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(OW) Hitachi Energy and the Danish renewable energy developer, Ørsted, have extended their long-standing collaboration for offshore wind farms for three more years. Under the extended framework agreement, Hitachi Energy will continue to support Ørsted’s global offshore wind farms. At a visit to Hitachi Energy’s factory in Ludvika in Sweden, Ørsted’s country head of Sweden,... Continue Reading →
(OW) Goldwind’s GWH252-16MW wind turbine, installed at the Zhangpu Liuao offshore wind farm owned and developed by China Three Gorges, has produced 384.1 megawatt-hours in a 24-hour period, setting a new world record for an individual wind turbine in the given period. The record was achieved on 1 September while the wind farm offshore the... Continue Reading →
(OW) New and existing offshore wind farms could help generate large amounts of green hydrogen and support the UK and EU meet their net zero targets, if the necessary infrastructure can be put in place, according to a new report commissioned by Crown Estate Scotland. The “Commercial Models for Future Hydrogen Production” report, written by Xodus Group,... Continue Reading →
Philip Lewis, Contributor (OE) Global floating wind capacity will have grown from less than 200 MW at the end of 2022 to around 61 GW of grid connected capacity by 2035. This activity will require over $250 billion in capital expenditure. Over 75% of the forecast activity is expected to come from four countries. The global... Continue Reading →
Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras informs that it has acquired 175,000 carbon credits, marking its entry into the voluntary carbon credit market. Each credit represents 1 ton of CO2 equivalent avoided, totaling 175,000 tons of greenhouse gases (GHG) not emitted. These credits correspond to the preservation of an area of 570 hectares of the Amazon... Continue Reading →
(OET) SCHOTTEL Marine Technologies, the new company name for Germany’s AQUOS SCHOTTEL Marine Technologies and Scotland’s Swift Anchors, has integrated its operations to ramp-up deployment of its anchoring solutions for floating offshore renewables. The move comes in an effort to exploit the growing business opportunities in offshore renewables, and in particular within the floating offshore wind sector,... Continue Reading →
(Reuters) - BP (BP.L) CEO Bernard Looney says he will not further scale back his energy transition strategy after ceding some ground earlier this year, despite investors penalizing the group over its plan to break away from rivals in cutting oil and gas output. Taking office in February 2020 with a vow to reinvent the 114-year-old company,... Continue Reading →
Philip Lewis, Contributor (OE) Much has been written recently about the challenges facing U.S. offshore wind projects, resulting in requests to terminate or renegotiate contracts to sell power to states. Examples of these challenges can be found from Massachusetts to Virginia. Coming on top of last week’s somewhat disappointing events of the Gulf of Mexico lease... Continue Reading →
(TN) Petrobras started installing LiDAR (Light Detection and Ranging) measurement devices on six platforms located in shallow waters off the coast of the states of Rio Grande do Norte, Ceará and Espírito Santo. The equipment integrates new wind measurement campaigns, which will be carried out over three years. The collected data will allow the elaboration... Continue Reading →
(OET) The US Department of Energy (DOE) and the Department of the Interior (DOI) have unveiled plans to collaborate and jointly fund research to further support durable and environmentally responsible offshore wind and marine energy deployments in the United States. The agencies will launch the upcoming funding opportunity through Wind Energy Technologies Office (WETO), Water... Continue Reading →
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