(Reuters) - Spanish engineering firm Acciona (ANA.MC) and Germany's Nordex (NDXG.DE) said on Friday they teamed up to develop green hydrogen projects within the next 10 years in the United States, Latin America and Africa. The 50-50 joint venture aims to reach the ready-to-build stage for its first projects by 2027 and expects to reach a production capacity of... Continue Reading →
Shell splits renewables business in CEO efficiency drive
(Reuters) - Shell (SHEL.L) is splitting up its renewables and low-carbon division as part of CEO Wael Sawan's shake-up to boost the energy giant's returns. The changes come as Sawan, who took office at the start of the year, has signalled in recent weeks that Shell is considering ditching oil reduction output targets as part of its... Continue Reading →
IEEFA warns of worsening inflation in power sector with carbon capture and storage in the mix – Long read
(OEM) In a world besieged by energy and climate crises, carbon capture and storage (CCS) technology is often presented as a net-zero solution. However, a new report by the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis (IEEFA) points out that adding CCS to fossil-fired power plants will have unsustainable implications on electricity prices, with the... Continue Reading →
TenneT Awards $25B in Contracts to Build North Sea-to-shore connections
(OE) Dutch state-owned electric grid company TenneT has awarded 11 contracts worth a combined 23 billion euros ($25 billion) to build systems connecting wind farms in the North Sea to shore, it said on Thursday. The contracts are being awarded to consortia led by Hitachi Energy and by General Electric, and caused shares in Petrofac, part of the Hitachi consortium,... Continue Reading →
Halliburton to assist Petrobras in stepping up digitalisation and enhancing exploration ops
Brazilian state-owned oil and gas giant Petrobras has picked Halliburton’s digital platform to accelerate digital transformation and address subsurface challenges. Halliburton revealed on Wednesday, 29 March 2023, that Petrobras would use its Landmark iEnergy digital platform. This comes after the two players executed a contract that gives Petrobras access to the entire Halliburton Landmark DecisionSpace 365 Geoscience... Continue Reading →
Goldwind: Global offshore wind power to expand thousands-fold in coming decades
(CGTN) Goldwind, the world's top wind turbine supplier in 2022, expects the global offshore wind power market to expand hundreds-fold, possibly even thousands-fold, in the next few decades. "The global offshore wind power development we see now is just the beginning," Wu Kai, vice president of Goldwind, told CGTN in Beijing. "With the comprehensive utilization... Continue Reading →
US energy officials release strategy to boost offshore wind
(AP) The U.S. Energy Department said Wednesday it has a new strategy to meet the goal of vastly expanding offshore wind energy to address climate change. The Biden administration wants to build 30 gigawatts of offshore wind energy by 2030 — enough to power more than 10 million homes. The turbines would be anchored to the seafloor.... Continue Reading →
Potential bidders for Norway’s first offshore wind areas
(Reuters) - Norway on Wednesday opened tenders for two areas in the North Sea to build wind parks that could produce some 3 gigawatt (GW) of electricity, in a first step towards a goal of producing 30 GW by 2040, garnering strong interest from energy firms. Soerlige Nordsjoe II, bordering the Danish sector of the North Sea,... Continue Reading →
New York’s first offshore wind farm linked to land
The subsea export cable for the South Fork wind farm offshore New York has now been installed, according to an update Eversource Energy posted on social media. The installation work, carried out by the Belgian company DEME using its dual-fuel cable laying vessel Living Stone, started in February with seabed preparation which included relocating boulders from the cable... Continue Reading →
Enbridge’s JV and EDF Renewables to Develop 1GW Offshore Wind Farm in France
Enbridge Inc. said Tuesday that the French government had selected EDF Renewables and Maple Power to develop the future Normandy offshore wind farm (Centre Manche 1), with an expected installed capacity of 1 GW. EDF Renewables is a subsidiary of the French utility EDF Group, and Maple Power is Enbridge's joint venture with Canada Pension... Continue Reading →