Energy

Flotation Energy and Vårgrønn, a joint venture between Plenitude (Eni) and HitecVision, have signed exclusivity agreements for two floating offshore wind developments with up to a total of 1.9 gigawatt (GW) capacity under Crown Estate Scotland’s Innovation and Targeted Oil and Gas (INTOG) leasing round.

Following decisions of its Board of Directors, Ørsted will cease development of the Ocean Wind 1 and 2 projects and has taken final investment decision on the Revolution Wind project.

Multinational energy company Equinor, and Direct Ocean Capture (DOC) company Captura have announced a partnership to develop industrial scale solutions to remove carbon dioxide (CO2) from the ocean.

The Business Network for Offshore Wind, a leading national organization working to accelerate offshore wind energy development and build a dedicated domestic supply chain, has adopted a new name: Oceantic Network.

An innovative project involving one of Scotland’s tidal energy pioneers has created an intelligent control system within a tidal energy turbine that could potentially slash costs by over 17.7 percent.

VARD and Windward Offshore, a consortium, currently under establishment and led by ASSC´s offshore arm SeaRenergy Group in Germany announces that they have signed a contract for the design and construction for two hybrid Commissioning Service Operation Vessels (CSOV). The parties have also agreed on an option for two additional vessels.

As part of a commitment to a cleaner and more sustainable future, the Global Ocean Energy Alliance (GLOEA) supported a mission in Fiji for an Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion (OTEC) Pilot Project. The initiative, backed by the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), was conducted by Global OTEC’s technical experts.

To guide future oil and gas platform removal off the California coast, the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) has published the final Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement (PEIS) for Oil and Gas Decommissioning Activities on the Pacific Outer Continental Shelf (OCS).

Unity, Europe’s largest provider of well integrity solutions, has launched a new Wellhead Integrity Verification Program for operators and integrated service providers beginning to plan their well abandonment operations.

The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has finalized four new Wind Energy Areas (WEAs) in the Gulf of Mexico.

An affiliate company within the DEME Group has been awarded a new offshore wind contract in Taiwan. Leading renewable energy company Ørsted has contracted CDWE, the joint venture between DEME and Taiwanese shipbuilder CSBC, to carry out seabed levelling and scour protection for the Greater Changhua 2b and 4 offshore wind farms.

Orbital, along with sector leading project partners, has been selected by the European Commission’s Horizon Europe Program to deliver a multi-turbine tidal energy project, EURO-TIDES*.