(OED) Sustainability consultancy ERM has awarded a contract to Principle Power, a provider of floating foundation solutions for the floating wind industry, to progress the Front-End Engineering Design (FEED) for a Wind-to-Hydrogen Dolphyn 10 MW prototype project off the coast of Aberdeen. The contract was agreed following ERM Dolphyn's receipt of £8.62 million in financing... Continue Reading →
UK: The Crown Estate Gives Update on Celtic Sea Floating Wind Seabed Leasing Process
(OE) The Crown Estate for England, Wales, and Northern Ireland has updated developers on the design of the tender process for seabed leasing for floating wind energy in the Celtic Sea. The Celtic Sea program is intended to provide 4GW of renewable energy capacity by 2035, with the region assessed to have the economic potential... Continue Reading →
Scottish floating wind project completes 2022 offshore survey campaign
(OEM) The geophysical and environmental survey works for the Salamander floating offshore wind project in Scotland have been completed, marking a significant milestone for the 100 MW project that is planned to be progressed through of the Scottish Innovation and Targeted Oil and Gas (INTOG) leasing round. The survey activities commenced on 7 August and... Continue Reading →
Floating offshore wind can achieve cost parity with fixed-bottom solutions by early 2030s: Equinor
(U) Norwegian energy giant Equinor believes that floating offshore wind can be cost comparable with bottom-fixed wind arrays within around a decade. “We believe that cost parity with fixed bottom wind can be achieved in the early 2030s, but you really need to go at scale – that’s the way to go with floating wind... Continue Reading →
SSE, Equinor plan 1.3 GW Dogger Bank D offshore wind project
SSE Renewables and Equinor are looking into building what would be the fourth part of Dogger Bank Wind Farm, the world’s largest offshore wind farm, whose three phases (A, B and C) are currently under construction. Surveys are now underway at an offshore site where the partners want to develop Dogger Bank D, which would... Continue Reading →
World’s first offshore vessel charging project expands to SOVs and PSVs
(OEM) MJR Power and Automation, a UK company which will soon install charging points for electric crew transfer vessels (CTVs) on the Lynn and Inner Dowsing offshore wind farms, has been awarded a second round of government funding for development of its technology to connect and charge Service Operation Vessels (SOVs), Platform Supply Vessels (PSVs),... Continue Reading →
RWE Files Bid for Up to 1.5GW Offshore Wind Site in Polish Baltic Sea
(OED) German renewable energy firm RWE has submitted a bid for the up to 1.5-gigawatts (GW) offshore wind site in the Polish section of the Baltic Sea, located around 75 kilometers off the coast of Ustka, as part of a competitive process for an offshore wind seabed permit within 53.E1 area. "Based on RWE’s expertise in offshore wind development, efficient project... Continue Reading →
Fugro carrying out geophysical surveys at RWE’s new offshore wind sites
Fugro is performing geophysical surveys at the array sites of RWE’s two Dogger Bank South (DBS) offshore wind projects, DBS East and DBS West. The survey campaign, which started in May this year, will be underway until 31 October, subject to weather conditions, and is now being performed from the Fugro Frontier vessel after Fugro Searcher completed its scope... Continue Reading →
France starts process to fully nationalise power group EDF
(Reuters) - France on Tuesday started the process to fully nationalise debt-laden nuclear power group EDF (EDF.PA), seeking to secure greater control of its energy supplies just as Europe scrambles to replace Russian gas. The Paris government filed an offer with the market regulator to buy all shares in the group it does not already own... Continue Reading →
Aker Solutions and Siemens Energy Win Norfolk Offshore Wind Project Work
(OED) Vattenfall has granted Aker Solutions and Siemens Energy consortium a limited notice to proceed contract for the Norfolk Boreas offshore wind project off the coast of Norfolk, UK. Under the agreement, Aker Solutions and Siemens Energy will provide the grid connection infrastructure for the Norfolk Boreas Offshore Wind Farm. This includes the engineering, procurement,... Continue Reading →