(Reuters) RWE, Germany's largest utility, on Thursday said it would cut investments by more than a fifth until the end of the decade, citing global uncertainty around renewable energy returns that has forced major sector players to pare back spending plans. Citing geopolitical risks as well as supply chain constraints, RWE said it was currently... Continue Reading →
CIP Reaches Financial Close for Offshore Wind Farm in Taiwan
(OE) Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP), through its fund Copenhagen Infrastructure V (CI V), has reached financial close on the 495 MW Fengmiao I offshore wind project off the coast of Taichung in Taiwan. Fengmiao I project has secured an approximately $3.1 billion project financing from 27 international and Taiwanese banks. A portion of the project... Continue Reading →
Japan progresses plan to build offshore windfarms in its EEZ
(rivieramm.com) Japan’s cabinet has approved a bill amendment that will allow offshore wind projects to be built in the country’s Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ). The Global Wind Energy Council (GWEC) said the legislative procedure for the bill is "progressing smoothly" and now moves to the Diet for further deliberation. If approved during the ordinary Diet... Continue Reading →
RWE Signs PPA to Power Data Center Hub with Offshore Wind Energy
(OE) RWE, the U.K.’s largest power generator, has signed a 10-year power purchase agreement (PPA) with Telehouse International Corporation of Europe to supply it with green electricity from the London Array offshore wind farm. Under the agreement, RWE will supply a substantial amount of the renewable energy used at Telehouse’s London Docklands campus, Europe’s most... Continue Reading →
TotalEnergies and RWE Agree One of the World’s Biggest Green Hydrogen Deals
(oilprice.com) Germany’s biggest utility RWE will supply green hydrogen to France’s oil and gas supermajor TotalEnergies in a 15-year deal from 2030, in one of the largest such agreements globally. RWE to supply around 30,000 metric tons of green hydrogen annually to TotalEnergies from 2030 to 2044, the German utility giant said on Wednesday. The green hydrogen... Continue Reading →
Reducing cost and risk in floating offshore wind asset integrity monitoring
(offshoreWIND.biz) Offshore windfarm projects currently in development present unique business challenges, even for experienced developers and operators. Newer sites are increasingly far from shore, in harsher metocean conditions, spread over large areas, and utilising floating structures. Floating turbines, which use mooring line systems to connect to anchors, exhibit the greatest challenges. The lines are vulnerable... Continue Reading →
Japan’s FLOWRA and UK’s ORE Catapult Sign Floating Offshore Wind Agreement
(offshoreWIND.biz) Japan’s Floating Offshore Wind Technology Research Association (FLOWRA) has signed a memorandum of understanding with the Offshore Renewable Energy Catapult (ORE Catapult) in the UK to consider collaboration on technology development in the floating offshore wind sector. The MoU aims to lay the groundwork for concrete activities to reduce costs and risks in the... Continue Reading →
Iberdrola seeks partner for 1 GW renewables portfolio, sources say
(Reuters) - Spanish energy company Iberdrola is seeking a partner willing to buy a minority stake in a roughly 1 gigawatt renewables portfolio, according to two people familiar with the matter. The sources described the project as "Romeo 2.0," referring to a 1.3 GW portfolio of wind and solar assets in which Norway's sovereign wealth... Continue Reading →
Freja Offshore Gets Natura 2000 Permit for 2.5 GW Swedish Floating Wind Farm
(offshoreWIND.biz) Freja Offshore, a joint venture between Hexicon and Mainstream Renewable Power, has been granted a Natura 2000 permit for the Mareld floating offshore wind farm in Sweden by the County Administrative Board of Västra Götaland. The project is planned to be built approximately 40 kilometres west of Lysekil, off the coast of Bohuslän, in... Continue Reading →
Ecopetrol plans up to $2 billion more debt to fund acquisitions
(Reuters) - Colombia's majority state-owned oil producer Ecopetrol is planning to raise up to $2 billion in additional debt this year to fund investments, and would consider seeking funds from banks and capital markets, a top official said on Wednesday. The debt would be used to fund inorganic investments, such as the acquisition of new assets... Continue Reading →