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(OE) Salamander Offshore Wind Farm, a project being developed by a joint venture between Ørsted, Simply Blue Group and Subsea7, has submitted its consent applications for the onshore aspects of its proposed 100 MW floating wind development. The applications outline Salamander’s plans for the onshore components of its proposed development, according to the joint venture... Continue Reading →
(Reuters) Australia's Macquarie has engaged advisors for a potential sale of its subsidiary Corio Generation, one of the world's largest offshore-wind developers, two sources with knowledge of the matter said on Tuesday. Corio oversees a 30-gigawatt pipeline of offshore wind projects spanning Europe, Asia-Pacific, and the Americas. It includes 5 GW of projects across the... Continue Reading →
(OE) Danish wind turbine maker Vestas has signed a conditional turbine order agreement with Inch Cape Offshore, an equal joint venture between ESB and Red Rock Renewables, for the 1.1 GW Inch Cape offshore wind project in Scotland. The agreement is for the supply, installation, and commissioning of 72 V236-15.0 MW wind turbines for the... Continue Reading →
9 September 2024 Vestas has secured an 810 MW offshore order from Equinor to power New York’s Empire Wind 1 offshore wind project. The order includes 54 V236-15.0 MW turbines and marks Vestas’ first order in the U.S. for an offshore platform and its industry-leading, type-certified V236-15.0 MW turbine. The order includes supply, delivery, and... Continue Reading →
(OE) The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has decided to delay the offshore wind energy auction planned for potential lease areas offshore Oregon due to insufficient bidder interest at this time. On August 29, 2024, the Department of the Interior announced the Final Sale Notice (FSN) for offshore wind leasing on the Outer Continental... Continue Reading →
(OE) A group of industry specialist companies has achieved a world first for the wind industry, with a major component exchange (MCE) being performed on an offshore floating wind turbine while it remained on site at the Scottish Kincardine offshore wind farm, located south east of Aberdeen. The new, more cost-effective, process was delivered through... Continue Reading →
(OE) Iberdrola has inaugurated Brittany’s first offshore wind farm, the 496 MW Saint-Brieuc project, which is also the second largest offshore wind farm in France. With an investment of $2.7 billion (€2.4 billion), the Saint-Brieuc project began development in 2012 and entered full operation in May 2024, following three years of construction. It consists of... Continue Reading →
(Reuters) - BP plans to sell its U.S. onshore wind energy business, it announced on Monday, saying the assets were not aligned with its growth plans. BP said it will launch the sale process shortly for the wind assets, bp Wind Energy, which has interests in 10 operating onshore wind energy assets across seven U.S. states.... Continue Reading →
(OE)The Vesterhav Nord and Vesterhav Syd offshore wind farms, developed by Vattenfall with a combined capacity of 344 MW, have been officially inaugurated offshore Denmark. The two, almost identical wind farms, are located off the Danish west coast and consists in total of 41 wind turbines, each with a capacity of 8.4 MW. The capacity... Continue Reading →
Renexia, through its subsidiary Renext Solutions, has signed a front-end engineering and design contract (FEED) with Aker Solutions to design the underwater substations for Med Wind project, a 2.8 GW floating wind farm in the Mediterranean Sea. Aker Solutions will work in close cooperation with its alliance partner ABB to deliver the project scope. The... Continue Reading →
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