The Victorian Minister for Planning has decided that an Environment Effects Statement (EES) is required for Star of the South, the first offshore wind project in Australia. The Minister explains that the project has the potential for a range of significant effects on native vegetation, habitat of te
Port of Roenne has welcomed Danish government’s plan to make the island of Bornholm in the Baltic Sea an energy island, facilitating the connection of 2 GW of offshore wind capacity. “We are pleased that Bornholm has been appointed by the Government to become an energy island, that a 2 GW offshore w
Connecticut’s utilities Eversource Energy and United Illuminating have filed with the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority (PURA) executed power purchase agreements for the 804 MW Park City Wind Project developed by Vineyard Wind. The Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (D
Germany’s WAB, Greenpeace Energy and H2BX are calling for the special 2 GW offshore wind tender to be implemented quickly and that areas be put out to tender before the end of the year. In a letter to German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Federal Minister of Economics Peter Altmaier, the parties claim
Geoquip Marine’s vessel Geoquip Saentis has arrived at Vineyard Wind’s 501 North Federal Lease Area offshore Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts to start a geotechnical survey campaign. The site will be the eventual location of the 804 MW Vineyard Wind 1 offshore wind farm. Using two separate vessels,
BARD Offshore 1 is Germany’s first commercial windfarm, a pioneering deep-water project comprising 80 5MW turbines located in the German North Sea at approximately 100 kilometres north of Borkum Island. Owner and operator Ocean Breeze Energy in its long-term upkeep strategy combines continuous produ
ST Engineering Marine and Nauti-Craft have signed a Letter of Intent (LOI) to jointly develop and supply new crew transfer vessels. Primarily, the two companies aim to explore the opportunity to incorporate Nauti-Craft’s marine suspension technology into vessels built by ST Engineering. As a further
UK-based Bibby Marine Services (Bibby) has received a grant to explore a range of zero-carbon fuel systems through the WaveMaster Zero C Research and Development Project. The project will be supported by a grant from MarRI-UK, a collaborative innovation vehicle for UK industry and academia to jointl
A consortium comprising PensionDanmark, PFA and SEAS-NVE said it was ready to finance the VindØ energy island in the North Sea. The consortium would initially contribute with up to DKK 400 million (EUR 53.6 million) to develop the project. Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners, an investment company be
Germany’s Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency (BSH) has awarded Fraunhofer IWES with a contract to carry out geophysical site investigation in the N-6 offshore wind area. The geophysical survey is set to be conducted this summer as part of the geological preliminary investigation at the N-6.6 a
India’s Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Limited (ONGC) and NTPC Ltd. have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to set up a joint venture company for the renewable energy business. As per the MoU, NTPC and ONGC will explore the setting up of offshore wind and other renewable energy projects in
The Ohio Power Siting Board (OPSB) has approved the construction of the Icebreaker offshore wind project in Lake Erie, but with certain conditions. Under the terms of the conditioned certificate, Icebreaker must comply with 33 conditions prior, during, and after project construction, as well as duri
Romania holds technical offshore wind potential of 76 gigawatts (GW), according to the latest data from the World Bank, released around the same time the country’s power producer Hidroelectrica revealed plans for Romania’s first offshore wind farm. The 76 GW include both bottom-fixed and floating wi
Jan De Nul’s jack-up vessel Vole au vent has departed from the Port of Halifax, Canada, with the first batch of turbine components for the Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind (CVOW) demonstration project. Photos available on social media show the vessel carrying the monopile foundation components destine
