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Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras informs that it has signed with Equinor a letter of intent, expanding on the cooperation between the companies, so that they can assess the technical, economic and environmental feasibility of seven offshore wind power generation projects off the Brazilian coast. These will have the potential to generate up to 14.5... Continue Reading →
Fugro and Gardline have been awarded a contract to carry out preliminary geotechnical investigations for the future offshore wind farms in the Danish North Sea, Kattegat, and Danish Baltic Sea. The tender, which was published by the Danish transmission operator (TSO) Energinet, was divided into two lots. UK marine survey specialist Gardline will perform preliminary geotechnical... Continue Reading →
(Reuters) - Denmark has resumed its review of two of 33 offshore wind farm applications suspended last month over worries of breaching European Union state aid rules, the Energy Agency said on Friday. Denmark, which aims for a fivefold increase in offshore wind power capacity by 2030, has allowed energy companies to submit unsolicited applications... Continue Reading →
Subsea7, Siem Offshore, and Kongsberg Maritime have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to jointly look at optimisation of marine operations for floating wind projects. The main objective of the study is to identify gaps in capabilities of existing marine operation methodologies and equipment, to enable robust and efficient execution of large-scale floating wind developments planned... Continue Reading →
(Reuters) Development of what would be the world’s largest wind farm off the coast of Britain is in doubt, with developer Orsted saying it needs more support from the government such as tax breaks to proceed with the project after costs soared. The 8 billion pound ($9.6 billion) Hornsea 3 project is expected to have... Continue Reading →
Italian shipbuilder Fincantieri, through its subsidiary Vard, has signed a contract with offshore wind vessel operator Edda Wind, for the construction of four Commissioning Service Operation Vessels (CSOV). The first two vessels are expected to be delivered in Q1 2025, the third in Q2 2025, and the fourth in Q1 2026. The contract has a... Continue Reading →
(Reuters) The chief executive of Brazilian state-run oil company Petrobras said on Thursday the company must prepare for an "unavoidable" energy transition and wants to play a leading role in it. Jean Paul Prates highlighted in a conference call with analysts that Petroleo Brasileiro SA's deepwater operations put the company in a good position for wind... Continue Reading →
Flotation Energy and Vårgrønn, who recently filed a Marine Licence application for their 500 MW Green Volt floating wind farm in Scotland, have now submitted a Scoping Report for the 1.4 GW Cenos floating offshore wind farm to Marine Scotland. The developers have submitted leasing applications for both Cenos and Green Volt as part of... Continue Reading →
Houston-based Bleutec Industries announced it has received approval in principle (AIP) from the American Bureau of Shipping (ABS) for the designs of its Jones Act compliant offshore wind farm construction solution. Envisioned as an alternative to wind turbine installation vessels (WTIV), Bleutec's "binary marine installation solution" (BMIS) is a spread of DP2 vessels designed in... Continue Reading →
(Reuters) - Portugal's largest utility, EDP (EDP.LS), on Thursday said it would invest 25 billion euros ($27 billion) over four years with the aim of nearly doubling its installed renewable energy capacity to 33 gigawatts (GW) by 2026. In its strategic plan through 2026, EDP said 21 billion euros would be invested by its wind and... Continue Reading →
