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50 out of the 114 Vestas V164-10.0 MW turbines have been installed at the 1.1 GW Seagreen offshore wind farm, Scotland’s largest and the world’s deepest fixed-bottom offshore wind farm. (OW) The wind turbines are being transported from Vestas’ turbine marshalling base at Able Seaton Port in Hartlepool and installed at the site by Cadeler’s... Continue Reading →
France-based clean hydrogen producer Lhyfe has launched the world’s first offshore renewable green hydrogen production demonstrator. The pilot was launched yesterday (Septmeber 22) in Saint-Nazaire, France, which will now begin an 18-month wind-powered pilot, as part its drive towards large-scale carbon reduction. It involves Lhyfe's new Sealhyfe 400 kg/day (1MW equivalent) green hydrogen producing electrolyser... Continue Reading →
Corio Generation has completed a geophysical survey at the site of its 450 MW offshore wind project in Ireland, after applying for Maritime Area Consent (MAC) in June this year with an aim to compete in Ireland’s first Offshore Renewable Electricity Support Scheme which opens in early 2023. The project is the Sceirde Rocks offshore... Continue Reading →
Floating wind developer Hexicon has appointed China's Mingyang as the preferred wind turbine generator (WTG) supplier for its TwinHub project in the Celtic Sea. Hexicon has also awarded the firm the WTG front end engineering and design (FEED) contract for the project. The 32MW project is expected to be commissioned and exporting clean power between... Continue Reading →
(Reuters) Shell's incoming Chief Executive Wael Sawan is set to accelerate the group's drive to build its renewable energy business, including through a possible "transformative" clean power acquisition, company and industry sources said. Sawan will from January take on a firm with a strong balance sheet after a surge in oil and gas prices, but... Continue Reading →
CorPower Ocean, Maersk Supply Service, and Dieseko have installed the first commercial-scale UMACK anchor to support the HiWave-5 wave energy demonstration project. The novel anchor has been installed 4 kilometers off the coast of Aguçadoura, in northern Portugal, where it will be used to anchor the CorPower C4 wave energy converter, as part of the company’s... Continue Reading →
Spanish utility and Naturgy and Norway's Equinor are targeting a 200MW floating offshore wind project in the Canary Islands. Following an agreement to work together, made earlier this year, the firm's are targeting the Floating Offshore Wind Canarias (FOWCA) project in the maritime area of eastern Gran Canaria.The FOWCA project, which would be connected to the... Continue Reading →
Dutch firm Damen Shipyards said Tuesday it was working to develop a new class of vessel that will be capable of supporting the growing floating wind industry. Damen has cited forecasts which indicate that by 2050 over 200GW or around 13,500 units of new floating offshore wind turbines will be in operation, and these turbines... Continue Reading →
(Reuters) - Brazil's ethanol exports to Europe are set to reach a record high this year, as foreign markets look more appealing than domestic, according to an analysis by S&P Global Commodity Insights. This year through August, Brazil shipped about 427 million liters of ethanol to Europe, 435% above the figures from the same period... Continue Reading →
Energy Perspectives 2022: Long-term development in the world’s energy markets and how politics, technologies, companies, and consumers can influence it, is an overarching theme of the energy transition. (OE) With inflation raging, geopolitical disruption and resultant energy security concerts, and continued logistics woes, the table is set for Equinor to deliver its insights on energy courtesy... Continue Reading →
