POWER Digest [December 2023]

Credit to Author: POWER| Date: Fri, 01 Dec 2023 00:00:00 +0000

Kenya Set to Expand Hydropower Project. Kenya Electricity Generating Co. (KenGen) said it received approval from government officials to move forward with the Gogo hydropower redevelopment project. The Gogo

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Vestas Will Supply 15-MW Turbines for South Korean Offshore Wind Project

Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Sun, 12 Nov 2023 16:43:10 +0000

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Vestas will supply 33 of the company’s wind turbines for a major floating offshore wind project in South Korea. The Ulsan Gray Whale 3 installation, which was announced in March […]

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DOD Backs Offshore Wind Project Near California Space Force Base

Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Fri, 11 Aug 2023 14:48:14 +0000

A pilot floating offshore wind project near the California coast has been approved by the U.S. Dept. of Defense (DOD), the first of several steps needed by the 60-MW project […]

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Electric Boats To Jumpstart Japan’s Floating Offshore Wind Industry

Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Mon, 10 Apr 2023 14:25:59 +0000

floating wind offshore japanA fleet of electric boats could build new floating offshore wind farms in Japan that deploy new cost-cutting tensile leg platform technology, eventually.

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Group Outlines Plan for Three Italian Offshore Wind Projects

Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Wed, 22 Mar 2023 14:41:58 +0000

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An Italy-based renewable energy group said it will develop three floating offshore wind projects over the next several years that will provide about 2 GW of power generation capacity to the country. GreenIT, a joint venture between Plenitude and CDP Equity, part of CDP Group, on March 22 announced an agreement for design and construction […]

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Major Offshore Wind Array Planned off Iberian Peninsula

Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Mon, 20 Feb 2023 19:10:01 +0000

The joint venture (JV) of an Irish energy developer and two Spanish companies has announced its second large floating offshore wind project. IberBlue Wind, a JV created to develop gigascale arrays in waters near the Iberian Peninsula, on Feb. 17 said it would build a 990-MW project off the coast of Figueira da Foz. IberBlue, […]

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‘Largest’ Floating Offshore Wind Farm Comes Online in North Sea

Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Tue, 15 Nov 2022 17:39:15 +0000

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An installation that at present is considered the world’s largest floating offshore wind farm has produced its first power, providing electricity for oil and gas exploration operations in the North Sea. Hywind Tampen on Nov. 13 began powering Equinor’s drilling at the Gullfaks oil and gas field. The wind farm is located about 87 miles […]

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US Interior Dept. Pokes Sleeping Offshore Wind Giant As Renewables Take Charge

Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Fri, 21 Oct 2022 15:30:08 +0000

floating offshore wind turbines Pacific CoastThe US Interior Department is plowing full steam ahead with Pacific Coast leases for floating offshore wind farms.

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Biden Administration Throws Support Behind Floating Offshore Wind

Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Thu, 15 Sep 2022 19:25:25 +0000

The Biden administration announced a goal of installing as much as 15 GW of floating offshore wind energy capacity by 2035, and said it plans to auction off leases to support project development by the end of this year. The Sept. 15 announcement touted both the potential of offshore wind and its impact on reducing […]

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How to Overcome Challenges to the U.S.’s Offshore Wind Energy Goals

Credit to Author: Aaron Larson| Date: Thu, 11 Aug 2022 14:42:42 +0000

Lofty goals have been established in the U.S. for the offshore wind industry. The U.S. Department of Energy, Department of the Interior, and Department of Commerce announced a national goal in March 2021 to deploy 30 GW of offshore wind capacity by 2030. That would mark a significant increase from the 42 MW of offshore […]

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