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(Reuters) - The U.S. Export-Import Bank approved a $526 million loan to Guyana for an energy project designed to double the South American country's installed electric capacity and reduce oil imports, the Guyanese government and Ex-Im said on Thursday. The project, which falls under Ex-Im's mandate to help exporters facing competition from China, will use... Continue Reading →
(PN) The Ministry of Mines and Energy (MME) announced the selection of 12 low-carbon hydrogen hub projects for the decarbonization of Brazilian industry. The projects chosen in the public call notice were presented by the following companies: CSN Group, EDP Renováveis Brasil, Neoenergia, Atlas Agro, Petrobrás, Prumo Logística, Copel GET, Solatio Holding Gestão de Projetos... Continue Reading →
(Reuters) - Japan's industry and land ministries on Tuesday selected two consortiums, one including energy major BP, as operators for two offshore wind blocks in a third major round of public auctions. The results of this round held under a law promoting wind power development, were closely watched by domestic and international energy companies weighing... Continue Reading →
Wendy Laursen, Contributing Writer (OE) The 66kV high voltage wet mate connector currently undergoing technical qualification by Baker Hughes weighs in at around one ton and has over 40 liters of dielectric oil protecting copper cable up to 1,200 square millimeters in diameter. The connector is designed to sit on the seabed at the end of... Continue Reading →
(OE) Equinor has completed the acquisition of additional 0.2% in Ørsted, increasing its share to 10% and cementing its position as the second largest shareholder in the company. The transaction makes Equinor the second largest shareholder in Ørsted after the Danish State, which holds a controlling stake. Following approvals under applicable Foreign Direct Investment regulations,... Continue Reading →
Petrobras informs that today it signed a Protocol of Intent with Companhia Siderúrgica Nacional S.A. (CSN) and CSN Inova Soluções S.A., a group company dedicated to innovation projects. This agreement represents a first step towards structuring a business partnership aimed at setting up a low-carbon hydrogen plant on a commercial scale in Paraná. Low-carbon hydrogen... Continue Reading →
( renewablesnow.com) EDP Renovaveis SA (ELI:EDPR) announced on Thursday it has decided to exit 500 MW of wind projects in Colombia as they are no longer economically viable. The company cited several factors behind their decision, including delays stemming from the 2020 pandemic, shifts in government that prompted adjustments to the requirements for the environmental... Continue Reading →
(Reuters) - Norwegian energy company Equinor has received an offer from the South Korean government for a fixed-price power purchase agreement for a 750-megawatt (MW) floating offshore wind project, the company said on Thursday. "We have received an offer for an offtake contract for our Bandibuli project," an Equinor spokesperson told Reuters. The company will now... Continue Reading →
BRAVA ENERGIA S.A. (“BRAVA” or “Company”) (B3: BRAV3), pursuant to CVM Resolution No. 44, hereby informs its investors and the market in general that it has signed, on this date, an agreement with PETRORECONCAVO S.A. (“PetroReconcavo”) (“Agreement”), with the objective of defining the contractual principles for a partnership involving the sale of 50% of the... Continue Reading →
(offshoreWIND.biz) The Danish Energy Agency (DEA) has issued a construction permit for the 240 MW Jammerland Bugt offshore wind farm, which is planned to be built near Kalundborg, Denmark. The project involves the installation of 16 wind turbines on monopiles and covers an area of 31.1 square kilometres south of Kalundborg, east of the Great Belt,... Continue Reading →
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