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November 4, 2024, 1:32pm
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Offshore wind industry is moving even further south:
Norwegian developer Deep Wind Offshore has applied for an area lease for one floating and one bottom-fixed offshore wind farm off Chile. The company said that it had been actively exploring the Latin American offshore wind market for more than two...
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The offshore wind projects will be managed and operated locally to create local jobs and engage local suppliers.
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November 5, 2024, 5:01pm
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Not every offshore wind project gets approved:
The Swedish government has made several high-profile decisions regarding its offshore wind future. It first granted permission to the Poseidon project and then nixed 13 offshore projects citing the country’s security concerns. Poseidon is set to...
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The government stated that even though the country is reliant on fossil fuel, the 13 offshore wind projects could not get permission because the impact of the construction of those projects could impact the country’s defence ability.
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November 19, 2024, 10:20pm
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The French government has selected twelve candidates to participate in the country’s latest 2.5GW AO9 offshore wind tender. The projects will be located in South Brittany, the Mediterranean Sea, and the South Atlantic. The areas were identified...
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In South Brittany, the project will be a floating wind farm with an installed capacity of between 400MW and 550MW. In the Mediterranean, two floating wind farms will have an installed capacity between 450MW and 550MW each while an offshore wind farm in the South Atlantic will have an installed capacity of between 1GW and 1.25GW. The technology – fixed bottom or floating – for the final wind farm is yet to be determined.
The US state of Massachusetts has passed sweeping new climate legislation to accelerate progress towards the state’s goals of net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 and improve offshore wind permitting. The bill consolidates reviews of clean...
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December 12, 2024, 9:19pm
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While Subsea 7 appear in the “Offshore Oil & Gas News” -thread today, the sister company Seaway 7 is in the news here:
Seaway 7, the renewables unit of Oslo-listed Subsea 7, has signed a vessel reservation agreement with the developers of the Dogger Bank wind farm, off the UK. The vessel will transport and install turbines for the project. Offshore works are expected...
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As a global leader in the delivery of offshore wind projects, Seaway7 offers specialist foundation, offshore substation, submarine cable, floating system and wind turbine installation services, and heavy transportation for the renewables sector.
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December 16, 2024, 9:38pm
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The Aussies are moving along with their OWF developments:
The government of Australia has declared a new offshore wind zone in the Bass Strait in northern Tasmania. The zone, the country’s sixth, could support up to 20GW of reliable renewable energy – more than half of the current electricity demand across...
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Offshore wind developers can apply for feasibility licences until March 12, 2025, which allows them to assess the feasibility of offshore wind projects in the declared zone.
“Tasmania is already an energy powerhouse – running on 100% renewables – but the power of offshore wind could see the state produce and export even more clean and reliable energy. The Bass Strait has truly world-class wind resources, with sustained wind speeds of more than 8 metres per second,” said Chris Bowen, Australia’s minister for climate change and energy.
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December 16, 2024, 9:47pm
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OWFs in Europe draws on worldwide supply of technology, equipment and services:
Dubai-based Drydocks World, in partnership with GE Vernova, has secured a contract to build and install Ostwind 4, a 2GW offshore wind grid connection that will power nearly 2m German households. The contract was awarded by 50Hertz, the transmission...
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GE Vernova will supply the HVDC technology, including voltage-sourced converters, transformers, SF6-free gas-insulated switchgear, civil works for the onshore converter station, and grid automation equipment.
“This is pioneering work. We want to ensure that the entirety of the technically and economically viable offshore wind energy potential in the Baltic Sea is exploited, primarily with the help of direct current technology. One prerequisite for this is the creation of legal and regulatory conditions that enable wind farms in the waters of other EU states to be connected to the German transmission grid,” said Stefan Kapferer, CEO of 50Hertz Transmission.
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December 25, 2024, 4:39pm
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The Biden administration continues to advance offshore wind development with its approval of the SouthCoast Wind Project, marking the nation’s 11th commercial-scale offshore wind initiative. This latest approval brings the...
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January 9, 2025, 2:01pm
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The duel over US energy sources between current president Joe Biden and president-elect Donald Trump continues with wind power stocks dropping after Trump called turbines ‘garbage’ during a speech in Mar-a-Lago. Trump, whose inauguration is set for...
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Trump, whose inauguration is set for January 20, spoke in length against wind power and stated that the US will have a policy “where no windmills are being built” during his presidency.
The president-elect has had a bone to pick with wind even before his first run in office. It all stems from his fight against the Aberdeen Bay offshore wind farm which he tried to stop by claiming it would ruin the view from his golf resort in Aberdeen. He lost the court case in 2015 and the offshore wind farm started operation in 2018.
So it is not just because “they cause cancer” that he is against windmills, it is more likely because he lost his case in Scotland.
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January 13, 2025, 4:47pm
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Offshore Wind Industry is booming worldwide:
Belgium-based marine contractor DEME, through its CDWE joint venture, has been awarded a contract by Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners to transport and install foundations for the Fengmiao 1 offshore wind farm substation off Taiwan. CDWE is...
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CDWE is a Taiwanese offshore wind EPCI contractor comprising the largest Taiwanese shipbuilder CSBC and DEME Offshore.
Fengmiao 1, developed by Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners, is located 35 km off the coast of Taichung and has a capacity of 500MW, providing renewable energy to Taiwanese businesses.
Brazilian president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has signed a bill authorizing the development of offshore wind farms in the country. The bill, signed into law on Friday last week, looks to enhance Brazil’s energy security and improve investments. The...
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The bill, signed into law on Friday last week, looks to enhance Brazil’s energy security and improve investments.
Meanwhile in USA:
In the tug-of-war between outgoing president Joe Biden and president-elect Donald Trump and with it the tussle between green energy and fossil fuels, Trump is setting up a heavy blow for the offshore wind sector in the US. The president-elect, whose...
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The president-elect, whose inauguration is set for January 20, already stated that the US will have a policy “where no windmills are being built” during his presidency. He called installing wind turbines “like dropping garbage in a field ” and the turbines themselves “rusting, rotting, closed, and falling down.”
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January 14, 2025, 5:19pm
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More contracts for the Fengmiao 1 offshore wind farm off Taiwan:
Dutch marine construction firm Van Oord has been contracted by Danish fund manager and renewables investor Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP) to install inter-array cables for the Fengmiao 1 offshore wind farm in Taiwan. Under the contract with...
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January 16, 2025, 6:04pm
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Monkey wrench thrower in-chief:
Details of the six-month moratorium on offshore wind being prepared by the transition team of president-elect Trump have come to light with some extremely damaging for the industry if they come to pass. Trump, whose inauguration is set for Monday,...
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“We also have to be cognizant of the fact that even though the federal government is going to put major monkey wrenches in the works … it’s going to take a while,” Mandy Davis, president of REACT Alliance and head of the National Offshore Wind Opposition Alliance, told Heatmap .
NOOA One Ocean is a single-issue coalition made up of environmental, fishing and community organizations, as well as Tribal Nations. Our mission is to protect the oceans, the Great Lakes, and nearby communities from the negative impacts of...
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January 20, 2025, 11:45am
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Some monkey wrench throwing goes the other way:
The US Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has given the final approval needed for the SouthCoast Wind project, formerly known as Mayflower Wind, only days before the offshore wind-slaying 47th US president entered the White House. BOEM approved...
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This is a good development for those projects since Trump, who will be sworn in today as the next president of the US, stated that the US will have a policy “where no windmills are being built” during his presidency.draft of an executive order set to freeze offshore wind activities for six months. Details of the draft came to light last week and its provisions could heavily damage the industry if they come to pass.
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January 21, 2025, 11:52am
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Going backwards into the future as expected:
The freshly inaugurated 47th president of the United States, Donald Trump, signed many executive orders during his first evening in office, one of which directed the Treasury Department to freeze new offshore wind leases on the country’s outer...
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The National Ocean Industries Association (NOIA) president Erik Milito voiced his displeasure regarding the decision and warned that minor delays could lead to multi-year setbacks which can lead to higher costs that will impact the end consumer.
On top of the negative impact on offshore wind, Trump also signed an order to withdraw the US from the United Nations’ Paris climate agreement. This places the US in not-so-stellar company, as the only other companies outside the 2015 pact are Iran, Libya, and Yemen.
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January 21, 2025, 12:04pm
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While others move ahead with offshore wind project:
Estonia’s Enefit Green has awarded an FEED services deal to Swedish engineering consultancy AFRY for the 1GW Liivi Bay offshore wind farm in Estonia. Together with its partners Enersea, JBO, and Ingeo2, AFRY will deliver an integrated and...
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And stick to the Paris agreement:
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February 2, 2025, 7:21pm
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If you were also wondering, now you know.
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February 5, 2025, 12:44pm
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The New Jersey Board of Public Utilities (NJBPU) has pulled the plug on the state’s fourth offshore wind solicitation due to the withdrawal of prospective bidders and Shell freezing its involvement with the Atlantic Shores offshore wind project....
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The Board was initially supposed to announce its latest round of offshore wind power agreements in December but decided to wait for what would happen when president Donald Trump took over the White House.executive order stopping new offshore wind leases on the country’s outer continental shelf.
American Clean Power Association CEO, Jason Grumet, said that the decision to cancel this offshore wind procurement is a direct consequence of the uncertainty created by the recently issued executive order.
So much for the thousands of high paying job for US citizens.
