BW Ideol has entered into an agreement with an unnamed partner with whom it will bid to build a floating wind farm in France. According to the company, BW Ideol formalised a partnership with “an undisclosed leading utility” during the first quarter of this year. The partners will submit a joint bid
The European Commission has approved Polish offshore wind Contracts for Difference (CfD) scheme, through which the country plans to support the realisation of offshore wind projects with € 22.5 billion and reach its renewable energy targets without unduly distorting competition. The CfD scheme, whic
Almost 90 per cent of global electricity generation in 2050 could come from renewable energy sources, with solar PV and wind together accounting for nearly 70 per cent, according to International Energy Agency’s new Net Zero 2050 roadmap. The roadmap, published on 18 May, calls for scaling up solar
Ørsted has started construction of the 2 MW H2RES offshore wind-to-hydrogen project in Denmark, for which the company reached a final investment decision (FID) in January. With a groundbreaking ceremony held on 17 May and led by Dan Jørgensen, the Danish minister for Climate, Energy & Utilities, Ørs
Over the next few months, Offshore Energy will be taking a closer look into the now operational Borssele offshore wind projects: Borssele 1 & 2, Borssele 3 & 4, and the Borssele innovation site. The three projects – one developed by Ørsted, one by the Blauwwind consortium, and one by the Two Towers
Germany’s Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency (Das Bundesamt für Seeschifffahrt und Hydrographie (BSH) has awarded Fugro a multi-year site investigation contract.
Large Diameter Drilling (LDD), an Acteon company, has signed a contract with DEME Offshore to deliver grouting services for the installation of foundations at the Saint-Nazaire offshore wind farm in France, where the first turbine foundation was recently installed. The wind farm, first such project
Sweden-based Zephyr Vind, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Norwegian company Zephyr, has announced plans to build a large-scale offshore wind farm in Sweden, which would use both floating and fixed-bottom foundations. The company has proposed two preliminary project designs: one with 61 wind turbine
World’s leading offshore wind developer Ørsted has submitted an application to build and operate an offshore wind farm in a country that is just only beginning to tap into its offshore wind potential. Denmark’s Ørsted submitted an application to build and operate an offshore wind farm in the Baltic
UK oil major BP and the German energy company EnBW will be taking part in the upcoming ScotWind seabed leasing round in Scotland. The companies have now launched a bespoke online portal for the Scottish engineering and supply sector, as they aim to expand their partnership’s offshore wind portfolio
The UK government is planning to open the fourth round of the Contracts for Difference (CfD) scheme for renewable energy projects in December 2021. The fourth CfD round aims to increase the capacity of renewable energy from the 5.8 GW achieved in the last round to 12 GW, with three pots established
BP, which just recently entered the offshore wind market, has posted around 100 job vacancies looking for talent to support its growing offshore wind business. “bp’s ambition is to become one of the world’s leading offshore wind energy developers. To power the scale and pace of growth that we are ta
The first monopile foundation has been installed at the Saint-Nazaire offshore wind farm in France, which is also the first installed turbine foundation for a commercial offshore wind farm in French waters. DEME is using its installation vessel Innovation to install 80 wind turbine foundations at th
A Spanish-Japanese company has unveiled plans for a 500 MW floating wind farm in the North East of Scotland and is now looking for a financial partner to develop and build the project. The company, with head offices in Madrid and Tokyo, announced on 5 May that it had begun the process of searching f
