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(Reuters) A new set of factors beyond bidding price is gaining traction in global tenders to award licenses for offshore wind farms and will determine the winners and losers in a highly competitive industry, a new report by energy research firm Wood Mackenzie shows. "The focus is now shifting to multiple criteria to determine tender... Continue Reading →
Ireland-based floating wind developer Simply Blue Group on Thursday unveiled plans for two floating wind projects of a combined 4,75GW capacity offshore Sweden. The 2 GW Skidbladner floating wind project is located 100 km southeast of Stockholm and the 2.75GW Herkules floating wind project, is approximately 60 km Southeast of the Island of Gotland. Simply... Continue Reading →
The President of Petrobras, José Mauro Ferreira Coelho, said that the state company is studying investing in offshore wind energy. “We are studying an alternative to capture offshore wind energy in deep and ultra-deep waters in a long-term project”, highlighted the executive at the Global Carbon Market Congress, held in Rio de Janeiro. “In 2020... Continue Reading →
(Reuters) - Germany, Belgium, the Netherlands and Denmark will on Wednesday sign a pledge to build at least 150 gigawatts (GW) of offshore wind capacity in the North Sea by 2050, enough to power 230 million European homes,said the Danish energy ministry. This would be an almost tenfold increase in the European Union's offshore wind... Continue Reading →
(Reuters) - Germany's Siemens Energy (ENR1n.DE) is mulling a bid to buy the third of Siemens Gamesa (SGREN.MC) it does not already own, the company said on Wednesday, hoping this will help it fix long-standing problems at the Spanish-listed wind turbine maker. Siemens Energy faces mounting shareholder pressure to seek control of Siemens Gamesa, in which it owns 67%,... Continue Reading →
Ørsted and TotalEnergies said Friday they would jointly submit bids for the two Dutch offshore wind tenders “Holland Coast West” also known as Hollandse Kust (west). The Holland Coast West wind farms will be located approximately 53 km off the Dutch coast and have a combined capacity of nearly 1.5 gigawatts (GW). Rasmus Errboe, Head... Continue Reading →
Empire Offshore Wind, a joint venture between Equinor and BP, has awarded Edison Chouest Offshore (ECO) a long-term service operations vessel charter. The vessel will service the Empire Wind offshore wind farm project located 15-30 miles southeast of Long Island. Edison Chouest Offshore's plug-in hybrid service operations vessel (SOV) will be the first in the... Continue Reading →
(Reuters) - Oil major BP (BP.L) has submitted bids to develop two offshore wind power leases in the Netherlands, it said on Thursday, as the company increases its focus on renewable energy. BP has bid in the tender process for two wind farm sites at the Hollandse Kust (West) zone, located 53 kilometres off the Netherlands' west... Continue Reading →
(Reuters) - France-based TotalEnergies and U.S. power company Duke Energy Corp (DUK.N) each won offshore wind leases in federal waters off the coast of North and South Carolina on Wednesday, the Interior Department said in a statement. The auction generated $315 million in winning bids, split between Duke at $155 million and TotalEnergies at $160 million. It... Continue Reading →
(Reuters) - Bidding for federal wind energy leases for two areas off the coast of North Carolina and South Carolina kicked off on Wednesday, with each attracting over $2.7 million. The sale - the second such offering this year - is part of the Biden administration's broad push to put wind turbines in federal waters... Continue Reading →
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