Ørsted and PGE Polska Grupa Energetyczna have signed an agreement to form a 50/50 joint venture for the development, construction and operation of the 1.5 GW Baltica 2 and 1 GW Baltica 3 offshore wind farms in Poland. The agreement was signed following negotiations that PGE and Ørsted started back i
Northland Power is planning to submit applications for two new proposed development sites in the upcoming Round 3 offshore wind auction in Taiwan. Referred to as NorthWind and CanWind, the proposed sites can accommodate a total capacity of up to 1,800 MW and are located off the coasts of Taichung co
Offshore Wind Consultants (OWC) and Polish environmental consulting company Ambiens have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to cooperate on offshore wind developments in Poland. OWC, a subsidiary of AqualisBraemar LOC, is supporting projects that are already in development in Poland, but als
Danish wind turbine manufacturer Vestas has introduced the V236-15.0 MW offshore wind turbine. With the world’s largest swept area exceeding 43,000 m2, the V236-15.0 MW delivers industry-leading performance and moves the boundaries of wind energy production to around 80 GWh/year, enough to power aro
Global Energy Group’s (GEG) Port of Nigg has been selected as the marshalling, storage and logistics base for 114 wind turbine foundations for the 1,075 MW Seagreen offshore wind farm. GEG has been awarded a contract for the project by Seaway 7, the EPCI contractor for Seagreen’s foundations and int
Crowley and Watco are partnering to create a single-source terminal and supply chain management solution to support the U.S. offshore wind industry. The parties will collaborate to provide customized terminal design, project management, warehousing, logistics, supply chain management and equipment m
Manor Renewable Energy (MRE) has completed its work to provide temporary power during the turbine commissioning phase at the Borssele 1 & 2 offshore wind farm in the Netherlands. MRE supplied modular temporary power packages, consisting of a 116 kVA generator, custom-built fuel tank and bespoke lift
Last year, 15 new offshore wind farms generated their first electricity and there are now 162 offshore wind farms up and running worldwide. Soon, 26 more that are under construction will join the global fleet. This is according to the Global Offshore Wind Report 2020 from World Forum Offshore Wind (
Europe confirmed a record amount of €26.3 billion of investments in 2020 that will finance 7.1 GW of new offshore wind farms to be built in the coming years, WindEurope said. For comparison, €6.1 billion was invested in four offshore wind projects in 2019. This represents an increase of over 330 per
UK oil and gas major bp and German energy company EnBW have been selected as the preferred bidder for two major leases in the UK Offshore Wind Round 4. This marks bp’s entry into the UK’s offshore wind power sector, currently the largest in the world. The leases, both located in the Irish Sea, offer
Iberdrola has launched a green hybrid bond amounting to EUR 2 billion and will use the raised funds to finance and refinance the Saint-Brieuc and Baltic Eagle offshore wind farms in France and Germany, respectively. The company said that this was the largest green hybrid bond issue in its history an
RenewableUK has welcomed the selection of preferred bidders at the Crown Estate’s Offshore Wind Leasing Round 4, but warned about the effect of the option fees on developers and, ultimately, consumers. The Crown Estate has selected six projects that will now move to the next stage of the process, wh
ABPmer has secured a contract to assess the impact that the O&M facility of the Galloper offshore wind farm might have on birds. Project operator and co-owner RWE Renewables is required to undertake two years of bird displacement and disturbance monitoring of the O&M facility as a requirement of its
The Crown Estate has selected a 1.5 GW offshore wind project proposed by Total and Green Investment Group (GIG) in the UK’s Offshore Wind Leasing Round 4. The project site is located in the Eastern Regions zone in the Crown Estate’s Offshore Wind Leasing Round 4. “This project is our largest renewa
