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Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras informs that it signed today a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Chinese Export Credit Agency, Sinosure. The agreement aims to evaluate investment and cooperation opportunities in low-carbon and green finance initiatives; to strengthen Petrobras' supply chain; and to increase and facilitate trade and financial exchanges between Petrobras and Chinese... Continue Reading →
(OE) Danish wind turbine maker Vestas has united its Technology organization (CTO) and Manufacturing and Global Procurement organization (COO) into one Technology and Operations Organization (CTOO) to strengthen its approach within delivery of wind energy solutions. The united CTOO organization will become the foundation for one enterprise-wide industrial system within Vestas and will be headed... Continue Reading →
Principle Power and Aker Solutions (“FloatHOME” consortium) have been chosen as a winner for the second phase of the U.S. Floating Offshore Wind Readiness (FLOWIN) Prize by the DOE. The award consists of a $450,000 cash prize and $100,000 in technical assistance from the DOE National Labs. Prize money is being used to advance WindFloat®... Continue Reading →
(OffshoreMagazine)Rain Byars, technical and delivery director with Atlantic Shores Offshore Wind, provided a developer's perspective on US offshore wind during her keynote session on May 7 at the Offshore Technology Conference (OTC). The dedicated offshore wind thread was a first at OTC this year. Byars has 14 years of experience in offshore wind, and prior to... Continue Reading →
(Reuters) President Joe Biden's administration unveiled plans on Wednesday to hold up to a dozen auctions of offshore wind development rights through 2028, including four before the end of this year. The schedule will help companies, states and others plan for projects that require massive amounts of investment and infrastructure, the Interior Department said in... Continue Reading →
(OE) Vestas has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with A.P. Moller-Maersk, Jeonnam Province, and Mokpo City to build an offshore wind hub in Mokpo City in the Jeonnam Province, South Korea. Under the MoU, the parties will work together with the aim to establish a nacelle manufacturing plant and logistical base for offshore wind... Continue Reading →
(Reuters) Japan has agreed to partner with the United States to help reduce the cost of floating offshore wind projects, the White House said in a statement released during Prime Minister Fumio Kishida's visit to Washington to meet with President Joe Biden. Under the agreement, Japan and the U.S. would work to accelerate developments in... Continue Reading →
(OE) Belgium-based offshore mooring systems specialist Bekaert has joined the Tailwind project, which aims to develop advanced mooring solutions for floating wind industry. The Tailwind project, launched in January 2024, will aim to deliver advanced station-keeping technologies, designed to maintain the position of floating offshore wind energy farms through innovative mooring lines and anchoring systems.... Continue Reading →
(Bloomberg) -- Macquarie Asset Management is making a $50 billion bet on offshore wind after sidestepping a perfect storm of low power prices and cost inflation that forced many competitors to walk away. Corio Generation Ltd., the fully owned offshore wind unit of the Australian financial giant, along with partners including TotalEnergies SE, plans to... Continue Reading →
(epbr) The Porto do Pecém has started studies to identify what investments will be needed in the infrastructure of the port complex to attract investments for offshore wind and green hydrogen projects for Ceará, said the Secretary of State for International Relations, Roseane Medeiros . “Because, obviously, these investments [in renewable projects] are private investments.... Continue Reading →
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