(OE) Big Western wind turbine makers need direct financial support to make the investments needed to aid decarbonisation, Siemens Gamesa's operating chief said on Tuesday. The challenge for a turbine maker like Siemens Gamesa, a unit of Germany's Siemens Energy ENR1n.DE, to grow is that it needs to invest billions of euros but does have... Continue Reading →
Provence Grand Large Floating Wind Farm: First Foundation Floated Out
(OE) The first of three SBM Offshore designed foundations of the Provence Grand Large floating wind farm was floated out this week at the fabrication yard in Fos-sur-Mer, France. Eiffage Metals, the Fos-sur-Mer fabrication yard owner, said Monday:”The three [floating foundations] of this [offshore wind farm] were assembled in our plant in Fos-sur-Mer. These tripod-shaped... Continue Reading →
How to Stop Skyscraper-sized Floating Wind Turbines from Drifting Away
(OE) Growing demand for cleaner energy sources means offshore wind farms are being built all over the world. More than 5,000 turbines must be installed each year until 2050 to limit global warming to 1.5℃. But in certain regions, like California, it is difficult to build wind turbines directly on the seafloor due to the... Continue Reading →
Scottish INTOG Innovation Projects Clear First Stage with Crown Estate Scotland
(OW) All five innovation projects selected in Scotland’s INTOG (Innovation and Targeted Oil & Gas) leasing round have now signed exclusivity agreements with Crown Estate Scotland, which allows the developers to start offshore wind development work while Marine Scotland’s planning process for the INTOG Sectoral Marine Plan (INTOG SMP) is completed. The INTOG leasing round has three... Continue Reading →
BOEM Completes Environmental Analysis of New Jersey Offshore Wind Project
The U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) said Monday it had completed its environmental analysis of the proposed Ocean Wind 1 wind project offshore New Jersey, which could power up to a half million households. As part of the Ocean Wind 1 project, Orsted's Ocean Wind LLC proposes to build up to 98 wind turbine generators... Continue Reading →
Petrobras’ investment in offshore wind may start abroad, says Tolmasquim
(epbr) Petrobras is considering investing first in projects for new renewable energy sources — such as offshore wind — abroad, in countries where the legal frameworks are already more consolidated, before starting to develop its own projects in Brazil, said the Energy Transition director of the company, Maurício Tolmasquim. In Brazil, the first steps may... Continue Reading →
BlueFloat, Renantis Ink Exclusivity Agreements for Scottish Floaters
(OW) The BlueFloat Energy and Renantis partnership has signed exclusivity agreements with Crown Estate Scotland to develop its Sinclair and Scaraben innovation projects which will now be part of a phased delivery of the partnership’s Broadshore project. The two 99.5 MW floating offshore wind farms will now be developed as part of a phased delivery... Continue Reading →
FairWind Secures Pre-Assembly Contract for Danish Offshore Wind Farms
(OE) Wind industry service company FairWind has been awarded the turnkey pre-assembly contract for the offshore wind farms Vesterhav Nord and Syd at the Port of Esbjerg, Denmark. FairWind will be responsible for the pre-assembly erection of 41 Siemens Gamesa’s SG 8.0-167 DD turbines. Each direct drive (DD) turbine will have a power generating capacity... Continue Reading →
IberBlue Reveals Second Floating Wind Farm Project Offshore Andalusia
(OW) IberBlue Wind, a joint venture between Simply Blue Group, Proes Consultores, and FF New Energy Ventures, has announced a second floating offshore wind project on the Spanish Southern coast of Andalusia. The project is called La Pinta in tribute to one of the three caravels used by Christopher Columbus on his first trip to... Continue Reading →
Dutch and Brazilian Ports Form Green Hydrogen Partnership
(OW) The Ports of Rotterdam and Brazil’s Pecém have signed a collaboration agreement on energy projects such as offshore wind and green hydrogen production. The aim of this partnership is to strengthen bilateral cooperation and knowledge and promote public and private initiatives between the Netherlands and Brazil in port development, port logistics, hinterland connection, and... Continue Reading →