California is planning floating wind farms offshore to boost its power supply – here’s how they work
Northern California has some of the strongest offshore winds in the U.S., with immense potential to produce clean energy. But it has a problem. Its continental shelf drops off quickly, making building traditional wind turbines directly on the se... Read more
The international petroleum industry has been in the spotlight after a gas leak sparked the underwater “eye of fire” boiling to the surface in the Gulf of Mexico and a large blast at a Caspian Sea oil and gas field. Inpex’s Ichthys rig sits on t... Read more
Energy major Equinor said Wednesday it was working with RWE Renewables and Hydro REIN on an application for the development of a “large-scale” offshore wind farm in the Norwegian North Sea. According to a statement, the companies will work toget... Read more
Colonial Pipeline restarted operations Wednesday at approximately 5 p.m. ET following days of halted operations, but the company warned that it would still take several days for the system to be fully functional. “Following this restart it will... Read more
The United States has committed to cutting emissions by as much as 52 percent by 2030. Launching the virtual US Leaders Summit on Climate Change in the White House early this morning, President Joe Biden announced an ambitious cut in greenhouse... Read more
Kongstein, a provider of project management services to offshore renewables, and Inter Marine are teaming up to provide combined services to the Polish offshore wind market. Inter Marine, which has many years of experience in the Polish marine i... Read more
The Ever Given, the massive container ship that became wedged in the Suez Canal and cut off traffic in the vital waterway for almost a week, has been refloated, authorities said Monday. The ship sailed north to the Great Bitter Lake, arriving th... Read more
Goldman Sachs has upped its oil price forecast in recent weeks and named a number of global stocks it believes will ride the crude recovery wave. In a note last week, analysts at the investment bank named a bunch of lesser-known stocks set to be... Read more
Offshore wind energy has the potential to deliver 90% of the U.S. projected 2050 electricity demand, according to Offshore Wind for America, a new report released by Environment America Research & Policy Center and Frontier Group. The report... Read more
Vattenfall has selected Van Oord for planned and unplanned maintenance work at its offshore wind farms in Europe that together comprise around 600 wind turbines. Under a four-year Operations & Maintenance (O&M) contract, which has a one-... Read more
