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Sept. 21 (OE) The 704 MW Revolution Wind offshore wind project has completed installation of all 65 turbines, with full energization expected by the end of 2026. The project, a 50-50 joint venture between Global Infrastructure Partners' Skyborn Renewables and Ørsted, began delivering electricity to the New England grid on March 14. Revolution Wind, located... Continue Reading →
Sept 16 (Reuters) - Wind farm developer Vineyard Wind said on Wednesday it had resolved a legal dispute arising from turbine supplier GE Vernova's effort to walk away from its $4.5 billion project in New England over claims it was owed more than $300 million. As part of a settlement, GE Vernova said it had... Continue Reading →
Sept. 14 (offshoreWIND.biz) X1 Wind has closed a fourth strategic funding round as the Spanish floating wind technology developer prepares to deploy its X100 platform at the PlemCat test site off Catalonia. The round was led by Grow Ventures, which will hold around 8 per cent of X1 Wind’s share capital, while Catalan investment company... Continue Reading →
Sept. 10 (oilprice.com) The oil and gas supply shock amid the Middle East conflict has accelerated cumulative global investments in clean hydrogen to above $130 billion across more than 570 projects, as energy security has become a key driver of uptake alongside industrial growth and decarbonization targets, the Hydrogen Council said in a new report... Continue Reading →
Sept. 10 (offshoreWIND.biz) Scotland's Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE) has approved more than GBP 778,000 in Scottish Government funding for plans to produce floating offshore wind foundations at Port of Ardersier. The funding will support an 18-month front-end engineering design (FEED) study led by the France based company BW Ideol, a subsidiary of BW Ideol... Continue Reading →
Sept. 8 (offshoreWIND.biz) Standardizing turbine designs and securing predictable project pipelines could reduce the average lifetime cost of electricity from North Sea offshore wind by up to 28 per cent by 2050 in a high-volume scenario, a study led by DNV has shown. DNV led the joint industry project (JIP) with eight companies across the... Continue Reading →
Sept. 8 (OE) T12 Engineering has secured funding from the Offshore Wind Growth Partnership (OWGP) to advance its Floating Mooring System (FMS), a technology designed to reduce the cost and complexity of maintaining floating offshore wind turbines. The latest project follows a Front-End Engineering Design (FEED) study supported by Scottish Enterprise in 2025, which confirmed... Continue Reading →
Sept.4 (offshoreWIND.biz) The American Bureau of Shipping (ABS) and the Japanese engineering and technology company Japan Blue Energy (JB Energy) have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to collaborate on strategic studies for a floating wind pilot project proposed for installation off Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. Named Aura Sul Wind, the project will consist... Continue Reading →
Sept. 2 (offshoreWIND.biz) California has notified the US Department of the Interior (DOI) and RWE of the intention to sue over the USD 1.22 billion (around EUR 1.05 billion) agreement to cancel three offshore wind leases, including one in federal waters off California. A separate 60-day pre-suit period is also running over the USD 111... Continue Reading →
Aug 28 (Reuters) - California on Friday sued the Trump administration and an offshore wind developer over a deal that canceled a planned project off the state's Central Coast in exchange for a $120 million federal reimbursement and a commitment to invest in fossil fuel projects. California Attorney General Rob Bonta filed the lawsuit in... Continue Reading →
