The former CEO of BP, who warned the industry of its impact on the climate 25 years ago, has said rising calls to cease new oil and gas in the North Sea should be tempered amid a need for homegrown supply.
The world’s largest installed offshore wind farm is now fully operational, Danish renewables giant Orsted has confirmed.
Equinor is close to first power from Hywind Tampen, the world’s first floating wind farm to power offshore oil and gas platforms.
Billionaire Elon Musk has told the ONS conference in Stavanger that “more oil and gas” is needed, at least in the near-term, for a sustainable future.
European oil giants are investing a small fraction of their mammoth returns in green energy initiatives, according to analysis.
European oil major Shell is looking at expanding its wind-power business in Australia as it eyes options offshore and diversifies away from fossil fuels. Significantly, Australia’s offshore wind sector remains at a nascent stage of development.
More ScotWind projects are to be offered seabed agreements off Shetland as part of Crown Estate Scotland’s clearing process.
Danish offshore wind developer Orsted (CPH:ORSTED) is at risk of getting caught up in a potential Taiwan Straits crisis as tensions in the region rose steeply following the visit of US House of Representatives Speaker, Nancy Pelosi, to Taipei, on 2-3 August.
European majors are well placed to take advantage of a $1 trillion investment boom in offshore wind, as analysis suggests projects can return 25% higher operating margins than new oil and gas fields.
Danish wind turbine giant Vestas is to spin off its converters and controls business to help support its strategic foucs.
Subsea 7 (OSLO:SUBC)is preparing to start the engineering, procurement, installation and commissioning of inter-array grid cables for a Scottish wind farm.
Fabrication firm Harland and Wolff (LON: HARL) has announced the appointment of a new board member.
Multinational engineering firm Kent has secured a contract with SSE Renewables for work on a major offshore wind project.
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A pioneering offshore wind firm has unveiled details of its multi-billion pound INTOG plans; aimed at decarbonising “every platform” sitting in Scottish waters of the North Sea.
“We've got to learn from what others have gone through, but at the same time pass on our own learnings to other industries,” says Offshore Energies UK’s (OEUK) new safety boss Mark Wilson.
Oil giant BP (LON: BP) has been inundated by applications from workers vying to transition into the low carbon energy space.
Aibel has shared footage of the first offshore platform for the Dogger Bank wind farm arriving at its Haugesund yard.
Rescuers are searching for 26 crew members after an offshore wind installation ship split in two and sank off Hong Kong.
Energy services giant Petrofac (LON: PFC) has struck a pact with technology leader Hitachi Energy to support the offshore wind market.
The offshore wind industry has been warned not to see Scotland as simply a “production base for renewable energy”.
The UK energy minister has told the industry that government will do its bit to help accelerate the deployment of offshore wind.
Boris Johnson is demanding the offshore wind industry slashes the time it takes to build a wind farm in the UK.