Ocean Winds, an international company dedicated to offshore wind energy and created as a 50-50 joint venture by ENGIE and EDP Renewables, has been granted a feasibility license for a 150 km2 area by the Australian Government to develop an offshore wind farm in waters off Gippsland, Victoria.
As part of a major upgrade, Van Oord has installed a huge A-framed gantry extension, weighing 1200 t, on top of the Svanen heavy lift installation vessel.
Hitachi Energy and Chantiers de l’Atlantique have signed a €4.5 billion framework agreement with RTE for the supply of offshore and onshore HVDC converter stations to enable the integration of more than 3.5 GW of renewable energy from wind farms in Normandy and Oléron.
Turner & Townsend and JUMBO Consulting Group have established a new strategic partnership to support their expansion in the clean energy sector.
The Nordex Group has received an order for 148 MW of N149/5.X turbines for the US, and will be supply 25 of its Delta 4000 series model to an undisclosed wind farm in California.
Iberdrola has been given the green light for the Aurora Green offshore wind project off the coast of Victoria, Australia.
Gippsland Skies Offshore Wind, a consortium of Mainstream Renewable Power, Reventus Power, AGL Energy, and DIRECT Infrastructure, has been awarded a feasibility license.
Masdar and Bapco have signed an agreement for the development of up to 2 GW of wind energy in the Kingdom of Bahrain.
Balmoral Comtec has been awarded a contract for the supply of 400 cable protection systems by Ørsted for its Hornsea 3 project.
SEAONICS will supply 3D electric controlled motion compensated cranes to two commissioning service operation vessels under construction for VARD.
Dominion Energy has announced that Charybdis, the US’ first Jones Act-compliant offshore wind turbine installation vessel, was launched from land to water, marking a major milestone in the vessel's construction.
Iberdrola has reached an agreement with Premier Energy Group to sell its renewables assets in Romania for €88 million.
BW Ideol and Holcim have signed a memorandum of understanding for a feasibility study on supplying beneficial low-carbon concrete for the floating offshore wind industry, with particular reference to Scotland.
Octopus Energy’s generation arm has invested in Ocergy, which aims to make floating offshore wind farms cheaper and faster to build.
Yellow River wind farm has installed the 15th turbines, marking the halfway point.