Members of the North Seas Energy Cooperation (NSEC), the UK, and the European Commission have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to strengthen their cooperation for the development of offshore renewable energy. The countries involved include Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Luxemb
Australia’s federal government and the Victoria state government, together with Wellington Shire Council, local community members, and industry have formally declared the Bass Strait off Gippsland as Australia’s first offshore wind zone and awarded Major Project Status to the Star of the South offsh
Eletrobras and Shell have signed a cooperation agreement in Brazil that could lead to the Brazilian electric utilities company investing into offshore wind farms in the country together with Shell. The agreement, signed on 15 December in Rio de Janeiro, covers the exchange of information for a possi
Ørsted-led Power-to-X project Green Fuels for Denmark has been awarded DKK 600 million (around USD 86 million) by the Danish Business Authority as part of Denmark’s participation in the Important Project of Common European Interest (IPCEI) programme. The project, which is being developed by Ørsted i
Marco Polo Marine’s Taiwan-based subsidiary, PKR Offshore, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Vestas Taiwan for the deployment of Marco Polo’s new commissioning service operations vessel (CSOV) on offshore wind projects in the Asia Pacific region. The new CSOV will be deployed acros
Canada-based Northland Power has signed an agreement to sell 49 per cent of its interest in the Hai Long offshore wind project in Taiwan to Gentari. When the deal is completed, expected to occur after the project reaches financial close, Gentari will have a 29.4 per cent indirect equity holding in t
The Belgian Federal Government and Elia Transmission Belgium (Elia) have signed an agreement on a EUR 99.7 million grant that Elia will use to build the foundations for the Princess Elisabeth Island, deemed a key link for unlocking offshore wind potential in the Belgian North Sea. The grant is part
GE Ventures AG, a Liechtenstein-based investment firm founded in 2020 that invests primarily in continental Europe, has acquired a 26 per cent share in Global Tech I Offshore Wind GmbH, the company behind the 400 MW Global Tech I offshore wind farm in the German North Sea. GE Ventures has acquired t
Wind energy and green hydrogen cluster WAB has signed a cooperation agreement with Team Norway, represented by Norwegian Energy Partners, to develop offshore wind and green hydrogen and respective supply chains. The cooperation will focus on the 20th WINDFORCE in June 2023 in Bremerhaven, Germany –
New York City Economic Development Corporation (NYCEDC) has awarded a conditional designation as developer to NorthPoint Development with the goal to transform Rossville Municipal Site in Staten Island into an offshore wind port facility for manufacturing and assembling wind turbine components after
Four more applications for environmental investigation licences for offshore wind projects have landed on the desk of Brazil’s Institute for the Environment and Natural Resources (IBAMA), bringing the total to 71 applications and 176.6 GW in proposed capacity. Since many of the project sites overla
The Dutch Ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate Policy (EZK) plans to combine the first four IJmuiden Ver offshore wind sites for the purpose of putting them out to tender together. This means the sites III and IV will be auctioned next year, same as the sites I and II, instead of the initially p
The Ministry for the Ecological Transition and the Demographic Challenge (MITECO) of Spain has published a document which sets out the regulatory bases for the allocation of state grants for the development of marine renewable energy pilot projects and associated infrastructure. Released on Spanish
This article has been updated on 8 December with information on Invenergy’s lease area capacity and the total capacity of the five lease areas according to developers’ announcements. The article has also been amended to clarify that the estimated capacities are for lease areas, which may contain mor
