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Neoenergia signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Government of Rio Grande do Sul for the development of green hydrogen and offshore wind generation. The company is developing studies for offshore wind generation on the coast of Rio Grande do Sul, the Águas Claras park. The agreement was signed in the municipality of Esteio.... Continue Reading →
The board of the Danish transmission system operator (TSO) Energinet has officially given the green light to carry out feasibility studies for four new offshore wind farms totalling up to 7.2 GW in capacity. This follows Energinet receiving orders from the Danish Energy Agency (DEA) and the Ministry of Climate, Energy and Utilities in June to initiate... Continue Reading →
All 47 wind turbine jacket foundations and all subsea cables are now in place at the Formosa 2 offshore wind farm in Taiwan. The wind farm also has more than half of its wind turbines installed so far. The final jacket foundation was installed on 26 August, with the subsea cable works reaching completion on... Continue Reading →
(OE) Danish renewable energy giant Ørsted said Wednesday that Hornsea 2, the world’s largest installed offshore wind farm, is now fully operational off the UK coast. The 1.3GW offshore wind farm comprises 165 wind turbines, located 89km off the Yorkshire Coast. I can power over 1.4 million UK households. The wind farm is located alongside... Continue Reading →
(OW) DNV has notified Odfjell Oceanwind that the main scantling approval of its Deepsea Semi floating wind foundation design is close to completion. The main scantling class approval is based on the SG 11.0-200 DD offshore wind turbine from Siemens Gamesa. The Deepsea Semi floating wind foundation design is developed for use in floating wind... Continue Reading →
Norway's World Wide Wind has a radically different take on offshore wind power. These floating, vertical-axis wind turbines (VAWTs) feature two sets of blades, tuned to contra-rotate – and they promise more than double the output of today's biggest turbines. Taking wind farms way offshore can certainly help make them less obtrusive, and open up... Continue Reading →
(Valor) The great challenge to develop offshore wind power generation projects is to adjust risk and return, said the director of institutional relations and sustainability at Petrobras, Rafael Chaves, in a presentation to executives during the Offshore Northern Seas (ONS), Europe's largest energy event, in Stavanger, Norway. Chaves said that a multidisciplinary group within Petrobras... Continue Reading →
Offshore wind developer SSE Renewables said Thursday that its new offshore wind farm project in Scotland would be named after "a historic series of books that depict the epic quests of a third-century Scottish leader, following his adventures across rolling seas." Ossian (pronounced ‘os-si-un’) from The Poems of Ossian is to be the name for... Continue Reading →
Belgium-based offshore installation company DEME Offshore and Norway-based offshore services firm Havfram have signed a memorandum of understanding to jointly offer construction services to the offshore wind farm sector in Norway. "Both DEME Offshore and Havfram plan to play an important role in the upcoming Norwegian offshore wind market by delivering transport and installation services... Continue Reading →
(Valor) The president of Shell Brasil, Cristiano Pinto da Costa, said today that the company is taking “great strides” to enter the renewable energy market. According to the executive, the company filed requests for environmental licensing for 17 gigawatts (GW) in offshore wind farms at the Brazilian Institute for the Environment and Renewable Natural Resources... Continue Reading →
