A lot of companies involved in the offshore energy sector have already introduced their plans on how to reach the net-zero emissions status by a certain point in the future. In this week’s In Focus, we are spotlighting the most recent projects aiming to achieve these goals.
The Arrol Gibb Innovation Campus (AGIC) has been launched in Scotland with the aim to transform large-scale manufacturing for energy transition-related sectors.
Swedish company Ocean Harvesting Technologies is developing a novel concrete hull for the InfinityWEC wave energy converter, using high-strength concrete with low environmental footprint.
Chinese shipbuilder Hudong-Zhonghua has ordered the tank design for four new LNG carriers it is building for Japan’s MOL from the French LNG containment specialist GTT.
Norwegian company Sunlit Sea has deployed a temporary offshore floating solar power plant in Oslo to test the concept for city-integrated floating solar power.
The Supergen Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Hub, as part of its Early Career Researcher (ECR) Fund, has awarded funding to four offshore wind and wave energy projects at UK institutions.
PSE Kinsale Energy is preparing to kick off its platform removal campaign for the Kinsale Head gas fields with Heerema’s Thialf vessel.
Swedish wave energy company Ocean Harvesting Technologies has completed the testing of a 1:10 scale InfinityWEC prototype.
The University of Plymouth and the Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult have partnered up to establish a new research facility to accelerate the development and deployment of new offshore renewables products and services.
iXblue has completed the bathymetric survey at the site of the Saint Nazaire offshore wind farm using its DriX uncrewed surface vehicle (USV). The purpose of the bathymetric survey inspection was to verify the seabed conditions before the deployment of Jan De Nul Group’s jack-up vessel Vole au vent.
French company Sabella has reinstalled its 1MW tidal energy turbine off Ushant Island in France for a new long-term test campaign.
Using a digital twin of Orbital Marine’s O2 tidal turbine, the UK team of a US-based engineering firm Black & Veatch has found that increasing rotor diameter was key to reducing floating tidal energy costs.
Baker Hughes has launched a new subsea wellhead technology, the MS-2 Annulus Seal, expected to save substantial operational rig costs by helping lower overall wellhead installation costs due to reduced rig trips. The MS-2 Annulus Seal integrates with Baker Hughes’ existing MS-800 wellhead system and
NJR Clean Energy Ventures (CEV), the renewable energy subsidiary of New Jersey Resources, has started the construction of an 8.9MW floating solar installation in Millburn in New Jersey.
