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
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
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
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, 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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 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
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
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
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 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Amazon is among the signatories to a letter opposing the new law. Its chief executive, Jeff Bezos, is pictured here atop a turbine at a company wind farm in Texas Continue Reading
The fishing grounds where Jung Kuenbae and his forbears have caught shrimp, butterfish and croakers for three generations are going to be turned into the world’s largest offshore wind farm. Continue Reading
The world’s wind energy industry could be on track to install nearly 1 terawatt (TW) of new capacity between 2021 and 2030, driven by surging installations in China, Europe, and Continue Reading
Orsted plans to develop a 1 GW electrolyzer supplying industrial demand for renewable hydrogen in the Netherlands and Belgium by 2030, the Danish energy company said March 31. Not registered? Continue Reading
The Biden administration on Monday unveiled a goal to expand the nation’s fledgling offshore wind energy industry in the coming decade by opening new areas to development, accelerating permits, and Continue Reading
While 2020 was a year of unprecedented disruptions, wind power newbuild activity proved resilient, with wind turbine capacity additions accelerating across the globe. S&P Global Platts Analytics estimates that about Continue Reading
The pandemic didn’t deter booming wind power capacity additions last year when global installations surged to record levels, driven by China and the United States. The phase-out of China’s onshore Continue Reading
US federal regulators’ final environmental review released March 8 for the 800-MW Vineyard Wind offshore wind farm off the Massachusetts Coast identified a preferred project alternative that would include no Continue Reading
Some 14.7 GW of wind power capacity were installed in Europe last year, down 6% on 2019 and 19% below forecast, sector association WindEurope said Feb. 25. Not registered? Receive Continue Reading
The Covid-19 downturn has once again caused employment rates to plummet in the oil and gas industry. Even though some uptick is expected when the recovery arrives, employment will never Continue Reading
Vestas Wind Systems A/S bought a minority stake in a Swedish startup that builds turbine towers out of wood. The move by the world’s largest manufacturer of wind turbines could help Continue Reading
The U-turn of the U.S. Administration’s energy policies under President Joe Biden sets the stage for a flourishing U.S. offshore wind industry, as the federal government looks to speed up Continue Reading
The Michelin Group recently signed a transport commitment with the French shipping line NEOLINE . NEOLINE’s decarbonized shipping service relies on wind energy as the main propulsion for its 136m Continue Reading
Three decades ago, the U.S. passed an infinitesimal milestone: solar and wind power generated one-tenth of one percent of the country’s electricity. It took 18 years, until 2008, for solar Continue Reading
The world’s biggest wind turbine manufacturers have committed to eliminating their net emissions of greenhouse gases, but reducing the carbon footprint of their production process may mean customers have to Continue Reading
Representing a significant milestone in the largest job in its history, Jumbo has completed the transportation element of its Transport & Installation contract for the Yunlin offshore wind farm in Continue Reading
