Norway’s Ministry of Petroleum and Energy is seeking consultancy assistance in designing an auction model for the first 1,500 MW of offshore wind capacity at the Sørlige Nordsjø II (Southern North Sea II) area. As previously reported, the 3 GW of fixed-bottom capacity at the Sørlige Nordsjø II zone
The Group of Seven (G7) has launched the G7 Hydrogen Action Pact (G7-HAP), a joint initiative on low-carbon and renewable hydrogen, and its derivatives such as ammonia. The pact comes on the heels of the recently signed declarations through which some of the seven countries vowed to up their energy
German and US officials who attended the meeting of the G7 climate, energy, and environment ministers in Berlin last week signed a joint declaration on partnering in the area of climate and energy, after forming four working groups earlier this year in preparation for the partnership, two of which a
Ørsted, Equinor, Shell, RWE, and CIP are among the qualified lease sale participants. The final list of eligible bidders will be published in the Final Sale Notice (FSN). There are 23 developers who have already qualified to participate in the lease sale for wind areas offshore California, expected
On 26 May, the Department of the Interior (DOI) and its Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) issued a Proposed Sale Notice (PSN) for potential commercial wind energy development at up to five areas within the two previously identified Wind Energy Areas (WEAs) off California. The PSN contains pro
The UK Planning Inspectorate has accepted for consideration proposals for the development of the Awel y Môr offshore wind farm, RWE Renewables said. Awel y Môr offshore wind farm includes up to 50 turbines with a maximum tip height of 332 metres and is a sister project to the existing Gwynt y Môr of
The Crown Estate has launched consultation with developers on proposed pre-consent survey requirements for floating wind projects in the Celtic Sea with plans to support the funding and delivery of the new approach to help fast-track the deployment of floating wind. After developers have shared thei
There should be no limiting criteria for the producers and buyers of green hydrogen on the use of electricity to produce it, RWE said in a comment on a proposed delegated act in the EU which would permit only electricity from newly built, unsubsidised wind and solar energy farms to generate green hy
The UK government has opened the GBP 160 million Floating Offshore Wind Manufacturing Investment Scheme (FLOWMIS) for expressions of interest. Announced in November 2021, the investment scheme will provide government funding to boost floating offshore wind capability around the UK at sites in Scotla
Ocean Winds has submitted a bid to the Dutch government for the Hollandse Kust West (HKW) Site VI and as such the right to develop around 790 MW of offshore wind capacity. Located 53 kilometres from the coast, the site for a future bottom-fixed offshore wind farm covers an area of approximately 88 s
The 150 GW of offshore wind capacity pledged to be reached by 2050 by Belgium, Denmark, Germany, and the Netherlands under the Esbjerg Declaration, signed yesterday (18 May) at the North Sea Summit, will contribute to large-scale onshore and offshore production of green hydrogen, one of the focal po
The Swedish government has granted a construction permit to Vattenfall for the Kriegers Flak offshore wind farm. Located in the south of the Baltic Sea some 30 kilometres off Trelleborg, Kriegers Flak is one of Vattenfall’s Swedish offshore wind projects that has come the furthest in its development
Massachusetts’s Baker-Polito Administration has announced its plans to invest USD 100 million to support offshore wind ports in Salem, New Bedford, and Somerset. Governor Charlie Baker made this announcement on 18 May in Salem at the site of what will be Massachusetts’ second offshore wind port. The
Vattenfall has been awarded GBP 9.3 million in innovation funding from the Net Zero Innovation Portfolio Low Carbon Hydrogen Supply 2 fund by the UK government for the Hydrogen Turbine 1 (HT1) project offshore Aberdeen, Scotland. The funding will be used to develop the world’s first hydrogen-produci
