Offshore wind
The Interior Department has now approved more than 19 GW of offshore wind energy.
GE Vernova and Vineyard Wind provided an update on the implementation of their plan to safely remove the remainder of the damaged blade on turbine AW-38, remove any remaining debris, complete environmental studies, implement actions for blade readiness for service, and, ultimately, resume turbine installation and operations.
By the end of 2025, a floating wind turbine will supply power to the operator’s Culzean platform in the Central North Sea.
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The lease auction aims to advance the president’s commitment to deploy 30 GW of offshore wind energy by 2030. -
The Norwegian operator said the new wind farm will replace a third of the gas-generated power used at five platforms and shared lessons learned during the project.
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This paper describes an offshore hybrid power-generation concept incorporating a wind-turbine system in a low-wind area of Malaysia.
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Deployed off the coast of Brindisi, Italy, the sensor will conduct in-depth studies to support the design of the Kailia Energia and Lupiae Maris wind farms.
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The lease area has the potential to support enough offshore wind power to run more than 1 million homes.
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The gathering’s goal is to install 120 GW of wind power in the North Sea by 2030.
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Also: A report says Bitcoin mining could ease emissions. Haliburton is accelerating its clean-energy efforts, while insurer Chubb cracks down on methane. ExxonMobil and Linde team up in Texas. Shell plans to limit CO2 emissions in Dutch plants, and Drax presses pause on bioenergy in the UK.
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An EU project is bringing together 15 partners from seven countries to work on designing and manufacturing superconducting cables to enable more efficient and less costly power transmission from renewable electricity generation sites.
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The Department of the Interior announced that the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management will publish a proposed rule to update regulations for clean energy development on the US Outer Continental Shelf.
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Although 2022 did not match 2021’s record of over 19.5 GW of online capacity, 2022 witnessed the second highest amount of global online capacity with almost 8.5 GW. Final investment decisions (FIDs) were taken on over 11.5 GW of projects, making it the fourth highest year for FIDs.
