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(OE) Cerulean Winds plans to build an offshore integrated green power and transmission system, powered by floating wind, that North Sea oil and gas platforms will plug into for clean power, under the project called the North Sea Renewables Grid (NSRG), Cerulean and partner Frontier Power International will develop three 333km2 sites of hundreds of floating... Continue Reading →
(Reuters) French oil and gas services group Technip Energies on Thursday announced a green hydrogen solutions joint-venture with Belgian group John Cockerill, while reporting stronger-than-expected first-quarter earnings. The need to combat climate change, along with Russia's invasion of Ukraine, have created opportunities for energy service firms, with increased investments in liquefied natural gas (LNG) and... Continue Reading →
Barry Parker, Contributor (OE) The path to decarbonization is defined by partnership and fueled by government funding. This month we examine the players, partnerships, and evolution of Hydrogen Hubs in the Gulf of Mexico. The Green Shipping Challenge, organized by the United States and Norway at COP 27 held in late 2022, brought about dozens of... Continue Reading →
Wendy Laursen, Contributing Writer (OE) WTIVs have always been fuel-hungry. Now they are being tasked with installations that are further, deeper and heavier. Offshore wind farms continue their march into deeper water, further from shore, with turbines that can now reach more than 270 meters high with blades 120 meters long. Designers and OEMs are pushing... Continue Reading →
(Reuters) - Colombia's National Hydrocarbons Agency (ANH) will invest more than $135 million in growing its knowledge of renewable energy options, the agency's new president Clara Guatame said at an industry event in the Caribbean city of Barranquilla on Wednesday. The government of leftist President Gustavo Petro has set its sights on weaning Colombia from... Continue Reading →
Theodor Sørlie, Contributor (OE) As the world continues to scramble for renewable energy, floating offshore wind has emerged as a key capacity enabler in the coming decades. With no major commercial scale projects currently in operations, the segment is largely based on governments and developers ambitious project plans for the future. Nonetheless, this market segment can... Continue Reading →
Brazil has all the favorable conditions to lead the global development of offshore wind energy. To get an idea, the country's estimated generation potential is 700 GW in offshore locations with depths of up to 50 meters - a volume that corresponds to more than 30 times the installed generation capacity in the world today... Continue Reading →
(epbr) The Dutch government released the Climate Fund project for 2024, which foresees 28.1 billion euros for climate spending in the country until 2030. Of this total, 7.5 billion euros will be used to develop the green hydrogen industry, including 300 million euros to import this energy source – which could favor green hydrogen projects... Continue Reading →
Fugro has reported a revenue of €465.8 million for the first quarter of 2023, representing an increase of 27.5 per cent, said to be especially related to offshore wind site characterization solutions, with all regions reporting double-digit growth. Overall, revenue in marine was €335.1 million, up by 34.7 per cent, as a result of increasingly... Continue Reading →
Three firms are vying to buy a minority stake of up to 49% in Iberdrola's "Baltic Eagle" offshore wind farm off the German coast, newspaper Expansion reported on Friday, citing unidentified market sources. The top candidates for the transaction valued at around 700 million euros ($769 million) are Abu Dhabi's Masdar, Swiss fund EIP and... Continue Reading →
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