(Reuters) - The Crown Estate, which manages King Charles' public property, reported an annual net profit of 1.15 billion pounds ($1.57 billion) on Tuesday, similar to the previous year, with offshore wind leases its biggest source of revenue. The Crown Estate, which comprises tracts of land and most of Britain’s sea bed, is an independently... Continue Reading →
Guyana calls companies to pre-qualify for NGL facility
(Reuters) - Guyana is looking for a company willing to build a natural gas liquids (NGL) facility as part of efforts to monetize its offshore gas reserves, according to a notice published by the South American government on Sunday. The storage and offloading facility would receive about 4,200 barrels per day (bpd) of liquids from... Continue Reading →
Republican senators seek to change Senate bill clean energy tax, improve tax credits
(Reuters) - Republican Senator Joni Ernst has introduced an amendment to the U.S. Senate's tax and spending megabill that would change two of the most contentious parts of that bill and could give a small boost to wind and solar projects that had been targeted in the draft being debated on the Senate floor. The amendment introduced... Continue Reading →
Triton Anchor Gets Patents for Floating Renewables Anchoring Tech
(OE) Triton Anchor has secured two patents in the United States for its proprietary offshore anchor and subsea deployment tool, with a notice of allowance for the anchor patent also received in Japan. These newly patented technologies mark an advancement in enabling low-cost, low-impact deployment of floating wind, solar, and wave platforms. According to Triton... Continue Reading →
ECO Liberty Service Operations Vessel Launched to Support Equinor’s Empire Wind Project
(OE) Equinor, the developer of Empire Wind, officially launched the Service Operations Vessel ECO Liberty on June 28 for deployment in its New York offshore wind project. Louisiana First Lady Sharon Landry served as the vessel’s “Godmother” during a christening ceremony on the Mississippi River at the Port of New Orleans. Speakers at the event included... Continue Reading →
OPT Secures US Patent for Floating Marine Vehicle Charging System
(OE) Ocean Power Technologies (OPT) has secured a patent from the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) for its autonomous, floating marine charging solution. Designed to address the increasing demand for clean maritime operations, the invention enables electric vessels, including uncrewed surface vehicles (USVs), to locate, dock with, and recharge from a floating energy... Continue Reading →
Equinor’s deepwater gas RAIA project moves forward with preliminary production license and approval for construction of gas pipeline
(PN) The Brazilian Institute of the Environment (Ibama) granted the preliminary license for oil and gas production activities at the Raia Project, operated by Equinor in the pre-salt layer of the Campos Basin. Also, the National Petroleum Agency (ANP) approved the construction of the 200 km gas pipeline that will connect the Raia FPSO to... Continue Reading →
Offshore Solar Farm Set for Integration with Dutch Offshore Wind Project
(OE) The assembly of an offshore solar farm has been completed at the Port of Amsterdam in a ‘world’s first’ project that will integrate the system with an offshore wind farm in the North Sea, offshore Netherlands. The system, supplied and built by Oceans of Energy, is larger than a football field and is set... Continue Reading →
Work Starts on Brazil’s First Offshore Wind Project, Pilot Expected to Come Online in 3 Years
(offshoreWIND.biz) Brazil’s SENAI Institute of Innovation in Renewable Energy (ISI-ER) and SENAI’s Rio Grande do Norte branch, SENAI-RN, expect to receive the installation permit for their pilot project, the country’s first offshore wind project to be granted a preliminary licence, within 12 to 18 months and to have it operational within 36 months. Following the... Continue Reading →
Prysmian to supply export cables for Welsh tidal energy array
(offshore-energy.biz) The Italy-based global power cable manufacturer Prysmian will supply subsea export cables for the HydroWing tidal energy array, led by UK-based Inyanga Marine Energy Group at the Morlais site off Anglesey, Wales. Scheduled for deployment in early 2026, the HydroWing array aims to deliver 20 MW of predictable marine energy to the UK grid... Continue Reading →