Post Tagged with: "alternative energy"

Equinor to build first offshore floating wind to power oil and gas operations

Equinor to build first offshore floating wind to power oil and gas operations

Source: Houston Chronicle


Equinor said Friday it will build the first-ever offshore floating wind development designed to power its oil and gas platforms off the coast of Norway.

The roughly $550 million Hywind Tampen project will be built about 85 …

October 11, 2019 - 9:15 am Closing Bell Story‎, International, Offshore
Where You See a Depleted Oil Well, Quidnet Sees Green Energy Storage

Where You See a Depleted Oil Well, Quidnet Sees Green Energy Storage

With Hollywood seed funding, startup is testing abandoned oil and gas wells as grid-scale energy storage solution for wind and solar generation

“Our goal is to get to a cost point that’s potentially lower by a factor of about ten

742,000-Acre Wind Energy Farm will be 12 Miles Off the Massachusetts Shore

742,000-Acre Wind Energy Farm will be 12 Miles Off the Massachusetts Shore

Department of Interior looking to triple federal offshore acreage for wind development

In a press release on Monday, the Department of Interior announced that more than 742,000 acres offshore Massachusetts will be offered for commercial wind energy development in a …

November 26, 2014 - 5:23 pm Energy News, Oil and Gas 360 Articles
Saudi Arabia Wants to Become a Major Producer of Alternative Energy

Saudi Arabia Wants to Become a Major Producer of Alternative Energy

Saudi predicts it will need to burn 8.3 MMBOEPD to fuel its domestic electricity demands by 2028

The world’s No. 2 oil producer is starting to explore new ways to meet its growing internal energy needs. Unlike many countries which …

November 10, 2014 - 6:43 pm Oil and Gas 360 Articles, OPEC