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Hammerfest Energy and Varanger Kraft have decided to join the Blåse Energi consortium focused on developing floating offshore wind projects in Norway. According to the press release, Hammerfest Energi and Varanger Kraft will contribute with expertise around grids and grid planning, as well as dialogue with the Norwegian authorities. “Offshore wind is a new area... Continue Reading →
(TN) In the coming years, Rio Grande do Norte should become one of the main locations for the study and development of technologies aimed at installing offshore wind farms in the country. The statement was made by the president of Petrobras, Jean Paul Prates, during a press conference held to detail how the company will... Continue Reading →
Philip Lewis, Contributor (OE) The energy transition is moving ahead amid recovery in offshore oil & gas and growth in offshore wind, leaving vessel owners that serve these markets with big questions about energy carrier and energy converter selection for their newbuilds.What is driving the change? The foundations of energy transition in the offshore and marine... Continue Reading →
The 759 MW Hollandse Kust Noord offshore wind farm has produced its first green power and delivered it via TenneT’s offshore grid to the Dutch mainland. “We often talk about milestones along a project’s journey, and CrossWind has had a number to date, but to have the wind turbines generating green electricity safely and successfully... Continue Reading →
As the spending on clean energy seems to be growing by leaps and bounds while investments in fossil fuels are not keeping up with this pace, the International Energy Agency (IEA) believes that this pivot to green and low-carbon sources is paving the way for peak oil demand to come into view. Is black gold... Continue Reading →
(OET) The energy woes that befall the world in 2022 brought about the double whammy of rapidly working on diversifying the energy mix with more renewables while ramping up the crude oil and natural gas production to appease the increasingly intertwined concepts of energy security and transition to a green and low-carbon future. In this... Continue Reading →
(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 →
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