DEME Offshore and Liftra Team Up to Develop Innovative Offshore Wind Turbine Installation Methodology

(OE) Belgium-based offshore installation services firm DEME Offshore and Danish offshore engineering company Liftra will partner up to develop an innovative offshore installation methodology for the next generation of offshore wind turbine generators. The Liftra crane technology will be fully integrated onboard DEME’s vessels exclusively. Aalborg-based Liftra is providing the design and engineering, based on its... Continue Reading →

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Site investigations start for 2 GW offshore wind project in Scotland

Fugro is set to deploy its Seawatch floating LiDAR, surface metocean equipment buoys and seabed landers at the offshore site in Scotland where ScottishPower Renewables plans to build its 2 GW MachairWind offshore wind farm, with seabed surveys scheduled to start this summer. Using the Forth Warrior vessel, this month, Fugro will install the equipment at two separate locations... Continue Reading →

April 17, 2023 0

Origem Energia to invest BRL 900 million in the Pilar field in the Alagoas Cluster

The National Petroleum Agency (ANP) approved the revision of the Development Plan for the Pilar field, in the Alagoas Cluster (Petrobras divestment). The asset is operated by Origem Energia, which should disburse R$ 916 million in investments in the area. In the revision of the plan, the operator states that it should drill 15 new... Continue Reading →

April 17, 2023 0

Chinese company SPIC signs agreement with Prumo for hydrogen and offshore wind in Porto Açu

(epbr) SPIC Brasil, a subsidiary of the Chinese generator, closed an agreement with Prumo Logística, a company controlled by the EIG that is responsible for the development of Porto do Açu, for joint renewable energy projects in the port complex located in the north of Rio de Janeiro. The Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), signed during... Continue Reading →

April 17, 2023 0

Swedish Energy Agency Outlines Where 30 GW of Offshore Wind Could Be Installed, Calls for Prioritising Energy Production in Marine Planning

(OW) The Swedish Energy Agency has issued a report that provides a basis for the country’s marine planning to enable 120 TWh of offshore wind energy production (or 30 GW in generation capacity). However, while the report points to areas that could accommodate further offshore wind capacity, the authorities are yet to designate new marine... Continue Reading →

April 17, 2023 0

Siemens Gamesa Taps Cadeler for Offshore Wind Installation Gig in Denmark

Danish offshore wind installation contractor Cadeler has signed a contract with Siemens Gamesa to transport and install 26 Siemens Gamesa 11MW wind turbines at the Aflandshage wind farm developed by HOFOR, Greater Copenhagen utility company. The contract has a day rate above 375,000 euros (currently around $412,185). When completed, the offshore wind farm will have... Continue Reading →

April 17, 2023 0

Ampelmann to Deploy Second Gangway for World’s Largest Floating Wind Farm

(OE) Ampelmann, a Dutch-based firm providing offshore access solutions, will soon be deploying a second gangway to support the construction of the Hywind Tampen floating wind farm in Norway. The first gangway, an E1000 system, was fitted to OSCV Siem Barracuda in early December. Ampelmann said Monday that the second Ampelmann gangway would begin its operations on... Continue Reading →

April 17, 2023 0

Mexico to help Pemex with $2 billion tax deferral

(Reuters) - Mexico's government will bolster state-owned oil firm Pemex's capacity to pay down debt this year by deferring about $2 billion in taxes the company owes the state, Mexican Deputy Finance Minister Gabriel Yorio said on Thursday. Pemex, which had financial debt totaling nearly $108 billion at the close of last year, pays a... Continue Reading →

April 14, 2023 0

Karoon’s Brazilian oil assets to remain offline longer

(U) Australian independent Karoon Energy expects that production from its Bauna oilfield and the recently on stream Patola field offshore Brazil will remain suspended into May. Karoon and the fields’ floating production, storage and offloading vessel operator Altera & Ocyan are undertaking both essential and proactive work with the focus on the ongoing detailed inspection... Continue Reading →

April 14, 2023 0

Floating Offshore Wind: New Seascape, New Challenges

Tom Ewing, Contributor (OE) Offshore wind energy planners are giving close review to fixed-tower systems in order to extend lessons learned to floating wind towers, under development now. In the U.S., floating towers have been most closely associated with plans for new wind energy areas (WEA) in the Pacific, off of California and maybe Oregon and... Continue Reading →

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DEME Offshore and Liftra Team Up to Develop Innovative Offshore Wind Turbine Installation Methodology

Site investigations start for 2 GW offshore wind project in Scotland

Origem Energia to invest BRL 900 million in the Pilar field in the Alagoas Cluster

Chinese company SPIC signs agreement with Prumo for hydrogen and offshore wind in Porto Açu

Swedish Energy Agency Outlines Where 30 GW of Offshore Wind Could Be Installed, Calls for Prioritising Energy Production in Marine Planning

Siemens Gamesa Taps Cadeler for Offshore Wind Installation Gig in Denmark

Ampelmann to Deploy Second Gangway for World’s Largest Floating Wind Farm

Mexico to help Pemex with $2 billion tax deferral

Karoon’s Brazilian oil assets to remain offline longer

Floating Offshore Wind: New Seascape, New Challenges

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