Ocean Winds, Aker Submit Joint Bid for 6GW Offshore Wind in Scotland Updated On Tue, Sep 14th, 2021 by Saurenergy Spain-based Ocean Winds and Norway-based Aker Offshore Wind have submitted joint bids worth 6 GW for the development of floating offshore wind projects in the ScotWind leasing round. The joint venture has submitted bids for several sites in the Outer Moray Firth for offshore wind farms as part of the ScotWind process, which was accepting applications until […] Read more
Shell & CoensHexicon to Build 1.4 GW Floating Wind Farm in South Korea Updated On Thu, Sep 2nd, 2021 by Saurenergy Shell Overseas Investment BV, a unit of Dutch oil and gas major Royal Dutch Shell, and CoensHexicon have established a joint venture to fund, develop, and operate MunmuBaram, a 1.4 GW floating offshore wind farm for South Korea. MunmuBaram is expected to power over 1 million homes once it begins operating. The two companies announced their […] Read more
RUMSL Invites Bids for ESIA of 600 MW Floating Solar Project in MP Updated On Wed, Aug 25th, 2021 by Saurenergy The Rewa Ultra Mega Solar Limited (RUMSL) is seeking bids from consultants for the Environmental and Social Impact Assessment (ESIA) of a 600 MW floating solar PV project and its auxiliary structures (including floating/ marine structures, transmission infrastructure, etc.) located in the Kaveri Branch reservoir of Omkareshwar Dam, Madhya Pradesh. The move was long awaited, […] Read more
BV Approves SolarDuck’s Offshore Solar Floating Tech Updated On Wed, Aug 25th, 2021 by Saurenergy French certification company Bureau Veritas (BV) has granted an Approval in Principle (AiP) to Dutch RE firm SolarDuck for its offshore floating solar solution ‘King Eider’. This is the first time such an approval has been granted to an offshore floating solar technology, marking the beginning of a new era for this form of renewable […] Read more
48 MW Scottish Offshore Wind Project Fully Installed Updated On Tue, Aug 24th, 2021 by Saurenergy The 48MW Kincardine Offshore Wind project, touted as “the world’s largest installed floating offshore wind farm,” has been fully installed now. It is expected to generate enough electricity to power approximately 55,000 Scottish households. Last year, Scotland narrowly missed a target to generate the equivalent of 100% of its electricity demand from renewables. The figure […] Read more
Norwegian Company gets €957,000 Grant for Mobile Offshore Wind Units Updated On Thu, Aug 19th, 2021 by Saurenergy Norwegian offshore drilling contractor Odfjell Oceanwind has been awarded a NOK 10 million (EUR 957,000) pre-project grant from Enova, Norway’s fund for climate and energy technologies, for maturing its first commercial contracts for Mobile Offshore Wind Units (MOWUs) and WindGrid for electrification of oil and gas installations. The grant is awarded under Enova’s full scale innovative […] Read more
Floating Solar On A Growth Path Updated On Thu, Jul 29th, 2021 by Saurenergy In Solar’s rise to pre-eminence from a fringe renewable energy option just a decade back, it’s time to consider the rise of floating solar (also called floatovoltaics in many cases). To think that it did not even exist at any scale till 2013. The earliest patent on floating solar was taken out only in 2008. […] Read more
Big-scale Floating Wind is Kicking Off in France: WindEurope Updated On Mon, Jul 26th, 2021 by Saurenergy France has closed the world’s first-ever auction for a commercial-sized floating offshore wind farm. The future wind farm will be located in the Atlantic Ocean south of Brittany and will have a capacity of 250MW. France will then auction two other floating projects of a similar size over the next year. These will be in […] Read more
bp & EnBW make £10 bn Joint Bid for Scottish Offshore Wind Projects Updated On Tue, Jul 20th, 2021 by Saurenergy Oil giant bp and Germany-based EnBW have submitted a joint bid, representing a a potential £10 billion investment, for Scottish offshore wind acreage which could support wind projects with 2.9 GW of capacity. The companies have applied for a lease area off the east coast of Scotland for the development of the project. But the bid seeks […] Read more
