Brazil’s oil and gas major, Petrobras, will deploy five new units of a Brazil-made floating LiDAR for wind measurements off the country’s coasts starting this December. The company will invest BRL 60 million (approximately EUR 9.6 million) in the new measurement campaign which follows a one-year dep
The Maltese government is expected to soon publish a pre-qualification questionnaire for parties interested in floating wind development in the country. This is according to a consultation document issued this September, prior to the country’s Budget 2025 that was announced on 28 October. As reporte
French transmission system operator (TSO) RTE is conducting market consultation as it is preparing to launch a tender for the long-term supply of underground and subsea 320 kV and 525 kV HVDC cable links for French offshore wind farms that will be commissioned from 2034. In a notice issued on 25 Oct
South Korea’s Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy (MOTIE) has opened a tender for 2.8 GW of wind and solar energy capacity, 1.5 GW of which is being sought through offshore wind. On 25 October, Korea’s Energy Agency’s Renewable Energy Center issued an invitation to tender which seeks to award 1 G
SouthCoast Wind 1, being developed by Ocean Winds, has secured approvals from the state of Massachusetts for the construction and operation of onshore transmission facilities at Brayton Point in Somerset, the US. The Commonwealth of Massachusetts’ Energy Facilities Siting Board (EFSB) approved South
In a little more than five years, renewable energy targets set for 2030 will come knocking on the door. Whether they will be reached, missed or overshot, depends on multiple factors, most of which concern policymakers and the energy sector itself. At the end of 2023, the EU increased the binding ren
The US Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has finalised an environmental review to assess potential wind development activities across six lease areas offshore New York and New Jersey in an area known as the New York Bight. BOEM prepared a Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement (PEIS) to
PetroGreen Energy Corporation (PGEC) and Copenhagen Energy (CE)’s floating offshore wind projects in the Philippines have been awarded the Green Lane Certificate by the Philippine Board of Investments (BOI). According to CE, the certification is designed to streamline the process of securing future
The French government has unveiled its intention to launch the tenth call for tenders (AO10) for the development of offshore wind farms, targeting a total capacity between 8 GW and 10 GW. The process is expected to begin in the coming months, with the objective of awarding contracts by the fall of 2
The developers who entered their projects in New York’s fifth solicitation for offshore wind energy have submitted finalised proposals, with RWE and National Grid Ventures’ Community Wind offshore wind farm now proposed to have a generation capacity of up to 2.8 GW and to be built in two phases by 2
Statkraft has submitted a planning application to the Swedish Ministry of Climate and Economic Affairs for the 2.1 GW Baltic Offshore Delta North offshore wind farm in the Baltic Sea. The proposed offshore wind farm includes up to 105 turbines in an area far out at sea to ensure low to no visibility
The Danish Energy Agency (DEA) has adopted a plan for the future Kattegat and Kriegers Flak II offshore wind farms, following an environmental assessment and consultation feedback. The tender for the Kattegat and Kriegers Flak II offshore wind farms was launched in April 2024. The bid deadline is 1
Ørsted, Simply Blue Group and Subsea7, through their joint venture partnership in Scotland, have submitted their consent applications for the onshore aspects of the proposed Salamander floating offshore wind farm. The first submission has been made to Aberdeenshire Council for the onshore substation
