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Installation of an innovative marine data collection buoy on one of the floating wind ‘macro-zones’ set to be tendered in the Mediterranean Sea off France is moving ahead following the award of final permits to technology developer Ocergy. The pilot unit, part of Ocergy’s ‘Blue Oracle’ (Buoy with Lidar and Underwater Equipment for Ocean Resource... Continue Reading →
(OE) Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) has signed a "Strategic Collaboration Agreement" with Equinor, Norway's largest energy company, to strengthen its competitiveness in the offshore EPC business. According to SHI, the two companies have recognized that a longer-term and closer collaboration on the future project portfolio could be mutually beneficial for Equinor's future projects requiring "Asian... Continue Reading →
(U) Brazilian logistics player Prumo and local energy distribution company Neoenergia have signed a memorandum of understanding to develop studies for the production of green hydrogen and offshore wind generation in the Acu Port area of Rio de Janeiro state. The announcement involving Prumo — a partnership between EIG Global Energy Partners and Mubadala Investment... Continue Reading →
Heerema Marine Contractors has awarded Huisman a contract to deliver a Motion Compensated Pile Gripper. The Motion Compensation Pile Gripper will enable Heerema to install offshore wind monopiles up to 12.5 meters in diameter, with a length of up to 115 meters and a weight of 3,200 metric tons. The Gripper is designed specifically for... Continue Reading →
BOURBON has formed a new division dedicated to offshore wind. The company aims to become a major player in this industry, providing pre-studies, transport and installation services, field maintenance, floaters repair and personnel transport, supporting projects from 250 MW to 1 GW by 2030. Bourbon Wind will coordinate all the group's activities in this field, creating... Continue Reading →
(OED) Swedish firm Vattenfall has obtained the right to develop the N-7.2 offshore wind power project off the German North Sea coast. The project is expected to generate enough electricity to power the equivalent oif more than one million German households. As part of the tender process for the construction of a large wind farm... Continue Reading →
(Reuters) - Petrobras is set to present its new strategic plan for the coming years in November, an executive for Brazil's state-run company said on Wednesday, hinting it should be "consistent" with the current focus on offshore oil formation known as pre-salt. During an oil and gas event in Rio de Janeiro, Petrobras' executive director... Continue Reading →
(OE) GustoMSC and NOV Lifting & Handling said Tuesday they had developed a solution to improve offshore wind turbine blade installation efficiency. "Blades are highly susceptible to wind loads, so they currently take the most time to install," the companies said. The solution has been named Sjøhest - Norwegian for “seahorse." "Like the seahorse’s unique... Continue Reading →
Taiya Renewable Energy on Tuesday announced a joint development of a floating offshore wind pipeline including a 50 MW floating wind pilot-project and commercial-scale projects offshore Taiwan with floating wind specialist BW Ideol. "This cooperation is the first project of a Taiwanese developer to announce its entry into floating pilot wind projects. It is also... Continue Reading →
(U) US supermajor ExxonMobil expects oil and natural gas will remain an important part of the energy mix in the decades to come, in order to meet an expected rise in energy demand around the world. Third-party studies estimate that $13 trillion of new oil and gas investments will be required by 2050 to meet... Continue Reading →
