Govt to Offer Subsidies to Build Ships that Employ Offshore Wind Projects Updated On Fri, May 19th, 2023 by Saurenergy The Indian government will now extend subsidies to build ships establishing offshore wind projects. It is a part of the shipbuilding subsidy scheme, which the government revised to include the manufacture of these vessels. The move comes even as the government finally announced a (draft) offshore wind policy and hopes to install the first projects […] Read more
MNRE Official Indicates India’s First Offshore Wind Tender By June End Updated On Wed, May 17th, 2023 by Saurenergy Read more
Vattenfall, OX2 To Build 1.6-GW Offshore Wind Power In Sweden Updated On Tue, May 16th, 2023 by Saurenergy Global renewable energy developers Vattenfall and OX2 have received permission from the Swedish government to build 1.6 GW of offshore wind energy in Sweden waters. Vattenfall will be developing 1.2GW and OX2 has 400 MW in its kitty. Vattenfall has disclosed that the Swedish Government allowed it to develop 1.2 GW Kattegat Syd offshore wind […] Read more
MNRE Official Indicates India’s First Offshore Wind Tender By June End Updated On Tue, May 16th, 2023 by Saurenergy A top official of Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) has announced that India may float its first offshore wind energy tender in the coming four to six weeks. The information has been shared by MNRE Joint Secretary Dinesh Jagdale during a side event of the Energy Transitions Working Group of the G20 Presidency […] Read more
Ireland First Offshore Wind Auction: 3.1 GW Awarded in Four Projects Updated On Fri, May 12th, 2023 by Saurenergy Ireland has awarded four offshore wind energy projects of capacity nearing 3,100 Megawatt (3.1GW) in its first offshore wind auction conducted under Renewable Electricity Support Scheme ‘ORESS 1.’ The 1,300 MW Codling Wind Park will be owned and developed by a joint venture of Fred. Olsen Seawind and EDF Renewables. RWE has said it will […] Read more
Seatrium Gets Offshore Wind EPC Contract Worth $377 million Updated On Tue, May 9th, 2023 by Saurenergy Singapore based engineering solutions provider Seatrium Limited, through its wholly-owned subsidiary Sembcorp Marine Offshore Platforms, has secured a contract worth more than S$500 million (USD 377 Million) for two offshore wind farm substations from Empire Offshore Wind. The Empire wind project is a joint venture between Equinor and bp off the United States’ Long Island. […] Read more
EUR 5.5 Billion Offshore Cable Contracts Awarded By TenneT Updated On Mon, May 8th, 2023 by Saurenergy Dutch transmission system major TenneT has awarded NKT, Nexans and a consortium of Jan De Nul, LS Cable and Denys to install 525 kV HVDC cable systems for ten projects. The total volume of the contracts for the production and installation of the ten cable systems amounts to approximately EUR 5.5 billion. With this agreement, […] Read more
Large Offshore Wind Turbines Leading To Unsustainable Market Risks, Says Report Updated On Wed, May 3rd, 2023 by Saurenergy A recent report by GCube, a leading underwriter for renewable energy projects, claims that all is not well with the deployment of large wind offshore turbines. The report titled “Vertical Limit: When is bigger not better in offshore wind’s race to scale?” talks about several market vulnerabilities created by using the latest technology meant to […] Read more
Gothenburg Port Authority Claims Stake in 1 GW Swedish Offshore Wind Project Updated On Tue, May 2nd, 2023 by Saurenergy Gothenburg Port Authority has bought a minority share in the Swedish offshore wind farm of 1 GW (unbuilt) by Eolus, a wind power developer in the Nordics. The said offshore wind farm, which boasts of an installed capacity worth 1,000 MW in Sweden, will have the potential to produce 4-4.5 TWh of renewable electricity every […] Read more