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(Reuters) - Northern European countries are discussing plans to create a common power grid under the North Sea to connect future offshore wind farms as they seek to strengthen energy security, but the ambitious proposal faces financing and regulatory challenges. European nations have announced pledges to build dizzying amounts of offshore wind farms, spurred partly... Continue Reading →
Energy industry expert and assurance firm DNV has partnered up with 25 industry giants in a Joint Industry Project (JIP) aimed at enhancing technology development for floating offshore wind substations, with particular attention to how export cables and topside equipment tolerate movements of a floating substructure. The objective is to align industry best-practice allowing for... Continue Reading →
Italian energy services company Saipem, Norwegian subsea services firm Havfram, and HVAS Invest Kappa AS (a company controlled by HitecVision) have signed a non-binding agreement to evaluate a potential collaboration in the development and construction of offshore wind farms. "The parties share the common objective to create a wider value proposition by integrating a range... Continue Reading →
(Reuters) The Biden administration on Thursday proposed auctioning five areas off the coast of California for offshore wind development, a critical milestone in expanding the nascent U.S. industry to Pacific waters. It is the latest in a government effort to put wind turbines along every U.S. coastline, with a goal of generating 30 gigawatts of... Continue Reading →
Tekmar Group said Wednesday it had won a significant new contract to provide an integrated engineering solution, including Cable Protection Systems ("CPS"), for an offshore wind farm project in the U.S. The contract is expected to be delivered in 2023, Tekmar said, without sharing info on the identity of the client. Alasdair MacDonald, CEO of... Continue Reading →
EDF Renewables has carried out what is believed to be the first autonomous wind farm foundation inspection by deploying a customized remotely operated vehicle (ROV) at the Blyth offshore wind farm in the UK. Equipped and operated from the Offshore Robotics for Certification of Assets (ORCA) Hub, the ROV carried out visual inspections of the... Continue Reading →
(TN) Decree 10,946/2022, published in January 2022, established guidelines for the generation of electricity on the high seas and brought good prospects for companies and entities in the sector. With highly favorable natural conditions, it is estimated that the Brazilian offshore wind potential is around 700 GW – four times the country's installed capacity. According... Continue Reading →
(OM) Thistle Wind Partners, a partnership between DEME Concessions, Qair and Aspiravi, has successfully secured the rights to develop two offshore wind projects under the Scotwind leasing round after finalizing the option to lease agreements with Crown Estate Scotland, according to a recent DEME news release. Cluaran Deas Ear is a 1-GW fixed foundation project... Continue Reading →
The UK Government has awarded Vattenfall £9.3 million pounds ($11.5 million) in innovation funding to develop the world’s first hydrogen-producing offshore wind turbine, with the electrolyzer sited directly onto an existing operational turbine. The pilot project at Vattenfall’s Offshore Wind Farm in Aberdeen Bay will have an output of 8 MW. It will be able... Continue Reading →
(WO) Offshore wind continues to play a vital role in the global Energy Transition. It was another record breaking year in 2021 for the offshore wind industry, with record start-ups (84 farms, 18.5 GW, 3,400 turbines) increasing global active capacity 58% to an all- time high of 50.5 GW. This takes offshore wind to approximately 0.3%... Continue Reading →
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