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Fugro is set to deploy its Seawatch floating LiDAR, surface metocean equipment buoys and seabed landers at the offshore site in Scotland where ScottishPower Renewables plans to build its 2 GW MachairWind offshore wind farm, with seabed surveys scheduled to start this summer. Using the Forth Warrior vessel, this month, Fugro will install the equipment at two separate locations... Continue Reading →
(epbr) SPIC Brasil, a subsidiary of the Chinese generator, closed an agreement with Prumo Logística, a company controlled by the EIG that is responsible for the development of Porto do Açu, for joint renewable energy projects in the port complex located in the north of Rio de Janeiro. The Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), signed during... Continue Reading →
Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras, regarding the pieces of news published in the media, clarifies that as part of its BioRefining Program it is conducting new project studies to expand the production of Diesel R, Petrobras fuel produced by co-processing mineral diesel with vegetable oil, which contains a portion of green diesel (HVO), which may... Continue Reading →
(Reuters) - Mubadala Capital backed-Acelen will invest 12 billion reais ($2.44 billion) over 10 years to make "green" diesel and jet fuel in Brazil, starting in 2026, in a move that will place the company among global leaders in this segment, executives told Reuters. The new biorefinery, which the energy company plans to begin building... Continue Reading →
Danish offshore wind installation contractor Cadeler has signed a contract with Siemens Gamesa to transport and install 26 Siemens Gamesa 11MW wind turbines at the Aflandshage wind farm developed by HOFOR, Greater Copenhagen utility company. The contract has a day rate above 375,000 euros (currently around $412,185). When completed, the offshore wind farm will have... Continue Reading →
(OE) Ampelmann, a Dutch-based firm providing offshore access solutions, will soon be deploying a second gangway to support the construction of the Hywind Tampen floating wind farm in Norway. The first gangway, an E1000 system, was fitted to OSCV Siem Barracuda in early December. Ampelmann said Monday that the second Ampelmann gangway would begin its operations on... Continue Reading →
(Reuters) The Group of Seven rich nations on Sunday set big new collective targets for solar power and offshore wind capacity, agreeing to speed up renewable energy development and move toward a quicker phase-out of fossil fuels. But they stopped short of endorsing a 2030 deadline for phasing out coal that Canada and other members... Continue Reading →
Tom Ewing, Contributor (OE) Offshore wind energy planners are giving close review to fixed-tower systems in order to extend lessons learned to floating wind towers, under development now. In the U.S., floating towers have been most closely associated with plans for new wind energy areas (WEA) in the Pacific, off of California and maybe Oregon and... Continue Reading →
With the addition of 115 new global offshore wind projects over the Last Twelve Months (LTM), Quest Floating Wind Energy (Q FWE) are actively tracking 752 projects (with statuses Under development, Pre-development, Planned and Possible) representing $2.2 trillion in CapEx, a $1.06 trillion year over year (YoY) gain. The Quest Offshore Wind Turbine Index (QOWTI),... Continue Reading →
(OET) Dutch upstream oil and gas company, ONE-Dyas, has awarded N-Sea with a contract to install a subsea power cable between the Riffgat offshore wind farm in the German North Sea and the new, to-be-built N05-A gas production platform. The scope of N-Sea includes the complete scope comprising survey, design, supply, engineering, transport, installation, burial,... Continue Reading →
