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(offshoreWIND.biz) Avangrid and Invenergy have each secured two lease areas in the Gulf of Maine auction, where total bids exceeded USD 21.9 million (approximately EUR 20 million), marking the first lease sale in the region and the first for floating offshore wind on the US Atlantic coast. The US Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM)... Continue Reading →
Subsea 7 S.A. announced the award to Seaway7, part of the Subsea7 Group, of a substantial1 contract by Ørsted for the transport and installation of the inter-array cables of the Hornsea 3 offshore wind project located in the UK sector of the North Sea. Seaway7’s scope of work covers the transportation and installation (T&I) of... Continue Reading →
(Reuters) - Colombia's energy ministry said on Tuesday it had received interest from seven foreign and two local companies in an offshore wind power project and that it expected formal bids within the first six months of 2025. The companies include Colombian state oil firm Ecopetrol and power firm Celsia, Spain's BlueFloat Energy, Denmark's Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners,... Continue Reading →
(Reuters) - President Joe Biden's administration on Tuesday will kick off a sale of offshore wind development rights for eight areas off the coasts of northern New England, a key test of industry appetite for new investment after a year of high-profile setbacks. The auction of nearly 1 million acres (404,680 hectares) in the Gulf... Continue Reading →
(eixos)The Senai Institute for Innovation in Renewable Energy (ISI-ER) and Chinese wind turbine manufacturer Mingyang signed a cooperation agreement on Thursday (24) for activities related to the offshore wind market in Rio Grande do Norte The intention is to develop local capacity. The state has 25.5 GW in projects with licensing requests from Ibama, out... Continue Reading →
(Portos e Navios)The bidding round provides for a two-year contract, renewable for the same period, to support the preparation of conceptual projects and provide consultancy services for the company to participate in future processes for acquiring areas for offshore energy generation. On Tuesday (10/22), Petrobras launched tender to hire consultancy services for the preparation of... Continue Reading →
Petrobras will invest BRL 60 million in a new sea wind testing and measuring phase by releasing new BRAVO buoy units to collect, monitor, and assess offshore wind resources. The technology, designed in an unprecedented way for the Brazilian sea, is the outcome of a successful R&D I project by the Petrobras Center for Research,... Continue Reading →
(Interesting Engineering) U.K.-based Beam recently launched AI-driven underwater vehicles capable of carrying out autonomous inspections of wind farms, as Interesting Engineering details. Offshore wind is a cutting-edge green energy source that is rapidly growing globally. The labor-intensive, costly, and lengthy inspections are ripe for innovation. That's where Beam, a deep tech company, is stepping in. Beam CEO Brian... Continue Reading →
(offshore-energy.biz) Norway-based energy data and intelligence company TGS has reported record-high ocean bottom node (OBN) contract activity in the third quarter of 2024, the first quarter including PGS, with the utilization of its streamer fleet improving on high bid activity. In Q3 2024, TGS said that the activity level within OBN acquisition was historically high, generating revenues... Continue Reading →
(Reuters) - The chief of Europe's largest utility Iberdrola (IBE.MC), opens new tab gave a bullish outlook for the coming years on Wednesday, pledging to build on a strategy to focus investment on expanding and upgrading grids in Britain, the United States and elsewhere. While pouring billions into power grids and taking a more selective approach to... Continue Reading →
