Wind

Electricity from renewable sources provided for close to half of total demand in December 2024, according to provisional data from grid operator EirGrid.

Wind2 has submitted a planning application to The Highland Council for the Swarclett wind farm, located on agricultural land in Scotland.

Ziton has added another jack-up vessel, WIND DISCOVERY, to the fleet, which has been registered in the Danish International Register of Shipping.

Royal Boskalis B.V. has announced a subsea rock installation vessel with a cargo capacity of 45 500 t as the latest addition to its fleet.

The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management is seeking information and nominations for possible wind energy leasing off the coast of the US Pacific Territory of Guam.

The European Commission has approved the acquisition of joint control of EEW Offshore Wind EU by EEW Holding and Sumitomo.

ACWA Power and HAU Energy have achieved the financial close for the 1.1 GW Suez wind farm in Egypt, the largest single-contracted wind farm in the Middle East.

Boralex Inc. has entered into a joint venture for the development, construction, and operation of the proposed 145 MW Clashindarroch wind farm extension and adjacent 50 MW battery energy storage system, for a total capacity of 195 MW.

Ocean Winds in partnership with Banque des Territoires has been awarded the Eoliennes Flottantes d’Occitanie project by the French Ministry in charge of Industry and Energy.

RWE has commissioned one of its largest onshore wind farms in Italy after a year of construction.

Eoliennes Méditerranée Grand Large, owned by the EDF Renewables and Maple Power consortium, has won the tender to design, construct, operate, and decommission a future floating offshore wind farm of approximately 250 MW off the French Mediterranean coast.

RTE has awarded a framework agreement to Jan De Nul, in partnership with Hellenic Cables, to supply and install the export cables for an offshore power grid to connect future floating wind farms off the coast of Southern Brittany in France.

Hitachi Energy has received an order from Ørsted to provide the power electronics technology to integrate 2.4 GW of renewable energy from the Hornsea 4 offshore wind farm into the grid.

Equinor has completed the acquisition of 10% of the shareholding in Ørsted A/S.

The California State Lands Commission and the ports of Long Beach and Humboldt have announced an agreement to advance floating offshore wind energy development off the California coast.