Offshore Wind

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February 17, 2023
EnBW is among today’s leaders in offshore wind in Germany. In partnership with Equinor, a global offshore wind major, we will continue to significantly contribute to a climate-friendly energy future in Germany and Europe”, said Michael Class, Head of Portfolio Development Renewables at EnBW.
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February 16, 2023
The Formosa 3 project comprises three proposed offshore windfarms – Haiding 1, 2 and 3 – in Changhua county on the central-western coast of Taiwan.
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February 15, 2023
As part of their agreement, bp has acquired a 55% stake in Deep Wind Offshore’s early-stage offshore wind portfolio, which includes four projects across the Korean peninsula with a potential generating capacity of up to 6GW.
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February 14, 2023
The scope of work includes the transport and installation of inner-array and export power cables and respective cable protection systems.
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February 13, 2023
Liz Klein, the new Director of the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, takes over at a critical time as her agency makes decisions about where to install ocean wind farms, how to safely store carbon dioxide under the sea floor and the future of oil drilling in the Gulf of Mexico.
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February 08, 2023
The more than 40-acre site, encompassing over 2,200 linear feet of prime waterfront property, is expected to become the home of a purpose-driven offshore wind facility in the coming years.
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February 08, 2023
Capercaillie (Investments) Ltd and Giles W Pritchard-Gordon & Co Ltd. have committed a multi-million-dollar investment, which will be used to complete engineering work on its first project, a new design of ring crane for assembling and loading offshore windfarm components.
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February 06, 2023
The Dogger Bank D proposal would require a new development consent order to progress into construction and could add an additional 1.32 GW in fixed-bottom offshore wind capacity to the 3.6 GW already in construction with phases A, B and C of the project.
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January 31, 2023
The remote microgrid renewable power generation will electrify oil and gas production and smaller opportunities in island states using fossil fuels to produce electricity.
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January 30, 2023
The D-Floater is a three-column, semi-submersible unit with a Delta-shaped pontoon configuration that allows the stacking of foundations inside each other, facilitating the transport of at least five completed foundations on a single, heavy lift transport vessel and efficient storage in the marshaling port.
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January 25, 2023
The “Wind At Our Backs” campaign will create awareness of the vast potential for wind developments and green hydrogen production in Newfoundland and Labrador.
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January 23, 2023
GMS has signed a contract to provide construction and developmental support for a major offshore wind farm in France. The contract is due to complete in Q1 2023.
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January 17, 2023
Through this collaboration, the parties wish to combine Plenitude’s technical and financial capabilities and experience in the Italian energy market, with Simply Blue Group’s track record in developing global floating wind projects.
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January 17, 2023
Masdar has signed joint development agreements with the State Oil Company of the Republic of Azerbaijan for onshore wind and solar projects, and integrated offshore wind and green hydrogen projects, with a total combined capacity of 4 gigawatts.
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January 16, 2023
The Boskalis project scope includes the transportation and installation of the wind turbine foundations and power cables for which two crane vessels and several transport and cable-laying vessels will be deployed.
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January 10, 2023
The converter platforms will collect the alternating current generated by several wind farms and convert it into high voltage direct current (HVDC), which will then be reconverted into alternating current at onshore stations approximately 400 km away.
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January 09, 2023
Hitachi Energy won two major orders from Equinor and Polenergia to provide an AC grid connection and power quality solution for their jointly owned MFW Baltyk II and MFW Baltyk III offshore wind farms, with a combined generating capacity of 1,440 megawatts in the Polish sector of the Baltic Sea.
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December 30, 2022
The Finnish Government gave consent regarding research permits to Eolus for the two offshore wind projects Wellamo and Tuulia in the Finnish Bothnian Sea. The Environmental Impact Assessment and seabed investigations will begin in 2023.
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December 29, 2022
The agreement will see the companies examine the potential to supply renewable electricity from Ørsted’s Hornsea offshore windfarm projects to power future Neptune-operated hubs in the UK North Sea.
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December 27, 2022
The Biden administration's goal to power 10 million homes by 2030 with offshore wind looks to be at risk as developers face challenges including inflation, supply chain woes and rising interest rates.
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December 22, 2022
Britain’s wind farms produced nearly 74 terawatt hours so far this year, enough to power more than 19 million British homes, according to National Grid data. That exceeded the previous record of 68 terawatt hours set in 2020.
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