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Ørsted and Eversource have taken the final investment decision (FID) on the South Fork Wind project that will be New York’s first offshore wind farm. The FID comes after the South Fork Wind joint venture, owned 50/50 by Ørsted and Eversource, last month received final approval from the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) for its construction... Continue Reading →
(Reuters) - Italy's Saipem does not face a liquidity crunch for now and should meet an April bond repayment deadline, ratingsagency S&P said, as it races to come up with a rescue plan. The energy services group shocked investors last week when it warned it would report a 2021 loss of over one-third of its... Continue Reading →
(Reuters) - Turning around Siemens Gamesa (SGREN.MC) will take time, the CEO of its majority shareholder Siemens Energy (ENR1n.DE) said on Wednesday, adding that the latest profit warning from the wind turbine maker was "frustrating". Siemens Gamesa, the world's largest maker of offshore wind turbines, is suffering from supply chain issues that have hit several industries as well as... Continue Reading →
(epbr) The government of Ceará and Cactus Energia Verde signed a memorandum of understanding for the production of green hydrogen (H2V) at the Pecém Port Complex. These are investments estimated at 5 billion euros, to produce 10.5 thousand tons of H2V monthly, in addition to 5.25 thousand tons of green oxygen. The intention is to... Continue Reading →
Engineering and technology group, Technip Energies has acquired a 16.3% stake in X1 Wind, a startup that has designed "an innovative and disruptive" offshore wind turbine floater. Technip Energies is the lead investor in this funding round, which also counts with the participation of the European Commission-owned European Innovation Council (EIC) Fund, advised by the... Continue Reading →
(OE) Off the Massachusetts and New York coasts, developers are preparing to build the United States’ first federally approved utility-scale offshore wind farms – 74 turbines in all that could power 470,000 homes. More than a dozen other offshore wind projects are awaiting approval along the Eastern Seaboard. By 2030, the Biden administration’s goal is to have 30 gigawatts of offshore... Continue Reading →
Wind turbine maker Siemens Gamesa confirmed a gloomy outlook for a potentially negative full-year profit margin on Thursday, hours after naming a new Chief Executive to try to revive its fortunes. The world's largest maker of the offshore turbines that could help reduce reliance on planet-warming carbon blamed a first-quarter operating loss of 309 million... Continue Reading →
Offshore wind turbine makers have been working to build increasingly bigger turbines, and the likes of GE, Siemens Gamesa, Vestas, and MingYang have in the past two years or so unveiled designs for giant 14-16MW rated units.It has been said that larger turbines, while more expensive per unit, reduce the overall cost of large-scale offshore wind... Continue Reading →
Italy's Saipem risks becoming a casualty of the transition to cleaner energy after a shock profit warning left leading shareholders scrambling to shore up the finances of the energy services company. The Saipem board met on Tuesday to discuss the situation, a source close to the matter told Reuters, after shares in the company at one... Continue Reading →
(epbr) Projects for wind power generation in Brazilian waters add up to 80 gigawatts (GW) of power, according to January 27 data from Ibama. The growth is significant compared to last year – in July, the projects totaled 42 GW. The amouint is almost four times the current installed capacity of onshore projects in Brazil,... Continue Reading →
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