Spanish renewable energy company Iberdrola said this week it was making progress in the construction of Vineyard Wind I, the largest commercial-scale offshore wind farm in the United States, with the receipt of the first shipment of components for the 62 wind turbines that will make up the farm at the port of New Bedford. ... Continue Reading →
Crowley Invests in Tugdock’s Floating Dry Dock Platform to Boost U.S. Floating Offshore Wind
(OE) U.S.-based maritime logistics and offshore services firm Crowley on Wednesday announced a new investment in Tugdock. Tugdock has developed "the world’s first road-transportable floating dry dock" known as the Tugdock Submersible Platform (TSP), to help advance offshore wind energy in the U.S. Crowley and Tugdock will explore the potential use of the platforms in... Continue Reading →
Denmark to take 20% ownership of new offshore wind farms
(Reuters) - The Danish state will take a 20% stake in four planned offshore wind farms with a total capacity of at least 6 gigawatts (GW), the country's ministry of climate, energy and utilities said on Tuesday. Under the terms in the upcoming tenders, developers will compete to offer the state the highest fixed annual... Continue Reading →
EDF Renewables signs MoU for 2 GW offshore wind complex in Rio Grande do Norte
(epbr) The government of Rio Grande do Norte (RN), EDF Renewables and Internacional Energias Renováveis (IER) signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) for cooperation in offshore wind power generation projects and green hydrogen production in the state. EDF Renewables has ambitions to develop, build and operate a wind farm complex on the high seas, on... Continue Reading →
Portugal’s first offshore wind auction targets capacity above 1 GW
(Reuters) - Portugal's first auction of licenses to build offshore wind farms, set to be launched by the end of the year, is aimed for projects with a total installed capacity of more than 1 gigawatt (GW), Energy Secretary Ana Fontoura said on Tuesday. In January, the Socialist government announced a public hearing to propose five areas... Continue Reading →
TotalEnergies signs memorandum for offshore wind projects with the Government of Rio de Janeiro
TotalEnergies and the Government of Rio de Janeiro announced the signing of the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to collaborate with the development of offshore wind generation in the State. The agreement, which lasts for 2 years, includes the company's collaboration in studies related to fiscal and tax incentives and the expansion of the GRID system... Continue Reading →
Floating Offshore Wind: EDP Group Transfers Stake in Principle Power to Ocean Winds
EDP Group agreed with Ocean Winds (OW), the joint venture created by EDP Renewables and ENGIE dedicated to offshore wind, to transfer EDP’s position in floating wind design firm Principle Power to OW. Principle Power is specialized in the design of floating structures to support offshore wind turbines that can be used in deeper waters. ... Continue Reading →
Eversource Energy to Sell 50% Stake in US Offshore Wind Site to Ørsted for $625M
(Reuters) Eversource Energy on Thursday agreed to sell its 50% stake in a wind development site off the south coast of Massachusetts to joint venture partner Ørsted for $625 million in cash. The agreement to sell the lease area of about 175,000 developable acres is expected to close in the third quarter of 2023 and... Continue Reading →
First US-Built Offshore Wind Substation Sets Sail
Offshore wind developers Ørsted and Eversource marked the sailaway of the first U.S.-built offshore wind substation, which departed a Texas fabrication facility Wednesday. The substation is transiting across the Gulf of Mexico and then up the East Coast for installation at the South Fork Wind project site in a few weeks. Kiewit Offshore Services, Ltd.... Continue Reading →
BW Ideol, Elawan Energy Eye Joint Development of Floating Offshore Wind Projects in Spain and Portugal
Floating wind farm and technology developer BW Ideol has signed a Head of Terms with Elawan Energy, an ORIX company based in Spain, for the joint development of a multi-GW floating offshore wind pipeline off Spain and Portugal, subject to further negotiation of the final agreement between the Parties. In Spain, Elawan Energy has more... Continue Reading →