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(OE) U.S.-based maritime logistics and offshore services firm Crowley on Wednesday announced a new investment in Tugdock. Tugdock has developed "the world’s first road-transportable floating dry dock" known as the Tugdock Submersible Platform (TSP), to help advance offshore wind energy in the U.S. Crowley and Tugdock will explore the potential use of the platforms in... Continue Reading →
(Reuters) - The Danish state will take a 20% stake in four planned offshore wind farms with a total capacity of at least 6 gigawatts (GW), the country's ministry of climate, energy and utilities said on Tuesday. Under the terms in the upcoming tenders, developers will compete to offer the state the highest fixed annual... Continue Reading →
(Reuters) - Portugal's first auction of licenses to build offshore wind farms, set to be launched by the end of the year, is aimed for projects with a total installed capacity of more than 1 gigawatt (GW), Energy Secretary Ana Fontoura said on Tuesday. In January, the Socialist government announced a public hearing to propose five areas... Continue Reading →
(OET) As the green energy push gathers speed, propelling the shift to renewable energy sources forward, this raises concerns about oil and gas projects being in danger of turning into stranded assets while the world hurtles towards net-zero. However, the potential of converting the existing fossil fuels infrastructure for use in the offshore wind industry... Continue Reading →
TotalEnergies and the Government of Rio de Janeiro announced the signing of the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to collaborate with the development of offshore wind generation in the State. The agreement, which lasts for 2 years, includes the company's collaboration in studies related to fiscal and tax incentives and the expansion of the GRID system... Continue Reading →
EDP Group agreed with Ocean Winds (OW), the joint venture created by EDP Renewables and ENGIE dedicated to offshore wind, to transfer EDP’s position in floating wind design firm Principle Power to OW. Principle Power is specialized in the design of floating structures to support offshore wind turbines that can be used in deeper waters. ... Continue Reading →
Exclusive article from TN Magazine The oil industry's activity resembles a moving bicycle. Without new impulses, the activity remains for a while, but tends to gradually decline and eventually cease. In the oil sector, these impulses can be given in two ways: with the exploration of new areas; or with investments in existing fields to... Continue Reading →
Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras announces that later this week it will file a request with Ibama to reconsider the decision to deny the environmental license to drill an exploratory well in block FZA-M-059, located in deep waters in Amapá, in accordance with the procedure provided for in the regulations. The company argues that it... Continue Reading →
(OW) All five innovation projects selected in Scotland’s INTOG (Innovation and Targeted Oil & Gas) leasing round have now signed exclusivity agreements with Crown Estate Scotland, which allows the developers to start offshore wind development work while Marine Scotland’s planning process for the INTOG Sectoral Marine Plan (INTOG SMP) is completed. The INTOG leasing round has three... Continue Reading →
The U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) said Monday it had completed its environmental analysis of the proposed Ocean Wind 1 wind project offshore New Jersey, which could power up to a half million households. As part of the Ocean Wind 1 project, Orsted's Ocean Wind LLC proposes to build up to 98 wind turbine generators... Continue Reading →
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