Ørsted and TotalEnergies said Friday they would jointly submit bids for the two Dutch offshore wind tenders “Holland Coast West” also known as Hollandse Kust (west). The Holland Coast West wind farms will be located approximately 53 km off the Dutch coast and have a combined capacity of nearly 1.5 gigawatts (GW). Rasmus Errboe, Head... Continue Reading →
Edison Chouest Offshore to Provide SOV for U.S. Offshore Wind Farm Owned by Equinor, BP
Empire Offshore Wind, a joint venture between Equinor and BP, has awarded Edison Chouest Offshore (ECO) a long-term service operations vessel charter. The vessel will service the Empire Wind offshore wind farm project located 15-30 miles southeast of Long Island. Edison Chouest Offshore's plug-in hybrid service operations vessel (SOV) will be the first in the... Continue Reading →
BP bids for two Dutch offshore wind power leases
(Reuters) - Oil major BP (BP.L) has submitted bids to develop two offshore wind power leases in the Netherlands, it said on Thursday, as the company increases its focus on renewable energy. BP has bid in the tender process for two wind farm sites at the Hollandse Kust (West) zone, located 53 kilometres off the Netherlands' west... Continue Reading →
Total, Duke are winners of latest U.S. offshore wind auction
(Reuters) - France-based TotalEnergies and U.S. power company Duke Energy Corp (DUK.N) each won offshore wind leases in federal waters off the coast of North and South Carolina on Wednesday, the Interior Department said in a statement. The auction generated $315 million in winning bids, split between Duke at $155 million and TotalEnergies at $160 million. It... Continue Reading →
U.S. to Hold Offshore Wind Auction for Carolina Coast
(Reuters) - Bidding for federal wind energy leases for two areas off the coast of North Carolina and South Carolina kicked off on Wednesday, with each attracting over $2.7 million. The sale - the second such offering this year - is part of the Biden administration's broad push to put wind turbines in federal waters... Continue Reading →
Norway to ramp up offshore wind in drive to go green
(Reuters) - Norway unveiled plans on Wednesday for a major expansion in offshore wind energy by 2040, aiming to turn a country that has built its wealth on oil and gas into an exporter of renewable electricity. The centre-left government, which has come under fire from environmentalists for continuing to support the oil and gas... Continue Reading →
Siemens Energy shares hit record low as wind turbine problems mount
(Reuters) - Siemens Energy (ENR1n.DE) warned on Wednesday sales and margins this year would be at the low end of its forecast range due to worsening problems at wind turbine division Siemens Gamesa (SGREN.MC), which has been hit hard by supply chain disruptions. Shares in the company, which was spun off from Siemens (SIEGn.DE) in 2020, fell as much as... Continue Reading →
Department of Energy to boost investment in U.S. offshore wind development
(WO) — The offshore wind sector has made huge strides over the last year, putting the industry on track to achieve President Joe Biden’s goal of reaching 30 gigawatts of offshore wind generation by 2030. To ensure its success, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is allocating funds and programs to the development of projects... Continue Reading →
BlueFloat Energy Has 14 Offshore Wind Projects in South America
As the Colombian Government launched the country’s Offshore Wind Roadmap on 3 May, BlueFloat Energy revealed it has seven offshore wind projects under development in the country. This is just half of what the company plans in South America since there are also seven projects the Spanish developer is planning offshore Brazil. In Colombia, BlueFloat... Continue Reading →
Colombia Launches Offshore Wind Roadmap, First Project to Be Built in Barranquilla
Colombia’s President Iván Duque and Minister of Mining and Energy, Diego Mesa, launched the country’s Offshore Wind Energy Roadmap on 3 May at an event in the city of Barranquilla, whose waters will become the home of the first offshore wind farm in Colombia. The objective of the roadmap is to build a transparent and... Continue Reading →