On 20 August, Finland’s Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment published an action plan focused on advancing the offshore wind industry in the country. The plan outlines 17 proposals, emphasizing that the development of offshore wind farms will be driven by market conditions. In October 2023, t
Polenergia and Equinor have received offshore and onshore construction permits for the Bałtyk 2 and Bałtyk 3 offshore wind farms the two companies will build together in Poland. The two projects, set to be built in the Polish sector of the Baltic Sea, approximately 37 and 22 kilometres from the coas
The US Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) will publish a Call for Information and Nominations (Call) for a second offshore wind energy sale in the Central Atlantic, seeking public input on potential development in areas off the coasts of New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, and North Caro
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
Eversource Energy, a US utility company, has secured a federal grant of USD 89 million (approximately EUR 80 million) to fund the development of new infrastructure aimed at enabling the interconnection of approximately 2.4 GW of offshore wind capacity throughout several states in New England. The Hu
The New Jersey Board of Public Utilities (BPU) has granted a motion submitted by Ørsted on 1 July, requesting the BPU vacate the orders issued for the two Ocean Wind projects offshore New Jersey after the developer cancelled the projects last year. On 14 August, the BPU accepted Ørsted’s motions to
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,
Equinor and Virginia Electric and Power Co, a subsidiary of Dominion Energy, have provisionally won lease areas in the Central Atlantic offshore wind auction in the US, each securing one site. The auction, which yielded almost USD 93 million (around EUR 84 million), saw a total of six companies part
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
The European Commission’s (EC) Directorate-General for Energy (DG ENER) is preparing detailed recommendations on the integration of non-price criteria in offshore renewable energy tenders. The recommendations, expected to be published in March 2025, will also cover multi-source offshore energy parks
RWE and Luxcara have been selected as winners of the latest German tender, offering a total of 5.5 GW of capacity across three sites, N-9.1, N-9.2, and N-9.3, all located in the German North Sea. RWE has secured the sites N-9.1 and N-9.2, where the company plans to build two offshore wind farms with
A multibeam echosounder (MBES) geophysical survey of the Dogger Bank D offshore wind site, using several uncrewed surface vessels (USVs), is scheduled to start on 13 August. According to information in the project’s Notice to Mariners, XOCEAN will deploy multiple USVs to survey the wind turbine arra
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
