Energy

Shell and ScottishPower have secured joint offers for seabed rights to develop large-scale floating wind farms as part of Crown Estate Scotland’s ScotWind leasing. The partners have won two sites representing a total of 5 gigawatts (GW) off the east and north-east coast of Scotland.

Akselos’ advanced simulation digital twin technology is being applied to a new distinctive floating offshore wind twin turbine demonstrator, TwinWind, off the coast of Norway.

NOAA and the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) signed an interagency memorandum in support of the Biden-Harris Administration’s ambitious offshore wind energy goals to advance wind energy responsibly while protecting biodiversity and promoting cooperative ocean use.

On January 14, 2022, at an event with U.S. Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm, New York Governor Kathy Hochul and U.S. Representative Paul Tonko, Equinor and bp announced the finalization of the Purchase and Sale Agreements (PSAs) with the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA), for Empire Wind 2 and Beacon Wind 1.

The combination of high production of oil and gas from a total of 94 fields, significant demand and high commodity prices led to a historically high level on the State's revenues from petroleum. Much of this is due to record-high gas prices.

Eco Wave Power Global AB and Ocean Power Technologies, Inc. two publicly traded wave energy companies, are working to utilize their complementary technologies and skills to accelerate wave energy projects pursuant to an agreement previously signed.

Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland announced on Wednesday, January 12, 2022, that the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) will hold a wind auction next month for more than 480,000 acres offshore New York and New Jersey, in the area known as the New York Bight.

The National Ocean Industries Association (NOIA) has released the policy paper, Carbon Capture, Use, & Storage: An Economic, Employment, & Climate Opportunity for the U.S Offshore Region.

Saipem has been awarded two new offshore contracts in Australia and Guyana, for a total amount of 1.1 billion USD.

DNV, the independent energy expert and assurance provider, has been selected by the Korean Energy Agency (KEA) to deliver Type Certification services for the Korean wind energy market.

The Business Network for Offshore Wind has launched its new Rising Star: Offshore Wind Scholarship to help develop the next generation of leadership in offshore wind.

The International Marine Contractors Association (IMCA) has expanded its ‘Guidelines for Walk to Work (W2W) Operations’ (IMCA M254).