(offshoreWind.biz)Iberdrola, through its US subsidiary Avangrid, and Virginia Electric and Power Company, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Dominion Energy, have signed an agreement under which Dominion will acquire the Kitty Hawk North Wind offshore wind lease area. The site, located some 40 kilometres north of the under-construction Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind (CVOW) project, would be renamed CVOW-South,... Continue Reading →
BOEM Approves COP for Avangrid’s New England Wind Projects
(OE) The U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) announced its approval of Avangrid's New England Wind Construction and Operations Plan (COP), which authorizes construction and operation of two wind energy projects. This is the final approval of these two projects from BOEM, following the agency’s April 2024 Record of Decision. The approval will permit... Continue Reading →
RWE Picks Argeo for Site Survey Work for 1.6GW Floating Wind Farm Off California
(OE) RWE has selected Argeo, a subsea service provider, to perform the site investigation work for Canopy offshore wind farm, a 1.6 GW floating wind project located off the coast of Northern California. The site investigation survey is a key milestone in the development of RWE’s first commercial scale floating offshore wind farm. The planned... Continue Reading →
Netherlands: 2GW Offshore Wind Farm Co-Located with Floating Solar Gets Go-Ahead
(OE) Zeevonk, a joint venture of Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP) and Vattenfall, has secured a permit to build 2 GW offshore wind farm in the Netherlands, which will be co-located with floating solar farm and feature green hydrogen production system. The IJmuiden Ver Beta project will include a 50 MWp floating offshore solar farm on... Continue Reading →
Germany to Build More Offshore Wind than Originally Planned
(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 →
Equinor’s Empire Wind 1 offshore project gets New York construction approval
(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 →
Consortium Wins Tender for France’s First Floating Offshore Wind Farm
(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 →
US faces ‘learning curve’ with offshore wind, says Atlantic Shores exec
(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 →
US Finalizes Rule to Streamline Offshore Renewable Energy Development
(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 →
US Plans 12 Offshore Wind Auctions Over Five Years
(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 →