Marine offshore platform gets 100-panel solar boost to reduce CO2 emissions by 90%

Photo: Freepik Solar equipment provider JCE Energy and offshore engineering firm Aquaterra Energy have successfully delivered a fully solar-powered, autonomous offshore platform for a supermajor’s Sea Swift production facility off the coast of Angola. The USD 2 million unmanned structure, built for efficiency, sustainability, and minimal environmental impact, is reportedly the first autonomous offshore platform…

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Where Switzerland’s power will come from in 2050

Photo: Freepik By 2050, the aim is for Switzerland’s energy system to be decarbonized and no longer reliant on nuclear power. How this can be achieved and the costs of doing so are set out in a new report by a Swiss research consortium involving researchers from ETH Zurich, the universities of Geneva and Bern, EPFL, WSL,…

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Strathcona Resources makes C$5.9B takeover offer for MEG Energy

Photo: freepik Strathcona Resources (OTCPK:STHRF) said late Thursday it plans to launch a takeover bid for Canadian oil and gas producing peer MEG Energy (OTCPK:MEGEF) that values the company at ~C$5.9B (US$4.25B), in a deal that would create the country’s fifth-largest oil producer. Strathcona (OTCPK:STHRF) offered to buy all MEG Energy’s (OTCPK:MEGEF) issued and outstanding common stock…

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Engineers build record-breaking wind turbine with material no one saw coming: ‘It’s not difficult to envision’

Photo: Freepik Modvion is building on the success of its record-breaking wood-based wind turbine tower built in 2023 by raising the bar another 16 meters. The Sweden-based company has received design certification for its tallest engineered-wood tower to date, measuring 119 meters tall, according to IEEE Spectrum. It was designed to support a 6.4-megawatt turbine from Danish company Vestas, although…

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