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(epbr) As of July 14, IBAMA had applications for licensing for 78 offshore wind projects, adding up to 189 GW of capacity with the installation of around 13,000 turbines on the Brazilian coast – this is almost the total power of energy installed in the entire country (194 GW). To get the projects off the... Continue Reading →
(Reuters) BP has invested in a start-up company developing technology seeking to use vapour from heavy industry to sharply reduce the production costs of zero-carbon hydrogen. BP Ventures, the British energy giant's venture capital arm, was among several investors in a $12.5 million Series A financing in U.S.-based Advanced Ionics, the companies said on Tuesday.... Continue Reading →
Salamander, a floating offshore wind joint venture between Ørsted, Simply Blue Group, and Subsea7, looking to develop a 100 MW floating wind farm in Scotland, has appointed Hugh Yendole as development director. Yendole has more than 25 years of experience in the wind industry, and has played a crucial role in delivering and managing multiple ground-breaking offshore and... Continue Reading →
Hexicon, a floating wind power technology developer, has appointed Max Ek as its interim Chief Financial Officer (CFO), succeeding Anders Rössel whose departure was announced in July. Ek has during the past 2 years worked at Hexicon as Head of Business Controlling & Analysis and is very familiar with the company which gives a short... Continue Reading →
All 13 monopile foundations have been installed at the South Fork Wind Farm site offshore New York, the state’s first offshore wind farm. Boskalis’s offshore installation vessel Bokalift 2 was responsible for the transporting and installation of the foundations, as well as the one for the substation, the first American-built offshore wind substation. More than 350 workers across... Continue Reading →
(PN) Petrobras conducted performance tests of an innovative model of offshore wind technology, a pioneer in Brazil, in collaboration with the Polytechnic School of USP. The tests aimed to evaluate the functioning of a small-scale floating wind system, composed of a wind turbine mounted on a four-column semi-submersible structure. This configuration was positioned in the... Continue Reading →
(OE) Spanish renewables energy company Iberdrola has awarded Windar Renovables a contract to manufacture 21 transition pieces for the Windanker offshore wind farm in German waters. Production will be carried out at the Avilés facilities, with the collaboration of a large number of Spanish suppliers in the manufacture of the secondary structure, which will be integrated in... Continue Reading →
(Reuters) - The world's leading turbine maker Vestas (VWS.CO) on Wednesday said it aims to turn a profit this year, despite a bigger than expected second quarter adjusted loss and its expectation supply chain disruptions would continue for the rest of 2023. The Danish-listed company is struggling to deliver a backlog of projects from pandemic-hit years and... Continue Reading →
Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras, in relation to the news released in the media and as disclosed to the market on 06/01/2023, informs that the Strategic Plan 2024-2028 will have as a driver, among others, the forecast of low-carbon CAPEX for the range between 6% and 15% of the total CAPEX for the first five... Continue Reading →
(OE) Vast arrays of solar panels floating on calm seas near the Equator could provide effectively unlimited solar energy to densely populated countries in Southeast Asia and West Africa. Our new research shows offshore solar in Indonesia alone could generate about 35,000 terawatt-hours (TWh) of solar energy a year, which is similar to current global... Continue Reading →
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