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Hornsea 3 and 4 Awarded Capacity in Latest U.K. Allocation Round

The U.K. Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ) has awarded Ørsted contracts for difference (CfD) for a 1,080 MW share of the...

DOI to Hold First-Ever Wind Lease Sale Offshore Oregon

The Department of the Interior (DOI) will hold an offshore wind energy lease sale off southern Oregon, with two areas to be auctioned on...

New Bedford Foss Marine Terminal Opens Berth for Offshore Wind Vessels

The New Bedford Foss Marine Terminal (NBFMT) has opened its first deep water berth after two years of demolition and construction.  The berth is part...

Ireland’s Largest Offshore Renewables Project Submits Planning Application

Codling Wind Park, Ireland’s largest Phase 11 offshore renewable energy project, is expected to submit its planning application to An Bord Pleanála early next...

RWE Installs HVDC Offshore Converter Platform for Sofia Wind Farm

RWE’s flagship Sofia Offshore Wind Farm has installed the project’s offshore converter platform (OCP), which converts HVAC to HVDC.  This infrastructure sits at the heart...

Hexicon’s South Korea FLOW Completes EIA

Hexicon floating offshore wind project MunmuBaram has received EIA approval from Korea’s Ministry of Environment and Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy.  Approval is required...

Kongsberg Maritime Supplies Tech to New Cadeler Vessel

Kongsberg Maritime has secured a contract from COSCO Shipping Heavy Industry to supply a technology package for its latest wind turbine installation vessel, currently...

Yunlin Offshore Wind Farm Completes Underwater Foundation Install

Yunlin Offshore Wind Farm has installed its 80 underwater foundations, making the 640 MW project the first in Taiwan to meet the standards of...

Turbine Incident Takes Place at Dogger Bank Wind Farm

A blade failure has taken place at Dogger Bank A offshore wind farm. The wind farm is currently under construction. In line with safety procedures,...

NREL Advances Method for Recyclable Wind Turbine Blades

Researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) see a path toward the manufacture of bio-derivable wind blades that can...

CPV Renewables Begins Construction on Former Coal Mine Land Wind Project

Competitive Power Ventures (CPV) affiliate CPV Renewable Power has begun construction on CPV Rogue's Wind in Pennsylvania.  The 114 MW wind project, stretching across Cambria...

Carbon Dioxide Leak Affects 17 Hai Long Offshore Project Workers

Northland Power has confirmed that an incident occurred at the Hai Long Changhua onshore substation, part of its offshore wind project in Taiwan, in...

SPIE to Handle Cable Testing for Vattenfall Offshore Wind Farms

SPIE Global Services Energy’s Correll entity has been awarded two multi-year framework agreements by Vattenfall to carry out cable testing and fault finding for...

Oceantic Network Launches Workforce Showcase Initiatives

Oceantic Network has launched two wind workforce initiatives that the organization hopes will tell the stories of the workers and companies comprising the U.S....

Nexans Joins Rhode Island Industry Cluster

Subsea cable manufacturer Nexans has opened its Rhode Island office, joining other industry businesses at the Cambridge Innovation Center Providence. “We are pleased to welcome...

Johns Hopkins, Portland State Researchers Work to Improve Turbine Output

A collaboration between researchers from Johns Hopkins Whiting School of Engineering and Portland State University (PSU) is aiming to help unlock the potential of...

Hai Long Offshore Wind Project Launches Nacelle Production Line

The Hai Long Offshore Wind Project, jointly with Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy, has started production at the company’s expanded Taichung Nacelle Plant.  The collaboration includes...

MassCEC Plans Expansion Plans for New Bedford Marine Commerce Terminal

Massachusetts Clean Energy Center (MassCEC) is planning the expansion and improvement of the New Bedford Marine Commerce Terminal, a 30-acre purpose-built facility constructed and...

Luxcara Wins 1.5 GW German North Sea Site in Offshore Wind Auction

Waterekke Energy has won the right to build a 1.5 GW offshore wind farm in the German North Sea, with Luxcara serving as asset...

Eastern Green Link 2 Construction Gets Go-Ahead

Costs associated with delivery of Eastern Green Link 2 (EGL2) have been approved by Ofgem, enabling construction to start on the 2 GW subsea...

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