Offshore wind news

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Ramboll boosts wind business with K2 Management acquisition - Splash247

Over the last three years, Ramboll‘s wind business has been growing annually by approximately 25% and significantly expanded its global footprint, opening offices in the US, Poland, Spain, the Netherlands, Japan, Korea, and Australia.

Architecture, engineering and consultancy - Ramboll Group

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Ramboll gets advisory gig on PGE Baltica’s offshore wind projects - Splash247

Ramboll said that it would provide wide-ranging support for the company’s over 7GW offshore wind farm portfolio in the Baltic Sea.

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Lithuania to relaunch second offshore wind tender - Splash247

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US fishermen protest against offshore wind near damaged blade - Splash247

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The Vineyard Wind is not the first blade of this type to suffer damage. Two blades from a GE Vernova Haliade-X turbine failed at the Dogger Bank wind farm, one before and one after the Vineyard Wind one.
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No relation between recent offshore wind blade failures, GE Vernova says -...

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OWF news is in the wind this week:

Offshore wind returns to UK renewable round with 5.3GW - Splash247

“Today we have now achieved a record-setting round for enough renewable power for 11 million homes, essential to give energy security to families across the country. It is another significant step forward in our mission for clean power by 2030 – bringing Britain energy independence and lower bills for good,” said UK energy secretary Ed Miliband.

PS> With the rapid increase in wind, solar and current power generating project there will probably be more days with Zero electricity spot price in Europe: Zero electric power price in Europe

Meanwhile, in Sweden things are going the opposite way:

Vattenfall pauses development of Sweden’s most mature offshore wind farm -...

Vattenfall is currently developing offshore wind projects in Sweden that together have the potential to annually deliver 18 TWh of fossil-free electricity by 2035. It operates more than 1,300 wind turbines with a total installed capacity of approximately 6.1GW across five countries in Europe.

Not only OWF news from Europe:

Australia declares offshore wind zone in the Indian Ocean - Splash247

The designation of this zone is important to Australia as the South West Interconnected System is predicted to need 50GW more electricity by 2042.

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Dutch offshore wind zones split into smaller sites to decrease developer risk...

During the previous tender round for the construction and operation of 2GW offshore wind farms, RVO received a less-than-expected number of bids from developers, partly due to the increased costs and less certain returns.

Maybe a good idea for other areas as well.

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US gives green light to tenth offshore wind project - Splash247

The Maryland Offshore Wind Project consists of three planned phases, which include the proposed installation of up to 114 wind turbine generators, up to four offshore substation platforms, one meteorological tower, and up to four offshore export cable corridors.

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Ocean Winds opens new base set to serve Moray West offshore wind farm -...

Moray West, part of Ocean Winds’ 6GW portfolio of secured offshore wind farms in the UK, is expected to inject over £800m ($1.04bn) into the local Scottish economy throughout its lifespan, and during the construction phase, it will create more than 1,500 full-time equivalent years of jobs in Scotland.

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Amazing things happen when you least expect it:

107-Year Maritime Mystery Solved After WWI Russian Shipwreck Discovered In...

The ship was torpedoed by U-52 on September 11, 1917, while sailing from Blyth to Arkhangelsk. The shipwreck, measuring 100 meters in length, 22.5 meters in width, and 10.5 meters in height, was found to be in good condition.

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GE Vernova mulls cutting 900 offshore wind jobs - Splash247

Some 1,700 people are employed by the company in offshore wind, including in factories in Saint-Nazaire and Cherbourg, in France.
CEO Scott Strazik has said previously that GE Vernova’s wind segment would lose $300m this quarter in an attempt to complete a $3bn order backlog.
In its proposal to the GE Vernova European Works Council, the company said that it would continue to allocate resources to support existing projects.

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BlueFloat Energy and Dajin Heavy to boost floating wind supply chain - Splash247

The two companies will work together to identify the most competitive floating foundation designs and explore new technologies. They will also improve fabrication and deployment processes for floating wind foundations as well as collaborate on sustainability practices, including reducing the carbon footprint of steel production and other aspects of our supply chain.

Home | BlueFloat Energy

https://www.dajin.cn/

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RWE to help develop Portuguese port into floating wind logistics hub - Splash247

Portugal has favourable wind speeds and is gearing up for its first offshore wind auction. Portugal chose floating wind as the preferred technology due to the country’s considerable water depths. The government has undertaken significant preparatory work ahead of awarding floating offshore wind development rights.

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Things are happening in the Offshore wind business in the Asia Pacific and beyond:

Cadeler lines up newbuild for Asia Pacific work - Splash247

“The Asia Pacific market has significant growth potential and is of great interest to Cadeler. Expanding our presence in that market with this VRA aligns with our global business strategy,” said Mikkel Gleerup, CEO of Cadeler.

Not so much in the NW Pacific region though:

US puts off Oregon offshore wind auction - Splash247

However, out of the five companies, BOEM received only one bidding interest following growing opposition from Oregon tribes, fishermen and coastal residents.

Danish companies in the Offshore wind business appears to be attractive to investors everywhere:

Macquarie taking over Danish offshore player Ziton - Splash247

“It is a major validation of Ziton that Macquarie has decided to invest in the company. It shows that we have built a great company with a strong market position, good relationships with our customers, and some of the best people in the industry,” Jalk said.

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Floating wind farms are gaining traction:

Global floating wind pipeline swells to 266GW - Splash247

So far, 245MW of floating wind are fully operational across 15 projects in 7 countries. Norway has the most with 94MW across 3 projects, the UK is second with 78MW (two projects), followed by China with 40MW (five projects), Portugal is fourth with 25MW (one project), and Japan is fifth with 5MW (two projects).

Although Italy has the largest pipeline with 16% or 41.3GW of the global total, most of these projects are at an early stage of development. The same applies to the USA which is second with 13% or 35.3GW. The UK is third with 33.1GW, followed by Spain at 24.7GW, and Sweden at 18.2GW.

Japan is looking at floating OWFs for their deep water east coast, which hold the best potential and wind conditions.
Seeking expertise where it is available is seen as the best solution:

Acteon to work on floating wind projects in Japan - Splash247

Taisei aims to mass-produce concrete semi-submersible wind turbine foundations to help Japan meet its renewable energy targets.

“We are excited to be working with Taisei to help accelerate Japanese floating wind deployment. Together, we have the extensive local knowledge and international expertise and resources to move quickly from desktop studies to power supply,” said Barry Parsons, CCO of Acteon.

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Dongfang Unveils Record-Smashing 26 MW Offshore Wind Turbine

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Hellenic Cables awarded New Jersey wind farm deal - Splash247

The delivery of the inter-array cables is planned for 2030, with the production of certain cable components starting immediately at Hellenic Cables’ in Corinth, Greece.

https://www.hellenic-cables.com/

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Dominion Energy reveals plans to add 3.4GW of new offshore wind - Splash247

It stated that it would be adding 3.4GW of new offshore wind in addition to the 2.6GW Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind project currently under development off the coast of Virginia Beach. According to the company, this is the US’s largest offshore wind project under development and remains on time and budget.

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GE Vernova to remove number of blades from stricken Vineyard Wind - Splash247

GE Vernova has removed the hanging portion of the damaged blade and cleared debris from the platform. It also started removing seabed debris earlier this month and is expected to finish this week. The final task, the removal of the blade’s root from the rotor hub, is expected to occur in the coming weeks.

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US town opposes Avangrid's offshore wind project landing - Splash247

Avangrid received full federal approval of the construction and operations plan for the New England Wind 1 and 2 offshore projects in July. Together, the two projects are set to have a total capacity of up to 2.6GW and power over 900,000 homes annually. Development is set to bring $8bn in direct investment to the region.