(Reuters) Guyana's environmental regulator on Wednesday granted an Exxon Mobil-led consortium approval to drill 35 new offshore exploration and appraisal wells as the group looks to expand its production successes in the South American country. The wells will be drilled within the group's 6.6 million acre (26,800-sq km) Stabroek offshore block, where more than 11... Continue Reading →
US Approves Construction for Orsted’s Ocean Wind Project off New Jersey
(Reuters)The Biden administration on Wednesday approved construction of an offshore windfarm that will generate 1,100 megawatts of power from up to 98 turbines off the coast of Atlantic City, New Jersey, becoming the third such project in the United States. Approval of Orsted's Ocean Wind by the Interior Department is the administration's latest move toward... Continue Reading →
Crown Estate Outlines Next Steps for Celtic Sea Floating Offshore Wind Lease Sale
The Crown Estate has made some modifications to the auction process for the Celtic Sea floating wind leases offshore Wales and southwest England, focusing on social value, integration ports and supply chain, as well as addressing new spatial constraints to help de-risk projects ahead of opening the leasing round to bidders later this year. In... Continue Reading →
Brazilian Government Ramps Up Work on Offshore Wind, Green Hydrogen
(OW) Brazil’s Ministry of Mining and Energy and Energy Research Office (EPE) have published a new version of the country’s offshore wind roadmap following recent updates of the regulatory framework for energy generation. According to a recent report by Reuters, the country’s government also plans to establish a regulative framework for offshore wind and green hydrogen... Continue Reading →
France’s Engie and Portugal’s EDP plan to develop offshore windfarms in Australia
(Reuters) - Ocean Winds, a joint venture between Portugal's main utility EDP (EDP.LS) and French company Engie (ENGIE.PA), said on Tuesday it has lodged applications with the Australian government to develop offshore windfarms off the coast of Victoria. The JV, which participated in the Victoria tender through its bidding company High Sea Wind, has presented applications for three... Continue Reading →
Hydrogen, ammonia and green methanol are routes for offshore wind energy use in Brazil
(epbr) “The route cannot be fully established in the regulated market. We have to develop other sales lines for this energy”, says Equinor's director Andre Leite at the Offshore Week 23 Conference. The executive explained that offshore power generation will enable the development of new electro-intensive markets and attract industries to consume this new renewable... Continue Reading →
Sole remaining block off Uruguay goes to Isle of Man-based oil & gas firm
(OET) Challenger Energy Group (CEG), the Isle of Man-headquartered oil and gas company focused on the Caribbean and Americas, has been awarded the last remaining available shallow water exploration block located off Uruguay. Other offshore exploration licenses are held by energy majors, including Shell, Apache and YPF, the Argentinian national oil company. After Challenger Energy submitted a bid... Continue Reading →
China Now Has 31+ GW of Offshore Wind Installed, Country on Track to Hit Wind and Solar Targets Five Years Early, Report Says
(OW) Operating offshore wind capacity in China has reached 31.4 GW and accounts for approximately 10 per cent of the country’s total wind capacity which has doubled from 2017 and now exceeds 310 GW, according to a report from Global Energy Monitor (GEM), a US-based non-profit organisation that tracks fossil and renewable energy projects worldwide.... Continue Reading →
Crown Estate Reports Record Profit as UK Round 4 Offshore Wind Option Fees Start Pouring In
(OW) The Crown Estate has reported a record net revenue profit of GBP 442.6 million (around EUR 512 million) for the financial year 2022/23 thanks to earnings from option fees that the developers of the Round 4 offshore wind farms started paying this year. Offshore wind has also boosted the value of The Crown Estate’s... Continue Reading →
Hitachi Energy Secures Deal for Two Swedish Offshore Wind Farms
(OW) OX2 and Ingka Investments have signed their third conditional agreement with a supplier for two of their offshore wind projects in Sweden, Triton and Galene, this time with Hitachi Energy for high-voltage equipment and systems, and power quality solutions for two onshore substations and up to eight offshore substations. The two project owners are... Continue Reading →