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(OW) The government of Sweden has rejected Vattenfall’s application to build an offshore wind farm at Stora Middelgrund off Sweden’s west coast, citing ”negative effects on the environment” and ”national interests” as the reasons for the decision. The Swedish government will not grant Vattenfall permission to build and operate the wind farm located offshore Halmstad, saying that ”the applicant has... Continue Reading →
(epbr) “The wind and the strength of our seas place us in a privileged position for the installation of wind energy projects, which will allow us to be the first country in Latin America to produce this energy offshore”, said the Minister of Mines and Energy of Colombia, Irene Vélez, at the end of May,... Continue Reading →
(Reuters) The chief executive officer of Mexican state energy oil Pemex on Wednesday sought to downplay an oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico this month, saying it was quickly fixed and less serious than academics had calculated. Pemex has been under intense pressure from non-governmental organizations and researchers from the country's top university to... Continue Reading →
Italian cabling giant Prysmian has renewed its €1,000 million long-term revolving credit facility, including environmental and social KPIs among the parameters that determine the financing conditions. Prysmian reported on 13 July that it had signed the renewal of the €1,000 million long-term revolving credit facility sustainability-linked with a pool of Italian and international banks. This five-year... Continue Reading →
Brazilian state-owned oil and gas giant Petrobras has concluded the auction for the disposal of a floating offshore platform, as part of its new commitment to sustainable ship recycling. This is believed to be the first recycling project of this sort to be undertaken in Brazil.Petrobras sold the P-32 floating unit, which worked at the Marlim field in the Campos... Continue Reading →
(OE) To reach net zero, the world may need as many 200,000 offshore wind turbines generating 2,000 gigawatts (GW) of energy. To put this in context, by the end of 2022, 63 GW of offshore wind capacity had been installed worldwide. Within the next 28 years, the offshore wind energy sector needs to expand so that it is capable of producing... Continue Reading →
A new report from Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult outlines how the latest technology advancements can enable faster and more accurate data collection which could reduce consenting times for offshore wind farms by as much as 40 per cent. The report, Accelerating Offshore Wind: The Role of Innovation in Decision-Making and Faster Consenting, details how... Continue Reading →
(Reuters)The Biden administration on Wednesday approved construction of an offshore windfarm that will generate 1,100 megawatts of power from up to 98 turbines off the coast of Atlantic City, New Jersey, becoming the third such project in the United States. Approval of Orsted's Ocean Wind by the Interior Department is the administration's latest move toward... Continue Reading →
The Crown Estate has made some modifications to the auction process for the Celtic Sea floating wind leases offshore Wales and southwest England, focusing on social value, integration ports and supply chain, as well as addressing new spatial constraints to help de-risk projects ahead of opening the leasing round to bidders later this year. In... Continue Reading →
(OW) Brazil’s Ministry of Mining and Energy and Energy Research Office (EPE) have published a new version of the country’s offshore wind roadmap following recent updates of the regulatory framework for energy generation. According to a recent report by Reuters, the country’s government also plans to establish a regulative framework for offshore wind and green hydrogen... Continue Reading →
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