Offshore Wind

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April 27, 2022
NOIA President Erik Milito said the Department of the Interior’s announcement that two Calls for Information and Nominations for possible offshore wind leasing areas offshore Oregon and in the Central Atlantic will be published in the Federal Register is welcome news.
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April 05, 2022
The floating offshore hydrogen production plant developed by J-DeEP combines a seawater desalination system and a system to extract hydrogen from water through electrolysis.
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March 25, 2022
A recent Wood Mackenzie study commissioned by National Ocean Industries Association (NOIA) and other groups found that a Carolinas Lease Sale could support 37,200 jobs, $3 billion in annual wages, $233 million in state tax creation and $44.9 billion in capital investment during the development and construction phase of the projects.
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March 17, 2022
The government is also considering changing the rules that govern the award of new permits for North Sea oil and gas fields, so that it can speed up the exploitation of domestic hydrocarbons.
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March 02, 2022
TotalEnergies has joined Trident Winds Inc. in the Castle Wind joint venture for the development of a 1 GW offshore wind project off the coast of Morro Bay, off the Central California Coast.
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March 01, 2022
TerraSond Ltd. plans to invest in a new base in Massachusetts as part of its commitment to support the Vineyard Wind 1 project and wider U.S. offshore wind developments.
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February 28, 2022
Located up to 47 nautical miles (87 kilometers) from the coast, the lease covers a 132 square mile area that could accommodate a generation capacity of at least 3 GW, enough to provide power to about one million homes.
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February 25, 2022
National Ocean Industries Association (NOIA) President Erik Milito believes the conclusion of the New York Bight offshore wind lease auction is a testament to how bright the American offshore wind outlook is.
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February 24, 2022
Now, oil companies that have decades of expertise pulling crude from coastal waters are turning their attention to wind. Oil companies can drill wells that turn up empty, but renewable firms know the wind is there. They just have to harness it.
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February 18, 2022
Tenaris plans to invest $190 million for the construction of a wind farm located in Adolfo Gonzales Chaves, in the province of Buenos Aires, Argentina.
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February 15, 2022
Proserv Controls has secured a contract from DEME Offshore for the provision of the inter-array cable monitoring system for the first two phases of the Dogger Bank Wind Farm, which when complete will be the largest offshore wind farm.
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January 17, 2022
Scotland awarded rights for a massive offshore wind development more than twice the size of the UK’s current capacity, in a move that surprised the market for its scale and was welcomed by environmentalists.
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December 08, 2021
BP Plc is beefing up its bid to develop wind projects off Scotland’s coast with the promise of creating hundreds of local jobs if it wins.
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September 15, 2021
The study states that a lack of maturity in the US offshore wind supply chain currently translates to the need for a rapid expansion in products and services required to deliver projects on time and on budget.
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August 30, 2021
Sarawak Shell Berhad, a subsidiary of Royal Dutch Shell plc, announced that it has taken a final investment decision on the Timi gas development project and, together with its partners PETRONAS Carigali Sdn Bhd and Brunei Energy Exploration, look forward to delivering this for Malaysia.
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August 27, 2021
After mooring lines installation in June, towing and hook up in July, Bourbon Subsea Services completed the offshore installation of the 3,6 MW TetraSpar Demonstrator Floating Wind Turbine at Metcentre Test site in Norway, by laying and connecting the power cable earlier this week. The wind turbine will be commissioned in the coming weeks.
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August 25, 2021
TGS, a global provider of energy data and intelligence, has expanded its coverage of numerical weather prediction (NWP) model data. The latest model covers a 400,000 square kilometers area off the East Coast US, extending from Massachusetts to North Carolina.
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August 10, 2021
The world’s largest oil companies are bidding up prices for renewable energy projects, squeezing profits from wind and solar farms just as climate planning focuses more on green energy sources.
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August 05, 2021
TotalEnergies SE is weighing taking a stake in what will be the world’s largest offshore wind farm, according to people familiar with the matter, as the French oil major continues to flex its green credentials.
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July 27, 2021
British Isles seabed regulator The Crown Estate has confirmed an intention to move forward with the lease process for two 100MW floating wind test and demonstration sites in the Celtic Sea to Llŷr Floating Wind Limited.
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July 26, 2021
The transactions are the latest evidence that major oil companies are coming out of the Covid-19 downturn with the intention of channeling extra investment into renewable energy. Eni, like its European peers, has pledged to achieve net-zero carbon emissions by the middle of this century.
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