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(offshoreWIND.biz) Japan’s Sumimoto Corporation and JGC Japan Corporation have signed an agreement to investigate the possibility of collaboration in the detailed design, manufacture, and delivery of structural components for floating offshore wind turbines. According to the companies, they aim to cut costs, improve efficiency, and mass-produce structures for floating wind farms, while also setting up... Continue Reading →
(Reuters) The U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management said on Friday it is seeking competitive bids for offshore wind leases off the coast of Texas after renewable energy developer Hecate Energy Gulf Wind LLC made an unsolicited bid. The administration of President Joe Biden sees offshore wind power as a vital part of a broader... Continue Reading →
The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE's) Wind Energy Technologies Office (WETO) has issued the Offshore Wind National and Regional Research and Development Funding Opportunity, which will award $48.6 million for projects that address several major areas of need for offshore wind. The areas include accelerating research and development of floating offshore wind platforms, exploring innovations... Continue Reading →
(offshoreWIND.biz) RWE and TotalEnergies have entered into an agreement under which TotalEnergies will acquire a 50 per cent stake in RWE’s OranjeWind offshore wind farm in the Netherlands. TotalEnergies said it would use its share of the electricity from the 795 MW OranjeWind to produce green hydrogen. The new partners have now also taken the... Continue Reading →
(offshoreWind.biz) The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) has issued a proposed decision that could see the US state running three offshore wind solicitations to procure up to 7.6 GW of installed capacity. The first projects under the proposed procurement timeline would be in operation by 1 June 2035. The proposed decision, issued on 19 July,... Continue Reading →
(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 →
(OE) Wind Catching Systems announced its 40MW Windcatcher design has received approval in principle (AIP) from DNV. The objective of an AIP is to perform a third-party technical evaluation of a design to assess whether there are any conceptual showstoppers or rule compliance aspects that need improvement. As such, a successful AIP indicates the likelihood... Continue Reading →
(Reuters) - Portugal plans to raise the contribution of renewables in electricity consumption to 93% by 2030, as part of its decarbonisation push, according to an updated draft of its energy and climate plan seen by Reuters on Monday. However, the draft proposal plans to lower the 2030 target for the installed capacity of electrolyzers... Continue Reading →
(OE) Community Offshore Wind, a joint venture between RWE and National Grid Ventures, has selected Fugro to perform a geotechnical investigation of their lease area in the New York Bight. With 3 GW of offshore wind energy potential, the developed lease area could power more than one million homes in the region, making a valuable... Continue Reading →
(OE) Danish offshore wind installation firm Cadeler has signed a preferred supplier agreement to secure vessel capacity with an undisclosed client, to transport and install offshore wind turbines. The installation campaign is due to commence in 2029 for an undisclosed client and project.t The effectiveness of the agreement is contingent upon the client’s success in... Continue Reading →
