Highland Council Grants Planning Permission for Pentland Floating Wind Farm’s Onshore Infrastructure

Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners-led Pentland floating offshore wind farm has been granted planning permission in principle from Scotland's Highland Council for its onshore infrastructure. To be located 7.5km off the coast of Dounreay in Caithness, Pentland will generate 100MW making it capable of providing electricity to almost 70,000 homes, equivalent to 65% of those in the... Continue Reading →

January 26, 2023 0

Argentina inks $540 mln deal with development bank for gas projects

(Reuters) - Argentina's government reached a $540 million deal with development bank CAF for the extension of natural gas pipelines and related infrastructure linked to the country's Vaca Muerta basin, Economy Minister Sergio Massa announced on Wednesday. The infrastructure plan, expected to be approved in March, aims to boost a pair of gas pipeline projects... Continue Reading →

January 26, 2023 0

Onshore Funding for US Offshore Wind

(OE) Most of the media coverage of offshore wind development in the United States focuses on the leases of the offshore areas where the wind turbines will be located. However, equally important is the landside dimension of these projects, including the manufacture, installation, maintenance and operation of the turbines. Several awards made in the last... Continue Reading →

January 25, 2023 0

Half of US Offshore Wind Pipeline at Risk of Delays Beyond 2030 – Report

(OWB) Half of the US offshore wind energy projects in the pipeline are at risk of being delayed beyond 2030 because of limited port and vessel infrastructure and domestic manufacturing, according to a new report co-authored by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) and the Business Network for Offshore Wind. The US has set the... Continue Reading →

January 25, 2023 0

Germany publishes plans to hit 30 GW offshore wind target in 2030

(Reuters) - Germany on Friday said it has drawn up new development plans for offshore wind turbine sites to reach a target for 30 gigawatts (GW) of installed wind power capacity by 2030. The plans by the Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency (BSH) will ensure that the target can be met, the Economy Ministry said... Continue Reading →

January 20, 2023 0

EDP launches Green Hydrogen plant in Ceará

EDP, a company that operates throughout the Brazilian electricity sector chain, launched in São Gonçalo do Amarante, Ceará, its green hydrogen production plant as part of the Pecém Research & Development project H2V, which had an investment of R$ 42 million. In December, the company had already generated the country's first green hydrogen molecule at... Continue Reading →

January 20, 2023 0

Ørsted to Become Sole Owner of 1.1GW Wind Farm Off New Jersey

(OE) Danish offshore wind farm developer Ørsted has agreed to buy Public Service Enterprise Group’s (PSEG) 25 percent stake in Ocean Wind 1, a 1,1 GW offshore wind project located 15 miles off the coast of southern New Jersey. The acquisition gives Ørsted complete ownership of Ocean Wind 1. The transaction between Ørsted and PSEG... Continue Reading →

January 18, 2023 0

Exclusive: Mexico’s Pemex destroyed resources worth $342 million from two top fields

(Reuters) - Mexican state oil company Pemex illegally burnt off hydrocarbon resources worth more than $342 million in the three years up to August 2022 at two of its most important new fields, internal documents from the country's oil regulator showed. The three documents, produced by the regulator and dated August 2022, detail how Pemex... Continue Reading →

January 18, 2023 0

Eni’s Plentitude, Simply Blue Group to Build Floating Offshore Wind Farms in Italy

(OE) Plenitude, a division of Eni, and Simply Blue Group, an Irish developer of offshore renewable energy, have signed a deal to work together on a pipeline of new floating offshore wind projects in Italy. "Through this collaboration, the parties wish to combine Plenitude’s technical and financial capabilities and experience in the Italian energy market,... Continue Reading →

January 17, 2023 0

US Offshore Wind: Our Interconnected Future

Greg Lennon, Contributor (OE) It will take a team effort that spans sectors and even industries to meet the United States’ goal of 30 GW of offshore wind by 2030, writes Greg Lennon, ABS Vice President, Global Offshore Wind. As the United States offshore wind (OSW) industry considers the Biden-Harris Administration’s 30 gigawatts (GW) by 2030... Continue Reading →

January 16, 2023 0

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