Offshore Wind
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October 30, 2019
ABB has been selected by energy companies SSE Renewables and Equinor to supply its high-voltage direct current (HVDC) Light converter systems to connect the world’s largest offshore wind farms in the Dogger Bank region of the North Sea to the UK transmission network.
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October 25, 2019
Offshore wind power will expand impressively over the next two decades, boosting efforts to decarbonize energy systems and reduce air pollution as it becomes a growing part of electricity supply, according to an International Energy Agency report.
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October 11, 2019
Equinor made a final decision to invest in floating wind turbines to power offshore oil platforms off Norway after the government agreed to subsidize a large part of the cost.
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September 03, 2019
National Oilwell Varco has been awarded equipment package and design orders for one of the world’s largest offshore wind turbine installation vessels by Japanese-based Shimizu Corporation.
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August 15, 2019
The annals of green energy are filled with failures. Many ideas struggled to move from the lab to the factory.
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May 08, 2019
DNV GL is urging offshore oil and gas operators to implement a new solution using floating wind turbines to power water injection for oil recovery.
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May 16, 2018
Repsol will no longer seek growth for its oil and gas business in preparation for the global transition to cleaner energy.
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April 19, 2017
The DNV GL-led joint industry project for wind powered water injection (WIN WIN) has completed its first phase and determined that wind power could be used to power offshore water injection.
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March 23, 2017
Oil companies are starting to challenge the biggest utilities in the race to erect wind turbines at sea.
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February 24, 2017
Offshore wind companies have spent years struggling to convince skeptics that the future of U.S. energy should include giant windmills at sea.
