Sky-high energy prices underlining Europe’s dependence from imported fossil sources and another summer of extreme weather have highlighted the need to speed up the transformation of our energy system towards one fully based on renewables. Scaling up next- generation renewable technologies and bringing them to market quickly will be essential [...]

Italian firm Saipem has signed an agreement with construction company Nasser S. Al Hajri Corporation (NSH) and Aramco to launch a new entity in Saudi Arabia. To be called EPC National Champion, the venture will focus on executing onshore engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) projects in Saudi Arabia. The new [...]

Hitachi Energy has won an order to provide two high-voltage direct current (HVDC) systems to transmit power from the 2850MW Hornsea 3 offshore wind farm, located more than 120 km off the UK east coast. Hitachi Energy is supplying four HVDC converter stations, which convert AC power to DC for [...]

RWE’s 433MW project off Germany will use the newest turbines available and will produce green hydrogen An offshore wind project being developed by RWE off Germany has been pre-selected for funding by the EU Innovation Fund. The offshore wind project is being developed by Nordsee 2, in which RWE holds [...]

Saipem has completed fabrication of 32 jacket foundations for Jan de Nul for the Formosa 2 offshore wind farm off Taiwan. The fabrication was a first for Saipem and was carried out at its Karimun yard in Indonesia. Saipem said last of the jackets has been loaded out and handed [...]

Fugro has completed a contract for the Netherlands Enterprise Agency (RVO) to perform a geotechnical site investigation at the IJmuiden Ver Noord 5 and 6 offshore wind farm sites. The company worked from a third-party vessel and deployed its new Blue Snake geotechnical system to conduct 25 co-located cone penetration [...]

European Energy will start delivering green hydrogen to Port Esbjerg, in Denmark, starting from the first half of 2023 from its plant in Esbjerg. The power used to fuel the electrolysis process in the power-to-x facility will primarily be from two test wind turbines in Esbjerg set up by European [...]

Wind and solar accounted for an over 10% share of power generation in 2021, the first time these technologies have provided more than 10% of global power, whilst also surpassing nuclear energy’s contribution, according to BP. In its 2021 'Statistical Review of World Energy', BP found that solar and wind [...]

Italian oilfield services company Saipem and Trevi have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to cooperate to jointly develop a design of two drilling systems for large diameter foundation holes for wind farms. Efficiently drilling large diameter holes to host foundation piles represents an essential skill to ensure the successful installation [...]

Eneco has assigned Deutsche Windtechnik to perform major component exchanges at Dutch offshore wind farm Prinses Amalia for a five-year period. The wind farm is composed of 60 Vestas V80 wind turbines and the contract covers the deployment of highly skilled personnel and the specific tooling and equipment needed to [...]

Shipbuilder Chantiers de l’Atlantique and French electrolyser outfit Lhyfe have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) for the development of offshore hydrogen production platforms. This agreement follows on from Lhyfe and Chantiers de l’Atlantique already working together for 18 months as part of the SEM-REV project, to co-develop of a [...]

RWE has launched a free-to-use educational platform aimed at making learning about floating wind interactive and accessible. The virtual learning hub provides a digestible understanding of the components of floating wind platforms and the innovative engineering solutions that allow them to function in deep water. It also provides a series [...]