Taiwan’s Bureau of Energy (BoE) and Industrial Development Bureau (IDB) have held a meeting on the draft regulation for the 3rd Round of offshore wind auctions, including a new target for 2035. From 2026 until 2035, 1.5 GW of offshore wind capacity would be added each year, instead of previously pla
The UK government is planning to open the fourth round of the Contracts for Difference (CfD) scheme for renewable energy projects in December 2021. The fourth CfD round aims to increase the capacity of renewable energy from the 5.8 GW achieved in the last round to 12 GW, with three pots established
MMA has completed a survey work scope at Formosa 2 offshore wind project located off the coast of Taiwan.
BP, which just recently entered the offshore wind market, has posted around 100 job vacancies looking for talent to support its growing offshore wind business. “bp’s ambition is to become one of the world’s leading offshore wind energy developers. To power the scale and pace of growth that we are ta
The first monopile foundation has been installed at the Saint-Nazaire offshore wind farm in France, which is also the first installed turbine foundation for a commercial offshore wind farm in French waters. DEME is using its installation vessel Innovation to install 80 wind turbine foundations at th
A Spanish-Japanese company has unveiled plans for a 500 MW floating wind farm in the North East of Scotland and is now looking for a financial partner to develop and build the project. The company, with head offices in Madrid and Tokyo, announced on 5 May that it had begun the process of searching f
The first ship ever sailed to the future energy island in the Danish North Sea on Monday, 3 May. MMT’s Relume will undertake seabed mapping at the site which will ensure that the construction of the energy island and the hundreds of wind turbines takes place in a technically sustainable way, Energin
Local fishermen have taken their protests against the construction of the French Saint-Brieuc offshore wind farm from land to the offshore project site on 7 May, when 70 fishing boats surrounded the Aeolus installation vessel in the Bay of Saint-Brieuc. To voice their opposition to the project, the
A 200 MW floating wind project in South Korea, developed by Korea National Oil Corporation (KNOC), Korea East-West Power (EWP), and Equinor completed the preliminary feasibility study on 4 May. With the completion of the study, conducted by the Korea Development Institute (KDI), the project – called
Helix Robotics Solutions has completed its second trenching campaign of the inter-array cables at the Moray East offshore wind project in Scotland. The work was carried out by construction support vessel Grand Canyon III at the project site located some 22 kilometers off the Aberdeenshire coast. All
Ten major South Korean companies, municipalities, and organisations are spearheading a project to develop and build offshore hydrogen production plants powered by floating wind. The first phase of the project includes the construction of a 100 MW demonstration electrolyzer plant in the East Sea. The
Lloyd’s Register (LR) has awarded a project certificate to Blauwwind consortium for its Borssele 3 & 4 offshore wind farm in the Netherlands, enabling the project to move into the operational phase. The 731.5 MW Borssele 3 & 4 was officially handed over to the Operations team in February, as all con
RWE Renewables, itap, BioConsult SH, the University of Stuttgart, and Technische Universität Berlin are to research an innovative vibratory pile driving technique at RWE’s Kaskasi offshore wind farm. The new method for installing foundations is said to have the potential to significantly reduce unde
The west coast of France was this week treated to sights never before seen in this country. If you happened to be in or near the Port Atlantique La Rochelle in the past several days, you might have witnessed a first in France’s emerging offshore wind industry: a giant jack-up vessel loading the firs
