Shell tapping upstream expertise as it goes ‘great guns’ on giant Scottish floating wind farms

(EV) Shell is harnessing talent from its offshore oil and gas division to progress two major Scottish floating wind farms. The supermajor’s UK business manager for offshore wind, Melissa Read says they are “transitioning across” a lot of upstream skill to propel the Marram and Campion projects. Both floating wind schemes were secured alongside partner ScottishPower Renewables, a subsidiary of... Continue Reading →

October 21, 2022 0

Green hydrogen seen competing with LNG within a decade

(EV) The cost of clean hydrogen will fall to that of liquefied natural gas in a decade as global efforts to replace fossil fuels accelerate, according to Europe’s biggest operator of gas infrastructure. “Green hydrogen today is not economically competitive against alternative energy sources, which will not be the case in 10 years’ time,” Thomas... Continue Reading →

October 19, 2022 0

Siemens Gamesa Signs Its Largest Offshore Wind Deal in Taiwan

Wind turbine maker Siemens Gamesa said Wednesday it had signed two agreements with the Hai Long Offshore Wind project owners at an energy industry event in Taiwan. The Hai Long consortium is a partnership between Canadian independent power producer Northland Power Inc. and Taiwan-based developer Yushan Energy Co., Ltd., jointly owned by Mitsui & Co.,... Continue Reading →

October 19, 2022 0

US Offshore Wind Growing on Sturdy Foundations

(OE) Once again, the events of the last month have shown that the drive to grow the U.S. offshore wind segment has lost little steam. The foundations are firmly in place to support the deployment of 30 gigawatts (GW) of offshore wind by 2030 and 110 GW by 2050. Floating wind farm technology demonstration projects... Continue Reading →

October 18, 2022 0

Woodmac: Off-grid Green Hydrogen to Drive Latin America’s Offshore Wind Growth

(OED) Latin America's offshore wind capacity could reach 34 GW by 2050, driven by off-grid green hydrogen projects, according to energy intelligence group Wood Mackenzie, a Verisk subsidiary. Currently, there are no commercial offshore wind farms in operation in the region. According to Wood Mackenzie, offshore wind activity will correspond to a 15.4% compound annual... Continue Reading →

October 18, 2022 0

New US Offshore Wind Guidance Document Approved, Said to Speed Up Development

(OW) The US offshore wind sector has gotten its new official guidance that can be used in the regulatory approval process. The document contains best practices and is said to help accelerate development of the offshore wind industry, shorten regulatory timelines, and increase worker safety. The American National Standards Institute (ANSI) Board of Standards Review... Continue Reading →

October 15, 2022 0

BP to Form Global Floating Wind Team

(OW) BP is advertising a new opening in its offshore wind business, this time looking for the Head of Floating Offshore Wind, who will develop and lead its global floating offshore wind team from BP’s base in the UK. The company participated in public discussions on California’s (floating) offshore windBP is also exploring floating wind as... Continue Reading →

October 15, 2022 0

Ecuador expects to choose contractor for Amistad gas field output expansion

(Reuters) - Petroecuador expects to soon award a contract to expand production from the country's vast Amistad offshore gas field, Ecuadorean state oil firm company said late on Thursday. Following failed previous attempts to find an investor, Petroecuador in June launched a new competitive process to select a contractor for Amistad, in the Gulf of... Continue Reading →

October 14, 2022 0

Marine Power Systems, WavEC to Deploy Modular Floating Wind System in Portugal

Marine Power Systems from the UK is working with WavEC from Portugal to set up its modular floating offshore wind platform in the north of Portugal. "Floating offshore wind is increasingly featuring in government decarbonization targets around the world and Portugal is no exception. The Portuguese government has shown its commitment to offshore wind with... Continue Reading →

October 13, 2022 0

FOW Players Target 132kV Dynamic Cables

Elaine Maslin, Contributor UK industry players are eying the development of 132kV dynamic array cables to meet the demands of ever larger turbines, but there are calls for standards to be agreed before they invest. The need for 132kV cables is being driven by the growth is turbine capacity to 15MW and beyond, with 20MW turbines... Continue Reading →

October 13, 2022 0