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(epbr) “We want to install two wind turbines to gain experience, analyze, prepare,” Tolmasquim told journalists during an event this Tuesday. The company has already started conversations with the Union Heritage Secretariat (SPU) for access to the areas. In the case of the Southeast, the location selected for the R&D project is close to Porto... Continue Reading →
(Reuters) The global market for offshore wind projects is improving with governments and companies now offering high enough prices to make projects economically viable, the CEO of Portugal's largest utility Energias de Portugal (EDP) said on Tuesday. Many countries are relying on a huge and rapid build-out of offshore wind farms to meet climate targets... Continue Reading →
(offshore WIND.biz) The award of 1.5 GW of floating wind capacity in Norway, which was planned for this year, will be held in 2025 as the Norwegian government plans to have the subsidy model in place and announced before allocating the Utsira Nord (Utsira North) offshore areas for development. The government says the decision to... Continue Reading →
For the second year running, the company neutralizes "scope 2" emissions associated with energy consumption purchased from suppliers in Brazil. Petrobras has acquired international certificates attesting that 100% of the electricity used in its industrial and administrative operations in Brazil last year was generated from renewable sources. The I-REC (Renewable Energy Certificate) document guarantees that... Continue Reading →
(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 →
(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 →
(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 →
(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 →
(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 →
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 →
