Offshore

Wind Turbine

First Nacelle for France’s First Offshore Wind Farm Rolls Out

GE Renewable Energy has produced the first turbine nacelle for the 480 MW Saint-Nazaire – France’s first offshore wind farm.

Offshore Wind Power

China's CNOOC Launches First Offshore Wind Power Plant

China's offshore oil and gas major CNOOC Ltd announced on Tuesday that its first offshore wind power project has connected to the grid and begun to generate pow…

Offshore Wind Power

DNV GL and National Grid Developing Great Britain’s Offshore Wind Strategy

UK utility National Grid has selected certification body DNV GL as a lead partner in the Offshore Wind Coordination project in Great Britain.

Power Construction

MHI Vestas and Hitachi ABB Finalise Transformer Technology Agreement

Turbine manufacturer MHI Vestas has finalised an agreement to buy transformer technology from Hitachi ABB Power Grids in Taiwan.

Energy Investment

Lundin Makes $357,000 Investment in Swedish Wave Energy Start-Up

Non-profit investment company Lundin Foundation has invested $357,000 in wave energy foundation Ocean Harvesting Technologies.

Oil Field

China's First Large-Scale Heavy Oil Thermal Recovery Development Platform Started Operation

This move fills the technical gap of large-scale thermal recovery of heavy oil in China's offshore fields.

Offshore Wind Power

Ampelmann Books Asian Offshore Wind Debut

Dutch offshore access provider Ampelmann has signed a contract with Seaway 7 to provide one of its A-type systems for offshore wind work in Taiwan.

Oil&Gas Drilling

Apache Kicks Off Drilling Operations on Fresh Well Off Suriname

Apache Corporation has gathered further reservoir and technical data from its Kwaskwasi-1 discovery well located in Block 58 offshore Suriname and started drill…

Wind Farm

Permission Granted for NnG’s Eyemouth Wind Farm Operations Facility

Neart na Gaoithe, a consortium of EDF Renewables and ESB, has secured approval to build an operations and maintenance building for its Eyemouth offshore wind fa…

Offshore Wind Power

Brazilian State Signs Offshore Wind MoU with Mingyang

The Government of Ceará has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with China’s Mingyang Smart Energy to develop an ”offshore wind complex” in this Brazilian …

Offshore Wind Power

New Consortium Formed to Develop Offshore Wind Power Projects in Japan

JERA, Electric Power Development Company Ltd. , and Equinor have formed a consortium to jointly develop offshore wind power projects in Japan.

Offshore Wind Power

Oil Major BP Makes First Ever Move In Offshore Wind Energy

BP is making its first move into the offshore wind market with a strategic partnership in U.S. offshore wind assets with Equinor in a deal worth US$1.1 billion.

Wind Farm

Construction Starts on Wind Farm Fryslân in the Netherlands

Offshore construction work for Wind Farm Fryslân has started by driving the first of 89 foundation piles into the bottom of the IJsselmeer, a closed-off inland…

LNG

Vietnam's Delta Offshore Energy Seeks Long-Term LNG Supplies

Delta Offshore Energy has launched a request for proposal for a long-term contract to buy liquefied natural gas.

Wind Power in China

Flagship in at China's Fujian Fuqing Haitan Strait Offshore Wind Farm

First of 22 MingYang Smart Energy 7MW MySE7.0-158s erected for the 300MW array being developed by China Huadian Corporation.