Category: Engineering

European wind developers play down Siemens Gamesa turbine troubles

(Reuters) - Major wind power developers including Iberdrola (IBE.MC), RWE (RWEG.DE) and Orsted (ORSTED.CO) played down the impact of potential problems with Siemens Gamesa onshore wind turbines. Siemens Gamesa parent Siemens Energy (ENR1n.DE) last week said problems with its more recent onshore platforms could affect up to 15-30% of its installed turbines worldwide, triggering a 37% fall in its share price. It warned... Continue Reading →

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Wison’s FLNG FEED Design Earns AIP from ABS

Classification society ABS announced it has granted approval In principle (AIP) to Wison Offshore and Marine’s (WOM) Extended FEED on its standardized 3.5 MTPA floating liquefied natural gas (FLNG) design. WOM has said the standardized design reduces CO2 emissions and results in a shortened engineering schedule by about 40%. Jiang Hao, WOM General Manager, FLNG... Continue Reading →

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Italy’s Renexia exploring environmentally friendly solutions for floating wind project off Sicily

Renexia, the company behind Italy’s first offshore wind farm and the first to be built in the Mediterranean Sea, has contracted Seas Geosciences to study the most environmentally sustainable mooring and anchoring solutions for Med Wind, a 2.8 GW floating wind project proposed to be built in the Strait of Sicily. Seas Geosciences, part of Sealaska’s Woocheen... Continue Reading →

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Equinor Chooses DORIS as Owner’s Engineer for Offshore Wind and Low Carbon Projects

Norwegian energy firm Equinor has selected the engineering firm DORIS to provide Owner’s Engineering services under a Master Services Framework Agreement for offshore wind and low-carbon projects.  Across the five-year agreement, DORIS will provide its expertise in these energy industries to Equinor across its project portfolio. DORIS will deliver services to Equinor across three central... Continue Reading →

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Lhyfe and Capital Energy Team Up to Develop Offshore Green Hydrogen Projects in Spain and Portugal

(OE) Green hydrogen specialist Lhyfe and Spanish company Capital Energy have signed a collaboration agreement for the joint development of offshore renewable hydrogen projects in Spain and Portugal. The two companies will work to create hydrogen production sites at some of the offshore wind farm sites currently being developed by Capital Energy.  Capital Energy has... Continue Reading →

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Stackable Floating Wind Platform Gets DNV Approval

(OW) DNV has awarded Bassoe Technology an Approval in Principle (AiP) for a 17 MW D-Floater floating wind foundation, designed to withstand extreme 50-year typhoon conditions in the South China Sea. The AiP verifies that the design is feasible for the intended application, and, in principle, complies with the applicable requirements in accordance with DNV... Continue Reading →

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