Thirty parties ranging from wind energy companies to national governments, grid operators, and non-governmental organisations (NGOs) have signed an agreement outlining their commitment to work together for the accelerated deployment of offshore wind in Europe. The Governments of Spain, Germany, Belg
Danish companies Ørsted and Esvagt have decided to invest in what the companies describe as the world’s first service operation vessel (SOV) that can operate on green fuels. The SOV will be powered by batteries and dual-fuel engines, capable of sailing on renewable e-methanol, produced from wind ene
Surging oil, gas and power prices together with the EU’s goals of becoming less dependent on Russian supplies and post-Covid-19 pandemic inflation will catapult global energy spending this year to $2.1 trillion, Rystad Energy research shows.
In light of the war in Ukraine and amid rising concerns over energy security, the UK government has moved to strengthen its energy security.
Ireland’s XOCEAN is set to soon commence non-intrusive unmanned subsea surveys of the inter-array cables and turbine locations at the operational Beatrice offshore wind farm in the UK. XOCEAN’s uncrewed surface vessel (USV) X14 will begin the operations on 20 April for a duration of about 7 days on
DeepOcean has acquired the Norwegian engineering and technology company Installit and its subsidiaries in order to accelerate offshore renewables growth. Founded in 2000, Installit provides project management and engineering services within subsea cable installation and repair, including HV cables,
The Canadian government has found itself between a rock and a hard place when it comes to new oil and gas projects with pressures of climate change and the urgent need to transition to clean energy sources on one side and growing concerns over energy security on the other.
DNV has revealed within its new analysis that the Ukraine crisis will not derail Europe’s energy transition, as it is expected to speed it up.
Ørsted has joined a floating wind joint venture set up by Simply Blue Group and Subsea 7 and is acquiring a majority stake in the Salamander project offshore Scotland. The 100 MW Salamander project is said to be a stepping-stone floating wind project off the east coast of Scotland, designed to provi
Having played a pivotal role in the advancement of marine renewable energies in France, the SEM-REV test site is ready for infrastructure upgrades to respond to the needs of the growing offshore renewable energy sector.
Danish transmission system operator Energinet has issued a contract notice for the provision of integrated geological models for offshore wind farms related to the Energy Island projects. Denmark plans to build an artifical Energy Island in the North Sea and another Energy Island on the existing Bor
The Danish Energy Agency has published an analysis of the potential for reducing CO2 emissions from domestic oil and gas extraction by electrifying the platforms in the North Sea.
The classification society ClassNK has granted approval in principle for the design of a floating offshore hydrogen production plant developed by J-DeEP.
The multi-use wind and wave offshore platform prototype, dubbed Aurora, has been decommissioned after one year of sea trials as part of the EU-backed Blue Growth Farm project.
