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Denmark's NKT Set to Provide High-Voltage Export Power Cables for Polish Wind Offshore Farm

Jun 06, 2023

Denmark-based power cable-making and installation company NKT said Tuesday it would soon sign the order for a 230 kV AC high-voltage export power cable system for the Polish project Baltic Power Offshore Wind Park with a capacity of up to 1…

Fugro to Provide Floating Wind Lidar Measurements for Danish Offshore Wind Projects

Jun 05, 2023

Danish transmission system operator Energinet has awarded the Dutch offshore services firm Fugro a new contract to provide floating wind lidar measurements for five offshore wind projects in Denmark.Fugro will install and operate ten SEAWATCH Wind Lidar Buoys across three main locations…

Consortium Proposes 2.5 GW Offshore Wind Farm in Bass Strait, Australia

Jun 02, 2023

A consortium comprising Mainstream Renewable Power, Reventus Power, AGL, and DIRECT Infrastructure has submitted a feasibility license application for a 2.5 GW offshore wind development off the coast of Victoria, Australia.The area in the Bass Strait off Gippsland…

Denmark's Semco Maritime to Acquire German Firm Wind Multiplikator

Jun 01, 2023

Denmark-based engineering and contracting group Semco Maritime has agreed to acquire German firm Wind Multiplikator, specialized in managing offshore wind farms and projects and providing engineering and consulting services.The transaction also…

Career Moves: US Offshore Wind Powering Up

May 31, 2023

In addition to wind, offshore wind demands human energy, individuals with knowledge and skills first to build and then operate and maintain the dozens of projects required to meet President Biden’s 2030 goal of 30 GW of offshore generation.…

Cyan, Taya in Offshore Wind Vessel Collab in Taiwan

May 31, 2023

Singapore-based Cyan Renewables said Wednesday it had signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to partner with Taiya Renewable Energy, a Taiwanese offshore wind farm development company. Under the MOU, Cyan and Taiya will collaborate to build vessel capacity…

Denmark to Take 20% Ownership of New Offshore Wind Farms

May 31, 2023

The Danish state will take a 20% stake in four planned offshore wind farms with a total capacity of at least 6 gigawatts (GW), the country's ministry of climate, energy and utilities said on Tuesday.Under the terms in the upcoming tenders, developers…

BOEM Completes Environmental Review of Gulf of Mexico Wind Lease Areas

May 30, 2023

The United States' Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) on Tuesday issued a final environmental assessment (EA) on potential impacts from offshore wind leasing on the U.S. Outer Continental Shelf in the Gulf of Mexico, marking another step…

Wind Industry Aims to Provide a Third of Japan's Power by 2050

May 30, 2023

Japan's wind power body has set a mid-century goal to increase capacity to 140 gigawatts (GW) from less than 5 GW now, it said on Monday, to meet a third of the country's electricity demand and help it to hit its 2050 carbon neutrality target…

Allseas Wins Deal to Transport Two 2GW Converter Platforms to German North Sea

May 26, 2023

Offshore installation services company Allseas has won a contract to transport two 2GW converter platforms for the BalWin1 and BalWin2 offshore grid connection systems in the German North Sea.The contract, awarded by Dragados Offshore, is for…

LS Cable & System to Supply Subsea Cables for Ørsted's Giant Offshore Wind Farms in Taiwan

May 26, 2023

South Korea-based power cable supplier LS Cable & System on Thursday signed a subsea cable supplier agreement with offshore wind developer Ørsted for Ørsted’s Greater Changhua 2b and 4 offshore wind projects in Taiwan.The 920MW projects Changua 2b and 5…

Eversource Energy to Sell 50% Stake in US Offshore Wind Site to Ørsted for $625M

May 26, 2023

Eversource Energy on Thursday agreed to sell its 50% stake in a wind development site off the south coast of Massachusetts to joint venture partner Ørsted for $625 million in cash. The agreement to sell the lease area of about 175,000 developable…

Offshore Wind: RWE Becomes Sole Owner of 1.6 GW Nordseecluster

May 25, 2023

Northland Power on Thursday announced the sale of its full 49 percent stake in the Nordseecluster offshore wind portfolio to its partner on the portfolio, RWE Offshore Wind GmbH (RWE). With this, RWE will assume full ownership of the projects for a cash consideration of around 35 million euros…

Substation for First Commercial-scale US Offshore Wind Farm Leaves Denmark

May 25, 2023

The offshore substation and jacket foundation, bound for the U.S. offshore wind project Vineyard Wind 1, have left the quay at Bladt Industries’ production site in Southern Denmark, heading for its destination 35 miles from mainland Massachusetts…

INTOG: Salamander Signs Exclusivity Agreement for 100 MW Floating Offshore Wind Project

May 23, 2023

Salamander, a joint venture between Ørsted, Simply Blue Group, and Subsea7, has signed an exclusivity agreement as part of Crown Estate Scotland’s Innovation and Targeted Oil and Gas (INTOG) leasing round.The 100 MW Salamander floating offshore wind project…

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