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(Portos e Navios)The bidding round provides for a two-year contract, renewable for the same period, to support the preparation of conceptual projects and provide consultancy services for the company to participate in future processes for acquiring areas for offshore energy generation. On Tuesday (10/22), Petrobras launched tender to hire consultancy services for the preparation of... Continue Reading →
(oilprice.com) Lower oil prices and production volumes failed to offset rising natural gas prices and output at Equinor, which reported on Thursday lower-than-expected adjusted operating income, its key earnings metric, for the third quarter. The Norwegian energy giant booked an adjusted operating income of $6.89 billion for Q3, down by 13% compared to the same period of... Continue Reading →
(Interesting Engineering) U.K.-based Beam recently launched AI-driven underwater vehicles capable of carrying out autonomous inspections of wind farms, as Interesting Engineering details. Offshore wind is a cutting-edge green energy source that is rapidly growing globally. The labor-intensive, costly, and lengthy inspections are ripe for innovation. That's where Beam, a deep tech company, is stepping in. Beam CEO Brian... Continue Reading →
(Reuters) - The chief of Europe's largest utility Iberdrola (IBE.MC), opens new tab gave a bullish outlook for the coming years on Wednesday, pledging to build on a strategy to focus investment on expanding and upgrading grids in Britain, the United States and elsewhere. While pouring billions into power grids and taking a more selective approach to... Continue Reading →
(Reuters) – Eletrobras (ELET3) has entered into a partnership with Ocean Winds, a joint venture between Engie and EDP Renováveis dedicated to offshore wind energy, to study the development of offshore wind projects in Brazil. The memorandum of understanding signed by the companies on Tuesday provides for the sharing of knowledge and joint work on... Continue Reading →
(OE) Community Offshore Wind, a joint venture of RWE and National Grid Ventures (NGV), has submitted its full proposal for a 2.8 GW offshore wind project in New York. If selected, the proposed project could deliver up to 2.8 GW of new clean energy capacity, built in two phases in the developer’s federal offshore wind... Continue Reading →
(Reuters) - BP is considering selling a minority stake in its offshore wind business, according to four sources with knowledge of the matter, the latest effort by CEO Murray Auchincloss to scale back the energy company's focus on renewables. The company has faced pressure from shareholders over its energy transition strategy, first launched in 2020, as renewables profit... Continue Reading →
(oedigital.com) Certification body DNV has launched the second phase of its floating substation joint industry project (JIP), which aims to establish standards for offshore substations in the growing floating wind sector. The new phase will play a key role in refining guidelines and closing technology gaps, with participation now expanding to 19 leading industry players.... Continue Reading →
KF Wind floating wind project, being developed by Aker Horizons majority-owned Mainstream Renewable Power and Ocean Winds, has secured a transmission service agreement (TSA) with Korea Electric Power Corporation (KEPCO). The agreement covers the first phase of the project, East Blue Power (375 MW) and the second phase, KF Wind (750 MW) with the interconnection... Continue Reading →
(OE) North Star has launched a partnership which includes MO4, Principle Power, SMST, Vard, and Voith Group to fast-track the development of high-performance operations and maintenance ships tailored for floating offshore wind farms. The companies have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to establish a dedicated working group of industry experts to help fast-track the... Continue Reading →
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