Surveys of the area that the Lithuanian Government selected for the country’s first offshore wind farm have shown that the seabed in the Baltic Sea is suitable for the development of this type of project. The Lithuanian Energy Agency selected Geobaltic and Garant Diving to carry out the geophysical and seismic surveys through an international... Continue Reading →
Prysmian awarded $25 million for Massachusetts offshore wind cable factory
On 20 December, Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker and Lt. Governor Karyn Polito announced the award of $180 million in funding for projects supporting offshore wind development, with a part of this earmarked for Prysmian’s high-voltage cable factory in Somerset. The Massachusetts government will support the construction of Prysmian’s offshore wind cable manufacturing facility in Somerset... Continue Reading →
Study Launched for Multi-GW Scale Offshore Hydrogen Production in Dutch North Sea
(OE) Danish engineering group Ramboll will investigate the feasibility of producing hydrogen offshore at a multi-gigawatt scale with NortH2 in the Dutch part of the North Sea. The NortH2 consortium, consisting of Eneco, RWE, Equinor and Shell, in partnership with Gasunie, is investigating how all aspects of the hydrogen value chain – from production to... Continue Reading →
Vattenfall to Build 1.3GW Offshore Wind Farm in Finland
(OE) Vattenfall and Metsähallitus have joined forces to build and run Finland's first major offshore wind farm. The project will be built at Korsnäs, off the west coast of Finland. It will have a capacity of 1.3 GW and could produce 5 TWh per year. "Vattenfall was selected in the first of a number of... Continue Reading →
Crown Estate-funded Survey Program Drives Floating Wind Development in Celtic Sea
(OE) The Crown Estate for England, Wales, and Northern Ireland has announced its first major investment in surveys to help with the construction of floating offshore wind farms in the Celtic Sea. "The awarding of the first contracts marks an important step in what is anticipated to be a multi-million pound series of technical and... Continue Reading →
Australia Launches First Offshore Wind Farm Zone
(Reuters) Australia on Monday opened up its first zone for developing offshore wind farms in a region off its southern coast, looking to jumpstart a new industry to help achieve net zero carbon emissions by 2050. As expected, the government selected the Gippsland coast off the state of Victoria for the first offshore wind power zone, where an A$9... Continue Reading →
Massive port infrastructure needed in SLO County to support floating offshore wind in California, new study shows
A new study shows the massive port infrastructure that could come to the Central Coast to support proposed floating offshore wind energy developments. The $250,000, seven-month-long study, which was released Thursday, was prepared by engineering consulting firm Mott MacDonald, commissioned by economic development think tank REACH Central Coast and funded by San Luis Obispo County,... Continue Reading →
Strohm secures €15 million investment to support its TCP solutions
Dutch thermoplastic composite pipe (TCP) producer Strohm has completed the largest funding round in the company’s 15-year history by securing a €15 million investment to support its TCP solutions. The €15 million investment includes a €10 million commitment made by ING Corporate Investments (a 100% subsidiary of ING Bank), the Netherlands’ largest financial institution, as... Continue Reading →
Shell, Mitsubishi’s Eneco Win Rights to Build 760MW Wind Farm in Dutch North Sea
Shell and Mitsubishi's subsidiary Eneco have won the bid to build an offshore wind farm at Hollandse Kust (west) lot VI, located in the North Seaoffshore the Netherlands. Shell said Thursday that the project would have an installed capacity of approximately 760 MW. It will be located some 53 kilometers off the Dutch coast from... Continue Reading →
Mainstream, BP and Statkraft in Offshore Win MoU with Norwegian Port
Mainstream Renewable Power, BP and Statkraft have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Windport in Mandal, Norway, to "position the port at the forefront of offshore wind development." Mainstream, BP, and Statkraft are partnering to pursue a bid to develop fixed-bottom offshore wind power at the Sørlige Nordsjø II (SN2) license area. Besides... Continue Reading →