Siemens Energy has stepped up efforts to explore a full integration of wind turbine business Siemens Gamesa, sources told Reuters, after profit warnings and share price slumps last week exposed flaws in the current ownership structure. The company is currently working with advisers to look at options for how to [...]

The Scottish National Investment Bank has committed £30m for the expansion of Aberdeen Harbour, the largest marine infrastructure project in the UK. The bank’s loan aims to strengthen Aberdeen’s position as a key port hub for the UK’s large scale energy transition efforts. The expanded facility will provide greater land [...]

Germany's Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency (BSH) has approved the suitability of three areas in the German North Sea for the development of up to 1880MW of new offshore wind capacity. The sites are designated as N-3.5, N-3.6 and N-7.2 and are located in the German exclusive economic zone. Determining [...]

Falck Renewables and BlueFloat Energy have secured grid connections and carried out almost a year’s worth of bird surveys for the 300MW each Llywelyn and Petroc floating offshore wind farms in the Celtic Sea. Llywelyn will be located in Welsh waters off Pembrokeshire, while Petroc will be in English waters [...]

The New Jersey Board of Public Utilities (NJBPU) has joined the National Offshore Wind Research and Development Consortium (NOWRDC). NOWRDC was established in 2018 and is national not-for-profit public-private partnership focused on advancing offshore wind technology in the US through research projects and cost-effective responsible development, while maximising other economic [...]

James Fisher Renewables has won three multi-million pound 13-15-year contracts supplying specialist operations and maintenance (O&M) services to support offshore transmission asset owners (OFTOs) at the Thanet, Gwynt-y-Mor and Humber Gateway offshore wind farms off the UK coasts. The contracts will be performed by James Fisher Renewables’ specialist high voltage [...]

The Hornsea 2 offshore wind farm has produced its first power, Danish energy firm Orsted has said, with the announcement representing a significant milestone in the facility’s development. Situated in waters around 89 kilometers off the U.K.’s east coast, the scale of Hornsea 2 is considerable. Spread across an area [...]

New proposals would see the renewable energy developer add green hydrogen production equipment to the Aberdeen offshore wind farm (AOWF), with supplies piped to an onshore site near the city. Also known as the European Offshore Wind Deployment Centre (EOWDC), the wind farm was completed in 2018 and has an [...]

Spanish renewables developer Capital Energy has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Maritime Cluster of the Canary Islands to promote development of offshore wind in the region. Capital Energy announced that the MoU seeks to develop a joint plan that identifies supply chain services required to build the [...]

RWE and gas turbine maker Kawasaki are planning to build one of the world’s first 100% hydrogen-capable gas turbines on industrial scale in Lingen, Germany. The aim is to test the conversion of hydrogen back into electricity at RWE's Emsland gas-fired power plant. The plant, with an output of 34MW, [...]

RWE Renewables has received an environmental permit for its 350MW FEW Baltic 2 offshore wind project in Poland. The developer, via its Polish subsidiary Baltic Trade & Invest, received a positive decision by the regional director for environmental protection in Szczecin. This decision specifies the environmental conditions for the realisation [...]

Recognition goes towards the approval in principle of the engineering outfit’s INO12TM platform Technip Energies’ floating offshore wind concept has been awarded approval in principle by DNV. Technip Energies has received the acceptance of its basis of design for its INO12TM floating offshore wind concept. This recognition goes towards the [...]