(OE) Norway-based Wind Catching Systems, a company behind the design of a multi-turbine floating wind platform, said Monday it had received a technology development grant of NOK 22 million (USD 2.1 million) from the Norwegian government agency Enova. Wind Catching Systems is developing the Windcatcher, a floating wind power plant based on a multi-turbine design.... Continue Reading →
AvenHexicon Gets Priority Rights to Develop Two Floating Wind Farms in Italy
The Swedish floating wind technology specialist Hexicon has obtained maritime priority rights for two offshore wind concessions in Italy, where it is operating through its joint venture, AvenHexicon Srl, with local partner Avapa Energy Srl. Earlier this year, applications for both grid connections and Maritime Concessions were sent in. AvenHexicon has now obtained priority rights for... Continue Reading →
Oceaneering secures $300 million in subsea robotics contracts
Oceaneering’s Subsea Robotics segment has won multiple contracts in the third quarter of 2022 with anticipated aggregate revenue of $300 million. The contracts are primarily for remotely operated vehicle (ROV) services delivered from floating drilling rigs and vessels for subsea equipment support, subsea intervention and construction. Included work scopes are also ROV tooling, survey, positioning... Continue Reading →
Marine Power Systems, WavEC to Deploy Modular Floating Wind System in Portugal
Marine Power Systems from the UK is working with WavEC from Portugal to set up its modular floating offshore wind platform in the north of Portugal. "Floating offshore wind is increasingly featuring in government decarbonization targets around the world and Portugal is no exception. The Portuguese government has shown its commitment to offshore wind with... Continue Reading →
Equinor produces first oil from new Peregrino C platform in Brazil
Equinor’s new platform in Brazil, Peregrino C, produced its very first oil on 10 October at 20:00 local time. Peregrino is Equinor’s largest operated field outside Norway. Peregrino phase 2 will extend the Peregrino field life to 2040. Phase 2 adds 250-300 million barrels of oil, while at the same time halving expected CO2 emissions per... Continue Reading →
Energy transition to gather pace in Europe while the rest of the world lags, DNV finds
The heightened focus on energy security and the rising cost of energy is reinforcing the difference in decarbonization speed between Europe and the rest of the world, according to the sixth edition of DNV’s Energy Transition Outlook. Europe, which can be regarded as the leader of the energy transition, will double down on renewables and energy... Continue Reading →
FOW Players Target 132kV Dynamic Cables
Elaine Maslin, Contributor UK industry players are eying the development of 132kV dynamic array cables to meet the demands of ever larger turbines, but there are calls for standards to be agreed before they invest. The need for 132kV cables is being driven by the growth is turbine capacity to 15MW and beyond, with 20MW turbines... Continue Reading →
CIP Picks Stiesdal Floater for 100MW Scottish Offshore Wind Farm
(OE) Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP) has selected Stiesdal Offshore’s TetraSub floating foundation structure for the 100MW Pentland Floating Offshore Wind Farm project, to be located off the coast of Dounreay, Caithness, Scotland. The technology has been said to offer a lightweight and cost-effective floating solution, based on factory-made modules which are then assembled domestically in... Continue Reading →
EMEC Wraps Concept Design for 100MW Floating Wind Test Site Near Orkney
(OED) The European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC), located in Orkney, Scotland, has completed the concept design for a new 100 MW floating offshore wind test and demonstration site. The ocean energy test facility operator is seeking to secure a lease for a site ~20 km west of Orkney, further out to sea from its existing... Continue Reading →
ERM Taps Principle Power to Progress FEED for Wind-to-Hydrogen Dolphyn project
(OED) Sustainability consultancy ERM has awarded a contract to Principle Power, a provider of floating foundation solutions for the floating wind industry, to progress the Front-End Engineering Design (FEED) for a Wind-to-Hydrogen Dolphyn 10 MW prototype project off the coast of Aberdeen. The contract was agreed following ERM Dolphyn's receipt of £8.62 million in financing... Continue Reading →