The US Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has rescinded and de-designated all Wind Energy Areas (WEAs) on the US Outer Continental Shelf (OCS). The WEAs are areas in the US federal waters that BOEM previously identified as suitable for wind energy development and, following a multi-stage proce
The Government of Canada and the Province of Nova Scotia have designated the first four offshore wind areas to be made available for development, with a call for bids expected by the end of the year. Three of the identified areas are situated south of Nova Scotia’s eastern mainland, while the fourth
The Salamander floating offshore wind farm has secured the offshore consent award from the Scottish government, granting approval to build and operate the project. The 100 MW floating wind farm, developed jointly by Simply Blue Group, Ørsted, and Subsea7, has been awarded Section 36 consent and asso
The Maltese government has received three submissions in the pre-qualification period for the country’s first offshore wind tender, which will award a concession for a floating wind project with an installed capacity of around 300 MW. The Ministry for the Environment, Energy, and Public Cleanliness
The New York State Public Service Commission (PSC) has decided to “strategically terminate” the Public Policy Transmission Need (PPTN) process for offshore wind transmission infrastructure. The PSC says this is due to the federal government halting new offshore wind permitting, and that cancelling t
All major permits are in place for the 1.2 GW Kattegat Syd offshore wind farm off the coast of Falkenberg in Sweden, according to information in Vattenfall’s latest financial report. This spring, the Swedish government granted permission for the submarine cables for Kattegatt Syd, both export and in
Dutch Minister for Climate and Green Growth, Sophie Hermans, presented the North Sea Wind Energy Infrastructure Plan (WIN) on 16 July to Parliament and said that the 2040 offshore wind target of 50 GW will be lowered. The new plan and Climate and Energy Memorandum, expected to be released and signed
The UK’s Planning Inspectorate has concluded its six-month Nationally Significant Infrastructure Project (NSIP) examination period for the Dogger Bank South (DBS) offshore wind farms, being developed by RWE and Abu Dhabi’s Masdar. Since the start of the examination this January, the Planning Inspect
Estonia’s Consumer Protection and Technical Regulatory Authority (CPTRA) has refused to initiate the superficies licence proceedings for the Saare 7 offshore wind farm area, as the auction process did not result in a winning bidder. In May, CPTRA announced an auction for the development of an offsho
The UK government has opened a window for registrations for the Allocation Round 7 (AR7) of the country’s Contracts for Difference (CfD) scheme, ahead of the call for applications which is expected to be launched next month. The registration period is currently scheduled to close on 27 August, accor
A decree has been approved by the Italian government to establish offshore wind manufacturing and assembly hubs at the ports of Augusta and Taranto. The total investment amounts to EUR 78.3 million, to be distributed over three years starting in 2025. Funding will come from the reallocation of reven
Oceanic Wind Energy and its partner, Coast Tsimshian Enterprises (CTE), have been granted an Investigative Use Permit (IUP) for the first phase of an offshore wind project in Hecate Strait, Canada. The permit was granted to the partners for the first phase of development, which could have a capacity
The Mona offshore wind farm, being developed by a joint venture between EnBW and BP, has been granted development consent by the UK’s Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, Ed Miliband. Located in the Irish Sea, the 1.5 GW Mona is the first offshore wind project from the UK’s Round 4 l
The Belgian Council of Ministers has decided to postpone the tender for an offshore wind farm in the Princess Elisabeth Zone I until 2026. According to Mathieu Bihet, Federal Minister of Energy, the offshore wind tender for the first lot of the Princess Elisabeth Zone involved several risks: major l
