The 100 MW Pentland Floating Offshore Wind Farm in Scotland is estimated to deliver lifetime expenditure of GBP 419 million in the UK and to support the creation of up to 1,385 full-time equivalent (FTE) jobs. This is according to supply chain information submitted to Crown Estate Scotland in a form
Companies from the French region of Brittany (Bretagne) will be present at the Offshore Energy Exhibition & Conference in Amsterdam on 29 and 30 November to highlight their expertise and the region’s ports’ strategic position close to several fixed-bottom and floating offshore wind projects. Bretagn
IberBlue Wind, a joint venture recently established by Ireland-based floating wind developer Simply Blue Group and Spanish companies Proes Consultores and FF New Energy Ventures, announced it will develop the first of its floating wind projects in Spain, offshore Andalusia. The wind farm, named Nao
Mayflower Wind, the joint venture (JV) between Shell and Ocean Winds, said that it did not state that its offshore wind project in Massachusetts was no longer viable and intends to testify to the project’s viability before the Energy Facility Siting Board (EFSB) in Rhode Island, where part of the of
Siemens Gamesa’s Board of Directors has appointed Christian Bruch as its new non-executive chairman. He will succeed Miguel Ángel López, who has chosen to leave the company and seek new challenges. Bruch, who is also a member of the Board of Directors, became the president and Chief Executive Office
US-based companies Burns & McDonnell and Bay Ltd. are teaming up to provide engineering, procurement, fabrication, and construction of offshore substations. According to the new partnership, the aim is to help the US reach its offshore wind targets, as well as to address global supply chain challeng
See the speaker line-up for OEEC 2022 conference and The Stage below the article. Offshore Energy Exhibition & Conference 2022 (OEEC) will open its doors in less than two weeks. On the 29 & 30 November, the entire industry comes together in RAI Amsterdam to connect, discuss, share knowledge, meet an
Energy giant Shell, China’s China General Nuclear Power Group (CGN) and France’s Caisse des dépôts et consignations (CDC) have cancelled a project to build a demonstrator floating wind farm offshore France, according to local media reports. Shell has cited ”technical, commercial and financial challe
Avangrid has notified the Massachusetts Department of Public Utilities (DPU) that it decided to continue with the power purchase agreements (PPAs) for its Commonwealth Wind project that are currently undergoing review and approval proceedings. However, the developer has kept its position that under
US-headquartered Valmont Industries has entered into a definitive agreement to sell its offshore wind business to Euro Steel, a Denmark-based supplier of steel products to the European wind market. The value of the transaction has not been disclosed. The offshore wind business, known as Valmont SM,
Copenhagen Energy, a Danish energy trader and developer of solar, onshore wind, and offshore wind projects, has sold its stake in the Frederikshavn offshore wind farm, the first to feature Vestas’ 15 MW turbines. According to the company, the project marks the first major divestment for Copenhagen E
The Irish Government has approved terms and conditions for the country’s first auction to supply electricity from offshore wind under the Renewable Electricity Support Scheme (ORESS 1) which is expected to secure up to 2.5 GW of offshore wind capacity. The pre-qualification stage will launch next mo
This article was first published on 9 November and was updated on 10 November after the Massachusetts Department of Public Utilities granted Commonwealth Wind the extension of response period. On 9 November, Avangrid Renewables, the US-based company owned by Spain’s Iberdrola and the developer behin
Odfjell Oceanwind and renewable energy developer Source Galileo’s Norwegian branch, Source Galileo Norge, have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to cooperate on developing floating offshore wind farms using Odfjell Oceanwind’s technology. The cooperation will target wind farms for the elect
