Swedish floating wind tech firm Hexicon said Friday its Twin Hub stepping stone project had been awarded a marine license for the installation of an offshore floating wind demonstrator in the Celtic Sea. "Twin Hub floating demonstrator project in the Celtic Sea has now been awarded a marine licence, for a renewable energy test site... Continue Reading →
Equinor, BP Hit Key Milestone for New York Offshore Wind Projects
Equinor and BP on Friday announced the finalization of the Purchase and Sale Agreements (PSAs) with the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA), for Empire Wind 2 and Beacon Wind 1 offshore wind projects. Empire Wind is located 15-30 miles southeast of Long Island and spans 80,000 acres, with water depths of... Continue Reading →
Shrink to Fit: The Year Big Oil Starts to Become Small Oil
(Reuters) Europe's Big Oil companies are planning to spend their windfall from high energy prices on becoming Small Oil.Surging oil and gas prices in 2021 delivered billions of dollars in profits to top oil companies, in stark contrast to the previous year when energy prices collapsed as the coronavirus pandemic hit travel and economic activity.Typically,... Continue Reading →
BW Ideol, Jera, ADEME Pen Investment Deal for Floating Wind Projects
BW Ideol, a company specializing in floating offshore wind solutions has signed an investment agreement with Japan's JERA, and France's ADEME Investissement to create an investment company for financing the co-development of offshore wind projects using BW Ideol’s patented Damping Pool technology over the next 5 years. JERA is Japan’s largest utility company, and ADEME... Continue Reading →
Kites powered by offshore wind preparing for lift-off
Tech startup Hydro Wind Energy is in the process of developing scaled prototypes of high-altitude kites powered by offshore wind with the goal to ”disrupt global energy and desalination markets”. The technologies for power generation and energy storage, OceanHydro Wind, and water desalination, SubSea RO Wind, are powered by high-altitude, ocean-based kites and vertical axis wind rotors rather... Continue Reading →
Brazil’s Petrobras dramatically boosts CO2 re-injection
(Reuters) - Brazilian state-run oil company Petrobras significantly increased the amount of carbon dioxide it re-injected into its offshore oilfields in 2021, a major step forward in the firm's emission-reduction goals. According to a release provided by Petrobras, formally Petroleo Brasileiro SA (PETR4.SA), the company re-injected 6.7 million tonnes of carbon dioxide produced in the oil... Continue Reading →
Tech Start-Ups Drive Brazil’s Oil & Gas Industry
(OE) As an industry central to global energy supply, many consumers may believe that the oil and gas sector is relatively resistant to fluctuation. However, amid the myriad pressures felt throughout the global economy over the past year and a half, new challenges are arising for oil and gas operators, some of which require a... Continue Reading →
CCS market to reach $7 bln by 2028 bolstered by increased investments, Fortune Business Insight says
Fortune Business Insights, a market research company, expects the carbon capture and storage (CCS) market to grow to $7 billion by 2028 aided by rising investments in developing new alternatives for curbing the carbon footprint and achieving the energy transition goals and net-zero targets. The company expects the market to exhibit a CAGR of 19.5 per... Continue Reading →
Nauticus’ sea robots go public with SPAC merger
Nauticus Robotics, a Houston-based developer of cloud-based surface and subsea robots, and CleanTech Acquisition Corp. (CLAQ), a publicly-traded special purpose acquisition company (SPAC), have entered into a definitive business combination agreement that will result in Nauticus becoming a publicly listed company. The transaction, expected to close in the first half of 2022, has been approved... Continue Reading →
Brazil’s Petrobras to start testing renewable diesel with customers in January
(Reuters) - Brazil's state-run oil company Petrobras (PETR4.SA) will start testing new renewable diesel based on co-processed edible oils with customers in January, while awaiting regulatory approval to sell it commercially, the company's refining director told Reuters. The tests are expected to take about six months and will be backed by a fuel distributor and a bus... Continue Reading →
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