(Reuters) - Wind power may generate roughly 40% of North America's electricity by 2050, and solar power another 32%, if current and projected capacity development plans proceed as expected, data from risk assessment firm DNV shows. With hydropower expected to generate an additional 11.5% and nuclear a further 7.3%, over 90% of the region's electricity... Continue Reading →
Remazel Engineering secures contract for mooring connecting system
(OM) Remazel Engineering, with work and support from Remazel Asia, has been awarded a contract for the design and manufacturing of a permanent mooring connecting system for floating offshore wind and fish farm integration application by the Chinese company LONGYUAN ZPMC, part of China Longyuan Power. This pilot project is an integrated system of a floating wind turbine and marine aquaculture, and it will be... Continue Reading →
HSI Consortium Wins EPCI Contract for Largest Offshore Wind Farm in the Baltic Sea
(OE) The HSI consortium comprising HSM Offshore Energy, Smulders, and Iv-Offshore & Energy has won a contract to deliver substations and jackets for the largest offshore wind farm in the Baltic Sea, the Gennaker. Under the contract, awarded by 50Hertz, the consortium will be responsible for the engineering, procurement, construction, and installation (EPCI) of the... Continue Reading →
Transocean’s Big Move: Adapting Offshore Drilling Vessels to Install Wind Foundations
Transocean, best known for its deepwater drilling services in the oil and gas space, is looking to expand into the offshore wind sector and is planning to convert some of its offshore drilling vessels into wind foundation installation vessels. The company said Wednesday it had executed a non-binding memorandum of understanding with offshore wind installation... Continue Reading →
Siemens Energy signs 7 billion euro offshore power deal with TenneT
(Reuters) - Siemens Energy (ENR1n.DE) has won contracts worth almost 7 billion euros ($7.68 billion) as part of a consortium with Spain's Dragados Offshore (ACS.MC) to transport wind farm power to northern Germany, the German company announced on Thursday. Under the deal with Dutch electric grid company TenneT (IPO-TTH.AS), the companies will supply technology for three offshore grid connections in... Continue Reading →
Petrobras to release new strategic plan at the end of the year, says Tolmasquim
(epbr) Petrobras has begun reviewing the five-year strategic plan and will release the new plan for the period 2024-2028 at the end of 2023, along the lines of the last revisions, said Maurício Tolmasquim, current executive manager of Strategy at Petrobras. Tolmasquim was appointed to the Board of Energy Transition and Renewable Energy, a new... Continue Reading →
DNV Issues ‘World’s First’ Certification Guidance for Energy Islands and Offshore Wind Farms in Poland
DNV has published an update of its service specification for project certification, DNV-SE-0190, with the new edition now being the world’s first document which addresses the certification of energy islands and offshore wind farms in Poland, according to the certification specialist. The new Appendix in the service specification is addressing country-specific requirements for certification defined... Continue Reading →
Petrobras on partnership with Shell and Senai CIMATEC
Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras informs that it has signed, in partnership with Shell and Senai CIMATEC, a cooperation term (TC) for the construction of the Production Development Laboratory (LDP), the largest complex for pre-salt research and development. The LDP will enable safe operating conditions similar to the Brazilian pre-salt for testing integrated systems. The... Continue Reading →
Ørsted and Acciona Team Up to Industrialise Fabrication of Carbon-Neutral Concrete Floating Wind Foundations
(OW) Ørsted and the infrastructure division of Spanish Acciona have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to explore options for floating wind foundations, including using carbon-neutral materials and industrialising the fabrication of concrete foundations. Under the MoU, the two companies’ focus will be on the use of carbon-neutral bio-cement, bio-concrete, and other materials and solutions,... Continue Reading →
2.5 GW Swedish Floating Offshore Wind Project Powers Ahead
Freja Offshore, a joint venture between Hexicon and Mainstream Renewable Power, has submitted a planning application under the Swedish Economic Zone Act (SEZ) for the Mareld floating offshore wind farm. In the North Sea, the floating wind farm called Mareld is planned to be built at a site located approximately 40 kilometres west of Orust. ... Continue Reading →