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Jun 13, 2023 · World’s Largest Offshore Wind Farm Goes into Operation; Hollandse Kust Zuid, owned by Vattenfall, BASF, and Allianz, is also the world’s first subsidy-free offshore wind farm in operation.

Nov 4, 2024 · The Swedish government has rejected 13 applications to build offshore wind farms in the Baltic Sea due to defence concerns while approving one project on the west coast, being developed by a joint venture between Vattenfall and Zephyr.

Oct 3, 2024 · Dogger Bank A will comprise 95 GE Haliade-X 13 MW wind turbines and is the first of the three 1.2 GW phases of what is set to become the world’s biggest offshore wind farm once completed. The Dogger Bank Wind Farm project is owned by the consortium of SSE Renewables, Equinor, and Vårgrønn.

Jun 13, 2024 · Freja Offshore has two more offshore wind projects in Sweden for which it submitted permit applications. One is the 2.5 GW Dyning floating offshore wind farm on Sweden’s east coast and the other is the 2 GW Cirrus fixed-bottom offshore wind farm in southern Sweden.

Oct 9, 2024 · A heavy maintenance campaign has been completed on Hywind Scotland, the world’s first commercial-scale floating wind farm, with all five turbines now connected.

Oct 30, 2024 · Global investment firm Brookfield has bought minority stakes in four UK offshore wind farms owned and operated by Ørsted for around GBP 1.75 billion (approximately EUR 2.1 billion).

Apr 22, 2024 · Flotation Energy and Vårgrønn, a joint venture between Plenitude (Eni) and HitecVision, have obtained offshore planning approval for the Green Volt floating wind farm offshore Scotland.

Nov 29, 2024 · The project, being developed by Copenhagen Offshore Partners (COP) on behalf of CIP, will comprise 33 15 MW offshore wind turbines and will be CIP’s first offshore wind farm in Taiwan to feature an offshore substation.