The Offshore Wind Innovation Hub (OWIH) is open for business and announced its first call for applications. The Brooklyn, New York-based Hub was founded in mid-2022 to identify and help develop promising start-ups to drive new innovations in the offshore wind industry. The three-year initiative is backed by Equinor and bp, partners developing the Empire…
Nexans will supply cabling for future New York offshore wind projects
Nexans has signed a preferred supplier agreement with Empire Offshore Wind to electrify future New York State offshore wind projects by connecting them to the onshore grid. The Empire Wind offshore projects cover the full design and manufacturing, as well as the laying and protection of over 300 km of export cables that will deliver…
Equinor names New England offshore wind project Beacon Wind
Equinor’s offshore wind project set to be installed off coast of New England has been named Beacon Wind. When complete, the wind farm will provide reliable, renewable power to more than a million households in the Northeast United States. “Beacon conveys a sense of hope and guidance, qualities that we value very highly at Equinor,…
Equinor & AMS launch autonomous sailing platform for offshore wind surveys
Equinor and Autonomous Marine Systems Inc. (AMS) have launched an autonomous sailing platform to significantly reduce the cost of gathering crucial data for successful development of offshore wind energy projects. After several years of testing, the Datamaran is ready for commercial deployment as an autonomous platform for wind resource assessments When fully operational, this technology…
Equinor submits offshore bid for New York’s Empire Wind project
Equinor Wind US has submitted a bid to provide New York state with a significant, long-term source of renewable energy from its Empire Wind lease site located offshore New York and New Jersey. The bid comes in response to the 800-MW New York State Offshore Wind Power Procurement, the state’s first formal solicitation targeted to the newly…
Equinor acquires offshore wind lease outside Massachusetts
Equinor submitted a winning bid of $135 million for one of three lease areas in the online offshore wind auction by the U.S. Department of the Interior’s Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM). Equinor secured lease area OCS-A 0520, a 128,811 acre site in the federal auction. Equinor will now have the opportunity to explore the potential development of…
Equinor names New Jersey offshore development ‘Boardwalk Wind’
Equinor Wind US, a division of the Norwegian energy company formerly known as Statoil, announced the name of its offshore wind project under development in New Jersey: Boardwalk Wind. Equinor won the federal auction for the offshore wind lease area 20 miles east of New Jersey and 15 miles south of Long Island, New York. The lease area…