In its annual results for 2023, RWE reported on last year’s financial performance and many of its offshore wind developments, but also on research projects related to the wake effect at offshore wind farms. Last year, RWE, together with various project partners, completed two wake-effect studies and
Renantis and BlueFloat Energy have submitted the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) report for the Kailia Energia floating offshore wind project in Italy. After over a year of studies and research, the EIA report was submitted to the Ministry of Environment and Energy Security (MASE) and the Mini
Vattenfall has decided to cancel the Hydrogen Turbine 1 (HT1) project offshore Aberdeen, Scotland, almost two years after the firm began developing it. However, the project helped enable the creation of a regulatory and consenting regime for offshore hydrogen transportation and storage in the UK, ac
France-headquartered Technip Energies and Dutch-based SBM Offshore have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for the creation of a floating offshore wind joint venture, EkWiL. EkWiL will be a floating wind offshore wind pure play, capable of proposing a wide range of solutions to clients, the
Ørsted will be offered the first production of lower-emission steel from German-based Dillinger, subject to availability and commercial terms and conditions. The steel plates are intended to be used for offshore wind monopile foundations in future projects. Under a large-scale supply agreement enter
The first geotechnical seabed surveys for TotalEnergies and SSE Renewables’ 500 MW Seagreen 1A offshore wind farm in Scotland have been completed. Phase two of the geotechnical works is expected to commence later this year and should take around two weeks to complete. Seagreen 1A lies adjacent to th
Ramboll has concluded several engineering and advisory studies for Fred. Olsen Seawind and Vattenfall, shareholders of the Muir Mhòr (initially named Mara Mhòr) floating offshore wind project, located off the east coast of Scotland. Ramboll has been involved in the floating offshore wind farm since
Odfjell Oceanwind, Source Galileo, and Kansai Electric Power Company have received NOK 2 billion (approximately EUR 175 million) in state funding from Norwegian government agency Enova for its GoliatVIND floating offshore wind project. Located approximately 95 kilometres from Hammerfest at a depth o
Finland’s Suomen Hyötytuuli will conduct a full demerger, transferring its wind farms to a new firm of the same name, while Tahkoluoto Offshore Oy will take ownership of the Tahkoluoto demonstration and extension project as part of efforts to strengthen offshore wind production. To prepare for a sig
Denmark’s Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP) through its Growth Market Funds, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Vietnam’s oil, gas, and renewable energy group, PetroVietnam to launch a collaboration on renewable energy and offshore wind. Under the MoU, the two companies will
Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult has commenced its latest Launch Academy accelerator programme with ten companies from across the UK joining the programme to develop technology solutions to address the challenges within offshore wind. The ten companies that joined the Launch Academy programm
Equinor and Polenergia have awarded RockWave a contract for subsurface data reprocessing for the 1,560 MW Bałtyk 1 offshore wind farm in Poland. The contract scope involves the reprocessing of sparker ultra-high resolution seismic (UHRS) data to create an optimised subsurface image. The new data wil
Corio Generation has deployed Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR) systems for offshore wind projects in the vicinity of sites in Guimaras and Cavite, the Philippines. Designed to withstand the harsh coastal environment with a backup power and monitoring system, the LiDARs will collect detailed infor
The Australian federal government has declared an area in the Southern Ocean off western Victoria as the country’s third offshore wind development zone, though with a considerable reduction in both size and power generation capacity. The final area is located at least 15-20 kilometres from Victoria’
