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(offshoreWIND.biz) Japan’s Electric Power Development, also known as J-Power, has joined the WHEEL floating offshore wind demonstration project in Spain. The WHEEL demonstration project is led by the Madrid-headquartered company Esteyco. WHEEL will feature one turbine installed three kilometres off the eastern coast of Gran Canaria, Spain. Through this project, J-Power aims to acquire knowledge... Continue Reading →
(eixos.com.br) The Brazilian Institute of Environment and Renewable Natural Resources (Ibama) will announce, next week, the first environmental license for an offshore wind project in Brazil. Exios learned that the license will be for a pilot project of the Senai Institute for Innovation in Renewable Energy (ISI-ER), in Rio Grande do Norte. The decision of... Continue Reading →
(OE) Spanish electric utility firm Iberdrola has appointed Pedro Azagra as its new chief executive officer (CEO). Before the new appointment, Azagra held the position of CEO of Ibredrola’s subsidiary in the United States. He will be replacing Armando Martínez. Azagra has been with Iberdrola for 25 years, first as Executive Director of Development with... Continue Reading →
(offshoreWIND.biz) The Reduced Commercial Risks with Demo of 15+ MW (RECORD15) joint industry project, which aims to install a latest generation turbine with a rated power over 15 MW on Ocergy’s floating platform in 2028, has been launched. The Front-End Engineering Design (FEED) contract for this pilot project was recently signed between Ocergy and three... Continue Reading →
(offshoreWIND.biz) The Crown Estate has selected Equinor and Gwynt Glas, a joint venture between EDF Renewables UK and ESB, as preferred bidders in the seabed leasing round for floating wind projects in the Celtic Sea. Selected on 12 June, each of the two developers was awarded 1.5 GW of capacity in their respective project development area... Continue Reading →
(Reuters) King Charles III's Crown Estate, which owns Britain's seabed, said on Tuesday it will invest up to 400 million pounds ($543 million) in the country's offshore wind supply chain. The investment is intended to support the construction of new infrastructure, including ports, supply chain manufacturing, and research and testing facilities, to enable the deployment... Continue Reading →
(offshoreWIND.biz) The Delaware State Senate has passed a bill which would allow US Wind to continue planning its onshore substations for the Maryland offshore wind project in Delaware’s Sussex County, whose council denied US Wind the permit last year. Senate Bill 159, introduced in the Delaware Senate on 21 May and discussed by the Senate... Continue Reading →
(splash247.com) Brazilian state-owned oil and gas company Petrobras has launched two tenders for an offshore wind pilot project off the coast of Rio de Janeiro state. One tender is for the acquisition and processing of geophysical data in ultra-shallow waters off São João da Barra. The acquisition, processing, and interpretation services will use electrical tomography,... Continue Reading →
(offshoreWIND.biz) The floating offshore wind project is owned by Parc Eolien Offshore de Provence Grand Large – a subsidiary of EDF Renouvelables, Enbridge Eolien France 2 S.à.r.l (EEF2), a subsidiary of Enbridge Inc., and CPP Investments. Provence Grand Large is a pilot project with three Siemens Gamesa 8 MW wind turbines installed 17 kilometres off the coast... Continue Reading →
By STEVEN GRATTAN Associated Press (AP) — Colombia’s ambitious plans for wind energy development, especially in the resource-rich La Guajira region, are facing serious setbacks as major companies pull out and projects stall, industry experts say. Margarita Nieves, director of the Colombian Offshore Wind Research Network, told The Associated Press that despite large targets — including... Continue Reading →
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