Category: Infrastructure

Aquaterra Energy: What Are the Key Challenges and Opportunities Facing the Global Hydrogen Sector Today? 

by Anne Haase, Renewables Director at Aquaterra Energy.  (OW) Europe is currently driving plans forward to significantly decarbonize industry and accelerate its journey to a low carbon economy. Hydrogen is core to that decarbonization strategy, with infrastructure projects being developed conceptually to support transmission and distribution across Europe, the UK and wider. The market has traditionally... Continue Reading →

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Floating offshore wind planning gaining momentum

(OM) RenewableUK says the total number of floating offshore wind projects has increased over the past year from 230 to 285. The association’s latest EnergyPulse Insights report also found that 227 MW of floating offshore wind are fully operational across 14 projects in seven countries. Norway leads with 94 MW across three projects, followed by... Continue Reading →

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RWE collaborates with Sarens and Tugdock to investigate innovative floating wind deployment and integration solutions for the Celtic Sea

RWE, Wales’ largest renewable energy generator, has funded a study to investigate the quayside offload and launch of two types of floating offshore wind platforms – one steel and one concrete – alongside the integration of next generation wind turbine generators onto these platforms. Their aim is to maximise local supply chain opportunities by utilising... Continue Reading →

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Challenges Loom as Colombia Seeks Offshore Gas Development

(OE) Offshore development of new gas assets has been identified as a key piece to Colombia’s long-term energy security, but significant challenges remain. The size, production capability, and required infrastructure investments all make the situation uncertain, energy industry intelligence group Wood Mackenzie has found. According to Wood Mackenzie, the development of recent offshore gas discoveries... Continue Reading →

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Wind Power Industry Drifts Off Course

(Reuters) A perfect storm of supply chain delays, design flaws, and higher costs in the offshore wind industry has put dozens of projects at risk of not being delivered in time for countries to meet climate goals, industry executives, investors, and analysts said. The race to reduce reliance on fossil fuels is putting pressure on... Continue Reading →

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U.S. BOEM Completes Environmental Review of Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind Project

(OE) The U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) said Monday it had completed its environmental review of the proposed 3GW Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind (CVOW) commercial project, which BOEM estimates could power about 1 million households, if approved.   “The completion of our environmental review marks another step towards a clean energy future—one that... Continue Reading →

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World Needs $2.7 Trillion Annually for Net Zero Emissions by 2050-Wood Mackenzie

(Reuters) Global investment of $2.7 trillion a year is needed to achieve net zero emissions by 2050 and avoid temperatures from rising above 1.5 degrees Celsius this century, a report by consultancy Wood Mackenzie said on Thursday.  Scientists have said the world ideally needs to limit global average temperature rise to 1.5C this century to avoid catastrophic effects from climate change.... Continue Reading →

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