RWE has been selected as the preferred bidder for two adjacent offshore wind sites with a total potential capacity of 3 GW in the UK Offshore Wind Leasing Round 4. The awarded sites are in the shallow central area of the North Sea known as Dogger Bank, 110 km from the North East coast of […]
UK oil and gas major bp and German energy company EnBW have been selected as the preferred bidder for two major leases in the UK Offshore Wind Round 4. This marks bp’s entry into the UK’s offshore wind power sector, currently the largest in the world. The leases, both located in the Irish Sea, offer
South Korea has unveiled a KRW 48.5 trillion (EUR 36 billion) project to develop an 8.2 GW wind complex offshore the Sinan County, South Jeolla Province. South Korea’s President Moon Jae-in oversaw the signing of the agreement to build the offshore wind complex in the country’s southwest. The agreem
Denmark has reached a landmark agreement on the construction of an energy hub in the North Sea. The energy hub will be an artificially constructed island 80 kilometers from the shore of the peninsula Jutland. Around 200 wind turbines with a combined capacity of 3 GW are expected to be installed in t
Turbine blades, towers, monopile foundations, and power cables are the prime areas in which the UK can secure new investment to boost its domestic manufacturing capabilities, the Offshore Wind Industry Council (OWIC) said. These are the priority areas in which OWIC is working with the UK government
The U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) will resume the review process for the Vineyard Wind 1 offshore wind project, after the developer revoked its temporary withdrawal of the Construction and Operation Plan (COP) and requested the resumption of the process. In December 2020, Vineyard Wi
The Danish Energy Agency (DEA) has launched an eight-week public consultation on the plan for the Thor offshore wind farm and the related Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) of the plan for the wind farm. The public consultation runs from 1 February to 29 March, during which period around 5,000
Taiwan’s Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) has denied the so-called ”Establishment Permit” for wpd’s 350 MW Guanyin offshore wind project citing aviation security concerns. The permit denial was based on claims made by the Taiwanese Civil Aeronautics Administration (CAA) that the wind farm could h
UK seabed manager The Crown Estate has launched the third and final stage in the tender process to award up to 8.5 GW of new offshore wind projects. The Offshore Wind Leasing Round 4 has now entered the multi-cycle bidding process under Invitation to Tender (ITT) Stage 2. Once all bidding cycles hav
US President Joe Biden signed a new Executive Order on 27 January, directing the Department of the Interior to identify steps that can be taken to double offshore wind energy production by 2030 and to pause entering into new oil and natural gas leases on public lands and in federal waters. The Execu
Maine Governor Janet Mills is proposing a series of actions to advance the planned floating offshore wind research array in the Gulf of Maine. In a letter to Maine’s licensed commercial fishermen, Mills announced she will propose for the legislature’s approval a ten-year moratorium on new offshore w
US offshore wind developer Vineyard Wind is rescinding its recent request to withdraw the Construction and Operations Plan (COP) for the Vineyard Wind 1 wind farm, allowing the federal permitting process to resume. Back in December, Vineyard Wind temporarily withdrew the COP from further review by t
France’s Commission de régulation de l’énergie (CRE) has opened a competitive dialogue process towards selecting the developer of an offshore wind farm off the Cotentin Peninsula, Normandy. The process will be carried out in three phases: the selection of applications, competitive dialogue, and tend
Poland’s President Andrzej Duda has signed the Offshore Act into law. The Offshore Act regulates the development of offshore wind farms in the Polish Baltic Sea. The legislation allows for 10.9 GW of offshore wind capacity to be either operational or under development by 2027. 5.9 GW of capacity wil
