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RWE and Harbour Energy have established a partnership to investigate options to capture, transport and store CO2 from RWE’s gas-fired power stations via Viking CCS, Harbour Energy’s CO2 transport and storage network. The partnership is expected to lead to the transportation and storage of captured CO2 from RWE’s 1.7 GW Staythorpe Combined Cycle Gas Turbine (CCGT) power station... Continue Reading →
(Reuters) - The green hydrogen express is gathering pace, but it may have a worrying problem with leaks. As governments and energy companies line up big bets on the much-touted fuel of the future, some scientists say the lack of data on leaks and the potential harm they could cause is a blind spot for... Continue Reading →
(OE) NOV has signed contracts with China's CIMC Raffles to design and equip a self-propelled wind turbine installation jack-up vessel for the Norwegian offshore wind services company Havfram NOV, until recently known as National Oilwell Varco, will supply the GustoMSC NG-20000X wind installation vessel design. NOV entered the offshore rig & vessel design arena through the... Continue Reading →
(TN) Petrobras started testing the Bravo technology (Remote Buoy for Offshore Wind Assessment). The equipment, capable of measuring wind speed and direction, is essential for measurements aimed at implementing offshore wind generation projects. The total investment is BRL 9 million and there is a forecast that the use of this technology, unprecedented in the country,... Continue Reading →
Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras, informs that it put into operation, this Wednesday (Dec,21), the P-71 platform vessel, installed in the Itapu field, in the Santos Basin pre- salt area, 200 km off the coast of Rio de Janeiro. The start of production has been anticipated, as it was originally scheduled for 2023. From Petrobras'... Continue Reading →
(OE) Danish engineering group Ramboll will investigate the feasibility of producing hydrogen offshore at a multi-gigawatt scale with NortH2 in the Dutch part of the North Sea. The NortH2 consortium, consisting of Eneco, RWE, Equinor and Shell, in partnership with Gasunie, is investigating how all aspects of the hydrogen value chain – from production to... Continue Reading →
(OE) The Crown Estate for England, Wales, and Northern Ireland has announced its first major investment in surveys to help with the construction of floating offshore wind farms in the Celtic Sea. "The awarding of the first contracts marks an important step in what is anticipated to be a multi-million pound series of technical and... Continue Reading →
(OE) N'GENIUS claims its high-strength austenitic stainless steels will transform the design and construction of onshore and offshore oil, gas, and LNG facilities."The global demand for LNG is projected to reach 700 million tonnes per year by 2040 fuelling the need for greater LNG infrastructure including import receiving and export terminals, FLNG vessels, and LNG... Continue Reading →
Norwegian construction firm Veidekke said Monday it has set its sights on the offshore wind market, with the company planning to become a key part of the value chain for floating offshore wind. The company said it was already participating in a larger feasibility study to specifically look into "how the floating foundations for the wind... Continue Reading →
A new study shows the massive port infrastructure that could come to the Central Coast to support proposed floating offshore wind energy developments. The $250,000, seven-month-long study, which was released Thursday, was prepared by engineering consulting firm Mott MacDonald, commissioned by economic development think tank REACH Central Coast and funded by San Luis Obispo County,... Continue Reading →
