China Longyuan Electric Power Group Corporation has received Approval in Principle from China Classification Society (CCS) for its floating wind foundation design that incorporates a fish farm. The concept aims to achieve multi-space, multi-level sharing of ocean space, particularly as offshore wind power development gradually moves towards deeper waters. An installation is planned in the... Continue Reading →
Havfram Wind to Transport and Install Turbines for Vattenfall’s Multi-GW Norfolk Projects
(OE) Energy firm Vattenfall has selected offshore installation company Havfram Wind as a preferred supplier for the wind turbine installation services for Vattenfall’s Norfolk projects in the United Kingdom. Havfram Wind will transport and install the turbines over a period of 3 years, utilizing one of Havfram Wind`s newbuild NG20000X jack-up wind turbine installation vessels... Continue Reading →
ScottishPower Renewables Orders $1.6B Worth of Offshore Wind Turbines from Siemens Gamesa
(OE) Wind turbine maker Siemens Gamesa has secured a firm order with Iberdrola's ScottishPower Renewables to supply 95 units of its flagship SG 14-236 DD wind turbine to the East Anglia 3 wind power project in the North Sea, off England’s east coast, with a total capacity of 1.4 GW. Also included is a service contract, initially for... Continue Reading →
China’s CNOOC reports record 2022 profits, double previous year
(Reuters) - China's CNOOC (0883.HK), more than doubled its net profit in 2022, benefiting from a year of elevated international oil and gas prices following Russia's invasion of Ukraine. The company, one of China's three largest state-controlled oil and gas companies, posted a record consolidated net profit of 141.7 billion yuan ($20.57 billion), a dramatic increase... Continue Reading →
New US Floating Wind Tech Developer Plans to Launch 2 MW Demo Project in 2024
(OW) Following Principle Power and Ocergy, California – the US state poised to become one of the global floating wind hotspots – is now also home to the third US floating wind technology developer, Aikido Technologies, which aims to launch a demonstration project next year and plans on rolling its technology out internationally, once it is ready... Continue Reading →
McDermott to work for Shell offshore Trinidad and Tobago
U.S. offshore engineering and construction services firm McDermott has secured a front-end engineering design (FEED) contract with Shell for a gas development project offshore Trinidad and Tobago. Under the contract, McDermott will provide comprehensive FEED services for a wellhead platform, export pipeline system, shore approach, midstream pipeline and onshore control room for the Manatee gas... 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 →
New Monopile and Tower Fabrication Facility to Open in Maryland
Baltimore-based offshore wind energy development company US Wind, Inc. announced its plan to form a long-term partnership with Haizea Wind Group Management S.L. to manage and operate Sparrows Point Steel, Maryland’s first permanent offshore wind factory in Baltimore County, Maryland. The facility will be available to manufacture steel components for the U.S. offshore wind industry,... Continue Reading →
Mammoet Wins Contracts for Two ‘large’ Offshore Wind Projects in United States
Heavy lift and transport services firm Mammoet said Monday it had secured contracts for two large offshore wind projects for undisclosed clients in the United States, both of which begin in 2023. Together, the two contracts cover a range of port scopes, including the load-in, load-out, handling, and temporary storage of XXL monopiles, plus the... Continue Reading →
IRENA calls for $35 trillion bill for climate target by 2030
The International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA), an intergovernmental organisation, has outlined the investment needs of $35 trillion by 2030 as the price for the green shift while pointing out that investments in renewables and technology and infrastructure required for the net-zero shift need to more than quadruple on an annual basis, so that, the energy transition... Continue Reading →