Marine-i has welcomed the news that floating offshore wind projects will receive more than £60 million in public and private investment, to develop new technologies that will accelerate development of the fast-growing renewable energy industry.

Bureau Veritas (BV), a world leader in testing, inspection and certification, has been selected to undertake the project certification of Erebus, the first offshore windfarm in the Celtic Sea, in Wales (UK) and one of the largest floating offshore wind projects in the world.

NOAA and the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) signed an interagency memorandum in support of the Biden-Harris Administration’s ambitious offshore wind energy goals to advance wind energy responsibly while protecting biodiversity and promoting cooperative ocean use.

Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland announced on Wednesday, January 12, 2022, that the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) will hold a wind auction next month for more than 480,000 acres offshore New York and New Jersey, in the area known as the New York Bight.

Ørsted has signed memoranda of understanding (MoUs) with Korean state-owned utilities Korea Southern Power (KOSPO) and Korea Midland Power (KOMIPO) for the development of the 1.6 GW Incheon offshore wind project.

TechnipFMC and Magnora ASA (Magnora) announces that their partnership, Magnora Offshore Wind AS, has been offered the opportunity to enter into an Option Agreement for the N3 area by the Crown Estate Scotland in the ScotWind leasing round.

On January 14, 2022, at an event with U.S. Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm, New York Governor Kathy Hochul and U.S. Representative Paul Tonko, Equinor and bp announced the finalization of the Purchase and Sale Agreements (PSAs) with the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA), for Empire Wind 2 and Beacon Wind 1.

Nexans has received the first order under the frame agreement to manufacture approximately 110km of high voltage subsea cables to South Fork Wind, a joint venture between Ørsted and Eversource.

Intertrust has announced the integration of its Planet OS weather data API into the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) OpenOA (Operational Assessment) software to enhance performance of operational assessments of wind energy plants.

Akselos’ advanced simulation digital twin technology is being applied to a new distinctive floating offshore wind twin turbine demonstrator, TwinWind, off the coast of Norway.

Eco Wave Power Global AB and Ocean Power Technologies, Inc. two publicly traded wave energy companies, are working to utilize their complementary technologies and skills to accelerate wave energy projects pursuant to an agreement previously signed.

DNV, the independent energy expert and assurance provider, has been selected by the Korean Energy Agency (KEA) to deliver Type Certification services for the Korean wind energy market.

U.K. subsea services professional company OMS International, a subsidiary of OMMH (Offshore Marine Management Holdings) Group, has entered the Taiwanese offshore wind market, by signing an MOU with Alliance Energy Co. Ltd.

Shell and ScottishPower have secured joint offers for seabed rights to develop large-scale floating wind farms as part of Crown Estate Scotland’s ScotWind leasing. The partners have won two sites representing a total of 5 gigawatts (GW) off the east and north-east coast of Scotland.

The Greater Changhua 1 and 2a Offshore Wind Farms are located approximately 35km-60km off the coast of Taiwan’s Changhua County. They are being constructed as part of Taiwan’s transition towards renewable energy use.  
 


The Business Network for Offshore Wind has launched its new Rising Star: Offshore Wind Scholarship to help develop the next generation of leadership in offshore wind.