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The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE's) Wind Energy Technologies Office (WETO) has issued the Offshore Wind National and Regional Research and Development Funding Opportunity, which will award $48.6 million for projects that address several major areas of need for offshore wind. The areas include accelerating research and development of floating offshore wind platforms, exploring innovations... Continue Reading →
(OE) Slovakia-based drilling specialist GA Drilling has entered into a technical cooperation program with Brazil’s state-owned oil and gas giant Petrobras to deliver more efficient deep drilling system. In cooperation with Cenpes, Petrobras’ research, development, and innovation center, the partnership aims to bring a next-generation downhole drilling system to fruition, expected to significantly reduce well... Continue Reading →
NREL Researchers Identify Promising Locations off US Coastlines for Installation of Technology (CleanTechnica.com) Using electricity generated by offshore wind turbines as one pathway to split water to produce clean hydrogen may make economic sense, particularly along the U.S. Atlantic Coast and in the Gulf of Mexico, according to researchers at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory... Continue Reading →
(OE) Technip Energies, in partnership with Université Gustave Eiffel, Valeco, and OPEN-C Foundation, has launched the PAREF project, an R&D program aimed at accelerating industrial-scale development of floating wind. The project, funded by the French State as part of France 2030 operated by ADEME, aims to design, fabricate, and test a reusable anchoring system, high... Continue Reading →
(OE) MODEC and Terra Drone Corporation have entered into a joint research and development agreement to enhance inspection drones for floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) vessels. The agreement follows the memorandum of understanding signed by the companies in November 2023. Since, MODEC has continuously utilized Terra Drone’s drone technology to measure the hull thickness... Continue Reading →
(offshoreWIND.biz) A consortium gathering 17 partners from eight European countries has started working on a project, dubbed Floatfarm, with a goal to lower the levelised cost of energy (LCOE) of floating wind through solutions such as shared mooring and anchoring, and to reduce the impact of floating wind farms on marine wildlife. Funded by the... Continue Reading →
(offshoreWind.biz) According to a recent report from Rystad Energy, continental Europe will see the installation of 137 offshore substations over the coming decade, with an estimated total investment of USD 20 billion (approximately EUR 18.6 billion). According to the report, over 120 substations will be installed between 2024 and 2030 at a cost of around... Continue Reading →
(OE) Dutch thermoplastic composite pipe (TCP) technology company Strohm has secured $21.4 million ($20 million) investment from SENCO Hydrogen Capital, aimed at boosting its growth trajectory focused on hydrogen and carbon capture utilization and storage (CCUS) applications. The partnership between the two companies also seeks to reduce carbon footprint in the pipeline infrastructure for conventional... Continue Reading →
(OE) The next phase of the On Demand Ocean Bottom Node (OD OBN) project, involving Sonardyne, Shell, Petrobras and SENAI CIMATEC, has started offshore Brazil, which could result in the development of next generation of geophysical monitoring systems in the offshore oil and gas industry. The project, which began in 2018, involves a collaboration between... Continue Reading →
(OE) RWE has selected Argeo, a subsea service provider, to perform the site investigation work for Canopy offshore wind farm, a 1.6 GW floating wind project located off the coast of Northern California. The site investigation survey is a key milestone in the development of RWE’s first commercial scale floating offshore wind farm. The planned... Continue Reading →
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