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(epbr) The negotiations had been going on since April. The operation should exceed R$ 3 billion, according to sources. -- In 15 years of existence, Casa dos Ventos was responsible for developing one third of all wind projects in Brazil. -- TotalEnergies is one of the world's largest publicly traded oil and gas producers. In... Continue Reading →
The installation work on the export cable for Vineyard Wind 1, the first commercial-scale offshore wind farm in the U.S., has now begun with Prysmian’s cable laying vessel (CLV) Cable Enterprise set to start installing the offshore part of the project’s link to the grid on land after a pre-lay grapnel run. According to the AIS data... Continue Reading →
(Reuters) Denmark's Ørsted and Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP) have teamed up to develop 5.2 gigawatts (GW) of offshore wind in Denmark, corresponding to more than double the country's current installed capacity, the two companies said on Tuesday. The total of four projects will be developed through the so-called open-door procedure where the developers takes initiative... Continue Reading →
With the addition of 115 new global offshore wind projects during 3Q, Quest Floating Wind Energy (Q FWE) are actively tracking 696 projects (with statuses Possible, Planned, Pre-development and Under development) representing $1.75 trillion in CapEx, a one-half billion quarter over quarter gain. The Quest Offshore Wind Turbine Index (QOWTI), which tracks the Total Addressable... Continue Reading →
(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 →
Denmark-based offshore wind installation services firm Cadeler said Friday it had signed a letter of intent with a "blue chip" client. The client is looking into the possibility of using one of Cadeler's two O-class wind turbine installation vessels "over a long period of time," according to Cadeler. Cadeler has two O-class jack-up units -... Continue Reading →
Gazelle Wind Power, the developer of a hybrid modular floating offshore wind platform, said Thursday it had received the results of its basin model tests at the Environmental Hydraulics Institute-University of Cantabria (IHCantabria) facilities in Spain. According to Gazelle, the test report, witnessed by DNV and Safier Ingenierie, verified the feasibility of the Gazelle platform’s... Continue Reading →
(OE) InterMoor said Thursday it had secured the engineering design scope and the transportation and installation study for two upcoming offshore floating wind farms offshore Asia. The company, a brand in Acteon’s Engineering, Moorings and Foundations Division, said that one wind farm comprised 50-80 turbines, each of 15MW capacity, totalling a capacity of 750- 1200MW,... Continue Reading →
A new research project, launched this week today, aims to extend the use of offshore wind monopile foundations, to support larger turbines in deeper waters, global climate consultancy the Carbon Trust has informed. "Monopiles are the cheapest and most widespread offshore wind turbine foundation, however, they experience structural issues as their length and the weight... Continue Reading →
DNV and its partners on Thursday confirmed the completion of Phase 1 of a joint industry project (JIP) on Bottom Impact and Partially Submerged Conditions, which has resulted in a new framework for optimizing the installation process of offshore wind turbines. "New partners are encouraged to join Phase 2, which will focus on validating models... Continue Reading →
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