"Offshore Wind" News

CO2 Leak at Taiwan Offshore Wind Substation

Aug 21, 2024

Canada-based Northland Power has confirmed a carbon dioxide leak on the Hai Long Changhua onshore substation, part of its offshore wind project in Taiwan.The leak, which stemmed from the substation's fire suppression system, occurred at approximately 10 a…

Windfarm to Serve as an Environmental Monitoring Platform

Aug 20, 2024

Salamander, a joint venture between Ørsted, Simply Blue Group and Subsea7, has partnered with two Scottish universities to investigate any potential impact of floating windfarms on marine ecosystems.The PREDICT 2.0 initiative involves deployment…

Crowley Breaks Ground on Salem Offshore Wind Terminal

Aug 19, 2024

A ceremonial groundbreaking ceremony was held to signal the start of construction at the Salem Offshore Wind Terminal in Massachusetts.The Crowley Wind Services-led project involves transforming a former oil- and coal-fired power plant into Massachusetts’ second wind port…

Cost of US-built WTIV Charybdis Balloons to $715 Million

Aug 19, 2024

The cost to construct the United States' first domestically built wind turbine installation vessel (WTIV), Charybdis, has risen to $715 million, Dominion Energy revealed in its latest quarterly results, marking another snag for the fledgling U…

"World's Most Powerful Floating Wind Turbine" Sets Sail

Aug 19, 2024

OceanX, which is reported by its developer MingYang Group to be the world's largest single capacity floating wind power platform, embarked on its journey from Guangzhou to the Yangjiang Mingyang Qingzhou IV offshore wind farm in Guangdong, China…

Maine Wins Federal Floating Wind Research Lease

Aug 19, 2024

The Biden administration on Monday issued an offshore wind lease to the state of Maine for a small project that will demonstrate floating turbine technology off the U.S. East Coast.The lease area covers 9,700 acres (3,920 hectares) and is 28 nautical miles (52 kilometers) from shore…

Start-Up Aims for Free-Range Wind Farms via Sailing Vessels

Aug 18, 2024

British startup DRIFT Energy has closed a seed funding round for making green energy at sea using hi-tech sailing vessels.Led by Octopus Ventures, one of the largest and most active venture capital investors in the UK and Europe, and with support from Blue Action Accelerator…

Shipbuilding: Wind Turbine Installation Vessel Delivered to Cadeler

Aug 16, 2024

Cadeler took delivery of the fifth and newest addition to its fleet – Wind Peak, the first of seven newbuilds for which Cadeler currently has signed contracts. The P-class jack-up installation vessel was built at COSCO Shipping Heavy Industry (COSCO) shipyard in Qidong…

China’s First Offshore Wind Power SOVs Delivered

Aug 16, 2024

AUGUST 16, 2024 - Today, the first two China-built offshore wind power SOVs (Service Operation Vessels) ZHI ZHEN 100 and ZHI CHENG 60 was held in Qidong, China. The two SOVs were delivered by Shanghai Zhenhua Heavy Industries Co., Ltd. to Shanghai Electric Wind Power Group Co…

A Look Inside the East Asia & Pacific Offshore Wind Markets

Aug 16, 2024

Whereas the foundations of commercial offshore wind development are found in Europe (and Europe will remain the largest overall regional market for offshore wind activity in the coming decade), the rapid development of the large East Asia and…

Ørsted Delays US Offshore Wind Project as Impairment Losses Hit

Aug 15, 2024

Renewable energy group Orsted booked 3.2 billion Danish crowns ($472 million) in impairment losses in the second quarter, due partly to a delay in construction of a major U.S. offshore wind project, sending its shares down almost 8% on Thursday…

Orsted Might Consider Chinese Turbines

Aug 15, 2024

Offshore wind farm developer Orsted has no Chinese turbines in its current project pipeline, its CEO said on Thursday, but did not rule out buying turbines or technology from China in the future.The European wind turbine market is dominated by local players such as Vestas and Siemens Gamesa…

BOEM’s Environmental Analysis Sees No Significant Impacts of Wind Leases Off Oregon

Aug 14, 2024

The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has concluded that leases for potential offshore wind energy development off the Oregon coast would have no significant impacts to people or environment.BOEM has made available its final Environmental…

Corio Teams Up with Brazilian Shipyard to Assess Its Offshore Wind Hub Potential

Aug 14, 2024

Offshore wind developer Corio Generation, a Macquarie Group company, and Brazilian shipyard and marine construction company Estaleiros do Brasil (EBR) have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to explore how EBR’s facilities could support future offshore wind projects off Brazil’s south coast…

Poland Launches $5.5B Offshore Wind Loan Plan

Aug 14, 2024

Poland is launching a nearly 5 billion euro ($5.46 billion) programme financed from the European Union's recovery funds to provide loans to builders of offshore wind farms on the Baltic Sea, the state assets ministry and bank BGK said on Tuesday…

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