Speaking to more than 750 offshore wind industry experts from around the world at the annual International Offshore Wind Partnering Forum, New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy, New Jersey State Senate President Steve Sweeney, and representatives from offshore wind energy giant Ørsted committed to building the country’s largest offshore wind project.
Siemens Gamesa, one of the world’s leading wind energy companies, has been awarded the contract for the 120 megawatt (MW) expansion of Taiwan’s landmark Formosa 1 offshore wind project.
Global offshore wind leader Ørsted and Eversource, the largest energy provider in New England, have announced this week their intention to build Connecticut’s first offshore wind farm, the 200 megawatt (MW) Constitution Wind project.
The Green Investment Group, now owned by Macquarie Group, has this week announced the acquisition of a 25% stake in the 210 megawatt (MW) Westermost Rough offshore wind farm from Marubeni Corporation.
Earlier this month, the 800 megawatt Bay State Wind offshore project being developed jointly by Ørsted and Eversource off the coast of Massachusetts announced a deal which will see it work with local NEC Energy Solutions to develop an energy storage solution for the offshore wind farm.
The 25,000 tonne Asian Hercules III floating crane successfully completed the first-ever installation of a pioneering suction bucket jacket foundation for Vattenfall’s 92.4 megawatt (MW) European Offshore Wind Deployment Centre (EOWDC) in just 15 hours.
Swedish power company Vattenfall has been awarded the contract to build two 350 megawatt offshore wind farms in the Netherlands which, upon completion in 2022, will be the first offshore wind farms to be built without subsidies.
The Carbon Trust announced on Tuesday that it was launching BLUE PILOT, a large-scale demonstration project which seeks to reduce the costs and underwater noises of offshore wind construction as part of the larger Offshore Wind Accelerator.
Norwegian oil and gas giant Statoil has announced this week it has signed an agreement to acquire a 50% interest in the early phase development of two offshore wind farms in Poland with a combined capacity of 1.2 GW (gigawatts).
Episode #48 of Cleantech Talk is here! This episode covers solar + storage nuking natural gas (peaker plants, that is), fantastic floating wind farm news, and the latest in fat-tire electric cycling!
