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DNV to lead study on potential of European hydrogen distribution networks

DNV to lead study on potential of European hydrogen distribution networks   Independent energy expert and assurance provider DNV will lead a study that will produce a roadmap for European distribution networks to show how they can unlock the growth potential of hydrogen utilization. DNV was contracted to conduct the study by the Ready4H2 project. Ready4H2 is a European project that aims...

Equinor and partner reach financial close on the third phase of the world's biggest offshore wind farm

Equinor and partner reach financial close on the third phase of the world's biggest offshore wind farm   Dogger Bank wind farm owners, Equinor and SSE, have today announced financial close on the third phase of the project, Dogger Bank C. The terms achieved are some of the best ever for a construction offshore wind project in the UK. “Reaching financial close on the third phase of Dogger Bank is a significant milestone as it demonstrates that we are on track with developi...

BP to bring green hydrogen facility to Teesside

BP to bring green hydrogen facility to Teesside   BP has unveiled plans to bring a large-scale green hydrogen production facility to Teesside. HyGreen Teesside will be developed in multiple stages, targeting around 600Mwe of green hydrogen production by 2025, potentially rising up to 500Mwe by 2030, in line with demand. The news follows BP's previously revealed plans for H2Teesside, its major blue hydrogen production facility which aims to be up and running within the next f...

TotalEnergies lands 500MW Libyan solar PV project alongside US$2bn oil and gas investments

TotalEnergies lands 500MW Libyan solar PV project alongside US$2bn oil and gas investments   French energy giant TotalEnergies has won new contracts in Libya that include the development of a 500MW solar PV project, although it will also see the company pour US$2 billion into crude oil production and invest in gas extraction. Among the signed agreements is a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between TotalEnergies and the General Electricity Company of Libya for the development a 50...

ADIPEC 2021 in-person event moves COP26 agreements and conversations to practicalities

ADIPEC 2021 in-person event moves COP26 agreements and conversations to practicalities   ADIPEC 2021, the global energy industry’s largest, most important and influential event, concluded today following top-level discussions and underscoring the sectors’ readiness to embrace the challenges of the energy transition. The four-day business-critical platform was held under the patronage of His Highness Sheikh Khalifa Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, President of the United Arab Emira...

H2 Green unveils transformational Clean Energy Hub plan for Shoreham Port

H2 Green unveils transformational Clean Energy Hub plan for Shoreham Port   H2 Green, a Getech business, has signed a deal with Shoreham Port to develop a renewable energy hub that will remove emissions from its fleet of trucks and HGVs and be a catalyst for the wider region’s transport decarbonisation. The development will include the creation of a hydrogen hub integrated with onshore wind and solar power generation. With transport decarbonisation high on the agenda at C...

Scotland in talks with alliance to end oil and gas production

Scotland in talks with alliance to end oil and gas production   Scotland is in talks with a Europe-dominated alliance seeking to end oil and gas production that has been snubbed by the UK, host of UN climate talks in Glasgow. Speaking at COP26, Denmark’s climate minister Dan Jorgensen said the Beyond Oil and Gas Alliance (BOGA) was in “close dialogue” with Scotland, where most of the UK oil and gas is concentrated in surrounding waters. The group was formed by...

Construction begins on North Star Renewables first SOV and daughter craft fleet bound for Dogger Bank Wind Farm

Construction begins on North Star Renewables first SOV and daughter craft fleet bound for Dogger Bank Wind Farm   Two high-tech cutting ceremonies have taken place marking construction is underway to build North Star Renewables’ inaugural hybrid-powered vessel fleet specifically designed to support the UK’s growing offshore wind market. Comprising three of its service operation vessels (SOVs) and three associated daughter crafts, all six North Star assets are bound for...

Bacton Energy Hub – An open letter from Alistair Macfarlane

Bacton Energy Hub – An open letter from Alistair Macfarlane   We went public with the idea for the Bacton Energy Hub in June of this year, and have been absolutely delighted with the positive and enthusiastic response we have received from a wide range of people and organisations. The initial study identified potential for the area to play a significant role in the UK’s energy future through a combination of blue and green hydrogen, offshore wind power, nuclear and carb...

Scottish Enterprise signs renewable energy MoU with Marubeni

Scottish Enterprise signs renewable energy MoU with Marubeni Net zero ambitions to be supported by partnership agreement   Low-carbon collaboration between Scotland and Japan is to be strengthened further after Scottish Enterprise signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Marubeni Corporation. The MoU between Scotland’s national economic development agency and the Japanese conglomerate will see both parties work in partnership to explore opportunities in floating...

Equinor pulls out of Ireland, and a $2.3B floating offshore wind farm

Equinor pulls out of Ireland, and a $2.3B floating offshore wind farm   Norwegian wind giant Equinor is not only pulling out of what would be the Atlantic’s first floating offshore wind farm, it’s also pulling out of doing business in Ireland altogether. Equinor leaves Ireland In 2019, Equinor partnered with the Irish utility Electricity Supply Board (ESB). In April, they jointly announced they would build a €2 billion ($2.3 billion) 1.4-GW floating offshore win...

Vestas and Orsted warn of tough times for renewable energy

Vestas and Orsted warn of tough times for renewable energy   Danish power group Orsted and wind turbine maker Vestas have warned of challenging conditions in renewable energy after projects in Europe suffered low wind speeds and as supply chain hold-ups and rising costs hit manufacturers. Vestas warned on Wednesday of an “increasingly challenging global business environment for renewables” as it cut its full-year operating profit margin forecast for the second time this...

Equinor farms down in Dogger Bank C and expands partnership with Eni

Equinor farms down in Dogger Bank C and expands partnership with Eni   Equinor has entered into an agreement with Eni to sell a 10% interest in the Dogger Bank Wind Farm C project in the UK. Equinor continues to capture value from the world class offshore wind asset obtaining an equity consideration of around GBP 70 million. Eni has also entered into an agreement to purchase a 10% interest in Dogger Bank C from project partner SSE Renewables on the same terms. Once the transacti...

Let's not waste time and energy

Let's not waste time and energy  ~ How the operational management of photovoltaic power plants succeed at the first attempt ~   The climate crisis requires urgent action as we need to significantly reduce our CO2 emissions to curb climate change and limit the average temperature increase to about 1.5°C. Here, Austrian ORF meteorologist, Marcus Wadsack writes: We are the first generation to feel climate change and the last to do something about it. We have the technolog...

Wood to advance Renewable Energy Group’s renewable fuel offering

Wood to advance Renewable Energy Group’s renewable fuel offering   Wood is advancing a project for Renewable Energy Group (REG) that will expand REG’s renewable diesel fuel offering to help meet the world’s growing demand for lower-carbon, sustainable fuels. The engineering, procurement, and construction management services contract will support REG’s improvement and expansion project at its renewable diesel biorefinery in Geismar, Louisiana. The project wil...

Neptune Energy and EDF complete first-of-its-kind methane study in UK

Neptune Energy and EDF complete first-of-its-kind methane study in UK   Neptune Energy today announced the completion of a first-of-its-kind collaboration with Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) to measure methane emissions on a working UK offshore platform using advanced drone technologies. Methane is the primary component of natural gas and is a potent greenhouse gas. Fixed wing and rotary drones equipped with methane-sensing equipment were deployed for the study on the Neptune-op...

Offshore wind spending is closing the gap against O&G, will exceed it in more regions by 2030

Offshore wind spending is closing the gap against O&G, will exceed it in more regions by 2030   Offshore wind spending is increasingly closing the gap on oil and gas (O&G) investments and is forecast to surpass them in several key markets by 2030, Rystad Energy analysis indicates. While global O&G capital expenditure will rise nominally in this timeframe, anticipated growth in offshore wind investments will bring Europe, the United States and Asia (excluding China) to the...

Draugen oil platform evaluated as first-use of Norwegian floating power plant

Draugen oil platform evaluated as first-use of Norwegian floating power plant   Odfjell Oceanwind has entered into a memorandum of understanding with Norwegian exploration and production company OKEA and utility TrønderEnergi to evaluate the use of a floating windfarm connected to the Draugen platform. The intention is to use renewable electricity from the floating windfarm to provide power to the Draugen platform and utilize its infrastructure, including a cable from shore...

ASCO Norway supports Horisont Energi in the move towards Net Zero future

ASCO Norway supports Horisont Energi in the move towards Net Zero future   Global integrated materials and logistics management company, ASCO has been chosen as the supplier of logistics and supply services for Horisont Energi’s pioneering endeavors within the production of clean energy and carbon transport and storage. The four-year framework agreement with options to extend will provide full logistics and supply services within marine, base and port operations, materials ma...

Extensive study presents new framework for assessing onshore wind energy generation

Extensive study presents new framework for assessing onshore wind energy generation   Scientists at the University of Aberdeen have outlined a framework that can more accurately assess the potential for onshore wind energy generation anywhere in the world, after undertaking one of the most extensive studies of its type. They have reviewed over 300 articles in the field of large-scale resource assessments for onshore wind, focusing on the methods and assumptions that these studies a...
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