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(Reuters) The Dutch government on Thursday said it had received multiple bids in a tender to build an offshore wind farm in the Dutch part of the North Sea with a total capacity of 4 GW. The government said it expected to announce the winning bid in June, while the wind farms were expected to... Continue Reading →
A protagonist of the energy transition in Brazil, Neoenergia took an important step towards advancing studies into the development of offshore wind energy generation. The company has just installed the floating LiDAR sensor (acronym in English for Light Detection and Ranging) to collect data on wind and sea characteristics in an area on the north... Continue Reading →
( Offshore-energy.biz) UK-based offshore drilling contractor Stena Drilling is set to deliver an equipment upgrade for its newest drillship that is expected to make it capable of drilling in previously inaccessible reservoirs. The seventh-generation drillship Stena Evolution is about to undergo an equipment upgrade which will make it capable of drilling and completing wells requiring... Continue Reading →
(OE) SLB has agreed to combine its carbon capture business with Aker Carbon Capture (ACC). The combination will leverage ACC’s commercial carbon capture product offering and SLB’s new technology developments and industrialization capability. SLB says it will create a vehicle for accelerating the introduction of disruptive early-stage technology into the global market on a commercial,... Continue Reading →
(OM) Acteon Group, an offshore energy infrastructure services business, has been acquired by private equity investors Buckthorn Partners and One Equity Partners (OEP). With this business investment, Buckthorn and OEP said they aim to "improve Acteon’s standing with suppliers and customers and enable it to compete even more strongly in its core markets." The investors’ said... Continue Reading →
(Reuters) Several offshore wind developers bid in a combined Connecticut-Massachusetts-Rhode Island offshore wind solicitation on Wednesday, including units of European energy firms Iberdrola and Orsted. The U.S. offshore wind industry is booming so far this year, with several projects in various stages of development and construction, after a disastrous 2023 of developers cancelling contracts and... Continue Reading →
(offshoreWind.biz) Corio Generation and Brazilian port developer Prumo have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to explore using the Port of Açu, north of Rio de Janeiro State, for the deployment of Corio’s future offshore wind projects. Under the agreement, the two companies will explore using the Port of Açu as a strategic base for... Continue Reading →
(offshoreWind.biz) Iberdrola’s renewable energy development arm in Brazil, Neoenergia, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the government of Rio de Janeiro state to explore the development of offshore wind projects. Under the agreement, Neoenergia and the government of Rio de Janeiro will carry out studies regarding offshore wind generation in the state’s coastal... Continue Reading →
(Reuters) - Several offshore wind developers are on track to bid in the combined Connecticut-Massachusetts-Rhode Island offshore wind solicitation on Wednesday, including units of European energy firms Iberdrola (IBE.MC), opens new tab, Engie (ENGIE.PA), opens new tab and Orsted (ORSTED.CO), opens new tab. The U.S. offshore wind industry is booming so far in 2024, with several projects in various... Continue Reading →
The Ministry of Mines and Energy (MME) will begin to evaluate the regulation of parameters for the selection of areas destined for offshore wind generation projects, according to the ministry's Secretary of Energy Transition and Planning, Thiago Barral. The executive also said that the ministry will discuss criteria so that the auctions for areas considers... Continue Reading →
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