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Masdar and Bapco to develop 2 GW of wind projects in Bahrain
Abu Dhabi Future Energy Company PJSC – aka Masdar – on 1 May signed an agreement with Bapco Energies, the integrated energy company prominently active in the energy transition of...
East Anglia 3 converter station goes to sea
The offshore converter station for ScottishPower Renewables’ biggest-ever windfarm, East Anglia 3, has taken to the water for the first time as it heads to Norway to complete...
€4.5 bn contract to construct DC platforms and converter stations off Normandy
French TSO RTE and the Chantiers de l’Atlantique – Hitachi Energy consortium have reached an agreement for the construction of the first offshore direct current platforms and...
New UK-US collaboration on US floating wind technology
Applications opened on 18 April for a unique project that could expand the US market for innovative UK companies developing technology which can help support the growing floating...
RWE starts work on onshore cabling for Thor project
RWE reports that it is ready to take the next step in the construction of its 1 GW Thor offshore wind farm. From mid-April to the end of October, the onshore cable works will be...
RWE awarded licence to develop Seohae offshore wind
RWE has been awarded a 495 MW Electricity Business Licence by the Ministry of Trade, Industry & Energy of Korea to develop the Seohae offshore wind project, located approximately 45...
Global wind power production is ‘very predictable’
Eoltech, a prominent wind and solar resource assessment consultancy, has released the findings of a new study that aimed at assessing the variations of the global wind resource over...
Boost for developers via tax credit flexibility
On 22 March the US federal government, via the US Treasury and the IRS, published tax credits guidance with the aim of encouraging more offshore developers to claim credits based on...
Vattenfall enters bid for Alpha and Beta sites in IJmuiden Ver offshore wind tender
IJmuiden Ver consists of two sites, each with a 2 GW capacity. Plans for site Alpha focus on biodiversity criteria, while Beta is focused on system integration. By entering the...
Nordex to supply 800 MW of wind capacity to RWE
In a deal signed at the WindEurope conference in Bilbao, RWE and Nordex have agreed a multi-year contract for the supply of wind turbines with a total capacity of 800 MW. Over the...
Vestas to supply 319 MW of WTGs to wind project in Mexico
Sempra Infrastructure, a subsidiary of Sempra, has placed a 319 MW order with Vestas for the Cimarron wind farm in Tecate, in the state of Baja California, Mexico. This is the third...
Conditional agreement achieved for Empire Wind 1 project
Following Equinor’s successful rebid in New York’s fourth offshore wind solicitation (NY4) and with a current conditional order in place for the 810 MW Empire Wind 1 project, the...
CIP signs preferred supply agreement for Taiwan wind project
Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners has signed a preferred supply agreement with LS Cable for the supply of offshore and onshore cables to CIP’s third offshore wind project in Taiwan,...
RWE and Masdar to develop 3 GW of UK offshore wind
RWE and Masdar have closed their transaction, flagged up in December, and will now go ahead with the delivery of two flagship projects under the name Dogger Bank South, DBS.
Move to establish offshore wind in the Incheon region of Korea
Ørsted has signed a memorandum of understanding with Incheon Metropolitan City, Korea, to co-operate on developing a world-class offshore wind power industry in the region. The aim of...
Plans approved for 2 GW Orkney wind farm
The Orkney Island Council has given its backing to the West of Orkney Windfarm’s proposed £multi-billion offshore windfarm, located 30 km west of the Orkney mainland and 25 km north...
Oersted to cut up to 800 jobs and pause dividend
Ørsted, which is developing the world’s largest offshore wind farm, the £8bn Hornsea 3 array off the UK in the North Sea, is to cut hundreds of jobs and pause its dividend in an...
GE to build onshore connection for Poland's largest offshore array
GE Vernova’s Grid Solutions business, in partnership with Polimex Mostostal (PXM), has won the contract to build the onshore connection infrastructure for the 1.5 GW Baltica 2 project...
GE announces 1.4 GW of onshore wind projects in Australia
GE Vernova’s Onshore Wind business on 29 January confirmed the signing of a strategic framework agreement with Squadron Energy for 1.4 GW of onshore wind projects in New South...