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(OE) Offshore construction company Havfram Subsea said Thursday it was taking back its Ocean Installer name. The company's subsea business was known as Ocean Installer from the company's inception in 2011, with the 2020 name change reflecting its diversification into the offshore wind industry. The relaunch follows last year's announcement of the sale of Havfram's wind business lines. ... Continue Reading →
(Reuters) - Brazilian chemical maker Unigel said on Wednesday it will invest up to $1.5 billion in its complex in the state of Bahia to produce so-called green hydrogen, the first in the country to do so on an industrial scale. The plant, located in the city of Camaçari, should have the first of three... Continue Reading →
Swift Anchors, a UK-based company that develops anchoring solutions for the global offshore energy (floating wind, floating solar, tidal and wave) and aquaculture industries, is looking for new engineers to join its team. The company said that the need to has been spurred by its current work program and a growing commercial interest in its... Continue Reading →
Norway's Statkraft and Denmark's Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP) have partnered up to develop up to 2.2 gigawatts of offshore wind in Ireland. This partnership will see CIP acquire a 50% stake in Statkraft’s offshore wind portfolio in Ireland. The financial terms of the deal have not been disclosed. The scope of the partnership includes the... Continue Reading →
The first turbines at Parkwind's Arcadis Ost 1 offshore wind farm in Germany have started electricity production. According to Parkwind, Arcadis Ost 1 has been delivering power to the German grid since January 12, 2023. The 257 MW offshore wind farm is located in the German section of the Baltic Sea, northeast of the island... Continue Reading →
(OE) Plenitude, a division of Eni, and Simply Blue Group, an Irish developer of offshore renewable energy, have signed a deal to work together on a pipeline of new floating offshore wind projects in Italy. "Through this collaboration, the parties wish to combine Plenitude’s technical and financial capabilities and experience in the Italian energy market,... Continue Reading →
While investments in green sectors overshadowed the oil and gas funding for the first time last year, the cost-conscious developers are expected to tighten their purse strings after two years of soaring prices, outlined Rystad Energy, an energy market intelligence group. However, low-carbon spending is still expected to rise by $60 billion in 2023 as inflation weakens. As... Continue Reading →
(OET) Helix Robotics Solutions has entered into a three-year charter agreement for the DP2 offshore support vessel Glomar Wave for work in the renewables and oil and gas sectors. The 66.4-meter multi-role vessel can be configured with one or two remotely operated vehicles (ROVs) and Helix’s new custom-built IROV boulder and debris clearance tool. Glomar... Continue Reading →
Marco Polo Marine, a Singapore-listed offshore vessel company, has entered the South Korean market with a "landmark" Memorandum of Understanding signed with South Korean companies Namsung Shipping Co., Ltd. and HA Energy Co., Ltd. (“HA-E”). Under the MoU, the companies have committed "to jointly pursue synergistic offshore wind vessel operations in South Korea." South Korea’s... Continue Reading →
(OE) China's Mingyang Smart Energy on Friday announced the launch of next flagship offshore wind turbine – the MySE 18.X-28X - "going beyond the 18MW threshold." This means that, at the time of writing, this is the most powerful offshore wind turbine announced so far. According to the company, the MySE 18.X-28X, with 140-meter-long blades... Continue Reading →
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