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(Reuters) - Norwegian energy company Equinor has received an offer from the South Korean government for a fixed-price power purchase agreement for a 750-megawatt (MW) floating offshore wind project, the company said on Thursday. "We have received an offer for an offtake contract for our Bandibuli project," an Equinor spokesperson told Reuters. The company will now... Continue Reading →
(offshoreWIND.biz) The Danish Energy Agency (DEA) has issued a construction permit for the 240 MW Jammerland Bugt offshore wind farm, which is planned to be built near Kalundborg, Denmark. The project involves the installation of 16 wind turbines on monopiles and covers an area of 31.1 square kilometres south of Kalundborg, east of the Great Belt,... Continue Reading →
(OE) Portugal is beckoning a new era for offshore wind after officially signing ‘rules of procedure’ for a new Technological Free Zone located off the coast of Viana do Castelo. The news was announced during an international conference in Lisbon promoting offshore wind supply chain development between Portugal and Norway. Addressing the delegation, Portugal’s Secretary... Continue Reading →
(offshoreWIND.biz) Flotation Energy and Vårgrønn, a joint venture between Plenitude (Eni) and HitecVision, have awarded the front-end engineering and design (FEED) contracts for the 560 MW Green Volt floating offshore wind project in Scotland to two partnerships. Aker Solutions, in collaboration with ABB, and Aibel, working with Hitachi Energy, will handle the FEED Phase 1... Continue Reading →
(offshoreWIND.biz) EDF Renewables has applied for environmental investigations for five offshore wind projects in Brazil, totalling over 10 GW in potential installed capacity. The developer also plans another 2 GW project in the country in partnership with the Brazilian company Internacional Energias Renováveis. According to documents from Brazil’s Institute for the Environment and Natural Resources... Continue Reading →
(OE) Japan’s Kansai Electric Power has signed a share purchase agreement with Iberdrola to take part of 315 MW Windanker offshore wind project, being built in the German Baltic Sea. The Japanese electric company will co-invest in the asset through its subsidiary Windanker Investco, reaching a 49% stake, while Iberdrola will retain control with the... Continue Reading →
(offshoreWIND.biz) Mingyang Smart Energy’s OceanX, which the company says is the world’s largest single-capacity floating wind power platform, has started operating at the Qingzhou IV offshore wind farm in Yangjiang, China, where it was installed this summer. The dual-turbine, V-shaped floater operates autonomously, starting up with its own power systems, and has been tested for off-grid... Continue Reading →
(offfshoreWIND.biz) All companies that submitted applications to participate in Colombia’s first offshore wind tender have been pre-qualified, meeting legal, financial, and technical requirements. The announcement was made on 9 December by Colombia’s National Hydrocarbons Agency (ANH). Among the companies included in the preliminary list of qualified bidders are energy giants from Belgium, the UK, Spain, and... Continue Reading →
Delmar Systems has been selected to deliver mooring scope for TotalEnergies’ Culzean floating wind pilot project, which will supply renewable electricity to an offshore oil and gas platform in the North Sea. Delmar Systems was hired by Archer Wind, which secured a contract from TotalEnergies in August 2024 for the delivery of floating wind foundation... Continue Reading →
Muir Mhòr Offshore Wind Farm, developed by joint venture partners Fred. Olsen Seawind and Vattenfall, has submitted both offshore and onshore consent applications to Scottish authorities. The project is the first fully floating offshore wind farm from the ScotWind leasing process to reach the point of submitting both offshore and onshore consent applications for determination,... Continue Reading →
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