Heavy! Big changes in wind power bidding rules

Beijixing.com: Recently, 8 departments including the National Development and Reform Commission, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development, the Ministry of Transport, the Ministry of Water Resources, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, the Ministry of Commerce, and the State Administration for Market Regulation jointly issued the […]
Norway Postpones Floating Wind Tender to 2025 as Gov’t Establishing ‘Common State Aid Model’

The award of 1.5 GW of floating wind capacity in Norway, which was planned for this year, will be held in 2025 as the Norwegian government plans to have the subsidy model in place and announced before allocating the Utsira Nord (Utsira North) offshore areas for development. The government says the decision to establish and […]
Announcement of areas related to CO2 storage

The Ministry of Energy announces two areas in the North Sea for applications related to CO2 injection and storage on the Norwegian continental shelf. ‘I am very pleased that several companies want storage areas for commercial storage of CO2 on the Norwegian continental shelf. We have developed a system that provides good access to promising areas. […]
Norwegian Floating Offshore Wind Project Gets EUR 175 Million Boost

Odfjell Oceanwind, Source Galileo, and Kansai Electric Power Company have received NOK 2 billion (approximately EUR 175 million) in state funding from Norwegian government agency Enova for its GoliatVIND floating offshore wind project. Located approximately 95 kilometres from Hammerfest at a depth of 300-400 metres, the GoliatVIND floating offshore wind project could add 320 GWh […]

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Equinor, Oceanex bag licence for 2GW Oz floater

June 24, 2024

Novocastrian project is located in the Hunter offshore wind zone off New South Wales The Australian government has offered a feasibility licence to Equinor and Oceanex’s 2GW Novocastrian floater in the Hunter declared offshore wind area in New South Wales. Only one feasibility licence is being proposed because other applications were for overlapping areas […]

Equinor, Orsted execute New York offtake agreements

June 10, 2024

Equinor and Orsted have executed the Purchase and Sale Agreement (PSA) with the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) for the 810MW Empire Wind 1 and 924MW Sunrise offshore wind projects. Both projects were selected as conditional winners in New York’s fourth offshore wind solicitation. The two offshore wind projects, totalling more […]

Global Wind Workforce Outlook 2023 – 2027

April 25, 2024

OVERVIEW This report highlights the opportunities for local and national governments to leverage renewable energy expansion to foster job, training and reskilling opportunities and create a skilled workforce for the energy transition. KEY INSIGHTS By the end of 2027, the worldwide wind fleet will be roughly 1,581GW, more than double the level before the COVID-19 […]

Global Wind Report 2024

April 25, 2024

OVERVIEW The global wind industry installed a record 117GW of new capacity in 2023, making it the best year ever for new wind energy, finds this year’s Global Wind Report from the Global Wind Energy Council. The report finds the wind industry is entering a new era of accelerated growth driven by increased political ambition, […]

Norway signs Sørlige Nordsjø 2 contract

April 23, 2024

Parkwind and the Ingka Group’s JV to develop the fixed bottom offshore wind scheme. Norwegian Energy Minister Terje Aasland and the leadership of Ventyr Nordsjø 2 have signed a contract to develop the Sørlige Nordsjø 2 project, the first major offshore wind scheme on the Norwegian continental shelf. Parkwind and the Ingka Group’s JV […]

The Ocean Charger project enables vessel charging at offshore wind parks

April 22, 2024

Vard Design has led the work together with sister companies Seaonics and Vard Electro. Charging tests in port as well as testing of the offshore connection solution have demonstrated that the Ocean Charger is an important step towards delivering zero emission ships to the wind industry. By connecting vessels to the power grid in […]