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.