(offshoreWIND.biz) Flotation Energy and Vårgrønn, a joint venture between Plenitude (Eni) and HitecVision, have obtained the offshore planning approval for the Green Volt floating wind farm offshore Scotland. With onshore consent announced earlier this month, Green Volt has now received all its planning approvals and remains on track to be the first commercial-scale floating offshore... Continue Reading →
Denmark Launches Massive Offshore Wind Auction
(offshoreWIND.biz) Denmark has opened a new offshore wind tender, the country’s largest ever, offering a minimum of 6 GW of new capacity spread over six wind farms, with the overplanting option allowing for 10 GW or more of new capacity to be added. The Danish Energy Agency published the tender for the wind farms located in... Continue Reading →
A new standard for offshore wind. Creating a climate of investor confidence.
(offshoreWIND.biz) Milad Sheikhi, Head of Sales and Business Development – Offshore Wind at Jumbo Offshore discusses the way forward for standardisation in offshore wind. Is regulatory restriction the way forward for offshore wind – or will a free market approach yield more rapid returns? With increasingly ambitious targets in the coming years, the pressure is... Continue Reading →
Equinor Granted Permission for Two Offshore Wind Extensions in Britain
(Reuters) Norway's Equinor has been granted a development consent for two extensions on offshore wind projects in Britain, the energy producer said in a statement on Thursday. "With these extensions, Equinor’s wind farms in Norfolk will power nearly 1.5 million households," Equinor said in a statement, adding more assessments would still need to be done... Continue Reading →
Californian Floating Wind Tech Company Unveils Aikido One Project, Awards Platform Fabrication Contract
(offshoreWIND.biz) Californian floating wind technology developer, Aikido Technologies, will test a scaled prototype of its technology, said to be the world’s first upending semi-submersible platform, through a project named Aikido One. Aikido Technologies has awarded a contract for the fabrication of a 1:4 scale, 100 kW floating wind platform to Chet Morrison Contractors (Morrison), a... Continue Reading →
All Clear for Construction Start of Virginia’s 2.6GW Offshore Wind Farm
(OE) The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has issued the final air quality permit for Dominion Energy’s 2.6 GW Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind (CVOW) project located off the coast of Virginia Beach in the United States. Issued on April 9 following a 30-day public comment period, the permit authorizes the construction and operation of the... Continue Reading →
Exclusive: Spain’s Acciona downsizing renewable energy business in Brazil
(Reuters) - Spanish renewable energy firm Acciona Energia (ANE.MC), opens new tab has decided to restructure its businesses in Brazil, it said on Tuesday, after Reuters reported the subsidiary of infrastructure giant Acciona (ANA.MC), opens new tab had been downsizing in the country. The company said the decision to reorganize its unit in Latin America's largest economy was a... Continue Reading →
2.6 GW US Offshore Wind Farm Receives Final Federal Permit, Monopile Installation to Start in May
(offshoreWIND.biz) Dominion Energy’s 2.6 GW Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind (CVOW) project has received an air quality permit from the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) – the final federal permit required to begin offshore construction. The installation of monopiles at the project site off the coast of Virginia Beach is scheduled to begin in May. Belgian... Continue Reading →
Axess to Deliver Cable Pull-In System for US Offshore Wind Project
(OE) Norwegian offshore energy industry services company Axess Technologies has signed a contract for the delivery of an export cable pull-in system to Seatrium, which is in charge of the construction of offshore substation for Empire Wind 1 offshore wind project in the United States. The contract is for the design, engineering and supply of... Continue Reading →
Brazil Installs Largest Offshore Wind Resource Measurement Network in Equatorial Margin Region
(offshoreWindbiz) Brazil’s SENAI Institute for Innovation in Renewable Energies (ISI-ER) installed a LiDAR in the Paracuru municipality in the state of Ceará on 3 April, the last piece of equipment of what is said to be the largest offshore wind resource monitoring network in Brazil. Through an agreement with the Ministry of Science, Technology and... Continue Reading →