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(offshoreWIND.biz) The Reduced Commercial Risks with Demo of 15+ MW (RECORD15) joint industry project, which aims to install a latest generation turbine with a rated power over 15 MW on Ocergy’s floating platform in 2028, has been launched. The Front-End Engineering Design (FEED) contract for this pilot project was recently signed between Ocergy and three... Continue Reading →
(offshoreWIND.biz) The Trump administration has warned the UK government about security risks as Mingyang Smart Energy plans to build a factory in Scotland to manufacture wind turbines for North Sea offshore wind farms, according to a report by the Financial Times, citing a US official. A Chinese analyst has commented on the news, saying the... Continue Reading →
(Reuters) Italian energy group Eni has sold a 20% stake in its retail and renewables business Plenitude to U.S. alternative investment manager Ares Management Corp for about 2 billion euros ($2.3 billion), it said on Monday. The transaction is part of the Italian group's long-term strategy to find partners to jointly develop its businesses and... Continue Reading →
(offshoreWIND.biz) A US federal judge in Massachusetts has tentatively accepted the lawsuit filed by 18 state attorneys general challenging the presidential memorandum issued on 20 January that halts leasing and permitting for wind energy projects, and calls for reviews of existing permits. The case is, however, likely to move forward only against the Department of the... Continue Reading →
(offshoreWIND.biz) The Crown Estate has selected Equinor and Gwynt Glas, a joint venture between EDF Renewables UK and ESB, as preferred bidders in the seabed leasing round for floating wind projects in the Celtic Sea. Selected on 12 June, each of the two developers was awarded 1.5 GW of capacity in their respective project development area... Continue Reading →
Petrobras published its Sustainability Report, providing a snapshot of the company's progress in its journey towards the Fair Energy Transition in 2024. The investment of US$16.3 billion in low-carbon projects over the next 5 years, the generation of 315 thousand jobs in the same period and the reduction of 40% in absolute CO2e emissions since... Continue Reading →
(Reuters) King Charles III's Crown Estate, which owns Britain's seabed, said on Tuesday it will invest up to 400 million pounds ($543 million) in the country's offshore wind supply chain. The investment is intended to support the construction of new infrastructure, including ports, supply chain manufacturing, and research and testing facilities, to enable the deployment... Continue Reading →
(offshoreWIND.biz) The Delaware State Senate has passed a bill which would allow US Wind to continue planning its onshore substations for the Maryland offshore wind project in Delaware’s Sussex County, whose council denied US Wind the permit last year. Senate Bill 159, introduced in the Delaware Senate on 21 May and discussed by the Senate... Continue Reading →
(splash247.com) Brazilian state-owned oil and gas company Petrobras has launched two tenders for an offshore wind pilot project off the coast of Rio de Janeiro state. One tender is for the acquisition and processing of geophysical data in ultra-shallow waters off São João da Barra. The acquisition, processing, and interpretation services will use electrical tomography,... Continue Reading →
(eixos.com.br) On Friday, the federal government dismissed the National Secretary for Energy Transition and Planning of the Ministry of Mines and Energy (MME), Thiago Barral The decision was published in an extra edition of the Official Gazette of the Union (DOU), signed by the Chief of Staff of the Civil House, Rui Costa, while the... Continue Reading →
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