Britain's latest subsidy auction to help support new renewable energy projects awarded contracts to projects capable of generating a record 11 gigawatts (GW) of electricity, the government said on Thursday.The 11 GW of clean energy capacity…
The UK Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) has awarded the offshore wind farm developer Ørsted a contract for difference for its Hornsea 3 offshore wind farm. The wind farm has been described as the world's single biggest offshore wind farm…
Vattenfall said Thursday it had won Contracts for Difference for the Norfolk Boreas offshore wind farm, the first phase of Vattenfall’s Norfolk Offshore Wind Zone and one of the world’s largest offshore wind zones.The CfD scheme is the UK’s…
Hellenic Cables has signed an exclusivity and capacity agreement (ECA) to supply 66 kV XLPE-insulated inter-array cables and associated accessories for the Hai Long 2 and 3 offshore wind project in Taiwan.Hai Long offshore wind farm project in Taiwan will comprise two offshore wind farms (OWFs)…
Floating wind farm developer Hexicon Korea has agreed to sell its entire Yeonggwang Project, a floating offshore wind project off the south-west coast of South Korea, to an undisclosed major energy company.'Hexicon Korea thereby sells off its 40 percent stake in the project…
The British government said on Wednesday that plans to bolster the country's energy security, diversify away from fossil fuels, and protect consumers from spiraling prices are set to become law.Britain's energy security bill will be introduced…
Dutch/German grid operator TenneT said Wednedsay that in the tendering process for the award of the contract to build the 235-kilometre-long offshore grid connection system BorWin6, has now also awarded the contract for cable pro-duction and laying…
The U.S. offshore wind sector continues its journey to deploy 30 GW of offshore wind by 2030 and 110 GW by 2050, Intelatus Global Partners said in its July U.S. offshore wind report.Two major OCS projects with around 940 MW of capacity have reached FID and have started onshore construction…
TenneT, the German/Dutch grid operator, said on Tuesday it plans to invest a combined 22 billion euros ($22.5 billion) in developing the Dutch electrical grid onshore and offshore over the next decade.In a statement, the company said it had…
Shell has made the final investment decision for Holland Hydrogen I, which, when completed in 2025, will be Europe's largest renewable hydrogen plant. The plant will be powered by electricity produced from an offshore wind farm in the Dutch section of the North Sea…
DNV, the independent energy expert and assurance provider, is supporting Belgium's transmission operator Elia to bring forward the construction of the artificial energy island, a large new offshore renewable energy conversion and transmission plant…
The Crown Estate for England, Wales, and Northern Ireland said Monday said Tuesday it had identified, and released a map of five broad ‘Areas of Search’ for the development of 4GW of floating offshore wind in the Celtic Sea by 2035.'These areas…
RWE and Hellenic Petroleum Holdings have agreed to collaborate on the development, construction and operation of offshore wind farms off the Greek coast. Greece, which doesn't have any offshore wind farms installed at the moment, has set a 2…
Offshore wind turbine maker Siemens Gamesa has signed a master supply agreement with the wind farm developer wpd for the 927-MW Gennaker offshore wind farm.Located in the Baltic Sea, 15 km off the German coast, the project is intended to feature…
Danish offshore wind turbine manufacturer Vestas is partnering up with Windcat Workboats to launch a pilot program to explore how 'the world’s first' hydrogen-powered crew transfer vessel (CTV) can help reduce carbon emissions from its offshore service operations…