The US Department of the Interior (DOI) has reached a settlement agreement with Duke Energy under which the utility will voluntarily terminate its offshore wind lease in the Carolina Long Bay area and reinvest USD 129 million (around EUR 113 million) in alternative power generation and grid infrastr
A consortium led by Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power (KHNP) has been selected as the preferred bidder for the Jeonbuk Southwestern Offshore Wind Expansion Complex 1 project in a tender promoted by the Jeonbuk State, a special self-governing province of South Korea. The project is an 800 MW offshore wind
The Philippines’ Department of Finance (DOF) has met with Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP) to discuss the development of the San Miguel Bay offshore wind project in Camarines Sur. The project, expected to become the first offshore wind farm in the Philippines and Southeast Asia, is owned by
Uniper and Skyborn Renewables have signed a long-term power purchase agreement (PPA) for the Gennaker project, under which the Düsseldorf-based energy company will purchase 100 MW of capacity from the 976.5 MW offshore wind farm set to be built in the German Baltic Sea. The contract is scheduled to
ScottishPower Renewables has submitted a Section 36 offshore consent application for the 2 GW MachairWind project to the Scottish government. The offshore wind farm is proposed to be built northwest of Islay and west of Colonsay, where 144 wind turbines would be installed. With an installed capacity
California has notified the US Department of the Interior (DOI) and Golden State Wind (GSW) of its intention to sue over the federal government’s agreement with the developer to terminate an offshore wind lease off the state’s Central Coast. In a Notice of Intent to Sue issued on 23 June, California
Haizea Wind Group has started manufacturing monopiles for the Norfolk Vanguard West offshore wind farm in the UK, owned and developed by RWE. RWE secured a Contract for Difference (CfD) for the 1,380 MW Norfolk Vanguard West in Allocation Round 7 (AR7) in January, together with CfDs for the 1,380 MW
Skyborn Renewables has agreed to sell a 25 per cent stake in its 976.5 MW Gennaker offshore wind project in Germany to Stadtwerke München (SWM). The transaction, announced on 22 June, remains subject to customary approvals and the successful close of construction financing, which is expected in the
OEG has returned to the East Anglia Two site for seabed clearance before construction work starts on the UK’s new offshore wind farm. According to a recently issued Notice to Mariners, the company will be carrying out the disposal of unexploded ordnance (UXO), boulder clearance, and the removal of o
The inter-array cable installation campaign at the Nordseecluster A offshore wind farm in Germany has been completed, with 48 cables laid, buried, terminated, and tested. “Cables rarely draw the attention that foundations, substations, or turbines do. Yet this package – laying, burial, termination,
Amazon and Skyborn Renewables have signed a 600 MW power purchase agreement (PPA) for electricity generated by the 976.5 MW Gennaker offshore wind farm in the German Baltic Sea, in what the companies describe as the largest single PPA ever signed in Germany. The long-term agreement covers approximat
The US Department of the Interior (DOI) said on 17 June that it had reached an agreement with Invenergy under which the developer will relinquish four offshore wind leases in exchange for a USD 765 million (approximately EUR 664 million) reimbursement and redirect the capital into natural gas and ge
Germany has rejected a request from TotalEnergies to return one of its offshore wind sites in the North Sea to the State, with the country’s economy minister underlining that a concession award constitutes a binding commitment, according to a Bloomberg report from 17 June. The minister’s comment com
The first wind turbine has been installed at the Dieppe-Le Tréport offshore wind farm, located 15 kilometres off the city of Le Tréport and 17 kilometres off the city of Dieppe in France. Ocean Winds, the project’s majority shareholder, said on 15 June that the wind farm, whose offshore substation w
