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Italy's Saipem inks deal to build Saudi floating wind farm

Italy's Saipem inks deal to build Saudi floating wind farm   Italian engineering, procurement, and construction contractor Saipem has signed a memorandum of understanding with Plambeck Emirates for the development and construction of a floating offshore wind farm in Saudi Arabia. The first phase of the 500MW floating offshore wind farm project will commence in the coming weeks through Plambeck Saudi, a company located in Riyadh. The partners said they will carry out the proj...

Equinor: Continuing The Growth In Renewables

Equinor: Continuing The Growth In Renewables   Summary Equinor is engaging in a feasibility study to possibly construct the largest floating wind farm in the world. Equinor has been investing very heavily in offshore wind and to a lesser extent solar power over the past few years. This is likely to be a growth area for the company as renewables are likely to see their consumption increase far more than oil over the next few decades. Equinor could easily have a first mover...

Floating offshore wind project in South Korea

Floating offshore wind project in South Korea   Equinor, Korea National Oil Corporation (KNOC) and the Korean power company Korea East-West Power (EWP) have formed a consortium to develop the floating offshore wind project Donghae 1 off Ulsan in South Korea. The consortium is currently launching the development of a 200MW floating wind farm to be located close to the KNOC-operated Donghae natural gas field off the coast of Ulsan in South Korea. The consortium will carry out a fe...

China Switches Over to Hydrogen Fuel Cells, and Toyota Delivers the Tech

China Switches Over to Hydrogen Fuel Cells, and Toyota Delivers the Tech   China is not only the world’s biggest auto market, it also is the biggest market for electric vehicles. China pivots away from subsidizing battery-electric vehicles, and is putting its government money on hydrogen. The strategy is bearing fruit for persistent hydrogen-booster Toyota. The Japanese carmaker says it will supply key fuel-cell technology to China’s FAW and Higer Bus. Both are major playe...

Industry 'heavyweights' take R-UK into net zero era

Industry 'heavyweights' take R-UK into net zero era   Industry group RenewableUK has rejigged its board, following a poll of members in April and May. New members elected to the board include MHI Vestas UK country manager Julian Brown (pictured), GE Renewables Wind Northern Europe sales director David Matthews, Fred Olsen Renewables commercial director Gareth Swales and Orsted UK country manager for offshore Benj Sykes. Brown has already served two terms on the board, in...

Teesside's world-first clean gas project handed seven-figure boost by Government

Teesside's world-first clean gas project handed seven-figure boost by Government   Teesside's bid to build a major world-first power station, creating many thousands of jobs, has been handed a seven-figure boost by the Government. The Clean Gas project on the former SSI steelworks site could become the world’s first gas-powered energy plant using technology that captures and stores carbon at scale. The Government has awarded £26m to speed up the rollout of ca...

Neodrill’s CAN-ductor Reduces Environmental Impact By Up To 44% Compared With Conventional Drilling, Finds Asplan Viak

Neodrill’s CAN-ductor Reduces Environmental Impact By Up To 44% Compared With Conventional Drilling, Finds Asplan Viak   Today the innovators in pre-rig technology, Neodrill, shared the Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) report for its CAN-ductor technology. Analysed and compiled by Asplan Viak, one of Norway's largest consulting engineering and architectural firms, the report found that the environmental impact of the CAN-ductor is between 21 – 44% less  than...

Global delegation to learn about offshore wind industry from North East England’s established offshore wind cluster, Energi Coast

Global delegation to learn about offshore wind industry from North East England’s established offshore wind cluster, Energi Coast   NOF, the business development experts for the energy sector, is welcoming an international delegation to North East England to demonstrate the industrial and economic benefits of the region’s established offshore wind cluster. Taking place between 26-28 June, the visit of nearly 50 government officials, industry leaders and global stakehold...

Wind power: £100m fund aims to boost UK companies

Wind power: £100m fund aims to boost UK companies   A £100m fund has been established to help UK firms capitalise on the boom in offshore wind. With the UK so well suited to exploiting wind power, turbines have been erected in more than 30 locations from Brighton to the Moray Firth. But trade unions say the boom has not generated enough jobs for UK workers. The Offshore Wind Industry Council says its initiative will help hundreds of firms "maximise opportunit...

BP Chief Pushes Renewable Investment Boost

BP Chief Pushes Renewable Investment Boost   Last week the BP Statistical Review of World Energy 2019  was released, covering energy data through 2018. The Review provides a comprehensive picture of supply and demand for major energy sources on a country-level basis. I consider it to be the bible of energy data. It is a primary source of data for numerous companies, government agencies and non-government organizations. Since its release, I have been bu...

Hydrogen could replace natural gas in homes, say experts

Hydrogen could replace natural gas in homes, say experts   New report from the Institution of Engineering and Technology concludes there is 'no reason' why hydrogen can't safely be used in the UK gas grid There is "no reason" why hydrogen can't be used instead of natural gas to be used for heating and cooking in people's homes, engineering experts have concluded. Experts from five engineering institutions were tasked by the government to assess the...

What does the rise of the Wind and Renewable energy sector mean?

What does the rise of the Wind and Renewable energy sector mean?   The rise of the wind industry and renewable energy sector hasn’t gone unnoticed. The growth in popularity over the last decade has increased throughout the whole market, creating an increase in wind turbine products and tools. A declining climate plus greater awareness of the environment has introduced growing concerns across the globe, actively leading to an influence in the renewable energy and wind sector....

Great Britain just went two weeks without using coal. Here's how

Great Britain just went two weeks without using coal. Here's how   Great Britain has smashed the record for generating electricity without coal for the second time in a month. But this unprecedented coal-free fortnight doesn't mean that renewables are filling in the gap In 1882, the Edison Electric Light Company opened the world’s first commercial coal-fired power station at an unlikely central London address. The facility at 57 Holborn Viaduct burnt the fossil fuel t...

Renewables Are Set To Outprice Oil & Gas By 2020

Renewables Are Set To Outprice Oil & Gas By 2020   Moore’s Law might be dead, but Swanson’s Law remains alive and well. Swanson’s Law is the observation that solar PV panels tend to become 20 percent cheaper for every doubling of cumulative shipped volume. It’s the solar industry’s equivalent of Moore’s Law, which predicts the growing computing power of processors. But as the semiconductor industry has discovered, the observation that process...

Drive to diversify on the agenda at AREG event

Drive to diversify on the agenda at AREG event   An industry event is set to explore new opportunities in the renewables sector as companies look to embrace the energy transition. The Aberdeen Renewable Energy Group (AREG), in partnership with Subsea UK, is hosting a business breakfast at the Music Hall on Friday (May 31) which will showcase organisations who have diversified from oil and gas into renewables. Chinese state-owned engineering services firm COES Caledonia (UK) Limi...

Campaign calls for oil workers to switch to green jobs

Campaign calls for oil workers to switch to green jobs   Drilling in the North Sea must end and the highly skilled workers in the industry moved into the clean energy sector if the UK is to reach its climate commitments, a new report has warned. According to the report, the Government should end licensing for new oil and gas fields as it could quadruple the nation’s carbon emissions. The Friends of the Earth research claims that the UK’s 5.7 billion barrels of hydr...

Xodus grows capabilities with addition of renewables advisory team

Xodus grows capabilities with addition of renewables advisory team   International energy consultancy Xodus Group has expanded its renewables capabilities with the addition of a dedicated advisory unit. The advisory team will support lenders, developers and the wider supply chain to identify and capitalise on renewable energy opportunities and mitigate against risk. Scott Hamilton has been appointed to lead theteam, with a focus on due diligence, supply chain analysis and techno...

In numbers: Charting the rapid growth of renewable energy in the UK

In numbers: Charting the rapid growth of renewable energy in the UK   A new report tracking investments into independent clean energy and energy storage technologies in the UK has illustrated the speed at which to low-carbon transition is gripping the power sector. Here, edie rounds up the key findings. Having accounted for more than 65% of the nation’s carbon footprint in 1990, power generation is now responsible for just one-quarter of Britain’s GHG footprint, accordi...

Climate Change driving Economic Change: Diversification is Key

Climate Change driving Economic Change: Diversification is Key Climate change has been constantly in the news over the past couple of weeks with the school strikes, extinction rebellion direct action and the new Committee on Climate Change Report advising that the UK government can set a target to get to ‘net zero’ greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. This has all spawned political action with the Scottish government committing to getting to net zero at the earlier date of 2045 and b...

Consultation starts on proposal for giant solar farm near Mansfield

Consultation starts on proposal for giant solar farm near Mansfield   A community consultation has started as renewable energy giant Lightsource BP plan to create a giant Bilsthorpe solar farm. Energy firm Lightsource BP said the development would provide enough power for 16,633 households, and be the equivalent of taking more than 4,455 large family cars off the road. Lightsource BP has earmarked a 205 acre plot at Inkersall Grange Farm, Billsthorpe, and is seeking input from l...
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