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BOEM Reducing Gulf of Maine Offshore Wind Lease Area
In August 2022, the Department of the Interior announced a Request for Interest (RFI) to gauge whether there is commercial interest in obtaining wind...
Elizabeth Klein Taking on BOEM Director Role
The Department of the Interior has named Elizabeth Klein as director of the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM).
She succeeds Amanda Lefton, who served...
Greentown Labs, Vineyard Wind Launch Offshore Wind Innovation Program
Greentown Labs, a North American climatetech incubator, and offshore wind developer Vineyard Wind are now accepting applications for Greentown Go Energize 2023, a program...
Hitachi Energy Provides Grid Connections for Offshore Wind Farms
Hitachi Energy has won two major orders from Equinor and Polenergia to provide an AC grid connection and power quality solution for their jointly...
Global Wind Service Reaches 15 Years in Wind Energy
Global Wind Service (GWS) is celebrating its 15-year anniversary in wind energy. Since securing its first contract in Esbjerg, Denmark, GWS has worked on...
Copenhagen Offshore Partners to Lead Development of Fengmiao Wind Project
Copenhagen Offshore Partners (COP) is leading project development activities for the 500 MW Fengmiao offshore wind project, which will be located approximately 35 kilometers...
Iberdrola Completes First Phase of Saint-Brieuc Offshore Wind Farm
Iberdrola is progressing according to plan in its construction project in the waters off Brittany in France for the Saint-Brieuc offshore wind farm. The...
Valmont Wraps Up Sale of Offshore Wind Business to Euro Steel
Valmont Industries Inc. has completed the previously announced sale of Valmont SM, its offshore wind business. The company entered into a definitive agreement in...
Equinor Chooses Hitachi for Electrical Systems for Baltyk Offshore Wind Projects
Equinor and Polenergia have selected Hitachi Energy to deliver electrical systems infrastructure for the MFW Bałtyk II and MFW Bałtyk III offshore wind projects...
First Floating Wind Farm Passes Five-Year Operations Mark, Declares Equinor
Hywind Scotland, the world’s first floating offshore wind farm, has passed five years in operation since its commissioning in 2017. Located off the coast...
Eolus Receives Research Permits for Two Offshore Wind Projects with 3.5 GW Capacity
The Finnish government has given consent regarding research permits to Eolus for the two offshore wind projects Wellamo and Tuulia in the Finnish Bothnian...
Massachusetts Releases $180 Million in Funding for Offshore Wind Infrastructure
The Baker-Polito administration is releasing $180 million in funding through the Offshore Wind Ports Infrastructure Investment Challenge, a competitive funding opportunity opened earlier in...
Marubeni Begins Operations at Akita and Noshiro Ports Offshore Wind Farms
Marubeni Corp. has implemented the first large-scale offshore wind power project in Japan at Akita Port and Noshiro Port in Akita Prefecture.
The projects were...
NJ BPU Extends Comment Deadline for Third Offshore Wind Solicitation
The New Jersey Board of Public Utilities (BPU) has released the draft solicitation guidance document (SGD) for its third offshore wind solicitation. A virtual...
Vattenfall, Metsahallitus Form Joint Venture for New Korsnas Offshore Wind Farm
Vattenfall has entered into a joint venture with Metsähallitus to build and operate Finland’s first major offshore wind farm. The project, located at Korsnäs...
BOEM Opens Comments for EIS for Proposed Offshore Wind Energy Project
The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has released the draft Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the proposed New England Wind energy project offshore...
NSEC, U.K. Renew Collaborations on Multi-Sea Offshore Wind Development
The U.K. has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with North Seas Energy Cooperation (NSEC) members and the European Commission to re-engage with the...
Shell, Eneco Joint Venture to Build 760 MW Offshore Wind Farm
With their joint venture Ecowende, Shell and Eneco have won the tender for the construction of an offshore wind farm at Hollandse Kust (West),...
GE Haliade-X 14.7MW-220 Turbine Earns Full DNV Type Certificate
GE Renewable Energy’s Haliade-X wind turbine, the first 12 MW+ turbine built, has received a full type certificate for operations up to 14.7 MW...
Renexia Chooses Technip Energies for Med Wind Project Engineering, Design
Renexia has selected Technip Energies to perform the front-end engineering and design (FEED) for the Med Wind floating offshore wind project, located in the...