(Reuters) - Britain's Octopus Energy said it has made its first investment in German offshore wind under plans to scale up its renewables activity in the world's third-largest market. Octopus Energy Generation has taken a 5% stake in Butendiek, an 80-turbine offshore wind farm 32 kilometres west of the island of Sylt in the North... Continue Reading →
Deep Wind Offshore Partners with Hy2gen to Produce Hydrogen from Offshore Wind
(OE) Norway-based offshore wind developer Deep Wind Offshore has entered a partnership with the hydrogen company Hy2gen to produce green hydrogen from offshore wind. "The combination of offshore wind and hydrogen has massive potential. It is not possible to achieve net zero without green energy carriers, who will need a massive amount of renewable energy,"... Continue Reading →
Havfram Shuts Down Development Unit, Shifts Focus to Offshore Wind Transport and Installation
(OW) Norway-based Havfram has decided to wind up its business unit dedicated to the early-phase development of offshore wind farms, Kontiki Winds. Moving forward, the company said it would fully focus on the offshore wind transport and installations market. The news came a day after Havfram revealed that Kontiki Winds was ending its collaboration with... Continue Reading →
Wintershall Dea Q3 Net Profit Drops 86% on Weak Oil, Gas Prices
(Reuters) Wintershall Dea on Monday reported that its third-quarter net profit slumped 86% year-on-year due to weaker oil and gas prices, unplanned maintenance outages in Norway and the costly loss of Russian business. The company's earnings showed that adjusted net income totalled 61 million euros ($64.4 million) in the three months to September, compared with... Continue Reading →
Equinor to Take Part in First Norway Offshore Wind Auction
(Reuters) Norwegian energy firm Equinor will submit a proposal to pre-qualify for Norway's first offshore wind auction, the company's CEO Anders Opedal told Reuters last Friday. Equinor has formed a consortium with Germany's RWE for Soerlige Nordsjoe II, an area in shallower waters close to the maritime border with Denmark, where Norway is offering 1.5 gigawatts (GW)... Continue Reading →
Statkraft Buys Swedish Company with 21 GW Offshore Wind Portfolio
(OW) Vindkraft Värmland and Njordr, the Nordic developer, have sold 100 per cent of the shares in the joint company, Njordr Offshore Wind (NOW), to Statkraft. NOW holds a pre-permit portfolio of nine offshore wind projects in the Swedish economic zone with a total potential for up to 21 GW of installed capacity. The portfolio... Continue Reading →
Equinor Q3 Profit Beats Forecast
(Reuters) - Equinor (EQNR.OL) on Friday beat third-quarter profit expectations on strong energy trading and said it had overcome disruptions that hampered oil and gas output, boosting its shares. The Norwegian energy producer lowered its 2023 forecast for oil and natural gas output to 1.5% growth from 3% but said this was caused by extensive maintenance that... Continue Reading →
TGS and PGS Boards Approve Merger Deal
(OE) Boards of directors of the Norwegian seismic data companies PGS and TGS have unanimously approved and decided upon a definitive merger agreement of the two firms, in line with the terms announced in September.The merger is to be structured as a statutory, triangular merger between TGS Newco AS, a newly established wholly owned subsidiary of... Continue Reading →
New companies to be created as part of Solstad refinancing
(OET) Solstad Shipholding, a subsidiary of Solstad Offshore, has reached an agreement with Aker, via its wholly owned subsidiary Aker Capital, AMSC, DNB Bank and Export Finance Norway (Eksfin) for an overall refinancing solution which will create a robust industrial platform going forward. Solstad has, together with Aker, developed and negotiated NOK 9.7 billion (almost... Continue Reading →
Norwegian firm TMC to deliver compressors for SBM Offshore’s new FPSO
(OET) China Merchant Heavy Industries (CMHI) has contracted Norway-headquartered TMC Compressors to deliver the completed marine compressed air system for a newbuild FPSO the Chinese yard is constructing for Dutch FPSO operator SBM Offshore. Under the contract whose value remains undisclosed, TMC will provide a large-capacity marine compressed air system, including compressors for control and... Continue Reading →