Energy

The transition to a more sustainable energy system is too slow. A sustainable development path, consistent with the 2-degree target, does not allow for further delays in policy, industry and consumer action to reduce emissions.

The Global Wind Summit, starting in September in Hamburg, will be the biggest and most important meeting of the wind industry worldwide.

The largest floatel in the wind industry has arrived at Wikinger Offshore Wind Farm in the Baltic Sea to provide a home for up to 200 workers as they commission the project’s 70 Adwen 5 megawatt (MW) turbines.

The first GE Renewable Energy offshore wind turbine nacelle to be tested in UK under a recent research & development agreement has been delivered to the Offshore Renewable Energy Catapult’s world-leading 15MW drive train test facility in Blyth, Northumberland.

Shell Offshore, Inc. (Shell), a subsidiary of Royal Dutch Shell plc, announces the early start of production – around one-year ahead of schedule – at the first phase of Kaikias, an economically resilient, subsea development in the US. Gulf of Mexico with estimated peak production of 40,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day (boe/d).

An analysis of U.S. offshore wind developments by Brattle economists shows that state policymakers in the northeastern U.S. are now committed to procure approximately 8,000 MW of offshore wind generation over the next decade.

Minesto has completed the installation of the micro grid system (MGS) buoy that will be used for the company’s first tidal energy installation in Holyhead Deep, Wales.

Shell Offshore, Inc. (“Shell”) announces a large, deep-water, exploration discovery in the Norphlet geologic play in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico with its Dover well (100% Shell).

Petrofac has secured a long-term Framework Agreement (FA) with Transmission Capital to provide engineering services across six of its OFTO (Offshore Transmission Owner) assets.

The Oil & Gas Innovation Center (OGIC) reported on Tuesday, May 15, that more than 500 jobs will be sustained or created in Scotland over the next six years as a direct result of its support for research and development.

MaRINET2 has opened registrations for its first set of short duration courses. These two to five-day courses are led by WavEC (Portugal), and ten will be organized over the next three years. The courses are organized and lectured by project partners, and will be focused on three areas: wave, wind and tidal.

A report into UK oil and gas workforce dynamics launched today indicates that more than 40,000 new people will need to be recruited into the industry over the next 20 years, including 10,000 in posts that don’t exist today.