Sept. 11 (splash247.com) Sumitomo Heavy Industries and Albatross Technology have formed a capital and business alliance to speed up the development of floating axis wind turbines (FAWTs), with the partners preparing to move from small-scale testing to a 2MW-class offshore demonstrator. The cooperation will cover turbine design, production, installation, and maintenance, and the partners will... Continue Reading →
Clean Hydrogen Investment Tops $130 Billion
Sept. 10 (oilprice.com) The oil and gas supply shock amid the Middle East conflict has accelerated cumulative global investments in clean hydrogen to above $130 billion across more than 570 projects, as energy security has become a key driver of uptake alongside industrial growth and decarbonization targets, the Hydrogen Council said in a new report... Continue Reading →
Scotland Finances Plans to Produce Floating Offshore Wind Foundations at Port of Ardersier
Sept. 10 (offshoreWIND.biz) Scotland's Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE) has approved more than GBP 778,000 in Scottish Government funding for plans to produce floating offshore wind foundations at Port of Ardersier. The funding will support an 18-month front-end engineering design (FEED) study led by the France based company BW Ideol, a subsidiary of BW Ideol... Continue Reading →
Standardization and Industrialization Could Cut Offshore Wind Costs in North Sea by 28% – Study
Sept. 8 (offshoreWIND.biz) Standardizing turbine designs and securing predictable project pipelines could reduce the average lifetime cost of electricity from North Sea offshore wind by up to 28 per cent by 2050 in a high-volume scenario, a study led by DNV has shown. DNV led the joint industry project (JIP) with eight companies across the... Continue Reading →
T12 Engineering Gets OWGP Funding for Floating Wind Mooring Tech
Sept. 8 (OE) T12 Engineering has secured funding from the Offshore Wind Growth Partnership (OWGP) to advance its Floating Mooring System (FMS), a technology designed to reduce the cost and complexity of maintaining floating offshore wind turbines. The latest project follows a Front-End Engineering Design (FEED) study supported by Scottish Enterprise in 2025, which confirmed... Continue Reading →
Dominion Energy, NextEra secure shareholder approvals for merger deal
Sept 3 (Reuters) - Shareholders of Dominion Energy and NextEra Energy approved the companies' proposed $66.8 billion merger deal, according to regulatory filings on Thursday. The companies had announced their plan to merge in May, which is expected to create one of the world's largest electric utilities during an expansion of energy-intensive data centers to support artificial intelligence. Virginia-based... Continue Reading →
ABS to Support Japanese Company’s 18 MW Floating Wind Turbine Pilot in Brazil
Sept.4 (offshoreWIND.biz) The American Bureau of Shipping (ABS) and the Japanese engineering and technology company Japan Blue Energy (JB Energy) have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to collaborate on strategic studies for a floating wind pilot project proposed for installation off Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. Named Aura Sul Wind, the project will consist... Continue Reading →
California Moves to Sue Trump Administration, RWE Over Deal to Cancel Floating Wind Project
Sept. 2 (offshoreWIND.biz) California has notified the US Department of the Interior (DOI) and RWE of the intention to sue over the USD 1.22 billion (around EUR 1.05 billion) agreement to cancel three offshore wind leases, including one in federal waters off California. A separate 60-day pre-suit period is also running over the USD 111... Continue Reading →
Singapore and Brazil to establish green and digital shipping corridor
Sept. 1 (marinereport) Singapore and Brazil have inked a deal that will establish their green and digital shipping corridor. In a statement, the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) said the two markets signed the memorandum of understanding to establish the Singapore-Brazil Green and Digital Shipping Corridor (GDSC). The partnership will strengthen cooperation between Singapore and... Continue Reading →
California sues Trump administration over offshore wind lease cancelation
Aug 28 (Reuters) - California on Friday sued the Trump administration and an offshore wind developer over a deal that canceled a planned project off the state's Central Coast in exchange for a $120 million federal reimbursement and a commitment to invest in fossil fuel projects. California Attorney General Rob Bonta filed the lawsuit in... Continue Reading →