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(Reuters) - Commonwealth Wind said late Monday it will move forward with a submitted but not yet approved power purchase agreement with Massachusetts electric companies and its 1,232-megawatt offshore wind project. Commonwealth made its announcement after the Massachusetts Department of Public Utilities (DPU) denied in early November Commonwealth's motion to suspend its agreement. That motion... Continue Reading →
(Reuters) - Oil major Shell (SHEL.L) and state-owned Chinese energy company CGN on Tuesday said that they would drop their plan for a floating wind power project on France's Brittany coast, citing inflation and supply chain problems among other reasons. "The project faced several technical, commercial and financial challenges, all in a context of constantly increasing costs... Continue Reading →
Vattenfall has issued a call for tenders under which it will award a framework agreement for cable testing and fault-finding services for its offshore wind farms in Europe. The tender is divided into three lots. The company is looking to award a framework agreement with a maximum of five contractors per lot for the repair... Continue Reading →
(Reuters) - Japan plans to resume public auctions for offshore wind power projects in December under revised rules aimed at encouraging a wider range of operators and accelerating the development of infrastructure, the industry ministry said on Tuesday. The schedule for the second major round of auctions to select operators for four new areas capable... Continue Reading →
Norway's Kongsberg Maritime has secured a NOK 300 million ($30,2 million) contract with Pelagic Wind Services to supply advanced vessel design and equipment for two new CSOVs to be built at Cochin Shipyard in India. The CSOVs will be built to Kongsberg Maritime’s UT 5519 HL design, which, according to Kongsberg, has been upgraded to... Continue Reading →
(OE) Dutch engineering firm Huisman has won a contract by TOA Corporation and Obayashi in Japan for the delivery of an offshore wind monopile gripper. "The gripper allows TOA and Obayashi to upend and install monopiles without using a separate upending bucket, improving safety and efficiency ofoperations on board," Huisman said. According to Huisman, its monopile gripper will be the first of its... Continue Reading →
(OE) The results of fortunes and failures are often described as a “perfect storm”. The COVID pandemic, domestic inflation, labor issues and current geopolitical events have brought that description to a peak. A promise of a “new normal” emerged post pandemic, with a vision of alternative energy, alternative fuels and alternative supply chain logistics to... Continue Reading →
(OE) First power was produced from the first turbine at Equinor's floating wind farm Hywind Tampen in the Norwegian part for the North Sea. The milestone was achieved at 12:55 CET on November 13. The power was delivered to the Gullfaks A platform in the North Sea. “I am proud that we have now started... Continue Reading →
U.S. oil company ConocoPhillips and China's CNOOC have recently announced the start of the Penglai offshore wind farm pilot project, aimed at harnessing wind power to supply power to the Penglai oil field. This is China’s largest offshore oil and gas production base under production sharing contract, located in Bohai Bay, Northeast China. Bill Arnold,... Continue Reading →
(OEM) With COP27 in full swing, governments have set out an action plan to make clean technologies cheaper and more accessible in a bid to scale up decarbonisation efforts, says the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA). This builds on the progress made since COP26 and the intergovernmental organisation anticipates that investments in wind and solar projects... Continue Reading →
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