Equinor has installed Batwind – the world’s first battery for offshore wind

by Timothy Reeder | Jun 27, 2018 | News

With Batwind in operation, it will for the first time be possible to store energy produced from an offshore wind farm. The battery storage solution was presented in Peterhead, Scotland today by Batwind partners Equinor and Masdar. Electricity produced at the world’s...

Pioneering Spirit vessel resumes pipelaying for TurkStream

by Timothy Reeder | Jun 27, 2018 | News

The Pioneering Spirit vessel today resumed the pipelaying operations for the second string of the TurkStream offshore gas pipeline, moving towards the Kiyikoy settlement in Turkey. After entering the Black Sea on June 20, the vessel conducted a set of preparatory...

Total and Pavilion Energy Take a Further Step in Developing Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) As a Marine Fuel in Singapore

by Timothy Reeder | Jun 27, 2018 | News

Total and Pavilion Energy, through their subsidiaries Total Marine Fuels Global Solutions and Pavilion Gas, have signed Heads of Agreement (HoA) to jointly develop a Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) bunker supply chain in the port of Singapore. The agreement covers the...

Siemens and Solarkiosk join forces to power Africa with microgrid solutions

by Timothy Reeder | Jun 22, 2018 | News

Siemens and SOLARKIOSK have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on June 20 at the Intersolar trade show. Both companies agree to join forces to enhance local businesses powered by SOLARKIOSK’s clean energy in non-electrified parts of rural Africa....

Equinor enters solar project in Argentina

by Timothy Reeder | Jun 20, 2018 | News

Equinor has signed an agreement with Martifer Renewables to acquire a 50 % interest in the Guanizul 2A (G2A) solar asset in Argentina. The project has a potential to provide around 80.000 Argentine households with renewable energy. The Norwegian independent solar...