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SSE Pacifico Consortium Secures Funding for Floating Offshore Wind Demonstrator

A development consortium that includes SSE Pacifico has been awarded funding for a 30 MW floating offshore wind demonstration project in Japan. The award follows...

County Board Recommends Mareld Floating Offshore Wind Farm Approval

The County Administrative Board of Västra Götaland has proposed that the Sweden government approve Freja Offshore's application to build the 2.5 GW Mareld floating...

SSE Consortium Selected in Netherlands Offshore Wind Tender

Noordzeker, a collaboration of ABP, APG and SSE Renewables, has been selected by the Dutch authorities to progress with their bid in the 2...

Thistle Wind Scotland Offshore Wind Farms Get Moving

Consenting for the combined 2 GW Ayre and Bowdun Offshore Wind Farms is under way, with ABPmer providing marine physical process assessments on behalf...

BLM Issues Final Environmental Review for Proposed Lava Ridge Wind Project

The U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has issued its final environmental review of the proposed Lava Ridge wind project in Idaho, with its...

BOEM Finalizes Environmental Review of Central Atlantic Potential Offshore Wind Lease Activities

The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has issued its final Environmental Assessment (EA) concerning possible impacts from issuing leases for potential offshore wind...

Ampelmann to Supply Seaway7 with Gangway for U.S. Offshore Project

Ampelmann has signed a contract with Seaway7 to supply an E5000 gangway for use in construction of a wind project off the U.S. coast. The...

Corio, A Energi to Partner on Future Offshore Wind Projects

Corio Generation and Å Energi have signed a strategic partnership agreement to cooperate on future offshore wind energy projects in Norway and Northern Europe.  Under...

Orsted Awards SPIE Framework Agreement for Multi-Country Wind Farm Operations

SPIE subsidiary Correll Group has been awarded three multi-year “Fault Finding, Diagnostic and Dry Repair Framework Agreements” by the Ørsted Group. These agreements cover export...

Skyborn Sweden Submits Permit Application for Polargrund Offshore Wind Farm

Skyborn Sweden has submitted a permit application to the Swedish government and Land and Environment court for construction of the 3,000 MW Polargrund Offshore...

OEGR, SOMAC Partner on Sector Service Solutions

OEG Energy Group’s OEG Renewables (OEGR) and Sojitz Machinery Corp. (SOMAC) have signed an MoU related to the pre-construction, construction support, O&M and vessel...

Minnesota Approves Otter Tail Power Modified Integrated Resource Plan

The Minnesota Public Utilities Commission has approved a modified version of Otter Tail Power’s Integrated Resource Plan, which lays out the utility’s plans for...

Damen Delivers Third FCS Hybrid Vessel to Purus

Damen Shipyards Group has delivered the third in an order of three Fast Crew Supplier (FCS) 2710 Hybrid vessels to Purus, which the company...

DNV Revises Industry Standards for Next Gen Turbine Blades

DNV has revised its DNV-ST-0376 rotor blade standard, the result of a joint industry collaboration in response to what it calls the dynamic landscape...

Wind Blade Recycling Plant Declared Project of Regional Interest by Navarra Government

ACCIONA’s wind blade recycling plant, Waste2Fiber, has been declared a project of regional interest by the Government of Navarra, allowing acceleration of the project’s...

Deep Wind Offshore, Ellevio Collaborate on Wind Power Transmission

‍Deep Wind Offshore and Ellevio have entered a long-term partnership to connect offshore wind power to the grid in Sweden.  The collaboration aims to explore...

NJBPU to Accelerate Offshore Wind Solicitation Schedule

New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy and the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities (NJBPU) are accelerating the state’s offshore wind solicitation schedule, moving the...

Deep Wind Offshore Applies to Develop Floating Wind Project

Deep Wind Offshore has applied to develop and operate the Erik Segersäll wind farm, a floating offshore project outside Stockholm in the Baltic Sea. In...

CAISO Approves Transmission Plan Integrating Offshore Wind

The California Independent System Operator (CAISO) has approved the 2023-2024 Transmission Plan that identifies and lays out key upgrades to the state’s transmission system. The...

Developer Tests Artificial Reefs at Baltic Sea Offshore Wind Farm

RWE is investigating how artificial reefs at offshore wind farms in the Baltic Sea can affect the marine ecosystem and whether they can create...

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