Offshore

Offshore Wind Power

Orsted Eyes One of Europe’s Largest Green Hydrogen Plants to Tap North Sea Offshore Wind

Danish renewables giant partners with compatriot developer for power-to-x facility it says could grow to 3GW of electrolysis

Offshore Wind Power

First US Floating Offshore Wind Auction

The US will hold the nation’s first lease auction for commercial-scale floating wind power today.

Crude Oil

Aker BP to Invest $19 Billion in Offshore Oil Projects in Norway

Norway’s oil and gas firm Aker BP approved plans to invest $19 billion in developing new projects offshore Norway by 2028, raising its initial capital expendit…

Offshore Wind Power

UK Government Moves to Defuse Parliamentary Row over Onshore Wind

Britain's government sought on Monday to defuse a simmering row over a push by some Conservative lawmakers to make it easier to build onshore wind farms by sayi…

Offshore Wind Power

Scottish Offshore Wind Farm to Power Google

Google has signed a power purchase agreement (PPA) to purchase renewable electricity from a Scottish offshore wind farm.

Offshore Wind Power

China Expected to Be Part of Historic Offshore Wind Power Development

As climate change and energy issues are becoming more of a challenge, the offshore wind power industry has ushered in historic development opportunities.

Oil Field

Chinese Oil Giant Spends $1.9 Billion on 5% Stake of Huge Brazilian Oilfield

China’s oil and gas giant CNOOC has paid Brazil’s Petrobras $1.9 billion to buy 5% in the production sharing contract for the huge Buzios offshore oilfield, t…

Crude Oil

BP Snags Contract to Market Guyana’s Share of Exxon’s Offshore Oil

The UK’s largest energy company BP Plc has won a contract to market Guyana's share of crude oil produced over the next year from two offshore production platfo…

Offshore Wind Power

Chinese Groups Unveil World’s Largest Offshore Wind Turbine

Two Chinese companies announced production of the largest offshore wind turbine built to date, a 16-MW unit developed by China Three Gorges (CTG) and Goldwind. …

Offshore Wind Power

Engie and Google Strike Power Purchase Agreement for Scotland’s Moray West Offshore Wind Development Project

French energy company ENGIE and technology giant Google said they had agreed to undertake a 12-year 100 MW corporate power purchase agreement to support Scotlan…

Wind Farm

France’s First Commercial-Scale Offshore Wind Farm Starts Full Operations

France's first commercial-scale offshore wind farm started full operations on Wednesday, adding 480 megawatts of capacity to the grid at a time when Europe is s…

Offshore Wind Power

Enbridge Announces Completion of France’s First Offshore Wind Farm

France’s first commercial-scale offshore wind farm, which was developed by Canadian energy giant Enbridge Inc. in partnership with EDF Renewables and the Canad…

Energy Storage System

Tesla Giant Battery Built Near Dogger Bank Offshore Wind

The project hailed as “Europe’s largest” battery, has the capacity to power around 300,000 UK homes for two hours

Floating Offshore Wind

Bureau Veritas to Certify Commercial Floating Wind Project in Korea

Bureau Veritas, a world leader in testing, inspection and certification, in partnership with the Korean Register (KR), has been appointed to lead the project ce…

United Kingdom

UK to Spend £20BN Closing off 2,000 Oil and Gas Wells in Next Decade, Report Says

Offshore Energies UK estimates 200 wells will be decommissioned every year at a cost of £7.8m each