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Five developers selected to build the first floating wind farms in U.S. federal waters (OE) To support the California Energy Commission’s planning goals of 2-5 GW of offshore wind by 2030 and 25 GW by 2045 as well as a federal target to deploy 15 GW of floating wind by 2035, the Bureau of Ocean... Continue Reading →
Offshore accommodation provider Prosafe has been awarded a contract by Petrobras for the provision of the Safe Zephyrus semi-submersible vessel for safety and maintenance support offshore Brazil. Prosafe was declared the winner of a bidding process launched by Petrobras for the provision of the Safe Zephyrus semi-submersible unit in November. A potential contract award and the timing of the contract... Continue Reading →
Five leases were offered by the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) in thefirst-ever offshore wind lease sale on the US west coast and the first-ever US sale to support commercial-scale floating offshore wind energy development opportunities. With a bid of USD 130 million for 80.062 acres in the Pacific Ocean, Equinor secured a ~2-gigawatt... Continue Reading →
Vineyard Wind 1, America’s first large-scale offshore wind project, is moving forward with submarine cables being delivered by Prysmian Group. Prysmian’s cable laying vessels, Cable Enterprise and Ulisse, arrived in the US with submarine cables manufactured and tested at the company’s centres of technological excellence in Pikkala, Finland, and Arco Felice, Italy. In November, Cable Enterprise installed the... Continue Reading →
The United States' first sale of offshore wind development rights off the coast of California attracted more than $400 million in bids on Tuesday from companies seeking a foothold in the domestic industry's expansion to the Pacific Ocean. The auction, which will continue on Wednesday morning, is a major milestone in the Biden administration's push to put wind... Continue Reading →
Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras informs that CEO Caio Mário Paes de Andrade has accepted the invitation from future Governor Tarcísio de Freitas to be a member of the next São Paulo state government staff. In the coming weeks, CEO Caio will continue in his current role and will not participate in the transition in... Continue Reading →
Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras, following up on the release disclosed on 10/27/2022, informs that it has started today the binding phase concerning the sale of all its equity interest, corresponding to 34.54% of the total capital, in the company METANOR S/A - Metanol do Nordeste (Metanor), headquartered in Camaçari, in the state of Bahia.... Continue Reading →
Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras (Company), continuing the notices released on October 31, 2022, and November 16, 2022, hereby informs that the public offering of real estate receivables certificates (CRI), in three (3) series, comprising the first (1st), second (2nd) and third (3rd) series of the (sixty-seventh) (67th) issuance of Opea Securitizadora S.A., backed by... Continue Reading →
(OED) Triton Anchor, a developer of an anchoring solution for the floating offshore wind industry, announced on Wednesday the closing of its initial funding round. The funds will be used to accelerate platform development as the company scales its products from prototype to general release, expands market outreach, and grows its team, Triton Anchor said.... Continue Reading →
(Reuters) France fell behind in rolling out wind farms despite vast resources, the chief executive of Engie, one of the country's main power and gas suppliers, said on Tuesday. "We have the second-largest European resources in terms of offshore wind in France and we have almost nothing today that generates power (with this wind)," said Catherine MacGregor at a... Continue Reading →
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