS, a global provider of energy data and intelligence, will conduct a new campaign for offshore wind and metocean measurement in Morro Bay, off the US West Coast. The deployment is supported by funding from the offshore wind industry and is expected to be launched in the third quarter of 2024. The
A consortium gathering 17 partners from eight European countries has started working on a project, dubbed Floatfarm, with a goal to lower the levelised cost of energy (LCOE) of floating wind through solutions such as shared mooring and anchoring, and to reduce the impact of floating wind farms on ma
