This is an op-ed piece by Liz Burdock, Founder and CEO of Oceantic Network, the US offshore renewable energy industry organisation. When I started Oceantic Network 11 years ago, I was motivated by the confident belief that offshore wind would be an economic and environmental game-changer for the U.S
As of 2023, there was around 270 MW of floating wind capacity in operation, with the global pipeline for new floating projects standing at 244 GW, according to a market outlook report commissioned by the 2023 Japanese G7 Presidency and issued by the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA). Acc
The US State of Maine and the Federal Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) have agreed on a floating offshore wind research lease in the Gulf of Maine, which could allow for the deployment of twelve floating wind turbines capable of generating 144 MW. The research lease site, an area of up to 15
JDR Cable Systems is already at the forefront of the production and supply of dynamic subsea cables to the floating wind market and will become a leader as the market expands, JDR’s Chief Strategy and Compliance Officer said in an interview with offshoreWIND.biz. In this article: The UK-based offsho
Ireland-based survey provider Green Rebel has secured a contract for floating LiDAR services for the Atlantic Marine Energy Test Site (AMETS), located west of Belmullet in County Mayo. The Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI) issued a call for tenders for a floating LiDAR and associated pr
Construction work on converting a former oil- and coal-fired power plant site in Salem, Massachusetts, into a terminal serving the offshore wind industry has started. On 15 August, Crowley Wind Services, the company managing the redevelopment and the new terminal’s operator, held a groundbreaking ce
A new report, prepared by global energy consultancy Xodus and published on 14 August, says that the UK, as the world’s second-largest offshore wind market, can help unlock the full potential of New Zealand’s offshore wind industry. With 15,000 kilometres of coastline, New Zealand holds vast offshore
The US Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has finalised the environmental review of the possible impacts of issuing leases for potential offshore wind development off the coast of Oregon. BOEM expects to hold the lease sale, the first-ever of this kind in Oregon, later this year. On 13 August,
The Crown Estate has invited proposals from the pre-qualified bidders in the Round 5 seabed leasing process which will award up to 4.5 GW of floating wind capacity in the Celtic Sea. On 13 August, The Crown Estate said the second phase of the leasing process got underway on 8 August, following the c
Mingyang Smart Energy’s OceanX, the world’s largest single-capacity floating wind platform according to Mingyang, has sailed out of Guangzhou, China, and is heading towards the Qingzhou IV offshore wind farm in Yangjiang, Guangdong, where it will be installed. The floater is a dual-turbine V-shaped
Swedish floating wind turbine developer SeaTwirl has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with UK-based oil and gas operator Serica Energy, under which the two companies will explore decarbonising Serica Energy’s offshore assets. With the MoU, the two companies plan to work together on identif
South Korea will launch the first in a series of offshore wind tenders this October and (at least) two more until the first half of 2026, according to an Offshore Wind Power Competitive Bidding Roadmap the country’s Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy (MOTIE) unveiled on 8 August. The tenders fro
BlueFloat Energy has identified an exact location for the first phase of its Winds of September floating wind project off Hsinchu City, Taiwan, as the developer plans to enter Winds of September Phase 1 into the floating demonstration programme which the Taiwanese government is expected to launch la
Renexia, Mingyang Smart Energy and Minister Adolfo Urso from the Ministry of Enterprises and Made in Italy (MIMIT) have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) that will see the Chinese OEM producing wind turbines in Italy and supplying 18.8 MW wind turbines for Renexia’s Med Wind floating wind f
