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(OW) At this year’s Offshore Energy Conference and Exhibition (OEEC) in Amsterdam, Armin Seidel, Area Sales Manager Heavy Lift Ship and Offshore Cranes from Liebherr, talked about the company’s achievements throughout the years, as well as the future of crane development in the offshore wind realm. Liebherr, one of the largest construction machine manufacturers in... Continue Reading →
(OW) Swedish supplier of engineering, design, and advisory services, AFRY, has revealed that it will support the Colombian Government in the identification of offtake mechanism for commercialisation of offshore wind energy in the country. According to AFRY, the company’s support will allow the Colombian Government to formulate the mechanism that supports offshore wind energy commercialisation... Continue Reading →
Gazelle Wind Power (Gazelle), the developer of a next-generation floating offshore wind platform, and Tugdock, developers of the world’s first road-transportable floating dry dock known as the Tugdock Submersible Platform, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to co-develop a modular offshore wind assembly system, that is expected to dramatically drive down costs and increase production... Continue Reading →
(OE) The Hollandse Kust Noord offshore wind farm, built by CrossWind, a joint venture between Shell and Eneco, has started operating in the Dutch North Sea. The Hollandse Kust Noord offshore wind farm, located 18.5 kilometers off the coast, became operational on December 20. It will add 759 MW of renewable energy to the Dutch... Continue Reading →
(Reuters) - Nearly all European Union countries and around 300 companies and industry groups agreed on Tuesday to move ahead with plans to rapidly expand wind farms and the local industries needed to build them. The European Commission announced plans in October to support Europe's wind energy industry, which will need to massively expand capacity to hit... Continue Reading →
BW Ideol AS, global leader in floating offshore wind, is pleased to announce the nomination of Laurent Verdier as Chief Business Development Officer, succeeding Bruno Geschier, who served the company faithfully for almost a decade. Laurent Verdier brings 25 years of experience in successfully developing and delivering projects for major energy players, mainly in wind... Continue Reading →
(Reuters) - Argentina's new libertarian President Javier Milei announced a power sector "emergency" on Monday, saying his government would tighten control over the country's local gas and electricity regulators, and seek to allow long-controlled prices to rise. The outsider economist, who rode to power pledging to take a 'chainsaw' to state spending, has long targeted... Continue Reading →
(OW) As new offshore wind markets keep emerging and targets in established markets keep increasing, questions on how much capacity can actually be installed, especially until 2030 which is just around the corner, are now part of the sector’s foreground. The most vocal on the (un)likeliness of the national and regional targets for 2030 being... Continue Reading →
Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras, following up on the release disclosed on October 27, 2023, informs that it has closed the competitive process for the sale of its 18.8% stake in the share capital of UEG Araucária S.A. (UEGA), together with the sale of the stakes of its partners, Companhia Paranaense de Energia - COPEL... Continue Reading →
(OW) The three consortia that Japan’s Ministry of Economy, Trade, and Industry (METI) selected in the country’s second round of offshore wind auctions will use some of the biggest and most powerful wind turbines on/coming to the market – Vestas V236-15 MW and GE’s 18 MW Haliade-X. RWE, which secured a site together with partners... Continue Reading →
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