Building The World’s Largest Wind Turbine
The wind energy sector is exploding this year, with European and Chinese companies leading the way in a race to build the world’s largest wind turbine While Denmark and the Continue Reading
Total Opens UK Offshore Wind Hub
The center will utilize the offshore expertise that TotalEnergies has built in Aberdeen, Scotland, over the last 50 years. TotalEnergies SE opened an offshore wind hub within its existing center Continue Reading
U.S. aiming to hold up to seven offshore wind auctions by 2025
The U.S. plans to hold up to seven offshore wind auctions in the next four years, including in areas that have yet to be developed such as off the coast Continue Reading
Biden Administration Plans Wind Farms Along Nearly the Entire U.S. Coastline
The Biden administration announced on Wednesday a plan to develop large-scale wind farms along nearly the entire coastline of the United States, the first long-term strategy from the government to Continue Reading
Scottish offshore wind consortium studies Orkney renewable hydrogen project
Highlights 2-GW wind farm proposal to power Flotta Hydrogen Hub Consortium eyes first production from 2028-29 Wind licensing round decision expected Jan 2022 A consortium bidding in the Crown Estate Continue Reading
World’s Biggest Offshore Wind Farm Developer Moves Into Japan
SSE Plc formed a joint venture in Japan to gain a foothold in one of the most promising markets for offshore wind. The Scottish utility, one of the companies behind Continue Reading
Why Chevron And Exxon Shun Solar And Wind
The world’s largest oil companies are under growing pressure from shareholders and society to reduce emissions and show efforts to fight the worst effects of climate change. Everyone in the Continue Reading
Vineyard Wind secures $2.3 bln loan, allowing construction to start
Vineyard Wind, which is on track to be the first major U.S. offshore wind farm, closed on a $2.3 billion loan and will begin construction in Massachusetts as soon as Continue Reading
Iberdrola: U.S. Risks Killing Its Own Offshore Wind Boom
Proposals in the U.S. Congress to tie green tax credits with local content materials risk holding back the American offshore wind sector even before it has started to flourish, a Continue Reading
Energy Prices in Europe Hit Records After Wind Stops Blowing
Natural gas and electricity markets were already surging in Europe when a fresh catalyst emerged: The wind in the stormy North Sea stopped blowing. The sudden slowdown in wind-driven electricity Continue Reading
Britain announces biggest auction round in renewable energy scheme
The British government announced on Monday the biggest auction round of its renewable energy scheme, hoping to build up enough extra offshore wind capacity to power about 8 million homes. Continue Reading
Siemens Gamesa claims first recyclable wind turbine blade
Siemens Gamesa says it has developed the first offshore wind turbine blades that can be fully recycled, potentially saving hundreds of thousands of bulky objects from landfills and resolving an Continue Reading
Australia looks to clear way for offshore wind farms
Australia’s conservative government introduced legislation on Thursday that could help clear the way for offshore wind farms to go ahead in a country considered to have massive offshore renewable energy Continue Reading
Record 2020 Wind Installations Represented 42% of New Power
The U.S. installed a record amount of wind-generating capacity last year, adding nearly 17,000 megawatts of power on land, according to an Energy Department report being released Monday. Wind energy’s Continue Reading
EU wind, solar peak at 123 GW helping to ease record spot power prices
Wind and solar power generation across EU markets peaked at 123 GW Aug. 17 amid a spell in the wind that helped ease record spot power prices, grid operator data Continue Reading
Lighter winds slow progress at offshore firms Orsted, RWE
Orsted (ORSTED.CO) and RWE (RWEG.DE) , the world’s two largest offshore wind players, both suffered from lighter winds in the first half of the year, highlighting how profits in the Continue Reading
Can The Biden Administration Meet Its Ambitious Offshore Wind Power Target?
Earlier this year, the Biden administration said it planned to build offshore wind power generation capacity to the tune of 30 GW by 2030, creating more than 44,000 direct jobs Continue Reading
US offshore wind industry accelerating, creating economic opportunities: officials
Highlights 800-MW Kitty Hawk environmental review started BOEM assessing industry interest in California Country must build infrastructure faster: Jindal US offshore wind power development is accelerating, with Avangrid Renewables’ 800-MW Continue Reading
UK’s Crown Estate advances three floating offshore wind projects in Celtic Sea
Three floating wind projects in the Celtic Sea have been selected by the Crown Estate to progress to the next state of environmental assessment, the UK public body said July Continue Reading
Norway’s Equinor bids in Scottish offshore wind lease round
Equinor (EQNR.OL) said on Monday it submitted a bid for offshore floating wind power project in Scotland’s leasing round as the Norwegian energy firm continues to develop its North Sea Continue Reading
Renewable firms, oil majors among bidders in Scotland’s wind lease tender
Renewable firms, oil majors, and investors said they would bid into Scotland’s offshore wind leasing round which closed on Friday, signaling the huge demand globally for the rights to build Continue Reading
ScottishPower, Shell bid to build large floating wind farms in Scottish waters
Multiple bids submitted to ScotWind Leasing Crown Estate to award capacity early 2022 Carbon Trust details ‘significant challenges’ ScottishPower and Shell have jointly bid to develop the world’s first large-scale Continue Reading
World’s Biggest Wind Turbine Set to Debut in Germany’s Sea
Vestas Wind Systems A/S booked a pre-order for what will be the world’s largest wind turbine. German utility EnBW Energie Baden-Wurttemberg AG is set to be the first customer to Continue Reading
Innovations Speed Race to Put More Wind Turbines on Sea Floor
It’s getting faster and cheaper to embed a wind tower the size of the Washington Monument into the sea floor. South Korea is cutting the time it takes to construct Continue Reading
Orsted submits bid to develop offshore windfarm in Maryland
Denmark’s wind farm developer Orsted (ORSTED.CO) on Wednesday said it had submitted a bid to develop the Skipjack Wind 2 offshore wind farm in the state of Maryland in the Continue Reading
Large-Scale U.S. Solar Growth to Top Wind for First Time in 2022
Growth in large-scale U.S. solar capacity is projected to exceed that of wind next year for the first time. That’s according to a report Wednesday from the U.S. Energy Information Continue Reading
U.S. must speed up offshore wind permits to hit Biden target, Orsted says
The United States must speed up project permits if it is to meet the Biden administration’s 2030 target for offshore wind power, major developer Orsted (ORSTED.CO) said on Thursday. The Continue Reading
World’s Biggest Wind Farm May Be Answer to Korea’s Net-Zero Dream
With a climate and topography ill-suited for large-scale wind power generation on land, the country looks out to sea for its clean energy ambitions The offshore substation collects and sends Continue Reading
Top Offshore Wind Firm: Big Oil’s Foray Into Green Energy Could Hike Prices
The biggest developer of offshore wind farms in the world, Denmark-based Ørsted, is concerned that the race of the biggest oil companies to enter offshore wind could lead to spikes Continue Reading
BP joins consortium seeking wind power off Norway
British oil major BP (BP.L) will join Norway’s Statkraft (STATKF.UL) and Aker Offshore Wind (AOW-ME.OL) to bid for permits to build offshore wind power projects off Norway, the companies said Continue Reading
U.S. explores wind energy potential in Gulf of Mexico
The Biden administration on Tuesday said it will explore the potential of offshore wind energy development in the Gulf of Mexico, part of its goal to supercharge growth in clean Continue Reading
One Oil Company’s Rocky Path to Renewable Energy
For years, Danish Oil and Natural Gas Co. did what many other big oil companies do: pumped hydrocarbons out of the North Sea. Today, it’s the world’s largest developer of Continue Reading
Offshore Wind Farms Show What Biden’s Climate Plan Is Up Against
A constellation of 5,400 offshore wind turbines meet a growing portion of Europe’s energy needs . The United States has exactly seven . With more than 90,000 miles of coastline, Continue Reading
Japan Looks To Become Leader In Wind Energy
Japan has notoriously been dependent on energy imports, being the world’s fifth-largest crude importer and second-largest LNG importer (having lost the top position to China last year). Its self-sufficiency ratio Continue Reading
World’s Top Offshore Wind Firm To Triple Capacity With $57 Billion Investment
Danish renewables company Ørsted, the biggest developer of offshore wind farms in the world, plans to invest the equivalent of over US$57 billion by 2027 as part of a new Continue Reading
Dominion Says New Ship Has Vital Role in Biden Wind-Energy Plan
A Dominion Energy Inc. ship being built to install offshore wind farms will be the first to comply with a U.S. domestic transport mandate, with the power company expecting the Continue Reading
Biden administration, California announce plan to put wind turbines along West Coast
Until now, the plan to power American cities by erecting thousands of giant wind turbines in the oceans off the United States has mostly been an East Coast vision. Developers Continue Reading
BP Starts Offshore Wind Recruitment Push
BP Plc has started a recruitment campaign for the people who will drive its expanding clean energy ambitions. The London-based oil and gas company is looking to fill 100 offshore-wind Continue Reading
Offshore Wind Requires 63,000lbs Of Copper Per Turbine
Renewables—and especially offshore wind—are set to drive a surge in copper demand that will push prices even higher, as the amount of copper required per wind turbine is staggering, at Continue Reading
Wind, Solar Power Made Strong Gains in 2020, IEA Says
Renewable power capacity grew at its fastest pace this century in 2020, the International Energy Agency said Tuesday, raising its growth forecast for wind and solar power for this year Continue Reading
Wind groups fall back from giddy heights
A difficult quarter for the world’s biggest wind companies has taken the shine off several renewables darlings amid an accelerating selloff in clean energy shares. Many have suffered stock declines over Continue Reading
Biden Set to Approve Offshore Wind Farm Near Martha’s Vineyard
The Biden administration is set to approve plans for the first major offshore wind farm in federal waters, according to two people familiar with the matter. The Interior Department authorization, which Continue Reading
France opens tender for 250 MW floating offshore wind project
Highlights First ever commercial floating project July 1 deadline to preselect candidates Bids capped at Eur120/MWh London — France has opened a tender for the world’s first commercial floating offshore Continue Reading
Building Australia’s First-Ever Offshore Wind Farm
It is very hard to give up on one’s own resource bounty and Australia knows it only too well. Endowed with the world’s third-largest coal reserves coupled with ample hydrocarbon Continue Reading
Offshore Wind To See Spending Explode To $810 Billion This Decade
The offshore wind industry’s global installed capacity is set to exceed 250 gigawatts (GW) by 2030, driven by a surge in coming projects, a Rystad Energy report shows. The combined Continue Reading
Cable Failures Hit Offshore Wind Farms
Building power plants in the middle of the sea was never going to be easy. The world’s largest developer of offshore wind farms Orsted A/S has found that some of Continue Reading
Baltic Sea’s Imminent Offshore Boom Draws Global Turbine Leader Siemens Gamesa
Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy SA sees huge potential for offshore wind in the Baltic Sea as the world’s largest producer of turbines at sea looks to take advantage of a jump in Continue Reading
Solar and wind can meet world energy demand 100 times over
Huge falls in the cost of solar and wind power in the last few years have unlocked an energy reserve that can meet world demand 100 times over — and Continue Reading
US offshore wind projects test strength of Joe Biden’s green jobs promise
New Bedford, Massachusetts, was once a wealthy centre of the energy industry, sending out ships to hunt sperm whales whose oil illuminated the lamps of the 19th century. The small city Continue Reading
Big Oil Is Dead Set On Exploiting The Wind Power Boom
Lately, the solar sector has been hogging the renewable energy limelight, and for good reason. Experts such as the International Energy Agency (IEA) have predicted that solar energy will lead Continue Reading