Dominion Energy has filed a federal lawsuit challenging the Trump administration’s stop-work order issued on 22 December that directed all major US offshore wind projects under construction to pause while federal agencies review alleged national security risks, AP and US media report. In its complai
Ørsted has signed an agreement with Cathay Life Insurance, and its affiliate Cathay Power, under which Cathay will acquire a 55 per cent ownership stake of Ørsted’s 632 MW Greater Changhua 2 offshore wind farm. Located approximately 50–60 kilometres off the coast of Changhua County, the Greater Chan
The US Department of Interior has paused the leases and suspended construction at all large-scale offshore wind projects currently under construction in the United States, citing ”national security risks identified by the Department of War in recently completed classified reports.” The five projects
Van Oord, which recently started installing monopiles at the Ecowende offshore wind farm in the Netherlands, will soon deploy two pieces of equipment that allow monopiles to be installed using vibration technology and minimise noise disturbance for underwater life. The technology will be used during
The business alliance formed by Navantia Seanergies and Windar Renovables has completed the manufacturing of 45 monopiles for the East Anglia THREE offshore wind farm, developed by Iberdrola in the UK North Sea. The Navantia-Windar consortium is delivering 45 monopiles for the 1.4 GW East Anglia Thr
Ocean Winds, the 50:50 joint venture owned by EDPR and ENGIE, and Allianz Global Investors have completed the transaction through which Allianz acquired a 20.25 per cent stake in the îles d’Yeu & Noirmoutier offshore wind farm in France. The global investor bought the minority stake for an equity va
Four transformers and other high-voltage power equipment necessary for power transfer to the Polish national grid have been delivered to the construction site of the onshore substation for the Baltica 2 offshore wind farm, being built by a joint venture of PGE and Ørsted in the Polish Baltic Sea. Th
Ocean Winds has launched an offshore wind and metocean measurement campaign for its High Sea Wind project in Gippsland, Victoria. The campaign, led by TGS and using an EOLOS floating LiDAR buoy equipped with advanced sensors, will collect wind, wave, current, and environmental data in the High Sea W
The 100 MW Hanlim Offshore Wind Power Project in South Korea has been commissioned, according to the news from the country’s Ministry of Climate, Energy and Environment (MCEE), which attended a completion ceremony on 15 December. The project is built in the waters off Suwon-ri, Hallim-eup, Jeju, and
The UK Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero has granted a Development Consent Order (DCO) for the Five Estuaries offshore wind farm, owned by a consortium led by RWE. Five Estuaries is a proposed extension to the existing, operational 353 MW Galloper offshore wind farm in the UK and i
Cadeler’s new wind turbine installation vessel (WTIV), Wind Ace, has been launched at the COSCO Qidong yard. The hull was fully erected and completed inside the dry dock in just four months, the company said via social media. With the launch complete, Wind Ace moves to the installation of the remain
Star of the South, said to be Australia’s “most advanced offshore wind project”, has submitted its Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for approval, the primary environmental approval required for the project to proceed. According to the developer, this comes off the back of a few other milestones
UK port operator Associated British Ports (ABP) and ScottishPower Renewables have entered into a long-term agreement for supporting operations and maintenance (O&M) activities at the East Anglia Two and East Anglia Three offshore wind farms from ABP’s Lowestoft Eastern Energy Facility (LEEF). Under
Ireland’s Ministry for the Climate, Energy and the Environment (DCEE) has issued a request for tender for a metocean survey campaign at the Lí Ban offshore wind area within the South Coast Designated Maritime Area Plan (SC-DMAP). According to a notice published on a European tender website, the cont
