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Repower Renewable to Build 495MW Floating Offshore Wind Plant in Italy

Venice-based Repower Renewable S.p.A. plans to build a large-scale floating offshore wind farm in the Ionian Sea and connect it to Italy’s national grid. The wind farm is located southeast of the eastern coast of Calabria at a minimum distance of about 61.8 kilometres from Capo Rizzuto and 74.8 kilometres from Monasterace Marina. The project is […]

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Japan selects Mitsubishi Corp-led consortiums for 3 offshore wind projects

Japan’s industry and land ministries have selected three consortiums, all led by Mitsubishi Corp, as the operators for three offshore wind power projects in Akita, northern Japan, and Chiba, near Tokyo, they said on Friday. The announcement is the second set of results of government auctions for offshore blocks under a new law to promote […]

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Could 2022 be Offshore Wind’s Year Of Acceptance and Growth?

In our year end specials, we caught up on two key developments in the offshore wind space. ‘Farms’ located over 70 kms from shore, in China and in Europe, supplied their first power, and in the new year, are expected to go online formally. That these are located in two of the world’s key regions […]

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Tata Steel UK Plant Helps Build World’s Largest Offshore Wind Farm

Steel made at Tata Steel’s Port Talbot plant in Wales is behind the world’s largest offshore wind farm due to be completed by 2026, the Indian steel major said on Wednesday. The Dogger Bank Wind Farm, capable of providing green energy for 6 million homes in the UK, will make use of steel processed into […]

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Aussie Firm Plans 1 GW Offshore Wind Farm to Power Aluminium Smelter

Alinta Energy, a green firm based in Australia, has announced the potential for a 1000 MW wind farm to be established around 10km off the coast of Portland, in southwestern Victoria, that could supply the Portland Aluminium Smelter and east coast electricity grid. The Spinifex Offshore Wind Farm would connect to the grid via the […]

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China Boosts Offshore Wind Business, Adds 800MW Operational Capacity

The China Three Gorges Corporation (CTG), a state-owned power company, completed many a major milestone last month in its efforts to boost the country’s offshore wind industry. Phase II of the Shapa offshore wind power project in Yangjiang, built by CTG, went into full operation on November 27, delivering green and clean electricity to power […]

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Ørsted Signs 12-Year Offshore Wind CPPA with Google

Ørsted, the largest energy company in Denmark, has signed a 12-year corporate power purchase agreement (CPPA) with Google, under which the IT giant will off take 50 MW of Ørsted’s planned 900 MW Borkum Riffgrund 3 Offshore Wind Farm in the German North Sea. Rasmus Errboe, Head of Region Continental Europe at Ørsted, said, “We commend […]

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TN CM to Center: ‘Come Out with Viable Policy on Offshore Wind Energy’

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin has urged the Central government to come out with a viable policy on harnessing offshore wind energy, according to media reports. Speaking at the Southern Zonal Council meeting held in Tirupathi on Sunday, Stalin said the state has huge potential to harness offshore wind energy. “However, we are yet […]

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