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Sept. 10 (Reuters) Japan aims to start planning a national floating wind test centre next year, a senior industry official said, vowing to pursue a path of wind power growth despite a recent setback when Mitsubishi quit three projects. Mitsubishi-led consortia dropped plans last month to build 1.8 gigawatt (GW) in three offshore windmills won... Continue Reading →
Sept 1 (Reuters) - Norway's Equinor will pump nearly $1 billion into Orsted's emergency fundraising, opens new tab, it said on Monday, bolstering the Danish offshore wind power developer's efforts to cope with U.S. President Donald Trump's hostility to the sector. The energy company said it planned to participate in Orsted's 60-billion Danish crown ($9.4 billion) rights issue by subscribing... Continue Reading →
(offshoreWIND.biz) Aikido Technologies, which recently secured a spot at a Norwegian offshore demo site, has released an RFI for its 15 MW ‘AO60’ floating wind platform to offshore wind fabricators. The California-based floating wind foundation developer said on social media that it had issued the RFI to more than ten “top-tier offshore wind fabricators from around the world”.... Continue Reading →
(OE) Energy services firms Saipem and Subsea7 have signed a binding merger agreement to create a leading energy services company under the name of Saipem7, which will have a combined backlog of over $50 billion. The binding merger agreement follows the memorandum of understanding the companies signed in February 2025. Completion of the proposed merger... Continue Reading →
July 23 (Reuters) - Europe's gas market could tighten further ahead of the winter season as storage levels remain well below last year and the continent faces competition from Asia for LNG shipments, the CEO of Norway's Equinor told Reuters on Wednesday. Europe's biggest gas producer said the prospect of a rebound in pipeline gas... Continue Reading →
(offshore-energy.biz) Switzerland-based offshore drilling contractor Transocean has secured a new batch of contracts and extensions in Australia, Norway, Ivory Coast, and Brazil for four floaters, encompassing two drillships and two semi-submersible rigs. While the rig owner’s backlog was $7.9 billion in the fleet status report from April 2025, the company’s total backlog is approximately $7.2 billion as of July 16,... Continue Reading →
(offshore-energy.biz) PSW Power & Automation, a subsidiary of Norway-headquartered offshore energy technology and services provider Scana, has secured a contract valued between NOK 75 million (around $7.3 million) and NOK 150 million for an offshore project in Brazil involving the delivery of two E-House modules. According to Scana, the scope includes the design, manufacture, and... Continue Reading →
(Reuters) - Colombian state-run oil company Ecopetrol said on Tuesday it agreed to buy 10 wind and solar energy project development companies from Norway's Statkraft. Ecopetrol CEO Ricardo Roa said the portfolio of projects could total up to 1.3 gigawatts in capacity, but did not disclose the value of the transaction. Statkraft bought the assets last... Continue Reading →
(OE) California-based Aikido Technologies has signed an agreement with Marine Energy Test Centre (METCentre) in Haugesund, Norway, to deploy a first-of-its-kind 15MW demo project, called AO60. Once installed in 2027, the platform will be one of the largest floating wind platforms constructed and deployed to date. The METCentre has a long history of supporting innovative... Continue Reading →
(offshoreWIND.biz) The Norwegian Ministry of Energy has invited applications for three floating wind sites within the Utsira Nord area. The deadline for submitting proposals is set for 15 September 2025. The government is offering a project capacity of 500 MW at each site through the tendering process, which will be carried out in two stages:... Continue Reading →
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