#offshore wind

Metsähallitus and Vattenfall have agreed to expand the Korsnäs offshore wind farm in Finland, meaning that the new project area will allow for an increased capacity.

The assembly and fit-out of the offshore substation platform and jacket foundation for the 1100 MW Inch Cape Offshore Wind has kicked off at the Smulders yard in Wallsend, Newcastle.

The decision to cease development of Ocean Wind 1 and Ocean Wind 2 is part of an ongoing review of Ørsted’s U.S. offshore wind portfolio.

Octopus Energy Generation will invest $20 B into offshore wind by 2030.

UK, Scotland: Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd. has announced a plan to establish a power cable factory in Scotland, UK.

Tennet and National Grid plan to build the first-of-its-kind electricity link that will connect offshore wind between the UK and the Netherlands.

USA: Connecticut, Massachusetts, Maine and Rhode Island have proposed to build up to three new HVDC transmission lines for offshore wind in New England.

Dutch-German TSO TenneT and Petrofac have announced early works agreements in support of TenneT’s 2 GW Program.

Siemens Energy and Spain’s Dragados Offshore have been awarded a contract worth more than $4.3 B (€4 B).

GE Renewable Energy and Hyundai Electric have announced the signature of a strategic partnership agreement concerning the South Korean offshore wind market.

The Korea Electric Power Corporation (KEPCO) has been developing core technology for large-scale offshore wind power energy transmission.

Denmark, Thorsminde: RWE has started soil investigations off the Danish west coast.

Switzerland, Zurich: Hitachi Energy and Petrofac are to collaborate on providing grid integration to support the rapidly growing offshore wind market.

Netherlands, Arnhem: In the Esbjerg Declaration, Germany, the Netherlands, Denmark, and Belgium agreed to jointly install 65 GW of offshore wind energy by 2030.

Denmark, Esbjerg: Achieving ambitious national and international renewable energy targets requires intensification and acceleration of cooperation.

China: Hitachi Energy has developed and supplied first-of-its-kind vacuum-cast-coil (VCC) dry-type transformer designed for floating, offshore wind turbines.

USA, Massachusetts: Iberdrola will invest more than $10 B in the development of three offshore wind complexes.

Germany: TenneT has awarded the contract for the converter stations at sea and on land to McDermott and GEIRI/C-EPRI consortium.

Germany, Frankfurt: European power transmission system operator (TSO) TenneT might bring in private co-owners at some point to support huge investments.

UK: RWE has selected France-based RTE International as the technical consultant for HVDC systems at the 1.4 GW Sofia offshore wind farm in the UK.

US: US offshore transmission developer Anbaric has applied to the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) to develop a 16 GW grid off the north-eastern coast to connect the region’s planned offshore wind projects.

US: Governor Andrew M. Cuomo announced that New York State is pursuing partnerships with Ireland and Denmark by signing two separate memorandums of understanding that will lead to improved electric infrastructure and the advancement of more renewable energy sources, including offshore wind.

TenneT is delivering two transformers to a substation in Wilster in Schleswig Holstein, as part of upgrades that will integrate more offshore wind into the grid.