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Sept 30 (Reuters) - US senators from both parties said on Wednesday they have reached a deal to reform laws on the permitting of large energy and infrastructure projects, though a vote will not occur before the midterm elections. The agreement marks a significant milestone in the years-long effort by Congress to overhaul federal permitting,... Continue Reading →
Sept. 28 (offshore-energy.biz) Just three months after installing a brand-new electrical system to boost its flagship Brazilian offshore field, Karoon Energy, an ASX-listed international oil and gas exploration and production player, is heading back to the drawing board. After noting a fault on the monitoring system of the SPS-92 well at the Baúna field, Karoon... Continue Reading →
Sept 24 (Reuters) - The US Senate is nearing a deal to reform laws to speed up permitting of large infrastructure projects after the White House compromised on how renewable energy is treated, though a vote is uncertain before the midterm elections, a top Senate Democrat said on Thursday. Senators Sheldon Whitehouse, the top Democrat... Continue Reading →
Aug. 13 - The government also signed significant decrees for the energy industry. The first regulates the implementation of the National Low-Carbon Hydrogen Policy. The decree puts into practice mechanisms for governance, certification, tax incentives, and investment promotion, laying the groundwork for the National Hydrogen Program (PNH2) and the Low-Carbon Hydrogen Development Program (PHBC). It... Continue Reading →
June 17 (offshreWIND.biz) The Trump Administration has withdrawn its appeal of a federal court ruling that vacated the section of its January 2025 Presidential Wind Memorandum that halted federal leasing and permitting activities for onshore and offshore wind projects, leaving the court’s decision in place and the wind permitting and leasing freeze overturned. The US... Continue Reading →
June 17 (Reuters) - Portugal's government on Wednesday launched a process to assign over 1,000 areas for wind and solar projects around existing grid connections, which can be fast-tracked thanks to their low potential for environmental conflicts. By doing so, the government aims to attract more investment in the country that is already one of... Continue Reading →
June 16 (oilnow.gy) ExxonMobil Guyana Limited has proposed a new exploration and appraisal drilling campaign that could see up to 35 wells drilled in the Stabroek Block between 2028 and 2033. The Guyana Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced on June 14 that it has opened a 28-day public consultation period on the proposed campaign, inviting... Continue Reading →
June 3 (Reuters) - Major international renewable energy investors are lining up for Brazil’s first battery auction, announced by the government on Wednesday, boosting hopes that the storage units will obtain the financial resources to purchase power from the country's struggling renewable generators. Solar and wind energy projects have been hit by hundreds of millions... Continue Reading →
May 30 (cleantechnica.com) Beginning in the early 2000’s, US taxpayers devoted many millions of dollars to support new floating wind turbine technology, enabling many more gigawatts of clean power to be harvested from offshore sites. Too bad all that blood, sweat, and tears went to waste after US President Donald Trump blew up the domestic offshore... Continue Reading →
May 28 (oilprice.com) TotalEnergies has applied for authorization of France's biggest renewables project, a 1.5-GW offshore wind project off Normandy, which is estimated to cost $5.2 billion, the French supermajor said on Thursday. Eight months after the French government awarded the project to TotalEnergies, the group's wholly-owned project company Centre Manche Energies has officially applied for the... Continue Reading →
