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Vard to Deliver Design and Equipment to Cochin Shipyard for Two SOVs

Sep 04, 2024

Norwegian shipbuilder Vard has secured a contract to provide design and equipment to Cochin Shipyard in India for two Service Operation Vessels (SOVs), one of VARD 4 07 and one of VARD 4 19 design, being built for North Star.Vard has previously delivered 12 designs to the Cochin Shipyard…

UK Backs Green Volt Floating Wind Farm Project

Sep 03, 2024

Flotation Energy and Vaargroenn, a joint venture between Eni unit Plenitude and private equity firm HitecVision, said on Tuesday their floating offshore wind project Green Volt won a contract at Britain's latest renewable power auction.The 2…

Harbour Energy Concludes Wintershall Dea Deal and Raises Production Outlook

Sep 03, 2024

Britain's Harbour Energy raised its 2024 production forecast on Tuesday, after completing the purchase of oil and gas firm Wintershall Dea's assets.Harbour in December had agreed to acquire the non-Russian oil and gas assets of the German company in an $11…

Eni and Snam Launch Italy’s first CCS Project

Sep 03, 2024

Eni and Snam, as part of the equal joint venture, have started of CO2 injection activities in the reservoir for Phase 1 of Ravenna Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) project.Designed to support industrial decarbonization, Ravenna CCS is the first project for the capture…

Smulders, Sif to Deliver Offshore Substations and Transition Pieces for Polish OW Farms

Sep 03, 2024

Equinor and Polenergia, the developers of the Bałtyk 2 and Bałtyk 3 offshore wind farms in Poland, have hired Smulders for the delivery of substations for both Baltic Sea developments, which will also work in consortium with Sif for the manufacturing of 100 transition pieces…

Six Tidal Energy Projects Secure Contracts in UK’s Renewables Round

Sep 03, 2024

Six tidal stream projects, with 28 MW in total capacity, have secured contracts in the UK’s Contracts for Difference (CfD) sixth allocation round.The strike price for six projects across five sites has been set at £172/MWh. It represents a 34%…

UK Government Backs 5.3GW of Offshore Wind Projects in Latest CfD Auction

Sep 03, 2024

In the sixth UK’s Contracts for Difference (CfD) allocation round, offshore wind developers have secured support for around 5.3 GW in new capacity for both floating and bottom-fixed offshore wind.As part of the allocation round 6, nine bottom-fixed offshore wind projects…

Oil Production Starts at Aker BP’s Tyrving Field

Sep 03, 2024

The production of oil from the Tryving filed in the Alvheim area offshore Norway, operated by Aker BP, with Petoro and PGNiG Upstream Norway as partners, has begun.The Tyrving development leverages the planned extended lifetime for the Alvheim…

Unviable Investment Climate Puts Swedish Offshore Wind Project on Pause

Sep 02, 2024

Vattenfall has decided to pause the development of the offshore wind power project Swedish Kriegers Flak until further notice, due to unviable investment prerequisites in Sweden.    Swedish Kriegers Flak, located about 30 km south of Trelleborg…

NKT Wraps Up Work on Shetland Renewables Interconnector

Sep 02, 2024

Danish subsea cable and services firm NKT, in close collaboration with SSEN Transmission, has completed the turnkey project of connecting the Shetland Islands to the main grid in Scotland with the Shetland HVDC Link.The 320 kV HVDC interconnector…

Vattenfall to Power Salzgitter’s Green Steel Production with Offshore Wind

Sep 02, 2024

Energy company Vattenfall and steel producer Salzgitter have signed a power purchase agreement (PPA) for the supply of clean power from the Nordlicht 1 offshore wind farm for steel production from 2028.The PPA provides for a share of 75 MW of…

RWE Installs HVDC Converter Platform at Sofia Offshore Wind Farm

Sep 02, 2024

RWE has installed an offshore converter platform at 1.4 GW Sofia offshore wind farm, its largest offshore wind development under construction in UK waters.The offshore converter platform (OCP), which converts high voltage alternating current (AC) to high voltage direct current (DC)…

Mammoet Launches World’s Strongest Land-Based Crane for Energy Sector

Sep 02, 2024

Heavy lift and transport services firm Mammoet has launched the SK6000 land-based crane, said to be the world’s strongest, capable of handling large offshore wind components and delivering reduced integration times to offshore oil and gas projects…

DNO Concludes Acquisition of Stakes in Five Norne Area Oil and Gas Fields

Sep 02, 2024

Norwegian oil and gas operator DNO has completed the acquisition of stakes in five oil and gas fields, including an operatorship, in the Norne area in the Norwegian Sea from Vår Energi.Following the closing of the transaction, DNO’s wholly-owned…

GE Vernova Says Offshore Wind Turbine Blade Failures Are Unrelated

Aug 30, 2024

GE Vernova on Friday said recent turbine blade failures at two offshore wind farms in the United States and the United Kingdom are unrelated.The statement comes as the company has been grappling with fallout from three separate blade accidents in four months…

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