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(offshoreWIND.biz) Chinese state-owned CRRC has installed what the company claims to be the world’s largest floating offshore wind turbine in the Shandong Province. On 11 January, the company installed the 20 MW Qihang floating offshore wind turbine prototype at the Dongying wind power testing and certification innovation base in Shandong. CRRC said this marks an... Continue Reading →
Brazil, a global leader in renewable energy with a significant potential for Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion (OTEC), is taking a major step forward in this sector. The Instituto Alberto Luiz Coimbra de Pós-Graduação e Pesquisa de Engenharia (COPPE/UFRJ) has just signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with UK-based Global OTEC, marking the beginning of a... Continue Reading →
(Reuters) - Brazil's wind power sector lost steam in 2024, local association ABEEolica said on Friday, noting that it expects continued downward pressure before growth resumes in 2027. WHY IT'S IMPORTANT Renewable power supply surged in Brazil in recent years on hefty government incentives and subsidies, but demand did not expand as quickly and the... Continue Reading →
The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) today announced its approval of the Construction and Operations Plan for the SouthCoast Wind Project. This is the final approval needed for the project from BOEM following the Department of the Interior’s December 2024 Record of Decision. “We are proud to announce BOEM’s final approval of the... Continue Reading →
(Reuters) - Portugal's government said on Friday it was keen to create a cluster of wind farms off its Atlantic Ocean coast that could eventually reach a total capacity of around 10 gigawatts (GW). Lisbon last week approved four areas in the ocean where offshore wind farms can be installed, moving a step closer to... Continue Reading →
Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras announces that its gasoline and S-10 (low sulfur) diesel production surpassed historical records from previous years in 2024. The total volume of gasoline produced reached 24.4 billion liters, exceeding the previous record of 2014 (24.2 billion liters). Meanwhile, S-10 diesel production last year broke the previous record from 2023, reaching... Continue Reading →
(offshoreWIND.biz) Fuinneamh Sceirde Teoranta (FST), a joint venture owned by Corio Generation and Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan, has submitted a consent application for Sceirde Rocks Windfarm to Ireland’s planning authority, An Bord Pleanála. The developer says the project is the first offshore wind farm proposed for Ireland’s west coast as the five other projects currently... Continue Reading →
(Reuters) - TotalEnergies said its fourth-quarter results would benefit from a slight pickup in refining margins, increased production and stronger gas trading and power sales, signalling a potential turnaround at the end of a year marked by low oil prices and refined products demand. The world's top oil and gas companies have watched their profits decline... Continue Reading →
(offshoreWIND.biz) The New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) is currently conducting consultation with the offshore wind market on the design of the state’s sixth solicitation which could be launched in the first quarter of 2026. The consultation primarily concerns the possibility of procuring “generation-only” projects where the (offshore) grid connections would be... Continue Reading →
(offshore-energy.biz) Despite the challenges hitting the fossil fuel industry, demand for hydrocarbons remains steady, as confirmed by the global engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) contracting activity across the offshore oil and gas landscape. The batch of new projects, which are expected to reach the EPC stage this year, will lead to awards worth billions of... Continue Reading →
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