OSLO, Feb 9 (Reuters) – Norway will launch later this year its first tender for bottom-fixed offshore wind turbines in the southern North Sea, planning to develop 1.5 gigawatt of electricity that will supply the Norwegian mainland, the country’s government said on Wednesday.
China is leading the race for offshore wind, setting a new record year for turbine installations in 2021, according to the World Forum Offshore Wind (WFO)’s annual report.
Orient Cable has won a cable engineering, procurement, construction and installation (EPCI) contract by MingYang Smart Energy for a 500 MW offshore wind project in China.
On 25 January 2022, the ZPMC shipyard, China, and Ulstein Design & Solutions AS signed the ship design contract on two types of Service Operation Vessels (SOVs) for Shanghai Electric Windpower Group. These are the first purpose-made SOVs designed for the Chinese Offshore Wind industry
China connected 16.9 GW of offshore wind capacity to the grid in 2021, the latest data from the country’s National Energy Administration has shown.
Country President at Equinor (ex-Statoil) in China visited Hainan IEDB On the morning of January 19, 2022, Ji Guohui, Deputy Director General of Hainan Provincial Bureau of International Economic Development (Hainan IEDB), together with his staff, met with Marc Courtemanche, Country President at Equinor (ex-Statoil). Both sides discussed the business investment layout in Hainan.
Ulstein Electrical Technology (UET) signed a cooperation agreement with Sinoocean Offshore Assets Management Limited (Sinoocean) on 10 January 2022, where UET will provide spare parts and after-market services to Sinoocean’s fleet.
The purpose of the agreement is to provide an enterprise-scale solution for real-time data aggregation and visualization, helping Aker BP to improve performance, safety and optimize well operations.
Thames Water owns the Chertsey Sewage Treatment Works in London, England. It houses the first Cambi unit built for the UK market and treats sludge from several wastewater treatment plants. By introducing thermal hydrolysis, the existing digesters at Chertsey significantly increased their capacity.