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(OET) In the aftermath of COP27, which took place against the backdrop of the first true global energy crisis, many argued that little progress was made on the phasing out of fossil fuels. This was justified by the need to strengthen energy security, protect consumers at the pump, and avoid a global recession. In light... Continue Reading →
(OE) MunmuBaram, a joint venture between Shell and Swedish floating wind technology developer Hexicon Hexicon, has named the wind turbine maker Vestas as the preferred turbine supplier for the 1.3 GW MunmuBaram floating offshore wind project in South Korea. If the project materializes, Vestas will supply and install 84 units of the V236-15.0 MW turbine... Continue Reading →
Mainstream Renewable Power ("Mainstream"), a renewable energy company majority-owned by Aker Horizons, and offshore wind developer Maple Power are jointly exploring the upcoming Celtic Sea Floating Offshore Wind Tender in the UK, which will be launched in 2023. Maple Power Ltd is a 50:50 joint venture between Enbridge Inc. and Canada Pension Plan Investment Board... Continue Reading →
(OE) The Celtic Sea Cluster, formed last year Welsh Government and Cornwall and Isles of Scilly Local Enterprise Partnership to help drive market creation for floating wind, has now launched its new Regional Strategy, outlining how Wales and South West England can maximise the economic benefits of floating offshore wind technology, in line with the... Continue Reading →
(OM) IberBlue Wind plans to develop its first offshore wind project off the Iberian Peninsula offshore Andalusia, southern Spain. The Nao Victoria floating wind farm was named after the ship of the Magellan-Elcano expedition that completed the first circumnavigation of the Earth in the 16th century. The wind farm will stretch across a 310-sq-km area in the Alboran... Continue Reading →
Bureau Veritas, a testing, inspection, and certification company, will work with the Korean Register (KR) to certify Bada Energy's Gray Whale 3 floating offshore wind farm project in Ulsan, South Korea. Gray Whale 3 floating offshore wind farm is a product of a partnership between Corio Generation, a Green Investment Group company, and the French... Continue Reading →
(OET) Crown Estate Scotland has closed the window for applications under its Innovation and Targeted Oil and Gas (INTOG) leasing round, dedicated to offshore wind projects that will directly reduce emissions from oil and gas production and to small scale innovation projects, including alternative outputs such as hydrogen. A two-week registration window for INTOG opened... Continue Reading →
American Offshore Energy (AOE) has this week announced novel patents in the floating wind turbine industry including a vertical axis wind turbine which, the company says, can be deployed quickly, and even submerged in the wake of a hurricane. AOE said said: "The AOE VAWT design, the "American Turbine", is the first wind turbine that... Continue Reading →
(Reuters) - Oil major Shell (SHEL.L) and state-owned Chinese energy company CGN on Tuesday said that they would drop their plan for a floating wind power project on France's Brittany coast, citing inflation and supply chain problems among other reasons. "The project faced several technical, commercial and financial challenges, all in a context of constantly increasing costs... Continue Reading →
(OE) First power was produced from the first turbine at Equinor's floating wind farm Hywind Tampen in the Norwegian part for the North Sea. The milestone was achieved at 12:55 CET on November 13. The power was delivered to the Gullfaks A platform in the North Sea. “I am proud that we have now started... Continue Reading →
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