(U) Petrobras is considering the potential of offering carbon capture and storage solutions for third-party industrial emissions in its native Brazil as part of a potential diversification strategy from the company’s key upstream oil and gas operations. “It’s a study we are doing right now,” Rafael Chaves Santos, executive director of institutional relations and sustainability... Continue Reading →
Floating wind: Saipem and Siemens team up on electrical substation concept
(U) Italian major Saipem and Siemens Energy have signed a tentative deal to jointly develop a floating electrical substation for use in offshore wind farms. With momentum building in a number of markets for floating wind, multiple technological solutions are being proposed for substructures to support turbines and electrical substations. The memorandum of understanding between... Continue Reading →
Blackstone and Carlyle take different sides on oil and gas investment
(DJN) Profits from oil-and-gas production have surged as crude prices hover at elevated levels, but volatile returns and a fraught political climate have created a divide among the biggest private-equity firms about whether investing in the sector is worth the headache. Many public pension funds and endowments that invest in private-equity funds have put pressure... Continue Reading →
Two US Companies Join Vineyard Wind 1 Team
Vineyard Wind has signed contracts with Maine-based Ironhouse and Houston-based EverLine to support the Vineyard Wind 1 offshore wind project at various construction and operation stages. EverLine, a provider of energy compliance, technical, and security solutions, will deliver complete Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) integration for the 62 wind turbines, a system that will... Continue Reading →
Shell, Raízen, Hytron, USP and SENAI form a partnership to convert ethanol into renewable hydrogen
(TN) Shell Brasil, Raízen, Hytron, University of São Paulo (USP) and SENAI CETIQT signed a cooperation agreement for the development of plants for the production of renewable hydrogen (H2) from ethanol. The partnership focuses on validating the technology through the construction of two plants sized to produce 5 kg/h of hydrogen and, later, the implementation... Continue Reading →
Neoenergia signs MoU for green hydrogen and offshore wind projects in RS
Neoenergia signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Government of Rio Grande do Sul for the development of green hydrogen and offshore wind generation. The company is developing studies for offshore wind generation on the coast of Rio Grande do Sul, the Águas Claras park. The agreement was signed in the municipality of Esteio.... Continue Reading →
Energinet starts feasibility studies for four new Danish offshore wind farms
The board of the Danish transmission system operator (TSO) Energinet has officially given the green light to carry out feasibility studies for four new offshore wind farms totalling up to 7.2 GW in capacity. This follows Energinet receiving orders from the Danish Energy Agency (DEA) and the Ministry of Climate, Energy and Utilities in June to initiate... Continue Reading →
Fugro to work on first Mediterranean floating offshore wind project
Fugro has won a contract with Renexia to carry out surveys at the 2.8 GW Med Wind project, the first floating offshore wind project in the Mediterranean. Fugro will perform marine geophysical and environmental surveys to acquire comprehensive geo-data at the proposed wind farm location in water depths of 300 to 900 meters and along the... Continue Reading →
All foundations, subsea cables installed at Formosa 2
All 47 wind turbine jacket foundations and all subsea cables are now in place at the Formosa 2 offshore wind farm in Taiwan. The wind farm also has more than half of its wind turbines installed so far. The final jacket foundation was installed on 26 August, with the subsea cable works reaching completion on... Continue Reading →
World’s Largest Installed Offshore Wind Farm Fully Operational
(OE) Danish renewable energy giant Ørsted said Wednesday that Hornsea 2, the world’s largest installed offshore wind farm, is now fully operational off the UK coast. The 1.3GW offshore wind farm comprises 165 wind turbines, located 89km off the Yorkshire Coast. I can power over 1.4 million UK households. The wind farm is located alongside... Continue Reading →