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(OW) Stromar Offshore Wind Farm Limited, a joint venture between Ørsted, BlueFloat Energy, and Renantis, has submitted the environmental impact assessment (EIA) scoping and habitats regulations appraisal (HRA) screening reports for the 1 GW floating offshore wind farm in Scotland. The reports for the project, which is located approximately 50 kilometres from the Port of... Continue Reading →
(epbr) TotalEnergies submitted four more licensing applications at IBAMA for offshore wind farms off the Brazilian coast. Together, the projects in Rio de Janeiro, Rio Grande do Norte, Rio Grande do Sul and Piauí total 12.1 GW in installed capacity. The oil company already has another 9 GW in three offshore wind projects under licensing.... Continue Reading →
The UK Government has awarded funding to a consortium led by Morek Engineeringto design a new class of low-carbon installation vessel for the floating offshore windmarket.The consortium has won the funding through the UK Government’s Clean MaritimeDemonstration Competition based on their proven track record in innovative vessel designand delivery of complex offshore operations. The consortium... Continue Reading →
(OET) Norway’s compressed air systems supplier TMC Compressors has been hired by Yinson Production to deliver a large-capacity marine compressed air system on board a floating, production, storage, and offloading (FPSO) vessel destined to operate offshore Angola. TMC Compressors reported on Monday, January 29, 2024, that the marine compressed air system would entail compressors for control... Continue Reading →
Norway's Equinor has submitted a bid for ‘shovel-ready’ Empire Wind 1 offshore wind project to New York’s expedited fourth wind solicitation. If awarded, Empire Wind 1 is expected to provide first power in 2026, and will be able to deliver renewable power to more than half a million New York home, according to Equinor. Already several years into development,... Continue Reading →
(Reuters) - New York State said on Friday it received bids to supply power from three offshore wind projects in its expedited fourth solicitation that allowed developers to exit old contracts and re-offer projects at higher prices. Companies that submitted bids included units of Equinor (EQNR.OL), opens new tab, Orsted (ORSTED.CO), opens new tab, and a joint... Continue Reading →
(OE) French green hydrogen production specialist Lhyfe has announced the operating results of its offshore hydrogen production pilot platform, Sealhyfe, confirming the initial objectives have been met with valuable insights gathered for the large-scale HOPE project. After 14 months of testing, including in particularly tough conditions, Sealhyfe was brought back with its full production capacity... Continue Reading →
(Reuters) - Offshore wind developers submitted revised bids to supply power to New York state on Thursday to cope with soaring costs, with industry heavyweights Equinor (EQNR.OL), opens new tab and BP (BP.L), opens new tab saying they would no longer develop projects together. The closely watched New York solicitation, which allows companies to exit old contracts and re-offer... Continue Reading →
(Reuters) - Norway's Equinor (EQNR.OL), opens new tab maintains an ambition to reach 12-16 gigawatts (GW) of installed renewable energy capacity by 2030, despite dropping out of some projects in New York, its renewables head told Reuters on Friday. "The 12 to 16 gigawatt ambition by 2030, we are not changing that now," Paal Eitrheim said in... Continue Reading →
(Reuters) - Colombia's renewable energy sector could get investment of up to $2.2 billion in 2024 across 66 projects that are soon to enter production or waiting to complete paperwork, renewable energy association SER Colombia said on Thursday. Colombia has set its sights on developing renewable energy sources, such as solar, wind and geothermal, as... Continue Reading →
