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(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 →
(offshoreWIND.biz) The US Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) will initiate an environmental review of the Vineyard Mid-Atlantic offshore wind lease area, located offshore New York and New Jersey and owned by Vineyard Offshore (Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners), which plans to build its Excelsior Wind project there. The Vineyard Mid-Atlantic area is in one of the... Continue Reading →
Exail is proud to announce the first sale of its DriX O-16, a transoceanic Uncrewed Surface Vessel (USV). Designed for long-range maritime operations, it has been acquired by an Indo-Pacific customer operating in the civil sector. Equipped with advanced sensors, including a full-depth Multibeam Echosounder, the DriX O-16 enables operators to collect precise data for... Continue Reading →
(OE) A new report from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) outlines recommendations that could increase the recycling and reuse of decommissioned wind energy equipment and materials to create a more circular economy and sustainable supply chain. The research reveals that existing U.S. infrastructure could process 90% of the mass of decommissioned wind turbines. However,... Continue Reading →
(Reuters) - The British North Sea is one of the world's oldest offshore oil and gas basins where production has been in steady decline since the early 2000s. At the same time, the region has become one of the world's largest and fastest growing offshore wind basins. U.S. President-elect Donald Trump called to "open up" the British... Continue Reading →
(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 →
(Reuters) Colombia's national environmental licensing agency (ANLA) on Friday said it has awarded an environmental license to Anadarko Colombia Company, a subsidiary of Occidental Petroleum, to carry out oil and gas exploration in the country's Caribbean waters. The exploration will take place in Block Col-1, the ANLA said in a statement, where Environment Minister Susana... Continue Reading →
Petrobras informs that it has begun operation of the atmospheric emissions reduction unit (SNOX) at the Abreu e Lima refinery (RNEST), located in the city of Ipojuca, in the Brazilian state of Pernambuco. The emissions reduction will allow the refinery to increase its current processing by 27,000 barrels per day (bpd), in compliance with theemissions... 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 →
The California State Lands Commission and the ports of Long Beach and Humboldt have joined forces to advance floating offshore wind development off the California coast. Through this collaboration, they aim to develop critical port infrastructure for wind turbine assembly, with installations planned 20-30 miles offshore Humboldt County and Morro Bay. “This important agreement parlays... Continue Reading →
