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GIEK (The Norwegian Export Credit Guarantee Agency) has quadrupled its offshore wind portfolio to NOK 4.2bn (USD 453m) since the end of last year. State-owned GIEK manages an international portfolio of export-related guarantees that today totals USD 8.5bn. While its focus has traditionally been oil and gas and shipbuilding followed by fisheries and aquaculture, it has widened its mission to include offshore wind, and more generally banks and investors participating in large international energy-infrastructure projects.
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A new summary from Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory tracks and maps existing hybrid and co-located plants across the United States while also synthesizing data from generation interconnection queues to illustrate developer interest in the next wave of plants.
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The state New Jersey has developed a roadmap for how it will build 7,500MW of offshore wind capacity in 15 years. The draft Strategic Offshore Wind Energy Plan (OWSP) focuses on a number of priorities that the state intends to pursue in trying to build a offshore wind industry.
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In the first half of 2020, 32 offshore wind turbines (OWT) in the German Exclusive Economic Zone an installed capacity of 219MW fed into the grid for the first time. Of these 32 turbines, 15, with a total installed capacity of 101MW, were erected in the first half of 2020 whilst the remaining turbines had been set up the previous year. No foundations were installed in the first half of 2020. Capacity upgrades totalling 25MW were carried out on 71 turbines over the course of the first half of the year.
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Presidential candidate Joe Biden has outlined his plan for nearly US$ 2 trillion in infrastructure spending, focused mostly on renewable energy and electrification.
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Aberdeen Renewable Energy Group (AREG) and OGUK have signed a reciprocal membership agreement to reflect the aligned goals of supporting the energy industry to achieve net zero emissions.
- Floating wind Joint Industry Project R&D findings delivered to support 70GW by 2040
- Global investment in new renewables capacity rose 5% in 1H 2020
- EU Energy System Integration and Hydrogen Strategies: no climate neutrality without renewables-based electrification
- European collaboration for development of offshore wind in the North Sea
- GWEC launches task force for floating offshore wind
- The German EU Presidency wants to strengthen offshore wind
- The birth of offshore wind in Poland
- EBRD and EU join efforts to boost green finance
- Taiwan to auction 5GW of offshore wind by 2023
- Democrats release broad clean energy tax plan
- Renewable generation in Scotland up by 28%
- Japan opens floating wind farm auction
- Shell and Total join ORE Catapult’s Floating Offshore Wind Centre of Excellence
- Denmark approves two wind energy islands with total capacity of 5GW
- Macro Grid initiative launches to expand and upgrade America’s transmission network
- Design for recommended boat landing geometry
- Scottish government announces additional funding for renewables projects
- Corporate customers buying record amount of American wind power
- Norway opens offshore areas for wind power
- India needs to break catch-22 of offshore wind, says new report
- The levelised cost of electricity continues to fall for wind and solar
- Crown Estate Scotland launches offshore wind leasing
- Norway launches Green Transition package and hydrogen strategy
- The Danish Energy Agency publishes map for possible offshore wind farms
- 12 projects receive funding from National Offshore Wind Research and Development Consortium
- 1,400GW of offshore wind is possible by 2050
- German government approves Wind Energy At Sea Act
- WAB welcomes new 40GW long-term target for offshore wind in Germany
- Norway reserves NOK 20 million for offshore wind
- Regional fisheries studies receive grant to guide offshore wind development