Netherlands-based transmission system operator TenneT Holding B.V. has launched and priced another Green Bond issue of EUR 1.25 billion, with proceeds set to be used for investing in offshore wind.The Green Bond issue is split in two tranches…
A high-tech, specialized buoy has been launched to collect useful information for developing wind farms offshore the U.S. East Coast.Equinor Wind US said it deployed the cutting-edge buoy as it works to develop its offshore wind lease site in the New York Bight…
Toshiba Energy Systems & Solutions Corporation and German wind turbine equipment manufacturer Senvion GmbH announced that they signed a mutually non-exclusive strategic cooperation agreement for the distribution of onshore and offshore wind power generation systems…
Moldova, a small, landlocked country in eastern Europe, imports three-quarters of its energy and has seen its energy prices rise by more than half in the past five years.But that could soon change, according to the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)…
Shell spends $400 mln in recent weeks on renewables, power. Royal Dutch Shell has spent over $400 million on a range of acquisitions in recent weeks, from solar power to electric car charging points, cranking up its drive to expand beyond its oil and gas business and reduce its carbon footprint…
Renewable energy sources are set to radically reshape global energy markets, says Wood Mackenzie (WoodMac). For the majors, this poses a threat to legacy oil and gas operations, but is also an opportunity to diversify and future-proof portfolios…
Data analytics provider Verisk Analytics has acquired MAKE, an research and advisory business specializing in wind power. MAKE will become part of Wood Mackenzie, a Verisk Analytics business focused on providing research and advisory services to the natural resources sector…
Navigational aids specialist Pharos Marine Sims Systems has completed the design, manufacture and installation of a bespoke solar navigation aid system for Shell's Brent Delta platform in the North Sea. The Great Yarmouth-based firm completed…
As the oil price further deteriorates, major oil-producing countries are looking to the future and to sustainability. Recently, Bloomberg forecast that two-thirds of the US$12.2 trillion global investment in capacity-generation to 2040 will be in the renewables sector…
Against a backdrop of growing global activity, ocean thermal-energy conversion (OTEC) is increasingly attracting investment, with work underway to develop technical specifications. Martin Brown, convenor of the International Electrotechnical…
Global investment in renewable energy reached record levels in 2014, including the record-breaking US$3.8 billion financing of the largest ever renewable energy plant, a Dutch wind farm project, a new report has shown. Image from Siemens…
Solar power generation gained some more strength using devices made with polymers. This solar cell consists of a new polymer, called PID2, which was developed in the laboratory of Luping Yu. From Andrew Nelles…
In the short term there will be a dash for gas, but longer term the key to global energy supplies could be solar, yesterday’s SPE Offshore Europe breakfast briefing heard. Professor John Miles, Arup/Royal Academy of Engineering research professor in transitional energy strategies…
Eni recently renewed its energy research partnership with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Energy Initiative (MITEI), establishing a new path forward for this highly successful collaboration. This alliance provides an opportunity…
It was supposed to be the renewable ‘green jobs success story’ to be emulated by the United States. President Barack Obama pilloried skeptical Americans with it on several occasions way before he took office. Obama may be the loudest but he is not the only megaphone social engineer politician…
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