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The Ohio Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that a state permit to construct the first freshwater, offshore wind turbine facility in North America was appropriately granted for the Icebreaker project in Lake Erie. The Icebreaker project proposes to build six turbines eight to 10 miles off the Lake Erie coast, near Cleveland. The demonstration project would… Read More
Texas-based Port of Corpus Christi Commission approved a lease agreement with Buckeye Partners, L.P., that will establish the first solar farm in the 100-year history of the Port for transitioning to clean, sustainable energy over the next decade. The solar farm – which consists of more than 81,000 panels – will be located in San Patricio County… Read More
President Joe Biden signed into law this week a sweeping measure that promises to address inflation in part by lowering Americans’ energy costs and bolstering the clean energy economy. The administration said the new law would reduce the deficit by hundreds of billions of dollars and create millions of good-paying, clean energy jobs. The Inflation Reduction… Read More
The Virginia Port Authority has awarded a $223 million contract to rebuild the Portsmouth Marine Terminal for use an an offshore wind staging port. The contract was awarded to Skanska USA, the U.S.-based unit of the Swedish multinational specializing in construction and development. The project entails the redevelopment of approximately 72 acres of the 287-acre… Read More
Petroleo Brasileiro S.A (Petrobras) has awarded Keppel Offshore & Marine’s Keppel Shipyard subsidiary in Singapore has won an approximately US$2.9 billion order from for the engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) of the P-80 floating production, storage and offloading vessel (FPSO). Scheduled for completion in the first half 2026, the P-80 is the second FPSO that Keppel… Read More
Brazilian subsea specialist Oceânica has signed a contract that will see Norway’s Green Yard Kleven convert two platform supply vessels for operations in Brazil with ROVs and offshore cranes. The vessels are both of Marin Tekknik MT 6009 design, the 2009-built CF Fortune (MT6009 MkII) and the 2008-built Normand Sira (MT6009 L) — the sale of which was reported by Solstad Rederi AS… Read More
Skanska has signed a contract with the Virginia Port Authority to rebuild 72 acres of the Portsmouth Marine Terminal in Portsmouth, Virginia, USA. Skanska will include the contract worth USD 223M, about SEK 2.3 billion, in the US order bookings for the third quarter of 2022. The project will redevelop approximately 72 acres of the 287-acre Portsmouth Marine… Read More
The California Energy Commission (CEC) has adopted a report establishing offshore wind goals of 2,000-5,000 megawatts of offshore wind by 2030 and 25,000 MW by 2045. The California Energy Commission said that the new goals would be enough to deliver electricity to around 3.75 million homes initially and 25 million by mid-century. California is home… Read More
The Ohio Supreme Court ruled in favor of a project to build the first freshwater offshore wind farm in North America, which is seen as a demonstration of the potential to expand the industry. The court in a six-to-one decision handed down on August 10, ended a legal battle that has gone on for nearly two… Read More
On Friday, the U.S. House of Representatives passed a package of climate, energy and health care funding proposals, drawn in large part from the Biden administration’s defeated “Build Back Better Act” budget reconciliation bill. Though much slimmed down from the original multi-trillion-dollar plan, the rebranded Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 (IRA) will have sweeping effects… Read More
Today, Ørsted’s Board of Directors approved the interim report for the first half year of 2022. Operating profit (EBITDA) for the first half of the year amounted to DKK 13.0 billion, in line with the same period last year. EBITDA excluding new partnerships increased by 48 % to DKK 11.4 billion. Net profit amounted to DKK… Read More
DEME Offshore has successfully installed the offshore substation of the Fécamp offshore wind farm, deploying ‘Orion’, the newest member of the DEME fleet and the most innovative vessel in the offshore wind industry. ‘Orion’ has now installed the 1,300-tonne jacket and the 2,200-tonne topside, completing the project on schedule on August 11. Just four months… Read More
California policymakers approved the most ambitious offshore wind target this afternoon when the California Energy Commission (CEC) set a goal to deploy 25 GW of power generation by 2045. The planning goal came as the result of AB 525, signed into law last year, which directed the commission to “evaluate and quantify the maximum feasible capacity of… Read More
Legislation that started life as “The Build Back Better Act” is now headed for likely passage by the House as “The Inflation Reduction Act” and there looks to be a lot in it for the U.S. offshore industry. “The Senate’s passage of the Inflation Reduction Act is a watershed moment in America’s renewable energy transition…. Read More
Rising energy prices along with a cascade of climate impacts due to continued fossil fuel emissions need immediate action. California is the world’s fifth largest economy — we can and must do better. It’s time to take action and accelerate the state’s transition to a 100% clean energy economy. Responsible offshore wind development will be… Read More