Offshore Wind
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August 10, 2021
The world’s largest oil companies are bidding up prices for renewable energy projects, squeezing profits from wind and solar farms just as climate planning focuses more on green energy sources.
Article
August 2021
Power generation from offshore wind turbines is projected to increase 700% over the next 10 years. Developing local supply chains in Europe and the U.S. will increase efficiency, reduce costs and help drive a green recovery, post-Covid-19.
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August 05, 2021
TotalEnergies SE is weighing taking a stake in what will be the world’s largest offshore wind farm, according to people familiar with the matter, as the French oil major continues to flex its green credentials.
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July 27, 2021
British Isles seabed regulator The Crown Estate has confirmed an intention to move forward with the lease process for two 100MW floating wind test and demonstration sites in the Celtic Sea to Llŷr Floating Wind Limited.
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July 26, 2021
The transactions are the latest evidence that major oil companies are coming out of the Covid-19 downturn with the intention of channeling extra investment into renewable energy. Eni, like its European peers, has pledged to achieve net-zero carbon emissions by the middle of this century.
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June 30, 2021
Green infrastructure developer Cerulean Winds has named NOV as the first of its delivery partners for the fabrication of its proposed integrated 200-turbine floating wind and hydrogen development off the coast of Scotland.
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DNV completes concept verification review of Odfjell Oceanwind’s WindGrid floating wind power system
June 21, 2021
Odfjell’s WindGrid is a solution for providing an uninterrupted power supply from Mobile Offshore Wind Units to micro-grids. It combines energy storage, grid converters and floating wind turbines in order to enable gas turbine generators to be shut down during peak wind power production.
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June 09, 2021
The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management will publish a Request for Interest in the Federal Register on Friday, June 11 to assess interest in potential offshore wind development in the Gulf of Mexico's outer continental shelf.
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May 20, 2021
The London-based oil and gas company is looking to fill 100 offshore-wind jobs in the UK and the U.S., a figure which could double by the end of the year. The recruitment drive comes even as thousands of other employees have left the company amid a wider restructuring.
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May 13, 2021
DNV has launched a new collaborative research project to develop an automated data processing procedure for verification of detected wind turbine blade defects, with the aim of building trust and generating broader acceptance of automated data processing techniques across the industry and to inform future regulation.
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May 13, 2021
Large Diameter Drilling (LDD), a specialist marine drilling and grouting contractor, has signed a contract to deliver grouting services for DEME Offshore’s installation of foundations at the Saint-Nazaire wind farm off the coast of the Guérande Peninsula, France.
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May 05, 2021
As the Biden Administration aims to significantly increase federal investment in renewable energy under the American Jobs Plan, the United States already ranks as the most attractive market for renewables investment, according to results from a new ranking by IHS Markit.
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April 27, 2021
Analysis from Westwood Global Energy Group indicates offshore wind energy projects final investment decisions (FIDs) will grow by 57% in the next year.
News
April 13, 2021
Chevron's investment in Ocergy, Inc. is part of a $300 million-a-year plan to foster early-stage technologies that may play a future role in the energy transition.
News
April 06, 2021
VARD has secured contracts for the design and construction of three Service Operation Vessels (SOVs) for North Star Renewables in Scotland. The state-of-the-art hybrid trio will operate on the Dogger Bank Wind Farm in the North Sea.
News
March 18, 2021
TechnipFMC has entered into an agreement with Magnora ASA to jointly pursue floating offshore wind project development opportunities under the name Magnora Offshore Wind.
News
February 08, 2021
The UK's Crown Estate auctioned seabed rights that will allow about 8 gigawatts of new wind farms, enough to power more than 7 million homes. With oil majors taking a majority of the sites, it’s a sign that green energy companies are facing a new era of competition for some of the world’s biggest renewable energy projects.
News
January 14, 2021
Under the award, Equinor and partner BP will provide generation capacity totaling 3.3 gigawatts (GW) of power to the state of New York.
Article
December 2020
Hydrogen, a viable alternative
News
December 10, 2020
The 250MW corporate power purchase agreement, the largest ever for offshore wind in Europe, will help Amazon achieve their commitment to be net zero carbon by 2040 as set out in their Climate Pledge.
Article
November 2020
Part 2: In this second and final installment, the authors examine a potential rebuilding of onshore production, the likely need for some offshore decommissioning, and the status of the country’s alternative fuels.
