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(OE) Hitachi Energy and industry group WindEurope have published a new report which concludes that Europe needs more meshed grids to ensure its offshore wind development. Meshed grids are clusters of offshore wind farms with fewer cables connected to the shore that can route power to two or more national grids. In total, governments across... Continue Reading →
(OE) Norwegian oil and gas company Vår Energi will collaborate with floating wind technology firm Odfjell Oceanwind and Source Galileo to pursue a pilot project for floating offshore wind at its Goliat oil field in the Barents Sea, offshore Norway. The Goliat platform is currently electrified and is supplied with power from shore through a... Continue Reading →
(OE) Export Finance Norway (Eksfin) has financed Nexans Norway’s new UK export cable contract with NOK 2bn (£155m) in loan guarantees. "The transaction covers the export and installation of advanced high-voltage subsea cables for the Moray West wind farm off the coast of Scotland. Export Finance Norway (Eksfin)’s global portfolio of loans and guarantees covering... Continue Reading →
The U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) on Tuesday invites public comment on, and assesses interest in, possible commercial wind energy development in areas offshore Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Maine. BOEM said the call represented an early step in the commercial planning and leasing process in the Gulf fo Maine, and the first required by... Continue Reading →
(OE) Norwegian energy regulator NVE on Tuesday recommended 20 areas suitable for deploying offshore wind farms that will help meet a 2040 target for 30 gigawatts (GW) of capacity. The areas, dotted along Norway's vast coastline, were the ones believed to offer the least potential for conflict and could fit more than 30 GW, NVE... Continue Reading →
(OE) Danish offshore wind installation firm Cadeler said Tuesday it had signed two contracts with Ørsted for the Hornsea 3 offshore wind farm in the UK. Cadeler said that together, the two contracts constitute a very large contract award. Cadeler classifies a very large contract as being worth between 500-700 million EUR. The first contract... Continue Reading →
Fugro has completed what is said to be the world’s first fully remote ROV inspection of an offshore wind farm using its Blue Essence uncrewed surface vessel (USV). The operations were carried out at the Aberdeen offshore wind farm in the North Sea, also known as the European Offshore Wind Deployment Centre (EOWDC) using one... Continue Reading →
(Reuters) Colombia's majority state-owned oil company Ecopetrol will use new technology, including artificial intelligence, to improve exploration success rates and boost output from existing fields, new Chief Executive Ricardo Roa said on Monday. Roa officially took over as CEO on Monday following his appointment earlier this month, replacing former chief Felipe Bayon amid a push... Continue Reading →
(OE) Danish wind turbine maker Vestas said Tuesday it had won an order from Hibiki Wind Energy to supply being turbines for the Kitakyushu-Hibikinada offshore wind farm project in Japan. The offshore wind project is located offshore Kitakyushu city, Fukuoka prefecture. Under the wind turbine order, Vestas will supply and install 25 V174-9.5 MW offshore... Continue Reading →
(OE) Gazelle Wind Power, a Dublin-based developer of foundations for floating offshore wind farms, is unveiling third-generation technology this week at a wind industry event in Denmark. The company said its enhanced design "further refines Gazelle’s solution to address the primary challenges facing the offshore wind industry—such as cost, supply chain bottlenecks, and sustainability—by providing... Continue Reading →
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