MANILA – Danish firm Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP) is investing USD5 billion to develop three (3) offshore wind energy projects in the Philippines with a potential capacity of 2,000 megawatts (MW). Department of Energy (DOE) Secretary Raphael Lotilla and CIP associate partner Przemek Lupa signed three offshore wind energy service contracts at the DOE Office in Taguig City on Thursday, 30-March-2023….
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Japan’s first large-scale offshore wind farm had finally started commercial operations at Noshiro Port in the northern prefecture of Akita on 22-December-2022. It is part of Japan’s efforts to build a carbon-neutral environment. Generally, offshore wind farms use larger turbines that enable more stable wind power generation than onshore turbines. 20 turbines with 60-meter-long blades started operating, with 13 more…
France’s Saint-Nazaire Offshore Wind Farm had been under construction for about 10 years. The wind farm is located off the coast of Brittany in north-western France consists of 80 units of 6 megawatts (MW) Wind Turbine Generators. The first offshore wind turbine was installed in April and the wind farm delivered its first power to the French national grid in June 2022. More nacelles continued to…
LONDON & PARIS & HOUSTON–(BUSINESS WIRE)– TechnipFMC (NYSE:FTI) (PARIS:FTI) announced it has entered into an agreement with Magnora ASA (Magnora) to jointly pursue floating offshore wind project development opportunities under the name Magnora Offshore Wind. Magnora holds a strategic position within the renewable energy sector as an owner in offshore wind, onshore wind, and solar development projects and a key…
Norway-based company OIM Wind will install a next-generation Wind Turbine Installation Unit (WTIU) by Kongsberg Maritime (KM) that will reduce energy consumption by up to 30 per cent. The installation is destined to be among the largest of its type. A Letter of Intent was signed between Chinese shipbuilder Yantai CIMC Raffles Offshore and KM to deliver the BT-220IU Wind…
A new report forecasts that with the right drivers in place, the installed capacity of floating wind energy will grow from the existing 100 MW to 250 GW in 2050 – a 2000-fold increase. The study from risk management and quality assurance company DNV GL states that because floating wind energy is unrestrained by ocean depth, “it will be an…
The Philippines has taken first steps into the offshore wind power sector with plans to develop 1.2 GW, according to an international consortium that said it has been given the go-ahead to advance wind farm projects there. Triconti ECC, an alliance between Swiss, German and local players, claimed the Philippines Department of Energy (DOE) gave it “exclusive rights to studying…
The Asia Wind Energy Association has partnered with Dutch De Oude Bibliotheek Academy (DOB-Academy) to launch a regional Academy for the fast-developing offshore wind industry in the Asia-Pacific (APAC) Region. The Asia-Pacific Offshore Wind Academy would be set-up in Singapore and would provide educational services for the regional offshore wind industry. The Academy would provide offshore education for professionals in the region…
Virginia Governor Ralph Northam announced an agreement for Ørsted to lease a portion of the Portsmouth Marine Terminal for offshore wind staging materials and equipment. If fully executed, the lease will run through at least 2026, during which time, Ørsted plans to install nearly 3,000 megawatts of wind energy projects in the US. The agreement between the Port of Virginia and Ørsted…
The offshore wind energy project will be located 27 miles off the coast of Virginia Beach and produce enough energy to power 650,000 homes. The 2,600 (megawatt) MW project is expected to be completed in 2026 and will help Virginia State to create jobs, and achieve energy sustainability goals. “Virginia state agencies have been tasked to develop a plan to…