The UK Government has awarded Vattenfall £9.3 million pounds ($11.5 million) in innovation funding to develop the world’s first hydrogen-producing offshore wind turbine, with the electrolyzer sited directly onto an existing operational turbine. The pilot project at Vattenfall’s Offshore Wind Farm in Aberdeen Bay will have an output of 8 MW. It will be able... Continue Reading →
Technip Energies Launches Green Offshore Hydrogen Solutions Suite
Technip Energies and its affiliates Kanfa and Inocean on Wednesday launched a suite of carbon-free solutions for green hydrogen production called of GO.H2TM by T.EN. "Hydrogen is integral to the energy transition, and, building on its long-lasting hydrogen and offshore track record, Technip Energies is bringing expertise into green hydrogen to meet an increasing global... Continue Reading →
Iberdrola opens ‘world’s largest’ green hydrogen plant in Spain
Iberdrola has commissioned a solar-powered green hydrogen plant in Puertollano, central Spain, which it says is the largest plant currently operating in the world. The plant was opened on Friday by a delegation including King Felipe VI of Spain, the President of the Regional Government of Castilla-La Mancha, Emiliano García-Page, and Iberdrola chairman Ignacio Galán,... Continue Reading →
Namibia Launches Sovereign Wealth Fund after Offshore Oil Finds Made by TotalEnergies, Shell
Namibia on Thursday launched a sovereign wealth fund, months after oil discoveries by TotalEnergies and Shell off its coast. President Hage Geingob said at the launch the Welwitschia Fund would get an initial injection of 262 million Namibian dollars ($16.15 million) and invest 2.5% of its portfolio locally to bridge the country's infrastructure financing gap.... Continue Reading →
Thermoplastic Composite Pipes Could Carry Hydrogen Produced Directly at Floating Wind Farms
Strohm, the developer of Thermoplastic Composite Pipe (TCP), has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with French renewable hydrogen supplier Lhyfe, to collaborate on the transportation solution for hydrogen produced from a floating wind turbine to be integrated with a hydrogen production system. The partners said that they would collaborate on solutions for hydrogen transport, both onshore... Continue Reading →
Transocean Ltd. Reports First Quarter 2022 Results
(GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Transocean Ltd. (NYSE: RIG) today reported a net loss attributable to controlling interest of $175 million, $0.26 per diluted share, for the three months ended March 31, 2022. First quarter 2022 results included net favorable non-cash item of $8 million, or $0.02 per diluted share, related to discrete tax items. After consideration... Continue Reading →
Oil Demand Could Peak as Soon as 2025, McKinsey Says
Oil demand could peak as soon as 2025, as the energy transition continues to gain steam and as electric vehicle adoption increases, McKinsey & Company said in a new report. Christer Tryggestad, a Senior Partner at McKinsey, says: “In the past few years, we have certainly seen the energy transition pick up pace. Every year... Continue Reading →
Vestas Signs Offshore Wind MoU in Brazil
Vestas has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the government of the Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Norte to support the development of wind projects off the state’s coast. The objective of the MoU, signed in March, is to share technical knowledge so that governmental institutions can improve their studies of feasibility of... Continue Reading →
White Martins studies green hydrogen project at Porto do Açu
(epbr) White Martins, a supplier of industrial and medical gases, signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Porto do Açu to assess the feasibility of producing green hydrogen at the port complex in São João da Barra (RJ). Under the terms of the agreement, Porto do Açu will carry out a study to collect data... Continue Reading →
Enel Green Power and the Government of Bahia sign MOU to develop Green Hydrogen project
Enel Brasil and the Government of the State of Bahia signed a Memorandum of Understanding (M)U) to carry out feasibility studies on green hydrogen production projects by Enel Green Power Brasil, the renewable generation arm of the Enel Group in the country. The technical, commercial and financial sectors for this project will be evaluated. The... Continue Reading →