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The proposal aims to implement an offshore wind farm in Rio Grande do Norte, with an area of 300 km², 52 wind turbines with 12 MW of installed power, in addition to two electrical substations The construction wind power project of an offshore wind farm in Rio Grande do Norte is getting closer and closer... Continue Reading →
Shell is already considering the possibility of developing offshore wind farm projects in Brazil, said the company's president in the country, André Araújo, during a webinar held by the British Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Brazil (Britcham) on September 1st. The executive explained that the company may apply technologies that are being studied abroad... Continue Reading →
Norwegian offshore oil and gas drilling contractor Odfjell Drilling is stepping out of the comfort zone and into the offshore renewables space. The company, which provides drilling rigs for oil and gas companies, on Thursday announced its investment in Oceanwind AS, a company working on developing harsh environment floating offshore wind turbines. Continue reading
Robots and robotics have slowly been entering our lives, in various shapes and forms (and fictional characters), from self-driving household vacuum cleaners to highly automated manufacturing systems. Now they’re heading for the offshore world – in just as many shapes and forms. There could be a lot to gain from robotics, but platforms and offshore... Continue Reading →
The global heavy lift vessel market is a difficult place to be. Utilization for the fleet has remained depressingly low since the first oil and gas downturn in 2014, currently hovering around 33% for the global fleet with a lift capacity of over 800 tonnes, according to IHS Markit’s ConstructionVesselBase. Fixed platform installation work,... Continue Reading →
Aug 20, 2020 Equinor started licensing process with Ibama for the offshore wind farms Aracatu I and Aracatu II, with 2 GW in each and the possibility of expansion to 2.33 GW. The plan is to install the first wind farm on the coast of Rio de Janeiro and the second, between the states of... Continue Reading →
The United States has an opportunity to accelerate offshore wind energy growth, and benefit from 28 new gigawatts of clean energy and $1.7 billion in U.S. Treasury revenue by 2022, a new study released today from research group Wood Mackenzie finds. Findings from this study confirm additional lease areas are needed to meet demand, reduce... Continue Reading →
BP (BP.L) cut its dividend for the first time in a decade after a record $6.7 billion second-quarter loss, when the coronavirus crisis hammered fuel demand, and it sought to win over investors by speeding up its reinvention as a lower carbon company. Its shares rose more than 7% on Tuesday after BP unveiled earlier... Continue Reading →
Wind turbine maker Siemens Gamesa expects the fallout of the COVID-19 pandemic will cut 1 billion euros ($1.2 billion) from its sales revenue in the full year, the German-Spanish manufacturer said on Thursday. The company said the impact will be harsher than previously expected, with fewer sales of turbines in several markets and slower execution... Continue Reading →
July 30, 2020 Ceará emerges as the main center of investment attraction for offshore wind in the country, after BI Energia started licensing process for a new park in Camocim, with 1.2 GW of power, distributed in 100 12 MW wind turbines. With the new project, four of the seven offshore wind farms currently being... Continue Reading →
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