Through a collaboration agreement, Equinor and Vårgrønn, a Norwegian renewable energy company established by HitecVision and Eni, aim to jointly prepare and submit an application to the Norwegian authorities to develop floating offshore wind at Utsira Nord west off Utsira and Haugalandet in the Norwegian North Sea.
On May 5, BHP announced first oil production from the Ruby Project in offshore Trinidad and Tobago.
The next webinar in the International Marine Contractors Association’s (IMCA’s) ongoing regional webinar series is on ‘North America and the Global Energy Outlook’.
Poland’s Energy Regulatory Office (ERO) has announced that Equinor and Polenergia’s Bałtyk II and Bałtyk III projects were awarded contracts for difference (CfD) under the first phase of Poland’s offshore wind development scheme. The projects, with a combined potential capacity of 1440 MW, are among the first to secure offshore wind awards in Poland.
The strong collaboration between Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy and customer Hai Long Offshore Wind Project (Hai Long) has been extended to 1,044 MW.
Floating Power Plant (FPP) has secured €17,65m in R&D tax credits for an offshore floating wind and wave project at PLOCAN off the coast of the Canary Islands. This will help finance the demonstrator project currently in development.
The planned energy island in the North Sea is a monumental project that not only plays a leading role in fulfilling Denmark’s target for reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 70% by 2030, but also contributes to increasing renewable energy across Europe.
SolarDuck, a Dutch renewable energy start-up, has launched the first floating solar energy project last week. The project, called the Demonstrator, consists of four triangular platforms covered with solar panels, which rest on floaters. This Demonstrator floats at IJzendoorn (NL), and delivers energy to the grid.
The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) announced a Notice of Intent (NOI) to prepare an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the Construction and Operations Plan (COP) submitted by Revolution Wind, LLC (Revolution Wind).
MENCK, the lead brand for the foundations and cables business segment within marine energy and infrastructure services company, Acteon, has signed a contract with Dutch marine contractor Van Oord to deliver the hammer spread for the installation of the Taranto offshore windfarm, Italy’s first.
ExxonMobil has made an oil discovery at the Uaru-2 well in the Stabroek Block offshore Guyana.
New analysis from Westwood Global Energy Group (Westwood), the specialist energy market research and consultancy firm, reveals offshore wind energy projects final investment decisions (FIDs), outside mainland China, will grow 57% in the next 18 months, compared to the 2019-20 period.
Ørsted, a global leader in offshore wind, and Enefit, a leading utility and the largest wind energy company in the Baltics, have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) which outlines a vision for becoming the leading offshore wind developer in the Baltic countries.
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