Equinor has launched the community consultation period for the Sheringham Shoal and Dudgeon offshore wind extension projects off the North Norfolk coast in the UK. This first phase will run from 9 July to 20 August, and feedback is sought for the location of the onshore substation, the underground o
Steelwind Nordenham has dispatched the last batch of monopiles for the Yunlin offshore wind farm in Taiwan. The last four monopiles were loaded onto the Zhi Xian Zhi Xing vessel on 8 July and sent off from the foundation manufacturer’s site in Nordenham, Germany. Steelwind Nordenham has been selecte
Taiwan-based TSMC signed a corporate power purchase agreement (CPPA) with Ørsted for the Greater Changhua 2b & 4 offshore wind farm on 8 July. TSMC will offtake the full production from the 920 MW wind farm, making this the largest-ever contract of its kind within renewable energy, according to Ørst
The Polish government has published a revised draft offshore wind bill which would allow for 5.9 GW instead of 4.6 GW of capacity to be offered via Contracts for Difference (CfDs) by the end of June 2021. According to the Polish Wind Energy Association (PSEW), this 5.9 GW in the first phase of devel
The member countries of the North Seas Energy Cooperation (NSEC) and the European Commissioner for Energy Kadri Simson have called for an enabling framework for offshore wind energy at an EU level. Ministers from the NSEC countries and the European Commission signed a joint statement at a meeting on
Statkraft has signed a long-term power purchase agreement (PPA) to purchase 50% of the output from the 1,075 MW Seagreen offshore wind project in Scotland. Statkraft said that the deal is the largest in its UK PPA portfolio, which now stands at 10TWhs. “As part of our project financing we required a
Offshore wind is the third most opted for energy source for corporate power purchase agreements (CPPAs), according to a survey of the European CPPA market carried out by law firm Fieldfisher. Some 54 per cent of survey respondents said they would consider signing a power purchase agreement (PPA) for
Ørsted has awarded ten local organizations around Liverpool Bay, the UK, with grants from the milestone tenth round of the Burbo Bank Extension Community Fund. This latest round takes the total number of projects supported to 126, with total funds awarded now standing at over £1.1 million since the
LOC Group has won a contract with Cong ty Phan Dau Tu Dien Gio Hoa Binh1 to support the development of the Hoa Binh 1 offshore wind project in Vietnam. LOC will provide marine warranty services and consulting services, and will give guidance and recommendations to contractors on how best to meet pro
SSE Renewables is renaming its Seagreen 2 and 3 offshore wind projects to Berwick Bank wind farm and Marr Bank wind farm, respectively. The move to rename the projects is to distinguish the two standalone offshore wind farms from the neighboring Seagreen 1 project, SSE said. According to the company
The Thailand-based Gulf Energy Development Public Company has acquired a 50% interest in the Borkum Riffgrund 2 offshore wind farm in Germany. The company acquired 100% shares of Borkum Riffgrund 2 Investor Holding (BKR2) through its subsidiary Gulf International Holding (GIH) which entered into a s
Energinet has launched a tender searching for environmental engineering consultancy services for the Hesselø offshore wind project in Denmark. The tender concerns consultancy services for preparing environmental assessments, planning consents and marine environmental baseline investigations for the
Simply Blue Energy has submitted an application to the Irish Department of Housing, Local Government & Heritage to carry out site investigations for a potential floating offshore wind project off Kinsale. The Emerald project, which would use Principle Power’s WindFloat floating foundations, is expec
German Federal Council (Bundesrat) has called for the country’s offshore wind ambitions to be raised, with a target for 2035 to be set at 30 GW, in a resolution from its last meeting before the summer break. In the resolution from 3 July, the Council primarily called for a rapid reform of the countr
