A consortium of five Japanese companies, Albatross Technology (Albatross), Electric Power Development (J-Power), Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings (TEPCO), Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha (“K” Line), and Sumitomo Heavy Industries Marine & Engineering (wholly owned by Sumitomo Heavy Industries), has been s
The European Investment Bank (EIB) has issued a tender notice for technical assistance to conduct a feasibility study in an area off Morocco’s Atlantic coast for the country’s first offshore wind project. According to the Moroccan Agency for Sustainable Energy (MASEN), studies have shown that the co
Goldwind’s wind turbines at Yangjiang Shiba II & III, Zhanjiang Xuwen Southern offshore wind farms, and the 13.6 MW batch under construction have proven highly reliable amidst Super Typhoon Yagi, which has struck China’s south coast with winds exceeding 68 m/s, the Chinese wind turbine manufacturer
Ocean Winds has opened its new operations & maintenance (O&M) base in Buckie, Scotland, that will service the Moray West offshore wind farm once it becomes fully operational in 2025. The First Minister of Scotland, John Swinney, visited the facility on 9 September to mark the opening of the Ocean Wi
Community Offshore Wind and Vineyard Offshore have submitted a proposal to the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) to develop the Community Offshore Wind and Excelsior Wind projects, which were cancelled in April this year, in response to the state’s fifth offshore win
Two people who remained hospitalised after the first person was pronounced dead following the CO2 leak at the Hai Long onshore substation in Taiwan have also passed away, a Hai Long Offshore Wind spokesperson confirmed to offshoreWIND.biz. On 20 August, several on-site workers at the Hai Long Changh
Vestas has received an order for 54 of its 15 MW turbines from Equinor for the 810 MW Empire Wind 1 offshore wind project in New York. This is Vestas’s first order for an offshore platform and its V236-15.0 MW turbine in the US, the Denmark-based company says. The firm contract with Equinor follows
RWE has started building an ultra-fast battery storage system with an installed capacity of 7.5 MW and a storage capacity of 11 MWh on the site of its power plant in Moerdijk, the Netherlands, as part of the OranjeWind offshore wind project that involves system integration solutions. Owned by RWE an
The joint venture between Fred. Olsen Seawind and EDF Renewables has submitted a planning application to An Bord Pleanála for the development of the 1.3 GW Codling Wind Park project off the Irish coast. The Codling project was one of Ireland’s seven offshore wind farms that were awarded Maritime Are
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The US Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has completed its final Environmental Assessment (EA) of the wind energy area (WEA) located in the Gulf of Maine, finding that the leasing process and site assessment and characterisation activities will not have a significant environmental impact. BOE
Massachusetts and Rhode Island have published the results of their first multi-state offshore wind solicitation, selecting nearly 2.9 GW of offshore wind power. As a part of the procurement, Massachusetts selected 2,678 MW in total from three projects and Rhode Island awarded 200 MW to one project.
Estonian Consumer Protection and Technical Regulatory Authority (CPTRA) has initiated the permitting process for a 2 GW offshore wind project in the Gulf of Riga, developed by Liivi Offshore, a project company owned by Enefit Green. As reported throughout the past few years, Enefit Green has been de
The Philippine government plans to begin a bidding process for offshore wind projects by the end of this year, with submissions due eight months after the tender’s initiation, the Manila Bulletin reports, citing Energy Undersecretary Rowena Cristina Guevara. In April 2022, the World Bank and the Phi
