Offshore Wind
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October 15, 2024
North Star has secured its first contract for a commissioning service operation vessel (CSOV), a second award with EnBW, further establishing the company’s growing presence in the European offshore wind sector.
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August 29, 2024
The 3 MW floating wind turbine will be located 2 km west of the Culzean platform, 220 km offshore Scotland. This turbine, expected to be fully operational by end 2025, will supply around 20% of Culzean’s power requirement, thereby reducing its GHG emissions.
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August 14, 2024
The recent Central Atlantic wind lease sale has generated nearly $93 million for two lease blocks. This sale, covering areas off Maryland, Delaware, and Virginia, demonstrates significant growth in the U.S. offshore wind sector.
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Serica Energy, SeaTwirl partner to decarbonize offshore assets in North Sea with floating wind power
August 13, 2024
The goal of the partnership is to identify and assess potential opportunities to decarbonize Serica’s offshore assets and other associated electrification opportunities using renewable power and subsea energy storage.
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July 23, 2024
The retreat by one of Britain’s biggest oil and gas companies underscores the challenge facing the UK government in developing floating offshore wind into a major industry, just as costs for the technology have increased.
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July 07, 2024
Technip Energies and SBM Offshore announced the formal implementation of Ekwil, a 50/50 floating offshore wind joint-venture. Ekwil is a pure player delivery partner offering a diversified range of ‘series production’ floating offshore wind solutions to meet the growing and demanding needs of energy customers around the world.
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June 04, 2024
John Cockerill and its subsidiary John Cockerill Hydrogen announced the signing of binding commitments by SLB, a global energy technology company, SFPIM and Wallonie Entreprendre, two leading Belgian public investment institutions, and international industrial-oriented family offices to participate to a 230M€ capital increase of John Cockerill Hydrogen.
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May 28, 2024
Shell had been spending heavily in offshore wind, aiming to leverage its experience extracting oil and gas at sea to become a leader in the technology. But soaring costs in the sector and a renewed focus on driving returns for shareholders under CEO Wael Sawan has led the company to back away from the energy source.
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May 09, 2024
During a panel on Tuesday, May 7, Day 2 of OTC 2024, Celine Gerson—President and Group Director of Fugro’s U.S. business—offered insight into the company’s journey to becoming a key geophysics data player. As Gerson noted, the impact of access to electrical power—particularly in the developing world—is profound, and with the global population projected to grow 25% by 2050, that fact is more urgent than ever.
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April 24, 2024
"Any actions to delay or reduce Gulf of Mexico oil and gas lease sales could inadvertently delay offshore wind lease sales," said the National Ocean Industries Association (NOIA) President Erik Milito.
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March 31, 2024
Seaway7’s scope includes the transport and installation of four substations. Offshore activity is scheduled to take place in 2026 utilizing both our heavy lift and heavy transportation vessels.
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March 25, 2024
Shell New Energies US LLC has sold its 50% equity share in SouthCoast Wind Energy LLC to joint venture partner Ocean Winds North America LLC.
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March 21, 2024
With the proposed sale, BOEM is seeking feedback on various aspects of the proposed lease areas, including size, orientation, and location of the four lease areas and which areas, if any, should be prioritized for inclusion or exclusion from this lease sale.
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February 19, 2024
Seatrium’s scope of work will include the engineering, procurement, construction, transportation, installation, and commissioning of the 2GW HVDC Offshore Converter Platform for TenneT, which is the biggest and most powerful of its kind in the industry.
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February 18, 2024
The Neart Na Gaoithe (NNG) offshore wind farm will provide renewable energy for 375.000 Scottish homes, equivalent to 400,000 tons of CO2 per year, thanks to its production capacity of 450 MW.
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January 26, 2024
Under the deal, bp will take Equinor’s 50% stake in the Beacon Wind project, and Equinor in turn will get bp’s 50% share in the Empire Wind development.
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January 25, 2024
TotalEnergies and its partner Corio Generation (Corio) announced that the State of New Jersey selected their Attentive Energy Two offshore wind project for a 20-year contract to supply 1.34 GW of renewable electricity to the state. The project will deliver renewable power to over 650,000 homes.
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January 24, 2024
The agreement includes TotalEnergies’ acquisition of a 85% equity stake in the Jammerland Bugt offshore wind project (240 MW) and a 72.2% equity stake in the Lillebaelt South nearshore wind project (165 MW). Both projects are located in Denmark.
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January 23, 2024
The agreement with Plenitude bolsters the joint venture formed by BlueFloat and Sener Renewable Investments 3 years ago, creating a leading consortium in the offshore wind sector in Spain with a total portfolio of approximately 1.25 GW of floating offshore wind projects across Galicia (Parque Nordés), Catalonia (Parc Tramuntana) and the Canary Islands (Parque Tarahal).
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December 21, 2023
(WO) —TotalEnergies has signed an agreement with Thailand’s national oil and gas company PTTEP for the sale of a 25.5% equity stake in the Seagreen offshore wind farm for a consideration of $689 million.
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December 20, 2023
Wood has been awarded a contract by Dragados Offshore to deliver engineering design and provide regulatory support for the development of three 2GW converter stations that will transfer offshore wind power to Germany's power grid.
