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(Reuters) Germany plans to build more wind turbines in the North and Baltic seas than originally planned, a draft plan by the maritime authority showed on Friday, as Berlin aims to have 70 gigawatts of offshore wind energy by 2045. Germany's Maritime and Hydrographic Agency (BSH) on Friday published a draft containing specifications for offshore... Continue Reading →
(Reuters) - Norwegian energy company Equinor has received approval from the New York State Public Service Commission to start building its Empire Wind 1 offshore wind farm, Governor Kathy Hochul said on Thursday. Electricity generated from offshore wind farms is important to U.S. and state goals of cutting greenhouse gas emissions. But the industry has been... Continue Reading →
(Reuters) A consortium including Germany's BayWa r.e. and Belgium firm Elicio won a tender to develop and operate France's first floating offshore wind farm, the 250-megawatt (MW) Bretagne Sud farm, French industry minister Roland Lescure said on Wednesday. The results were announced at a ceremony to mark the start of production at a 500-MW wind... Continue Reading →
(OffshoreMagazine)Rain Byars, technical and delivery director with Atlantic Shores Offshore Wind, provided a developer's perspective on US offshore wind during her keynote session on May 7 at the Offshore Technology Conference (OTC). The dedicated offshore wind thread was a first at OTC this year. Byars has 14 years of experience in offshore wind, and prior to... Continue Reading →
(offshoreWIND.biz) The US Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) and the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) have finalized updated regulations for renewable energy development on the US Outer Continental Shelf (OCS). The final rule is said to increase certainty and reduce the costs related to the deployment of offshore wind projects by modernising... Continue Reading →
(Reuters) President Joe Biden's administration unveiled plans on Wednesday to hold up to a dozen auctions of offshore wind development rights through 2028, including four before the end of this year. The schedule will help companies, states and others plan for projects that require massive amounts of investment and infrastructure, the Interior Department said in... Continue Reading →
(OE) The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has issued the final air quality permit for Dominion Energy’s 2.6 GW Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind (CVOW) project located off the coast of Virginia Beach in the United States. Issued on April 9 following a 30-day public comment period, the permit authorizes the construction and operation of the... Continue Reading →
(offshoreWIND.biz) Dominion Energy’s 2.6 GW Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind (CVOW) project has received an air quality permit from the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) – the final federal permit required to begin offshore construction. The installation of monopiles at the project site off the coast of Virginia Beach is scheduled to begin in May. Belgian... Continue Reading →
(Reuters) - Brazil's state-run oil firm Petrobras (PETR4.SA), opens new tab may soon move a drilling rig out of the Potiguar Basin due to lack of permits for more wells, Chief Exploration and Production Officer Joelson Mendes said on Wednesday. Petrobras has drilled one well at Potiguar, and is in the process of drilling a second one,... Continue Reading →
(OE) New York officials on Thursday awarded provisional contracts to two proposed offshore wind projects under a program meant to support the embattled industry and keep the state's clean energy goals on track. The state selected a planned 810-megawatt project, Empire Wind 1, (developed by Equinor) and Sunrise Wind, a planned 924-megawatt project (developed by... Continue Reading →
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