Dogger Bank Wind Farm has awarded charter contracts to Edda Wind and AWind AS for their newbuild commissioning service operation vessels (CSOVs). Both contracts are expected to start in 2Q 2023. The vessels will support commissioning of the 13-MW GE Renewable Energy Haliade-X turbines…
Key Stage of Nord Stream 2 Gas Pipeline Completed but Insurance Needed Russian President Putin said a key stage of a gas pipeline to Germany which the US targeted for sanctions had been carried out, ahead of his summit with counterpart Joe Biden. “I’m…
Russia has finished laying the first line of the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline to Germany, Reuters reported President Vladimir Putin as saying at an economic forum on the 4th June. Nord Stream 2 comprises two parallel 48-inch lines, approximately 1,200 kilometres long, each…
Lightsource BP has announced a US$1.09 billion (€900 million) solar investment in Portugal, which will be deployed over six years. The company has entered into a co-development partnership with INSUN for five utility scale solar projects. The projects – which aim to add over…
Saipem has contracted Acteon to provide casing installation and drilling support for construction of the 450-MW Calvados wind farm offshore Courseulles-sur-Mer on France’s Normandy coast. Although Acteon subsidiary LDD, a specialist in foundations and cables, signed the contract, the group’s integrated solutions (AIS) team…
Rolls-Royce has started testing the first elements of the most powerful hybrid-electric aero power and propulsion system in aerospace at a newly-renovated testbed. The tests are part of the 2.5 megawatt (MW) Power Generation System 1 (PGS1) demonstrator programme, for future regional aircraft. …
Dutch refiner Zeeland Refinery NV, a joint venture of TotalEnergies SE and PJSC Lukoil, has let a contract to a division of Air Liquide SA to deliver carbon capture and liquefaction technology for a new plant to be built as part of a decarbonisation project…
Chevron Corporation would consider selling its 20% stake in a Canadian oil sands mine as its faces investor pressure to do more to curb emissions and fight climate change. The oil producer’s stake in Canadian Natural Resources Ltd’s Athabasca oil sands project generates “pretty…
The Danish Environmental and Food Appeals Board has ruled to repeal the permit for the onshore part of the Baltic Pipe gas pipeline, which the Danish Environmental Protection Agency granted in July 2019. According to the appeals board, the permit from the Environmental Protection…
Eurotank Amsterdam (ETA, part of VTTI) is investing in the conversion of its gas oil tanks, making them suitable for storing biofuels, mixed biofuels and hydrotreated vegetable oil (HVO), following a successful pilot project. The project will realise a total capacity of 75 000…
