Iberdrola Group company AVANGRID has finalized an agreement to take over responsibility as the operations and management services provider for Vineyard Wind 1, the U.S.' first commercial-scale offshore wind project. The agreements include an operations and maintenance service agreement and asset management agreement, which designate AVANGRID as the party responsible for overseeing the operation and... Continue Reading →
Global Offshore Wind Investment Up 52 Pct in First Half of 2022
Investment in the offshore wind sector in the first half of this year amounted to USD 32 billion, 52 per cent more than in the same same period in 2021, according to BloombergNEF (BNEF). The financing of the 1 GW China Three Gorges (CTG) Yangjiang Yangxi Shapa Qingzhouwu Offshore Wind Farm for USD 2.1 billion... Continue Reading →
SBM Offshore upgrades guidance as it sees benefits from energy transition
(Reuters) - SBM Offshore (SBMO.AS) on Thursday revised its annual guidance upwards as the Dutch oil and gas services firm sees the transition to renewable energies from fossil fuels benefiting its project portfolio, sending its shares higher. The group, which plans to achieve net-zero emissions by no later than 2050, set intermediate greenhouse gas-related targets as the... Continue Reading →
TotalEnergies Hails French Floating Pre-Selection
A consortium of TotalEnergies, Corio Generation and Qair has been pre-selected by the French Directorate General for Energy and Climate (DGEC) to participate in a competitive tender to develop two floating windfarms in the Mediterranean Sea.The two projects, of about 250 MW each, could supply enough clean energy to meet the annual electricity consumption of... Continue Reading →
Wood to Deliver Design for Salamander Floating Wind Project in Scotland
Engineering firm Wood said it has been awarded the Principal Designer and Pre-FEED scope for Salamander, the 100MW floating wind farm development located 35km off Peterhead in the East Coast of Scotland. The Salamander project, a joint venture between Simply Blue Group, Ørsted and Subsea 7, will contribute toward achieving the UK government’s target of... Continue Reading →
X1 Wind’s Floater Concept Ready for Testing
Technology developer X1 Wind said it has laid its dynamic cable clearing way for final installation of its fully functional floating wind prototype at the PLOCAN Test Site, in the Canary Islands. Having installed the modular concrete gravity anchoring system last spring, the Barcelona-headquartered firm is now announcing another milestone in its first ocean deployment... Continue Reading →
Cerulean Winds, Ping Petroleum plan UK floating wind-powered offshore oil rig
(Reuters) - Renewables developer Cerluean Winds and Ping Petroleum UK have signed an agreement to create an offshore oil facility powered by wind energy in Britain, the companies said on Tuesday. Under the agreement, the production unit at Ping Petroleum’s Avalon site in the UK's North Sea will be powered by a floating offshore wind... Continue Reading →
Wind turbine maker Siemens Gamesa makes deeper cuts to profit view
(Reuters) - Wind turbine maker Siemens Gamesa (SGREN.MC) lowered its 2022 profitability expectations even further on Tuesday and said it would remain negative through 2023, citing expensive raw materials, component failures and geopolitical uncertainty. The group cut its full-year core earnings margin forecast to minus 5.5% from minus 4%, including gains from selling its development division. Competition,... Continue Reading →
Rio Grande do Sul should receive billions in investments for offshore wind power generation
(CPG) Rio Grande do Sul is the Brazilian state with the highest number of projects registered for the construction of parks for the production of offshore wind energy. According to information released by GZH Economia, Rio Grande do Sul currently stands out as the Brazilian state with the highest concentration of companies interested in installing... Continue Reading →
Brazil has 54 offshore wind projects in the process of licensing
(Valor) Until the month of April, the Brazilian Institute for the Environment and Renewable Natural Resources (Ibama) received requests for environmental licensing for 54 projects for offshore wind power generation, with a total capacity of 133.3 gigawatts (GW) of power. The total energy to be generated in the projects corresponds to almost 70% of the... Continue Reading →