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Last week, Representative Peter DeFazio (OR-04) and Oregon Sen. Wyden sent a bicameral letter to the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) about their significant concerns with the ongoing siting process for offshore wind facilities off the southern Oregon coast. BOEM has issued Call Areas for potential offshore wind leasing off Coos Bay and Brookings…. Read More
June 30 (Reuters) – The Biden administration on Thursday delayed the rollout of a proposed five-year offshore oil and gas development plan that had been promised by the end of the month, according to sources. Interior Department Secretary Deb Haaland in May had vowed to unveil the draft proposal ahead of the June 30 expiration… Read More
The Biden administration is expected to propose a five-year plan for new offshore oil and gas leases in federal waters by Thursday — and potentially as soon as today. The long-awaited plan comes as the administration tries to balance its ambitious climate agenda with combatting high gasoline prices that imperil Democrats’ chances in the midterm elections. It… Read More
Ørsted, the world-leading Danish energy company, and DSV, the global Danish transport and logistics company, will test long-distance drone transport of spare parts and tools in the Kattegat. Ørsted has the ambitious goal of becoming carbon-neutral by 2025 and is continually exploring new ways to ensure high wind farm availability and reduce carbon emissions from… Read More
Boskalis, with a presence in the US market spanning more than forty years, has recently opened a new office to support the rapidly developing US offshore wind market along the east coast. The office, located in Providence, Rhode Island, will serve as the Boskalis renewables hub from which multiple project teams will be supported. On… Read More
Offshore contractor Borr Drilling is selling three of the five new jack-up rigs the company has on order in its latest effort to refinance. It is the second refinancing Borr has undertaken in the past 18 months in response to the prolonged downturn in the offshore drilling sector and despite positive comments by the company… Read More
The New York City Economic Development Corporation (NYCEDC) has released a Request for Information (RFI) to catalyze local offshore wind innovation. The RFI invites entities from the public and private sector to submit project proposals that have the potential to generate new technologies, businesses, and approaches to R&D and commercialization for the offshore wind industry specifically and… Read More
Sweden’s Wallenius Marine has signed an agreement with Danish naval architectural consultancy Knud E. Hansen that will see the firm join the Orcelle Wind project as naval architects. Using wind as its main form of propulsion, Orcelle Wind will be a full-size Roll-On/Roll-Off ship with a capacity to carry 7,000 cars along with breakbulk and rolling equipment. At 220 meters long and… Read More
QatarEnergy, the world’s largest LNG exporter as of May 2022, has joined an industry initiative to effectively eliminate methane leakage from its natural gas operations by 2030. Methane is a potent greenhouse gas, about 80 times more powerful than CO2 over a 20-year timeline. Human-generated methane emissions are responsible for roughly one quarter of current… Read More
It won’t be long before offshore wind is powering homes in Maryland, but with so few examples of completed wind farms in the United States, it’s hard to fully imagine what a completed project will look like. That’s why Ørsted, a Danish power company, and the Maritime Institute of Technology and Graduate Studies in Linthicum Heights… Read More
About 15 years ago, University of Virginia engineering professor Eric Loth started thinking about how he could help with climate-related dilemmas, which led to his big idea about improving the design of wind turbines. What if a turbine’s blades could gracefully bend when subjected to high winds, morphing with the weather conditions like palm trees… Read More
PRINCETON, N.J., June 28, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Clearway Energy, Inc. (NYSE: CWEN, CWEN.A) (“Company”) today announced that it has entered into a binding agreement to acquire a portfolio of operating wind projects from Capistrano Wind Partners, LLC (“Capistrano Portfolio”) for, subject to closing adjustments, cash consideration of $255 million, plus the assumption of approximately… Read More
Ørsted, the world-leading Danish energy company, and DSV, the global Danish transport and logistics company, will test long-distance drone transport of spare parts and tools in the Kattegat. Ørsted has the ambitious goal of becoming carbon-neutral by 2025 and is continually exploring new ways to ensure high wind farm availability and reduce carbon emissions from… Read More
Rotterdam, the Netherlands, 29 June, 2022 – A consortium of sellers, including Van Oord, has sold its shares in the Borssele V wind farm to Octopus Energy Generation, one of the largest renewable energy investors in Europe. The sale confirms the success of innovations demonstrated in Borssele V, including the world’s first submerged slip joint,… Read More
The new agreements, which follow the original agreement between the companies in 2021, will support their joint efforts for service operation vessels (SOVs). The latest additions focus on the financial and development efficiencies in the vessel development process between the companies. The venture was created to develop a best-in-class design and deliver wind-dedicated, U.S flag SOV vessels…. Read More