(offshore-mag.com) The US Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has approved the Atlantic Shores South 1 and 2 project plan to construct and operate two offshore wind energy facilities with a combined generating capacity of up to 2.8 MW. It represents the final approval needed from BOEM following the Department of the Interior’s Record of... Continue Reading →
SBM Offshore and MISC Berhad Ink Share Purchase Deals for Two FPSOs
(OE) SBM Offshore has signed two share purchase agreements with its partner MISC Berhad related to two floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) units. Under the agreement, SBM Offshore will acquire MISC Berhad’s entire effective equity interest in the lease and operating entities related to the FPSO Espirito Santo in Brazil. SBM Offshore is the... Continue Reading →
First Oregon Offshore Wind Lease Sale Announced
(OE) The US Department of the Interior will hold an offshore wind energy lease sale off southern Oregon on October 15, 2024. The auction will be conducted by the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management and could generate more than 3.1 gigawatts of renewable energy if fully developed, enough to power approximately one million homes. Lease... Continue Reading →
TotalEnergies Floating Offshore Wind Pilot Project will Provide Power to Gas Platform
(OE) TotalEnergies has launched a pilot project consisting of a floating wind turbine to supply renewable power to the Culzean offshore platform in the UK North Sea. Culzean is a high-pressure, high-temperature gas condensate field located in Block 22/25a in the East Central Graben area. The 3MW floating wind turbine will be located 2km west... Continue Reading →
BOEM Starts Working on Second Central Atlantic Offshore Wind Auction
(offshoreWIND.biz) The US Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) will publish a Call for Information and Nominations (Call) for a second offshore wind energy sale in the Central Atlantic, seeking public input on potential development in areas off the coasts of New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, and North Carolina. BOEM will public the Commercial Leasing... Continue Reading →
US Grants Maine First Floating Offshore Wind Research Lease
(offhsoreWIND.biz) The US State of Maine and the Federal Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) have agreed on a floating offshore wind research lease in the Gulf of Maine, which could allow for the deployment of twelve floating wind turbines capable of generating 144 MW. The research lease site, an area of up to 15... Continue Reading →
Equinor, Dominion Energy Secure Central Atlantic Offshore Wind Lease Areas
(offshoreWIND.biz) Equinor and Virginia Electric and Power Co, a subsidiary of Dominion Energy, have provisionally won lease areas in the Central Atlantic offshore wind auction in the US, each securing one site. The auction, which yielded almost USD 93 million (around EUR 84 million), saw a total of six companies participating. Equinor is provisionally awarded... Continue Reading →
The Crown Estate Issues Invitation to Tender for Pre-Qualified Celtic Sea Floating Wind Bidders
(offshoreWIND.biz) The Crown Estate has invited proposals from the pre-qualified bidders in the Round 5 seabed leasing process which will award up to 4.5 GW of floating wind capacity in the Celtic Sea. On 13 August, The Crown Estate said the second phase of the leasing process got underway on 8 August, following the conclusion... Continue Reading →
BOEM’s Environmental Analysis Sees No Significant Impacts of Wind Leases Off Oregon
(OE) The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has concluded that leases for potential offshore wind energy development off the Oregon coast would have no significant impacts to people or environment. BOEM has made available its final Environmental Assessment (EA) of the possible impacts from issuing leases for potential offshore wind energy development off the... Continue Reading →
Britain’s Crown Estate Posts Record Profits on Offshore Wind Licenses
(Reuters) Britain’s Crown Estate, which manages King Charles' public property, posted a record profit for 2023/24 of 1.1 billion pounds ($1.42 billion), boosted by income from offshore wind leases, its results showed on Wednesday. The Crown Estate, which comprises tracts of land and most of Britain’s sea bed, is an independently run, commercial business, whose... Continue Reading →