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Exail is proud to announce the first sale of its DriX O-16, a transoceanic Uncrewed Surface Vessel (USV). Designed for long-range maritime operations, it has been acquired by an Indo-Pacific customer operating in the civil sector. Equipped with advanced sensors, including a full-depth Multibeam Echosounder, the DriX O-16 enables operators to collect precise data for... Continue Reading →
(TN) Port of Açu and Yamna, an English company specialized in the production of green hydrogen and its derivatives, have signed an agreement to reserve an area in the low-carbon hub of Port of Açu, located in the North of Rio de Janeiro, for the implementation of a green ammonia plant. The port complex is... Continue Reading →
(Reuters) - Wind power was Britain’s largest source of electricity in 2024, topping gas-fired power plants for the first time, data showed on Tuesday. Britain has almost 15 gigawatts (GW) of installed offshore wind power and aims to quadruple that to 60 GW by 2030 as part of plans to largely decarbonise its power sector... Continue Reading →
(Reuters) - The British North Sea is one of the world's oldest offshore oil and gas basins where production has been in steady decline since the early 2000s. At the same time, the region has become one of the world's largest and fastest growing offshore wind basins. U.S. President-elect Donald Trump called to "open up" the British... Continue Reading →
Ocean Winds, a joint-venture formed by EDP Renewables and Engie, has secured a 250 MW floating offshore wind project in the sixth tender of the French Ministry of Industry and Energy. The project, called Eoliennes Flottantes d'Occitanie (EFLO), is located off the coast of Narbone in the Mediterranean Sea. Its total installed capacity of 250... Continue Reading →
(OE) Portugal is beckoning a new era for offshore wind after officially signing ‘rules of procedure’ for a new Technological Free Zone located off the coast of Viana do Castelo. The news was announced during an international conference in Lisbon promoting offshore wind supply chain development between Portugal and Norway. Addressing the delegation, Portugal’s Secretary... Continue Reading →
(OE) ABL Group has entered into an agreement to acquire Brazil-based naval architecture and engineering consultancy Proper Marine, increasing its expertise in floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) sector. Proper Marine will be merged with ABL’s design and engineering arm Longitude. The company will expand ABL’s design and engineering capabilities with a team of over... Continue Reading →
(Reuters) - Brazil announced details of its new climate change pledge late on Friday night that sets a target to lower the country's greenhouse gas emissions by 2035, which it will present during the United Nations climate summit COP29 in Azerbaijan, according to a government statement. WHY IT'S IMPORTANT Brazil is the largest country in... Continue Reading →
(Reuters) - Demand for green power in the United States will grow regardless of who is the country's next president, major players in the wind energy sector Vestas and Orsted said on Tuesday. Offshore wind developers have seen profits shrink in recent years due to rising raw material costs, high interest rates, inadequate grid connections, supply chain bottlenecks,... Continue Reading →
(offshorewind.biz) Dominion Energy revealed that 78 monopile foundations and four offshore substations were installed at the 2.6 GW Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind (CVOW) project in the US during the first installation season. Dominion Energy said that it achieved its initial goal of installing at least 70 monopiles into the seafloor 27 miles off the coast... Continue Reading →
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