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 →
Siemens Gamesa Slashes 2020 Revenue Forecast on COVID-19 Impact
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 →
State of Ceará wins another project for offshore wind
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 →
Offshore Wind Spending Hits Record High, Despite Covid-19
The offshore wind industry had by far its busiest half-year ever for final investment decisions in 1H 2020, surpassing the full-year figures from 2019, according to the latest report from research company BloombergNEF (BNEF). Offshore wind financings in 1H 2020 totaled $35 billion, up 319% year-on-year and even well above 2019’s record full-year figure (a... Continue Reading →
Siemens spins off its gas turbine and wind power business
Siemens AG shareholders approved a spinoff of the company’s energy business, one of CEO Joe Kaeser’s last major moves to reshape the German industrial stalwart. More than 99% of shareholders approved the motion to create an independent Siemens Energy AG at an extraordinary shareholder meeting on Thursday. The company, with almost 29 billion euros ($33... Continue Reading →
Petrobras gives up on offshore wind
July 6, 2020 Petrobras withdrew from the pilot plant project for offshore wind generation in Rio Grande do Norte, informed the Emissions and Climate Change manager of the state-owned company, Viviana Coelho, during a webinar promoted by EPBR, on Friday (3/7). In October 2019, Petrobras requested prior and installation licenses to implement the project the... Continue Reading →
Oil and Gas Majors in Floating Wind.
Quest FWE will moderate a podcast with Oil & Gas Majors July 2nd on the opportunities ahead in Floating Wind. Paul Hillegeist of Quest FWE will set the stage with a Market Overview and moderate a panel discussion with Aker Solutions, Equinor and Shell to gain their key insights on the burgeoning opportunities and challenges... Continue Reading →
New Report Outlines Big Potential for Offshore Wind
Offshore wind currently represents just a small piece of the world’s energy supply. But that’s changing faster than ever before as new and existing players look to tap the huge resource potential—and market opportunities—being unlocked by shrinking costs and technological advances, as outlined in a recent comprehensive market report. In the coming two decades, the... Continue Reading →
A New Role for Service Providers Amidst Energy Upheaval
Amid what the IEA has dubbed a “dismal” year for fossil fuels, the one bright spot is the performance of renewables sector, which is still expected to grow by 1% this year. That is a serious downgrade on the sector’s record performance last year, when global wind power capacity grew by almost a fifth. Nonetheless,... Continue Reading →
European offshore wind CAPEX to top upstream oil & gas in 2022 – Rystad Energy
Capital expenditure (CAPEX) on offshore wind is expected to surpass upstream oil & gas spending in Europe in 2022, according to Rystad Energy. The oil market collapse caused by the Covid-19 pandemic is set to delay several oil and gas developments in Western Europe, putting capital expenditure in the offshore sector on a continued downwards... Continue Reading →