EnergyPathways has launched Front End Engineering and Design (FEED) for its compressed air energy storage (CAES) project in the East Irish Sea, part of the wider MESH energy development, with the facility designed to store surplus electricity from offshore wind farms and the UK grid. The CAES projec
RWE has switched on what the company says is one of the largest battery energy storage systems (BESS) in the Netherlands at its Eemshaven power station. The commissioning of the ultra-fast synthetic inertia BESS at RWE’s Moerdijk power station is also underway. Both battery systems are part of the s
Sixteen partners from across the European offshore renewable energy sector have launched the Offshore Electricity Storage Technology Research (OESTER) project to accelerate the development of offshore electricity storage. Several major energy industry players, such as RWE, Vattenfall, and the Dutch
The offshore energy industry has seen rapid growth and technological advancements in recent years, especially with the rise of offshore wind as a cornerstone of the renewable energy transition. Wärtsilä, a global leader in smart technologies and lifecycle solutions for the marine and energy markets,
The following is a press release from Navingo BV, the owner of offshoreWIND.biz and organiser of the annual Offshore Energy Exhibition & Conference (OEEC). More than 400 exhibitors and co-exhibitors booked their spots at OEEC 2024 Businesses and organisations from across the offshore energy sector a
Offshore Energy Exhibition & Conference 2024 (OEEC 2024) is coming up this month. Work on the event is at full steam at Navingo (the company behind OEEC and offshoreWIND.biz brands) with final tweaks and preparations underway. The exhibition floor has been almost completely booked and visitors are n
In a little more than five years, renewable energy targets set for 2030 will come knocking on the door. Whether they will be reached, missed or overshot, depends on multiple factors, most of which concern policymakers and the energy sector itself. At the end of 2023, the EU increased the binding ren
RWE has started building an ultra-fast battery storage system with an installed capacity of 7.5 MW and a storage capacity of 11 MWh on the site of its power plant in Moerdijk, the Netherlands, as part of the OranjeWind offshore wind project that involves system integration solutions. Owned by RWE an
Ørsted has taken a final investment decision (FID) on battery energy storage for its 2.9 GW Hornsea 3 offshore wind farm in the UK, where the developer will use a Tesla system with a capacity of 600 MWh and a power rating of 300 MW. The battery energy storage system (BESS) will be installed in [&hel
Ramboll has been appointed to deliver advisory and technical support for the 600 MW Agnes Romagna offshore wind project, proposed to be built in the Italian sector of the Adriatic Sea and planned to integrate several other systems, including floating photovoltaic, battery storage and a hydrogen prod
The Offshore Wind and Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) Colocation Forum (the Forum), set up to provide strategic coordination of colocation research and activity on the nation’s seabed, has commissioned two research projects. The projects are designed to inform the best approach to test and demonstr
Floating assets have long been installed, operated and maintained to support oil and gas (O&G) production. The emerging floating wind sector has specific challenges to overcome, but also opportunities to build strategies informed by O&G experience. Opportunities and challengesThe global offshore flo
India’s largest oil and gas exploration and production company, Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC), and NTPC Green Energy Limited (NGEL), a fully owned subsidiary of India’s largest utility company NTPC, have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to collaborate on offshore wind, clean fuel
RWE has finalised its investment decision for a battery storage project in the Netherlands that will optimise the OranjeWind offshore wind farm’s integration into the Dutch energy system. The company plans to invest approximately EUR 24 million into the project. The system, which will have an instal
