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(Reuters) - Germany's EnBW (EBKG.DE) on Monday reported an adjusted net profit of 2.36 billion euros ($2.52 billion) for the January-September period, more than double its result a year earlier, citing positive power generation and trading as drivers. The net profit compared with 1.10 billion euros a year earlier, said the south-western utility in a statement, broadly confirming... Continue Reading →
(OE) Norway-based offshore wind developer Deep Wind Offshore has entered a partnership with the hydrogen company Hy2gen to produce green hydrogen from offshore wind. "The combination of offshore wind and hydrogen has massive potential. It is not possible to achieve net zero without green energy carriers, who will need a massive amount of renewable energy,"... Continue Reading →
(OE) Britain's Crown Estate said Thursday it was taking steps to enable the generation of up to an additional 4GW of green electricity from several offshore wind farm projects in development within the timeframe of the UK government’s offshore wind target of 50GW by 2030. The Crown Estate, which manages the seabed and much of... Continue Reading →
(TN) Equinor signed an agreement with Denham Capital to acquire Rio Energy, a leading company in onshore renewable energy in Brazil. The transaction includes selected assets and employees, while Denham Capital will retain certain assets. With this acquisition, Equinor reinforces its position as an energy company in the Brazilian market. "Through Rio Energy, Equinor will... Continue Reading →
(Reuters) Denmark's Orsted is still "committed" to developing offshore wind farms in the United States despite the company's cancellation of two projects off the coast of New Jersey, White House senior advisor John Podesta told Reuters on Monday. Podesta spoke with the company after its shock decision last week, he said in an interview. The... Continue Reading →
(OW) Norway-based Havfram has decided to wind up its business unit dedicated to the early-phase development of offshore wind farms, Kontiki Winds. Moving forward, the company said it would fully focus on the offshore wind transport and installations market. The news came a day after Havfram revealed that Kontiki Winds was ending its collaboration with... Continue Reading →
(OW) Several days ago, Ørsted called it quits on the Ocean Wind 1 offshore wind farm in the US, with some of the main issues leading to the decision to abandon the project being supply chain bottlenecks, primarily vessel shortages. This has affected not only the now-dropped Ocean Wind 1 but also the company’s Revolution... Continue Reading →
(OW) Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPP Investments), through its wholly-owned subsidiary CPPIB Renewables Europe S.à r.l, has agreed to sell its 24.5 per cent stake in two German offshore wind farms to a wholly-owned subsidiary of Enbridge. Under the transaction, CPP Investments will sell its stake in Hohe See and Albatros offshore wind farms,... Continue Reading →
(OE) The world's first offshore renewable energy project, combining floating wind power and deep-sea aquaculture, has been completed in China, Shanghai Electric Wind Power Group has informed. The project is developed by Longyuan Power Group, together with Shanghai Electric Wind Power Group (Wind Power Group), a subsidiary of Shanghai Electric, which provides the power generation... Continue Reading →
(Reuters) - Rating agency Fitch on Friday downgraded the outlook on Danish renewable energy firm Orsted's (ORSTED.CO) rating to negative, a day after S&P warned of a possible debt downgrade due to the company's massive losses on projects in the United States. Fitch affirmed Orsted's Long-Term Issuer Default Rating (IDR) at 'BBB+'. The world's largest offshore wind... Continue Reading →
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