After signing a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Korea’s state-owned utility provider Korea Southern Power (KOSPO) for joint development of a 800 MW wind project offshore Incheon City a few days ago, Ørsted has also signed an MoU for the project with Korea Midland Power (KOMIPO), both part of
Wind turbine manufacturer Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy has reported a EUR 309 million loss in the preliminary results for the first quarter of the Fiscal Year 2022 (October 2021 – December 2021). According to Siemens Gamesa, the company’s performance in Q1 FY 2022 was negatively impacted by suppl
Guangdong Electric Power Development has awarded a contract to MingYang Smart Energy, under which the wind turbine manufacturer will supply its MySE 11-230 typhoon-proof hybrid-drive turbines for a 1 GW offshore wind project. The project, located in deep waters offshore Guangdong Province, comprises
New York Governor Kathy Hochul, together with Division of the Budget Director Robert F. Mujica Jr., outlined the State’s Fiscal Year (FY) 2023 Executive Budget on 18 January, confirming the USD 500 million investment in offshore wind infrastructure, announced in her 2022 State of the State address a
The following is a guest post by Westwood Global Energy Group’s Senior Analysts Michelle Gomez, Bahzad Ayoub and Ruth Chen. The offshore wind sector had another record-breaking year in 2021. Some 18.6 GW of capacity was put into operation – the industry’s highest level of annual capacity additions.
A consortium consisting of Semco Maritime and PTSC M&C has appointed Irish offshore engineering company Gavin & Doherty Geosolutions (GDG) to conduct the basic and detailed engineering for geotechnical and seismic design for both offshore substations of the Hai Long offshore wind project in Taiwan.
SENER Renewable Investments, a company of the SENER engineering and technology group, and the Amper Group, through its subsidiary Nervión Naval-Offshore, have signed a collaboration agreement to develop and market platform technology for floating offshore wind. Under this agreement, Spain’s SENER an
The Blue Circle and its partner CleanTech Global Renewables, Inc. have signed their first wind energy service contract for an offshore wind project in the Philippines – the 1.2 GW project in Bulalacao, Oriental Mindoro. The Blue Circle and CleanTech have succeeded in securing the exclusivity for the
The US Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) have signed an interagency memorandum in support of the country’s offshore wind energy ambitions. The new agreement underscores the two agencies’ commitment to responsibly deploy 30 GW of w
Denmark’s Energinet has awarded MMT with a contract to carry out cable route surveys at the planned energy island in the Baltic Sea and associated offshore wind projects. The Energy Island, located on the island of Bornholm, some 15 kilometres offshore, will connect Germany and Denmark to an offshor
Endiprev has been selected by GE Renewable Energy to be the main engineering service supplier on the commissioning of the first commercial offshore wind farm in France, the Saint-Nazaire offshore wind farm. The 480 MW Saint-Nazaire wind farm, also known as Parc éolien en mer du Banc de Guérande, wil
South Fork Wind, New York’s first offshore wind farm, has received the final decision from the federal level needed to move the project toward the start of construction as the US Department of the Interior’s Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has now given its final approval of the project’s C
Irish Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications, Eamon Ryan TD, has launched consultation on important aspects of the new Maritime Area Consent (MAC) regime for the first phase of offshore wind projects to be granted consent, which is expected for the second half of this year. “As Min
Norwegian shipowner Norside has bought a platform supply vessel (PSV) from Ulstein’s investment arm Blue Ship Invest and will convert it into a walk-to-work vessel for the offshore wind industry. The vessel, a PX121 design by Ulstein, was built by Ulstein Verft and delivered under the name Blue King
