Tadek assesses floating offshore wind platforms for Marine Power Systems

(Offshore-energy.biz) UK-based Tadek Ocean Engineering has produced a study on floating offshore wind platforms for Welsh company Marine Power Systems (MPS). The report evaluates tension leg platforms (TLP) long-term performance compared to semi-submersible alternatives for floating offshore wind turbines (FOWT). It includes an analysis of various aspects such as platform dimensions, assembly, and manufacturing setups,... Continue Reading →

March 25, 2024 0

BOEM Announces Review of Proposed Vineyard Northeast Project

(OE) The US Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) will initiate an environmental review of Vineyard Northeast’s proposed offshore wind energy project, located 29 miles offshore Nantucket, Massachusetts at its closest point. BOEM estimates the proposed project would generate up to 2,600MW of electricity, enough to power more than 900,000 homes with clean renewable... Continue Reading →

March 25, 2024 0

US Offshore Wind Development Could Ensure East Coast Grid Reliability

(Reuters) Offshore wind energy development presents an opportunity to add transmission capacity to the U.S. East Coast's power system that could ensure reliability for electric grid, according a study released by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) on Thursday. "This would allow offshore wind transmission to provide energy to areas of high demand and reduce... Continue Reading →

March 22, 2024 0

RCGI Research Center study technologies to interconnect Offshore Wind farms in Brazil to the Electric Grid

(PN) One of the challenges for implementing offshore wind farms in Brazil is defining the technology for transporting energy generated at sea to the continent. With this in mind, the Center for Research and Innovation in Greenhouse Gases (RCGI) began carrying out studies to understand the best technology for transmitting energy and, at the same... Continue Reading →

March 21, 2024 0

Euroports and BlueFloat Forge Strategic Offshore Wind Alliance

(OE) One of the largest port-infrastructure companies Euroports and Spanish offshore wind developer BlueFloat Energy have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to foster cooperation in supply chain and ports infrastructure for the delivery of offshore wind in Europe. The strategic alliance marks a significant step forward in building capabilities and infrastructure critical to establish... Continue Reading →

March 21, 2024 0

Second Offshore Wind Sale Proposed for Gulf of Mexico

The U.S. Department of the Interior has unveiled proposal for a second offshore wind energy auction in the Gulf of Mexico, which would cover four areas offshore Louisiana and Texas. Totaling 410,060 acres, the next Gulf of Mexico offshore wind auction would have the potential to secured clean power for 1.2 million homes. With the... Continue Reading →

March 21, 2024 0

BREAKING: Parkwind Consortium Wins Norway’s First Offshore Wind Tender

(offshoreWIND.biz) The Norwegian government has unveiled Ventyr Energi, a consortium of Parkwind and Ingka Investments, as the winner of the Sørlige Nordsjø II (Southern North Sea II) offshore wind auction round in Norway. The winning bid in the auction was NOK 115 (EUR 0.099) per kWh. “This is a milestone in the government’s offshore wind... Continue Reading →

March 20, 2024 0

Focus: Green energy giant Statkraft looks beyond Norway for growth

(Reuters) - Norwegian state-owned utility Statkraft, which has quietly become Europe's largest renewable energy producer, faces the challenge under its new CEO of balancing ambitions for global growth with financial restraint and calls to go public. On Monday, Statkraft's board announced Birgitte Ringstad Vartdal, its head of Nordic operations, would take on the top job... Continue Reading →

March 19, 2024 0

RWE Joins Forces with Spanish Port to Create Floating Wind Hub

Germany's top utility RWE has signed a Letter of Support with the Port Authority of A Coruña to facilitate the scaling-up of the port capacity in support of the Spanish government’s floating wind targets. Working together under a Letter of Support, the partners will investigate the potential for transforming infrastructure at the Port of Coruña,... Continue Reading →

March 19, 2024 0

Big Oil Execs Push Back Against Calls for Fast Energy Transition

(Reuters) Top oil executives took to the stage of a major energy conference on Monday to vocally oppose calls for a quick move away from fossil fuels, saying society would pay a steep cost to replace oil and gas. Big oil companies including BP and Equinor have written down renewable energy projects and others have... Continue Reading →

March 19, 2024 0