Energy

New Fortress Energy Inc., (NFE), together with its affiliates, has announced that it has concurrently filed applications with the U.S. Maritime Administration, the U.S. Coast Guard and U.S. Department of Energy to request all necessary permits and regulatory approvals to site, construct and operate a new offshore LNG liquefaction terminal off the coast of Louisiana (“the Project”) with a capacity of exporting approximately 145 billion cubic feet of natural gas per year, equivalent to approximately 2.8 million tons per annum (MTPA) of LNG.

Aker Carbon Capture and SINTEF have entered into a strategic collaboration agreement, with the goal of further developing carbon capture utilization and storage (CCUS) technology to reduce CO₂ emissions from industry and energy solutions. This is a vital part of the green transition in Norway.

More partners, more data, more relevance: new members join the project consortium enabling the extension of an unprecedented offshore wind measurement campaign to understand the interaction of offshore wind farms with the atmosphere at two RWE wind farms in the German Bight.

TotalEnergies and Sempra are expanding their North American strategic alliance with the signing of two Memorandums of Understanding (MoU): one for the Vista Pacífico LNG export project in Mexico and the other for the co-development of several onshore and offshore renewables projects.

Siemens Gamesa has started manufacturing of both its patented offshore Direct Drive wind turbine nacelles and patented IntegralBlades at its new manufacturing facility in Le Havre, France.

The Biden-Harris Administration has submitted to Congress the President’s Budget for fiscal year 2023.

N-Sea Group has been awarded a contract by Gwynt y Môr OFTO for a preemptive repair to one of the four export cables to the Gwynt y Môr Wind Farm Project.

The Akita Noshiro offshore wind farm, located off the coast of Japan, is the first large-scale offshore wind power project in Japan.

Shell Offshore Inc. (Shell), a subsidiary of Shell plc, has announced the start of production at PowerNap, a subsea development in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico with an estimated peak production of 20,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day (boe/d). PowerNap is a tie-back to the Shell-operated Olympus production hub in the prolific Mars Corridor.

Strohm, the world's first and leading manufacturer of fully bonded, Thermoplastic Composite Pipe (TCP), has signed an agreement with PETRONAS technology commercialization arm, PETRONAS Technology Ventures Sdn Bhd (PTVSB,) to commercialize TCP in the industry and scale its utilization across PETRONAS facilities.

Empire Offshore Wind, a joint venture between Equinor and bp, has awarded a contract to Maersk Supply Service for charter of its newbuild wind installation vessel (WIV). This vessel, together with US constructed barges and tugs built and operated by Kirby Offshore Wind, will be used for the installation of the project’s Vestas V236-15MW turbines.

CorPower Ocean has partnered with subsea composite specialist Diab for the construction of its first commercial scale Wave Energy Converter (WEC).