News Morocco to build Africa’s first offshore windfarm near its ‘windy city’ Morocco has become the first country in Africa to unveil an offshore wind project. The farm, which was announced during a UN conference in Nice last week, will have a…
News Trump administration makes U-turn on New York’s $5bn Empire Wind scheme Donald Trump’s assault on offshore wind appeared to falter Monday when, barely a month after his administration ordered Norwegian energy firm Equinor to stop work immediately on its 810MW Empire…
News Joy as Norway opens bidding for 1.5GW of floating wind Norway today invited bids for three floating offshore wind farms off Utsira in Rogaland county, southwestern Norway, where the water is too deep for fixed-base turbines. The developments are expected…
News Larson & Toubro wins ‘biggest ever contract’ in Gulf QatarEnergy has awarded Indian conglomerate Larsen & Toubro (L&T) its largest-ever contract. The Mumbai company will build two offshore compression complexes about 80km off the coast of Qatar for a…
News China starts connecting world’s biggest offshore solar farm to grid China Energy Investments today connected the first instalment of its 1GW offshore solar farm to the grid. Lying some 8km off the coast of Kenli District in Shandong Province, northeast…
News Sweden rejects 30GW of offshore wind projects near Kaliningrad Sweden has vetoed the construction of 13 offshore wind farms in the Baltic Sea, saying they could impede military operations. The rejected farms together would have had around 30GW of…
News Green light for Denmark’s biggest offshore wind farm The Danish Energy Agency has approved construction for German utility RWE’s 1.1GW Thor offshore wind farm, clearing the way for work to start in the spring. The plan is to…
News Morocco starts process of building Africa’s first wind farm Morocco is looking for a consultant to do a feasibility study on an offshore wind project that could be Africa’s first. The Moroccan Agency for Sustainable Energy (Masen) and the…
News Danish investors propose $1.3bn offshore wind farm for Bangladesh Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners, an investment company specialising in wind power ventures, has joined with consultant Copenhagen Offshore Partners to propose a $1.3bn project to the government of Bangladesh. According to…
News €4bn contract sees Vinci build first 2GW converter platforms for North Sea wind A subsidiary of French contractor Vinci has won a contract worth €4bn to build wind farm infrastructure in the North Sea. Cobra IS and its subsidiary Dragados Offshore will work…