Offshore
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Equinor eyes Norwegian floating offshore wind bid
Equinor teams with Norwegian renewable energy company Vårgrønn to prepare a bid for a project off the country's south-west coast
Siemens Gamesa in line for full 1GW-plus Hai Long off Taiwan
Northland Power and Yushan Energy name Siemens Gamesa as preferred supplier for its 1,044MW Hai Long offshore wind cluster
Equinor and Polenergia win Polish offshore wind contracts
Poland’s Energy Regulatory Office latest award of CfDs means it has now contracted about 4.3GW of offshore wind in the Baltic Sea
Offshore News & Analysis
Floating offshore wind farm eyes Chevron-backed platform
Local content drive underpins Simply Blue Energy and Subsea 7's deal to assess Ocergy's low-weight floating platform design
GE’s Haliade-X cleared for markets in typhoon zones
DNV’s certification verifies that the Haliade-X offshore wind turbine can operate safely and efficiently under extreme wind conditions
How Ørsted plans to solve offshore wind cable challenge
Danish developer reports erosion and risk of cable failures due to cable protection system that was previously the “industry standard”
Total buys into Taiwanese offshore wind sector
Deal to purchase 23% stake in Wpd’s 640MW Yunlin project marks oil major’s entry in the Asian offshore wind market
Ørsted’s profits down in first quarter despite higher revenues
Offshore maintenance provisions and lower wind speeds than last year pushed down Danish developer's profits in the first quarter of 2021
Offshore In depth
Baltic Insight report: Overcoming ice challenges
Installing and maintaining offshore turbines to cope with icy conditions poses additional difficulties for wind technicians
Baltic Insight report: Reaching out across the sea
With nine countries bordering the Baltic Sea, some cross-border projects are in the works, from transmission links to co-developing sites
Poland in pole position as Baltic Sea offshore wind gathers pace
Now that Poland has awarded power deals to its first offshore wind projects, read our insight report on the Baltic Sea
How Siemens Gamesa’s offshore turbines hit 97% availability
SGRE’s technology chief on enhancing reliability, reducing downtime and the possibility of working with other OEMs
Who are the key players pushing the US offshore wind agenda?
Windpower Monthly takes a look at the people president Joe Biden has tasked with delivering his clean energy promises