Energy

Heerema Fabrication Group announces the award of the fabrication of the Greater Changhua Pre-Piling Template for Heerema Marine Contractors. 
 

The Business Network for Offshore Wind’s IPF Virtual, the first part of the 2020 IPF – largest offshore wind event in the Western Hemisphere – kicks off tomorrow at 9 a.m. Eastern with the annual overview of the U.S. offshore wind industry. It’s all online, April 21-22, in advance of this year’s in-person conference, scheduled for August 18-21 in Providence, Rhode Island.
 


As global energy consumption increases and climate change makes headlines across the world, developing new technologies to harness energy from our oceans to generate electricity is now more important than ever.

ABB’s electric propulsion, power, energy storage, control and automation technology will be at the heart of the first tug in South Asia capable of switching between low emission liquefied natural gas (LNG) engines and zero-emission battery power.

The coronavirus does not stop Helsinki's climate work. The schedule for the international Helsinki Energy Challenge has been altered due to the COVID-19 pandemic, but the competition process remains intact despite the changes in the schedule.

THREE60 ENERGY, through its Step Change Engineering division, has been awarded an engineering and support services contract to provide minor modification and repair services for Spirit Energy’s UKCS assets.

On March 31, 2020, the U.S. Department of Energy’s Water Power Technologies Office released a $22 million funding opportunity announcement (FOA) to leverage the expertise and intellectual capital of non-federal research institutions by supporting foundational research and development and expanded testing capacity to advance the marine energy industry.

Join the Business Network for Offshore Wind and Womble Bond Dickinson on Monday, April 13 at 11:00 a.m. EST for a free webinar to discuss the economic and regulatory impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on your business and the U.S offshore wind industry. 

Tidal turbines leverage a practically inexhaustible renewable resource by converting the energy of tidal flows into electricity. Located in areas of high tidal energy, these generators require reliable and robust braking systems to handle challenging environmental conditions, avoid shock loads in the drivetrain and protect all the various components.

Norway’s Ministry of Petroleum and Industry has approved the plans for development and operation of the Hywind Tampen wind farm. The Snorre and Gullfaks platforms will be the first platforms in the world to receive power from a floating offshore wind farm.

Equinor and co-venturers Progress Resources USA Ltd and Repsol E&P USA Inc. have encountered oil in the Monument exploration well in the US Gulf of Mexico.

Seanenery 2020, the international forum dedicated to Offshore Wind and Marine Renewable Energy will now be held from June 30^th to July 3^rd in Nantes and Saint-Nazaire.