Offshore Wind
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October 24, 2023
The Feng Miao offshore wind project is located approximately 36 km off the coast of Taichung City on the Taiwanese west coast and has been awarded 500 MW grid capacity by Taiwan’s Ministry of Economic Affairs, with expected commissioning by 2027.
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October 23, 2023
The Attentive Energy project aims to develop more than 3 gigawatts (GW) of offshore wind located 54 miles from New York State and 42 miles from New Jersey shores.
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October 19, 2023
ONYX’s new Ever-Changing Winds report includes a global survey of wind turbine owner/operators summarizing the current challenges, trends and opportunities facing senior leaders in the wind industry as it continues its growth.
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October 17, 2023
The 1,075 MW offshore wind farm has the capacity to generate around 5 terawatt hours (TWh), or enough renewable electricity to power almost 1.6 million homes annually, equivalent to two-thirds of all Scottish homes.
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October 10, 2023
(WO) — The first turbine at the Dogger Bank wind farm in the British North Sea has generated power, supplying electricity to British homes, according to a statement from Equinor on October 10.
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October 10, 2023
Iberdrola SA is in talks to sell a 49% stake in a 300-megawatt portfolio of Portuguese renewable assets to Norway’s sovereign wealth fund.
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October 05, 2023
The quarterly Market Overview Report, published this week, highlights the negative impact of rising inflation, capital costs, and supply chain disruptions.
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September 29, 2023
Railroad Commissioner Wayne Christian sent a letter to Texas Governor Greg Abbott and Land Commissioner Dawn Buckingham voicing his opposition to the installation of offshore wind farms in the Gulf of Mexico after the Biden administration announced plans to auction off more than 300,000 acres for offshore wind energy.
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September 22, 2023
GUH has established the Subsea Cables Forum to bring the industry together to develop a roadmap for improving the quality, reliability, and insurability of cables, which is crucial to achieving global offshore wind ambitions.
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September 21, 2023
As a result of this project, floating offshore wind technology is being introduced as a new renewable generation technology in Spain's energy mix for the first time.
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September 18, 2023
World Oil visited with Balmoral’s Group Public Relations Manager Steve Gibb at Offshore Europe, just as he was wrapping up his career with the company.
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September 11, 2023
On Friday, an auction for contracts to build new wind farms received zero bids from developers. It’s the first time that’s happened since the current system was introduced almost a decade ago, and it raises major questions about the UK’s environmental targets.
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August 29, 2023
“According to BOEM, a single offshore wind project could support approximately 4,470 jobs and $445 million in GDP during construction and an ongoing 150 jobs and $14 million annually from operation and maintenance labor, materials, and services," National Ocean Industries Association (NOIA) President Erik Milito said.
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August 29, 2023
Administration sources say the move advances the President’s commitment to deploy 30 GW of offshore wind energy by 2030.
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August 28, 2023
Three tracts, each spanning about 100,000 acres, are up for grabs in the auction, which is set to unfold anonymously over successive rounds Tuesday. Companies that have registered as potential bidders include apparent affiliates of offshore oil heavyweights BP Plc, Equinor Asa, Repsol SA, Shell Plc and TotalEnergies SE.
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August 24, 2023
MSIP and Crowley’s partnership will focus on repurposing and operating existing U.S. port facilities and leasing them under long-term contracts to offshore wind developers.
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August 18, 2023
Aker Solutions provided engineering and project management support, while the cable installation was performed utilizing competence and resources from DeepOcean. The main installation vessel, Solstad Offshore’s Normand Sapphire, was mobilized from Norway.
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August 16, 2023
Railroad Commissioner Wayne Christian sent a letter to Texas Governor Greg Abbott and Land Commissioner Dawn Buckingham voicing his opposition to the installation of offshore wind farms in the Gulf of Mexico after the Biden Administration announced plans to auction off more than 300,000 acres for offshore wind energy.
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August 11, 2023
Rovco’s scope of work involves the acquisition of geophysical and benthic information to provide detailed data to inform environmental impact assessment (EIA) consents and the engineering processes from engineering to early front-end engineering and design (FEED) study.
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August 07, 2023
The collaboration between Saitec Offshore Technologies, RWE Offshore Wind, and now KEPCO, creates a powerful alliance that will drive innovation, accelerate the commercialization of the SATH floating wind solution, and contribute to the transition towards a more sustainable energy future.
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August 07, 2023
bp is considering building two offshore wind farms in the Irish Sea without any support from the government — marking a first for the sector where development has been hindered by rising costs.
