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(Reuters) Wind turbines, floating solar panels, and green hydrogen at sea are among the projects under construction off the Dutch coast, as a country famed for its water engineering prowess builds out its renewable energy infrastructure. On a tour of North Sea facilities on Aug. 25, companies and Dutch utilities showed off key projects. At... Continue Reading →
Offshore wind developer SSE Renewables said Thursday that its new offshore wind farm project in Scotland would be named after "a historic series of books that depict the epic quests of a third-century Scottish leader, following his adventures across rolling seas." Ossian (pronounced ‘os-si-un’) from The Poems of Ossian is to be the name for... Continue Reading →
Belgium-based offshore installation company DEME Offshore and Norway-based offshore services firm Havfram have signed a memorandum of understanding to jointly offer construction services to the offshore wind farm sector in Norway. "Both DEME Offshore and Havfram plan to play an important role in the upcoming Norwegian offshore wind market by delivering transport and installation services... Continue Reading →
(Valor) The president of Shell Brasil, Cristiano Pinto da Costa, said today that the company is taking “great strides” to enter the renewable energy market. According to the executive, the company filed requests for environmental licensing for 17 gigawatts (GW) in offshore wind farms at the Brazilian Institute for the Environment and Renewable Natural Resources... Continue Reading →
Dutch maritime equipment and technology firm Royal IHC has won a contract from its compatriot Boskalis for the delivery of an advanced modular cable lay spread (MCLS) for offshore wind applications. The cable lay system will be used for the installation of inter-array power cables and its cable protection system (CPS) in offshore wind farms.... Continue Reading →
Dutch company Huisman, a provider of design and manufacture of heavy construction equipment, has developed a harsh environment semi-submersible drilling rig design, which can be powered with onshore-produced hydroelectricity but also with floating wind turbines. Announcing the new design on Monday, Huisman explained that it was developed with an aim of making the extraction of... Continue Reading →
(Reuters) - Broker Marsh, a unit of Marsh & McLennan (MMC.N), said on Monday it was launching the world's first dedicated insurance for hydrogen energy projects, as the nascent industry looks to scale up quickly in the fight against climate change. As the world targets net-zero emissions by mid-century in an effort to cap global warming,... Continue Reading →
The offshore site investigation works have commenced for Hexicon’s 32 MW TwinHub floating wind project in the Celtic Sea. The first phase of the survey works has been awarded to Aratellus Offshore, which has subcontracted Sulmara Subsea to perform the geophysical survey. The goal of the survey is to make it possible to plan subsea... Continue Reading →
Three projects, of 2,8 GW in total, will be offered seabed agreements for offshore wind projects following Crown Estate Scotland’s ScotWind clearing process. Clearing saw the ‘NE1’ area east of Shetland made available for ScotWind applicants who met the required standards but who did not secure their chosen location earlier in the leasing process. The... Continue Reading →
- Subsea 7 S.A. (Oslo Børs: SUBC, ADR: SUBCY) today announced the award by Corio and TotalEnergies of a FEED contract for a floating wind development in South Korea. The Gray Whale 3 project is a 504MW development located around 60 to 70 kilometres offshore from Ulsan. The basic design contract will be executed in... Continue Reading →
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