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(OW) UK-based Jee Limited (Jee) and the Dutch consultancy IX Renewables have agreed to join forces on the development of a series of offshore wind projects, including floating wind farms. IX Renewables will set up and manage the developments while Jee will provide engineering services throughout the lifespan of the projects, including conceptual, FEED, and... Continue Reading →
Seaway7 has completed the full engineering, procurement, construction, and installation (EPCI) cables scope on the Seagreen wind farm offshore Scotland, a joint venture project between SSE Renewables and TotalEnergies. The inter-array cable team completed the termination and testing last weekend and the trenching was completed yesterday, said Seaway7. This follows less than six weeks after the final... Continue Reading →
(Reuters) Danish green investment company Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP) has raised 5.6 billion euros ($6.13 billion) for its latest fund and expects to meet its full 12 bln euro target amid undiminished global investor appetite, it said on Monday. The investors necessary to meet the overall target for its fifth flagship fund - Copenhagen Infrastructure... Continue Reading →
France’s BW Ideol and its compatriot ADEME Investissement have entered into a final agreement for a funding injection to set up a new floating offshore wind company. Under the contract, BW Ideol will transfer its co-development project portfolio to BW Ideol Projects Company with ADEME investing an initial EUR 17.85 million at the first financial... Continue Reading →
(OE) Spanish renewable energy company said Thursday that its first French offshore wind farm has officially started supplying electricity to the grid. Electricity from the Saint-Brieuc offshore wind farm has started feeding into the grid in Brittany for the first time, as the wind farm is connected to the national electricity grid managed by RTE.... Continue Reading →
(Reuters)The Biden administration on Wednesday approved construction of an offshore windfarm that will generate 1,100 megawatts of power from up to 98 turbines off the coast of Atlantic City, New Jersey, becoming the third such project in the United States. Approval of Orsted's Ocean Wind by the Interior Department is the administration's latest move toward... Continue Reading →
The Crown Estate has made some modifications to the auction process for the Celtic Sea floating wind leases offshore Wales and southwest England, focusing on social value, integration ports and supply chain, as well as addressing new spatial constraints to help de-risk projects ahead of opening the leasing round to bidders later this year. In... Continue Reading →
(OW) Sweden-based SeaTwirl has announced that it received its first commercial order for a new wind turbine application in the North Sea. Earlier this year, SeaTwirl announced that the company and Kontiki Winds signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to identify and explore opportunities to electrify Oil and Gas assets and other offshore applications using... Continue Reading →
(Reuters) Spanish utility Iberdrola has signed an exclusive deal with Abu Dhabi's Masdar to develop a 476 megawatt (MW) offshore wind farm in German waters in the Baltic Sea, Expansion newspaper reported on Wednesday, citing unidentified market sources. The Baltic Eagle wind farm being built off Germany's northeastern coast will have 50 wind turbines and is part... Continue Reading →
(OW) Brazil’s Ministry of Mining and Energy and Energy Research Office (EPE) have published a new version of the country’s offshore wind roadmap following recent updates of the regulatory framework for energy generation. According to a recent report by Reuters, the country’s government also plans to establish a regulative framework for offshore wind and green hydrogen... Continue Reading →
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