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(OED) Sustainability consultancy ERM has awarded a contract to Principle Power, a provider of floating foundation solutions for the floating wind industry, to progress the Front-End Engineering Design (FEED) for a Wind-to-Hydrogen Dolphyn 10 MW prototype project off the coast of Aberdeen. The contract was agreed following ERM Dolphyn's receipt of £8.62 million in financing... Continue Reading →
Siemens Gamesa’s SG 14-222 DD offshore wind turbine prototype has produced 359 megawatt-hours (MWh) within a 24-hour time period which the turbine maker said was the most power one turbine has ever produced over this duration. According to Siemens Gamesa, this is enough energy to drive 1.8 million kilometres in a mid-sized electric car. The... Continue Reading →
Energy intelligence group Westwood said Tuesday it saw skyrocketing offshore wind growth with 135 GW of new capacity on offer to developers, equivalent to nearly 2.5 times today’s 55 GW market. This is bolstered by new market expansion with over 20 GW of leases up for grabs in countries that have not previously held a... Continue Reading →
Fifteen years and R$ 20 billion later, Porto do Açu, a mega-complex port-industry is already among the ten largest in the country in terms of cargo handled. It has already contracted over R$ 22 billion in investments over the next five years. Prumo Logística, owner of the venture, controlled by the American fund EIG, is... Continue Reading →
(U) Norwegian energy giant Equinor believes that floating offshore wind can be cost comparable with bottom-fixed wind arrays within around a decade. “We believe that cost parity with fixed bottom wind can be achieved in the early 2030s, but you really need to go at scale – that’s the way to go with floating wind... Continue Reading →
SSE Renewables and Equinor are looking into building what would be the fourth part of Dogger Bank Wind Farm, the world’s largest offshore wind farm, whose three phases (A, B and C) are currently under construction. Surveys are now underway at an offshore site where the partners want to develop Dogger Bank D, which would... Continue Reading →
(OEM) MJR Power and Automation, a UK company which will soon install charging points for electric crew transfer vessels (CTVs) on the Lynn and Inner Dowsing offshore wind farms, has been awarded a second round of government funding for development of its technology to connect and charge Service Operation Vessels (SOVs), Platform Supply Vessels (PSVs),... Continue Reading →
French offshore cable-making and installation company Nexans has signed a firm contract to supply offshore wind export cables for phase one of the Empire Wind offshore wind project in the U.S., being developed by a 50-50 partnership between Equinor and BP. "This contract signature follows the Preferred Supplier Agreement signed in March 2021, which prompted several... Continue Reading →
U.S offshore wind developer Atlantic Shores Offshore Wind has selected wind turbine maker Vestas as the preferred supplier for its 1.5 GW offshore wind project in New Jersey, USA. Atlantic Shores is a 50:50 partnership between Shell New Energies and EDF Renewables. Vestas will provide its V236-15.0 MW offshore wind turbines, with installation expected in 2027. Once... Continue Reading →
(OED) German renewable energy firm RWE has submitted a bid for the up to 1.5-gigawatts (GW) offshore wind site in the Polish section of the Baltic Sea, located around 75 kilometers off the coast of Ustka, as part of a competitive process for an offshore wind seabed permit within 53.E1 area. "Based on RWE’s expertise in offshore wind development, efficient project... Continue Reading →
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