(offshoreWIND.biz) As of 2023, there was around 270 MW of floating wind capacity in operation, with the global pipeline for new floating projects standing at 244 GW, according to a market outlook report commissioned by the 2023 Japanese G7 Presidency and issued by the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA). According to the report, meeting the... Continue Reading →
BOEM Starts Working on Second Central Atlantic Offshore Wind Auction
(offshoreWIND.biz) The US Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) will publish a Call for Information and Nominations (Call) for a second offshore wind energy sale in the Central Atlantic, seeking public input on potential development in areas off the coasts of New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, and North Carolina. BOEM will public the Commercial Leasing... Continue Reading →
US Grants Maine First Floating Offshore Wind Research Lease
(offhsoreWIND.biz) The US State of Maine and the Federal Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) have agreed on a floating offshore wind research lease in the Gulf of Maine, which could allow for the deployment of twelve floating wind turbines capable of generating 144 MW. The research lease site, an area of up to 15... Continue Reading →
JDR’s Chief Strategy Officer: ‘Look at floating wind’
(offshore-energy.biz) JDR Cable Systems is already at the forefront of the production and supply of dynamic subsea cables to the floating wind market and will become a leader as the market expands, JDR’s Chief Strategy and Compliance Officer said in an interview with our sibling news site offshoreWIND.biz. The UK-based offshore wind cable supplier has already... Continue Reading →
Orsted Might Consider Chinese Turbines
(Reuters) Offshore wind farm developer Orsted has no Chinese turbines in its current project pipeline, its CEO said on Thursday, but did not rule out buying turbines or technology from China in the future. The European wind turbine market is dominated by local players such as Vestas and Siemens Gamesa, but Chinese turbine makers have... Continue Reading →
Q Vision Near-Term Viable Market data module
There’s a new realism in the Floating Wind Industry. The big numbers from the hype days were never going to make it in time and projects are ‘moving to the right’ we hear almost daily. But perhaps those projects had too optimistic timelines initially. In reality, 2030 was just a round number and now that it’s suddenly close... Continue Reading →
Ørsted Delays US Offshore Wind Project as Impairment Losses Hit
(Reuters) Renewable energy group Orsted booked 3.2 billion Danish crowns ($472 million) in impairment losses in the second quarter, due partly to a delay in construction of a major U.S. offshore wind project, sending its shares down almost 8% on Thursday. The world's biggest offshore wind developer pushed back the start of commercial operations at... Continue Reading →
Equinor, Dominion Energy Secure Central Atlantic Offshore Wind Lease Areas
(offshoreWIND.biz) Equinor and Virginia Electric and Power Co, a subsidiary of Dominion Energy, have provisionally won lease areas in the Central Atlantic offshore wind auction in the US, each securing one site. The auction, which yielded almost USD 93 million (around EUR 84 million), saw a total of six companies participating. Equinor is provisionally awarded... Continue Reading →
The Crown Estate Issues Invitation to Tender for Pre-Qualified Celtic Sea Floating Wind Bidders
(offshoreWIND.biz) The Crown Estate has invited proposals from the pre-qualified bidders in the Round 5 seabed leasing process which will award up to 4.5 GW of floating wind capacity in the Celtic Sea. On 13 August, The Crown Estate said the second phase of the leasing process got underway on 8 August, following the conclusion... Continue Reading →