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(Portos e Navios)The bidding round provides for a two-year contract, renewable for the same period, to support the preparation of conceptual projects and provide consultancy services for the company to participate in future processes for acquiring areas for offshore energy generation. On Tuesday (10/22), Petrobras launched tender to hire consultancy services for the preparation of... Continue Reading →
DNV, the independent energy expert and assurance provider, has supported Atlas Renewable Energy in securing $289 million in financing for its first standalone Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) project in Chile. The financing package, backed by senior loans and credit lines from BNP Paribas and Crédit Agricole CIB, will fund the development of Battery Energy... Continue Reading →
(oedigital.com) Certification body DNV has launched the second phase of its floating substation joint industry project (JIP), which aims to establish standards for offshore substations in the growing floating wind sector. The new phase will play a key role in refining guidelines and closing technology gaps, with participation now expanding to 19 leading industry players.... Continue Reading →
(offshoreWIND.biz) DNV has completed the first-ever verification of a stage 3 floating LiDAR (Light Detection And Ranging) unit in Latin America assessing the deployment and performance of Fugro’s advanced equipment. Over a period of 55 days, DNV conducted rigorous tests on the Fugro SEAWATCH® buoy, equipped with a Zephir ZX300M LiDAR unit. The floating LiDAR... Continue Reading →
(OE)The American Bureau of Shipping (ABS) has issued Approval in Principle (AiP) to the OO-STAR concrete semi-submersible foundation for floating wind turbines from Bouygues Travaux Publics, a subsidiary of Bouygues Construction. The floater can support wind turbines of more than 20 MW in harsh offshore environments, according to Bouygues Construction. The achievement market the first... Continue Reading →
(OE) Italian classification and marine engineering consultancy RINA has issued two certifications for Saipem’s methodology of qualification of the performances of subsea hydrogen pipelines. One of the challenges of transporting hydrogen through converted or newly constructed pipelines is the risk of weakening materials. In response, Saipem has developed its own protocol to evaluate the performance... Continue Reading →
(OE) MODEC has secured an Approval in Principle (AiP) for Abate Notation from classification society DNV for its FPSO Bacalhau, set for deployment at an Equinor-operated oil project offshore Brazil. In this project, a comprehensive assessment of greenhouse gas emissions abatement on FPSO Bacalhau was conducted according to DNV guidelines. The Abate notation requires stringent... Continue Reading →
(OE) COWI North America, a subsidiary of engineering company COWI, has achieved approval certification body DNV for its offshore wind turbine foundations design for Equinor’s Empire Wind 1 offshore New York. COWI developed optimized foundation designs for 54 15MW turbines, set to generate 810MW, which has now been approved by DNV. The design not only... Continue Reading →
(OE) The ABS-classed Liza Unity has received the first REMOTE-CON notation for an floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) from ABS. The notation demonstrates the vessel’s alignment with remote-control functions and signifies that the design and construction of the offshore asset are assessed against and adhere to the ABS Requirements for Autonomous and Remote Control... Continue Reading →
(Offshore-energy.biz) UK-based Tadek Ocean Engineering has produced a study on floating offshore wind platforms for Welsh company Marine Power Systems (MPS). The report evaluates tension leg platforms (TLP) long-term performance compared to semi-submersible alternatives for floating offshore wind turbines (FOWT). It includes an analysis of various aspects such as platform dimensions, assembly, and manufacturing setups,... Continue Reading →
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