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The head of the Macquarie Group company that aims to be one of the biggest offshore wind players in the world says that Victoria could easily beats its ambitious offshore wind targets, and has flagged massive turbines of up to 20MW will be installed in coastal waters. Jonathon Cole is the CEO of Corio Generation,... Continue Reading →
(WO) — Salamander, a joint venture between Ørsted, Simply Blue Group and Subsea7, has been offered an exclusivity agreement as part of Crown Estate Scotland’s Innovation and Targeted Oil and Gas (INTOG) leasing round. The 100 MW Salamander floating offshore wind project, located 35km off Peterhead, is designed to provide Scotland and its supply chain... Continue Reading →
Helix Energy Solutions' robotics division Helix Robotics Solutions said Monday it had won a trenching services contract with "a leading renewables cable installation contractor." The contract is for the trenching of inter-array and export cables as part of a 640MW wind farm offshore Taiwan. Under the contract, Helix plans to mobilize its newly acquired T1400-1... Continue Reading →
(PN) A new and important step by Enauta in its drilling program in the Atlanta field, in the Santos Basin. The operator announced today that well 7-ATL-5H-RJS (also called 5H) was connected to FPSO Petrojarl I and entered into operation. The new well is in the ramp-up phase, which should be completed by next weekend.... Continue Reading →
While the global energy crisis marked 2022, efforts to propel the energy transition forward in a bid to usher in a sustainable energy future continued gaining momentum. As a result, last year was also a bumper year for carbon capture, utilization, and storage (CCUS), according to the International Energy Agency (IEA), as more than 140 new... Continue Reading →
(Reuters) - Portugal will launch a pioneering auction in the second half of this year for rights to sell hydrogen for injection into the national gas grid, which some see as a key step in kickstarting Europe’s fledgling hydrogen market. Under the terms of the auction, energy group Galp Energia will contract to buy hydrogen... Continue Reading →
(Reuters) - Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings (TEPCO) (9501.T) said on Monday that it had won the rights to develop up to 1.9 gigawatts (GW) of floating offshore wind capacity across two projects in Scotland together with Norway-based company Vargronn. Many once-conventional energy and power companies around the globe are switching their attention to renewable energy, such... Continue Reading →
(Reuters) - A record 680 gigawatts (GW) of wind energy capacity is expected to be installed by 2027 but policymakers need to ensure supply chain bottlenecks do not slow growth to avoid missing climate targets, according to an industry report released on Monday. The Global Wind Energy Council (GWEC) report said policies have set the... Continue Reading →
The French government has selected Energies du Méridien, a new offshore wind consortium comprising Corio Generation and Qair, to take part in upcoming offshore wind project tenders totaling about 2.5 GW. French Directorate General for Energy and Climate has shortlisted the consortium for two fixed-bottom offshore wind tenders that were launched in parallel in December... Continue Reading →
The government of Canada has, together with the government of Nova Scotia and the government of Newfoundland and Labrador, launched the start of the regional assessments of offshore wind development in the two provinces. The recently released Agreement and Terms of Reference outline how the assessments will be conducted, and sets out their goals, objectives,... Continue Reading →
