(OE) Crown Estate Scotland has announced the results of the world’s first leasing round designed to enable offshore wind energy to supply offshore oil and gas platforms directly. Thirteen projects have been offered exclusivity agreements. INTOG (Innovation and Targeted Oil & Gas) leasing aims to attract investment in innovative offshore wind projects in Scottish waters,... Continue Reading →
RWE’s Kaskasi Offshore Wind Farm Starts Regular Operation
German offshore wind developer RWE said Thursday that its offshore wind farm Kaskasi, located around 35 kilometers north of the island of Heligoland, Germany, had officially started regular operation. With an installed capacity of 342 megawatts (MW), Kaskasi can supply the equivalent of over 400,000 households with electricity. The 38 wind turbines of Kaskasi were... Continue Reading →
EnBW Set to Build Its Largest Offshore Wind Farm in Germany Yet as FID Reached
German energy group EnBW has reached a final investment decision for He Dreiht offshore wind farm in Germany, clearing the way for the start of construction of EnBW’s largest offshore wind farm to date, with an installed capacity of 960 megawatts (MW). EnBW CFO Thomas Kusterer said: “In He Dreiht, we are building one of Germany’s largest... Continue Reading →
Floating Wind Specialist BW Ideol Secures Investment from ADEME Investissement
(OE) Floating wind farm and technology developer BW Ideol has entered into exclusive negotiations with ADEME Investissement, a state-owned French financier of innovative infrastructure projects, for ADEME Investissement to invest €40 million in BW Ideol’s project development activities. Under the agreed terms, BW Ideol will transfer its co-development project portfolio to a newly created subsidiary... Continue Reading →
GreenIT, CIP to Build Three Floating WInd Farms in Italy
(OE) GreenIT, a joint venture between Plenitude (Eni) and CDP Equity (CDP Group), and Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP) through its Flagship Funds have signed an agreement to develop three floating offshore wind projects in Latium and Sardinia, Italy. The floating wind farms will be located roughly 30 km off the coast and have an overall... Continue Reading →
New Consortium Pursues Floating Offshore Wind Development in Australia
Offshore installation firm Subsea 7, Australian company Spark Renewables, and international floating wind farm developer Simply Blue Group have created a consortium to pursue floating offshore wind development offshore New South Wales (NSW), Australia, in the Hunter and Illawarra regions. According to the consortium, the recently declared Hunter-Central Coast and Illawarra Renewable Energy Zones offer good opportunities to... Continue Reading →
Japan’s JERA to buy Belgium’s top offshore wind company for $1.7 bln
(Reuters) - Japan's top utility JERA has agreed to buy Parkwind, Belgium's largest offshore wind platform, for 1.55 billion euros ($1.7 billion), as it expands in renewable power to meet decarbonisation goals. JERA, a joint venture between Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings (9501.T) and Chubu Electric Power Co Inc (9502.T), will add Parkwind's four offshore wind farms in... Continue Reading →
EGS Survey to start work at ScotWind Floating Wind site
The UK-headquartered company EGS Survey will carry out a survey campaign at the Muir Mhòr floating wind project site in Scotland, being developed by Fred. Olsen Seawind and Vattenfall. Starting next month, EGS Survey will be performing preliminary geophysical and environmental surveys using the vessel EGS Ventus, with the work to be conducted from Peterhead Port... Continue Reading →
Ørsted Taps Havfram Wind for Hornsea 3 Offshore Wind Farm Turbine Installation
Denmark-based offshore wind farm developer Ørsted has hired Havfram Wind to install wind turbines at its Hornsea 3 offshore wind farm in the UK. The installation of the turbines is expected to start in the autumn of 2026, with Havfram Wind set to use one of its newly built NG20000X Jack-Up Wind Turbine Installation vessels... Continue Reading →
Brigg Vind: New Offshore Wind Company Launched in Norway
Norwegian renewable energy developers Vårgrønn and Å Energi and global offshore wind specialist Corio Generation, on Tuesday launched a new Norwegian offshore wind company called the Brigg Vind, dedicated to developing sustainable offshore wind in Norway. The companies said that the Brigg Vind name paid homage to the strong maritime tradition and expertise of Norway,... Continue Reading →