The Hellenic Hydrocarbons and Energy Resources Management Company (HEREMA) has announced the draft National Development Programme for Offshore Wind Farms at an event held in Athens, Greece, on October 31. The draft plan includes 25 areas, covering a total area of 2,712 square kilometers, with an est
The US Department of the Interior (DOI) has approved the construction and operations plan (COP) for Dominion Energy’s 2.6 GW Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind (CVOW) project. Dominion Energy submitted COP to the US Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) for the offshore wind farm in December 2020. Th
Freja Offshore, a joint venture between Mainstream Renewable Power and Hexicon, has submitted a planning application for the Dyning floating offshore wind project in Sweden. The floating wind farm, planned to have an installed capacity of up to 2.5 GW, is proposed to be built in the Baltic Sea, some
Lithuania’s Environmental Protection Agency has approved the environmental impact assessment (EIA) report on the country’s second offshore wind farm, which could produce its first power as early as 2028. The Environmental Protection Agency has approved the conclusions of the EIA landscape assessment
Several Korean companies have joined forces on a multi-gigawatt offshore wind project in the southwest of Korea. The project consists of three offshore wind farms with a combined installed capacity of 3.2 GW, which would produce enough electricity to power 3 million households. On 30 October, HD Hyu
The US Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has finalised four new wind energy areas (WEAS) in the Gulf of Mexico that could support offshore wind projects with the potential to produce enough renewable energy to power more than three million homes. The four WEAs include Option J, 495,567 acres
Taranaki Offshore Partnership, a joint venture between Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP) and NZ Super Fund, together with New Zealand Trade and Enterprise (NZTE) and Ara Ake, has released the findings of the Industry Capability Mapping Study, focused on offshore wind in the Taranaki region. A
3E, a Belgium-based technology and SaaS company for the wind, solar and energy storage industries, has been awarded a contract for a strike price study for the offshore wind tender(s) in the Princess Elisabeth zone. Under the contract signed on 20 October, 3E will analyse both the maximum strike pri
The New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) has selected Attentive Energy One, Community Offshore Wind, and Excelsior Wind projects, totalling 4,032 MW in generation capacity, in the state’s third offshore wind solicitation round. In this article: The three offshore wind p
Swedish company Eolus Vind has submitted a permit application for a 1,400 MW offshore wind project in Sweden. Named Arkona, the offshore wind farm is planned to have between 50 and 70 turbines that would together be able to produce around 5.5 TWh of renewable electricity per year. The Swedish Arkona
Singapore’s Energy Market Authority (EMA) has granted conditional approval to Sembcorp Utilities (SCU), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Sembcorp Industries, to import 1.2 GW of low-carbon electricity, including offshore wind power, from Vietnam. The conditional approval means the project by SCU has bee
The Australian Government has opened a public consultation process on an offshore wind zone in the Bass Strait region off Northern Tasmania. The proposal refers to an area between Birdport and Burnie, totalling 10,136 square kilometres and located at least 20 kilometres off the north coast of Tasman
The Netherlands will reach, and exceed, the target set in its Offshore Wind Energy Roadmap 2023 by the end of this year. The country’s first offshore wind roadmap, created following the Dutch Energy Agreement signed ten years ago, sets a goal of 4.5 GW of installed capacity by the end of 2023 – and
The Finnish Government has granted survey permits for Ilmatar Offshore’s two new project areas, Bothnia and Bothnia West, in the Finnish Exclusive Economic Zone. Ilmatar Offshore has identified two new areas suitable for offshore wind in the Finnish Exclusive Economic Zone. The project areas are cal
