Tag: wind farms

The California Energy Commission (CEC) approved a $10.5 million grant for renovations at the Port of Humboldt Bay to support offshore wind activities in an area designated for development on the north coast.

As of 9 February, the high-speed offshore service craft of up to 500 GT will be able to carry up to 60 workers to and from wind farms offshore the UK while still meeting safety standards under new rules proposed by the UK Maritime and Coastguard Agency.

Australia's parliament recently passed legislation setting a framework for developing offshore wind farms and transmission lines.

A £10M research project, led by the University of Strathclyde, will investigate the potential of harnessing offshore wind and marine renewable energy to produce zero carbon hydrogen and ammonia fuels.

EDP, TechnipFMC and other research partners are joining forces to develop an engineering and economic feasibility study for a new offshore system for green hydrogen production from offshore wind power, called the BEHYOND project.

ScottishPower Renewables began a pilot project to reduce its carbon emissions by using waste vegetable oil.ScottishPower Renewables began a pilot project to reduce its carbon emissions by using waste vegetable oil.

Iberdrola is planning the first industrial scale floating offshore wind farm in Spain. More than €1 billion of investment will be allocated to commission 300 MW of energy off the Spanish coast.

According to Bloomberg agency, oil majors recently agreed to pay a hefty premium in order to develop the next generation of major British offshore wind farms.

In an effort to enhance an environmentally-friendly recovery from the COVID-19 oubreak, South Korea unveiled a 48.5 trillion plan to develop the world’s largest wind power plant by 2030.

Consultancy, Rystad Energy, issued a new report predicting that the world's supply of offshore wind turbine installation vessels (WTIVs) and heavy lift ships are going to fall short by the middle of the decade, reflecting a coming boom in new wind farm development and the advent of ever-larger turbine designs.