Offshore Wind

Floating Offshore Wind

ORE Catapult Signs MoU With Japan’s FLOWRA for Floating Offshore Wind

The Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult in the UK and the Floating Wind Technology Research Association (FLOWRA) of Japan have agreed to reduce the risks a…

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Fugro to Conduct Geotechnical Checks for Australian Offshore Wind Project

Fugro has secured a contract to provide offshore soil investigation services for the Blue Mackerel offshore wind farm in Australia.Fugro will deploy their speci…

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Freja Offshore Gains Key Permit for 2.5GW Offshore Wind Farm in Sweden

Freja Offshore has obtained a crucial Natura 2000 permit from the County Administrative Board of Västra Götaland for its 2.5GW Mareld offshore wind fa…

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Ocean Winds Nets Key Permit for 1.1GW Hanbando

Ocean Winds has secured a key permit for its 1125MW Hanbando offshore wind project in South Korea.The Electricity Business Licence (EBL) licence was granted aft…

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Developers Consult on 3.6GW Ossian Connection

Developers behind the 3600MW Ossian floating wind farm are holding a consultation on the transmission infrastructure that will connect the project to the Nation…

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Ventus Bags Moray West & East Contracts

High voltage services outfit Ventus Energy has secured contracts with Ocean Winds to support the 1800MW Moray West and Moray East offshore wind farms off Scotla…

Floating Offshore Wind

UK Invests £55M in Port of Cromarty Firth to Boost Floating Offshore Wind

The UK government has announced a £55m ($70m) grant for the expansion of Port of Cromarty Firth in Scotland, to establish it as a hub for the UK’s f…

Wave Energy

Scotland Introduces Wave Energy Cluster Concept to Cut Costs and Boost Efficiency

Wave Energy Scotland (WES) has unveiled a concept design for a multi-megawatt cluster of wave energy converters (WECs), aiming to improve efficiency and lower c…

Offshore Wind Power

Equinor, Oceanex Secure Licence for 2GW Floater

The Australian government has granted a feasibility licence to Novocastrian Wind Pty Ltd for the planned 2GW offshore wind farm in the Pacific Ocean off the Hun…

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CIP to Buy 480MW Morecambe Offshore Wind Project in UK

Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP) has entered into an agreement to purchase Morecambe, a 480MW fixed-bottom offshore wind project in the United Kingdom. …

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Inch Cape Taps Taylor Hopkinson for Quality Control

Taylor Hopkinson has secured a quality assurance/quality control (QA/QC) surveillance contract for the 1100MW Inch Cape Offshore Wind Farm project in Scotland. …

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Government to Choose Future Offshore Wind Farm Locations to ‘Protect Biodiversity'

Coastal erosion on Brittas Bay beach, which SECPA say will increase should the wind farm be developedOFFSHORE WIND FARM locations are to be chosen by the govern…

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WavEC Shares Survey Findings for Portuguese Floating Wind Demo Site

The study was supported by oceanographic surveys carried out in March and October of 2023, collecting acoustic data and physical samples of the seabed.The repor…

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BP Puts Brakes on New York Offshore Wind Project

Energy supermajor BP has formally withdrawn its application for the 320-kilometre-long cable and interconnection plan for its Beacon Wind project located in US …

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Dutch Zeevonk Offshore Wind-to-Hydrogen Project Gains Ground

Zeevonk, a joint venture between Vattenfall and Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP) and developer of a large-scale project blending offshore wind, floating…