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(OE) Some offshore wind turbine (OWT) support structures may fall short of required fatigue life expectations, according to a new Lloyd’s Register (LR) report, which also pinpointed reliability-based inspection as one of the measures to manage fatigue-driven risks in such structures. The case study evaluated a North Atlantic offshore wind farm of 60–70 turbines, with the... Continue Reading →
ABS has issued an Approval in Principle (AIP) to Hanwha Ocean for its semi-submersible floating offshore wind turbine design, named WindHive 15-H3, which can support 15 MW wind turbines. The AiP from ABS follows the Approval in Principle that the South Korean company secured for its floater from DNV at the beginning of this year. The... Continue Reading →
(TN) Brazilian and Chinese shipyards are signing memorandums of understanding to develop technological and commercial partnerships at the Strategic Forum for the Brazil-China Shipbuilding Industry in Rio de Janeiro. The event is a follow-up to President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva's state visit to China in May. Petrobras and Transpetro are participating in the event... Continue Reading →
(PN) Two new contracts were signed with Subsea7 for the supply of Rigid Jumpers for the projects in the Mero 4 and Búzios 8 fields, located in the heart of the Santos Basin pre-salt layer, at a depth of 2,200 meters. The contracts provide for the delivery of 28 Rigid Jumpers, 13 for the Mero... Continue Reading →
(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 →
(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 →
(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 →
(offshoreWIND.biz) The Reduced Commercial Risks with Demo of 15+ MW (RECORD15) joint industry project, which aims to install a latest generation turbine with a rated power over 15 MW on Ocergy’s floating platform in 2028, has been launched. The Front-End Engineering Design (FEED) contract for this pilot project was recently signed between Ocergy and three... Continue Reading →
Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras announces, following up on the release of June 29, 2023, that it has signed the first three contracts with Consag Engenharia S.A., as a result of competitive bidding, for the completion of the construction of Train 2 of the Abreu e Lima Refinery (RNEST), in Pernambuco. These contracts, amounting to... Continue Reading →
Aurora Energy Services (Aurora) has acquired Encomara, a specialist in floating wind deployment systems and subsea engineering, and will provide significant investment to support the roll-out of its flagship mooring connection technology. The acquisition brings into the Aurora fold Encomara’s innovative SQUID system - a proprietary quick-connect system that integrates pre-installed mooring and electrical connections... Continue Reading →
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