(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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
Q FWE’s Offshore Wind Turbine Index Grows to $2.2 Trillion Dollars CapEx in 1Q 2023
With the addition of 115 new global offshore wind projects over the Last Twelve Months (LTM), Quest Floating Wind Energy (Q FWE) are actively tracking 752 projects (with statuses Under development, Pre-development, Planned and Possible) representing $2.2 trillion in CapEx, a $1.06 trillion year over year (YoY) gain. The Quest Offshore Wind Turbine Index (QOWTI),... Continue Reading →
N-Sea to connect German offshore wind farm to Dutch gas platform
(OET) Dutch upstream oil and gas company, ONE-Dyas, has awarded N-Sea with a contract to install a subsea power cable between the Riffgat offshore wind farm in the German North Sea and the new, to-be-built N05-A gas production platform. The scope of N-Sea includes the complete scope comprising survey, design, supply, engineering, transport, installation, burial,... Continue Reading →
Markets: The Challenges of Developing Floating Wind at Scale
Philip Lewis, Contributor Tens of gigawatts of floating wind projects are slated for development in this and the next decade, but many obstacles remain. There has been much focus on the emerging floating wind market of late. The U.K. is forging ahead with commercial scale floating wind developments through the Scotwind and INTOG awards of at... Continue Reading →