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Highland Council Approves West of Orkney Wind Farm Onshore Plans
Scotland’s Highland Council has approved the 2 GW West of Orkney Wind Farm’s onshore application for planning permission in principle.
The council’s North Planning Applications...
SSE Submits Planning Consent Application for Arklow Bank Wind Park 2
SSE Renewables is submitting a planning consent application to Ireland’s An Bord Pleanála, for offshore infrastructure associated with the company’s proposed 800 MW Arklow...
New Contracts for Empire Wind 1, Sunrise Wind Finalized
New York State has finalized new contracts for the 810 MW Empire Wind 1 project, developed by Equinor, and the 924 MW Sunrise Wind...
CPS Energy, Avangrid Expand Agreement for Texas Wind
CPS Energy has extended and expanded its previous 15-year PPA with Avangrid, increasing its share from Avangrid’s Peñascal wind farm in Kenedy County, Texas,...
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...
Strategic Marine Delivers CTVs To Mainprize Offshore
Strategic Marine has completed delivery of two crew transfer vessels (CTVs) to Mainprize Offshore as part of the U.K.-based owner and operator’s ongoing fleet...
BOEM Extends Comment Period for Oregon Offshore Wind Leasing Draft EA
At the start of last month, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) published a Notice of Availability of a draft Environmental Assessment (EA) for...
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...
Hydro-Quebec Partners with First Nations, Municipalities on Wind Power
Hydro-Québec has presented its Action Plan 2035 utility-scale wind power strategy, developed in partnership with First Nations and municipalities.
The strategy seeks to roll out...
SupplyRI Initiative Announces New Offshore Wind Anchor Partners
The Rhode Island Commerce Corporation has formed partnerships between its SupplyRI initiative and offshore wind companies Vineyard Offshore and Avangrid.
SupplyRI is a public-private initiative...
County Administrative Board Green-Lights Aurora Wind Farm Off Sweden Coast
The County Administrative Board of Gotland is recommending that the government, according to the Act on Sweden’s exclusive economic zone, grant permission for the...
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...
RWE, Smalandshamnar to Explore Port of Oskarshamn Hub Potential
RWE and Smålandshamnar, operator for the Swedish Port of Oskarshamn, have signed an MoU to explore whether the port could be a suitable harbor...
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...
Orsted Announces $5.5M in Grants for Rhode Island Higher Ed
Ørsted has committed $5.5 million in grants to institutes of higher learning in Rhode Island, as part of its proposed 1,184 MW Starboard Wind...
Oregon Offshore Wind Draft Environmental Assessment Comment Period Extended
Earlier this month, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) published a Notice of Availability (NOA) of a draft Environmental Assessment (EA) for Commercial Wind...
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...
Research Program Hopes to Mitigate Floating Offshore Wind Noise
Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult’s Floating Offshore Wind Centre of Excellence (FOW CoE) has begun work on a collaborative marine research project aimed at...
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...