Denmark’s Energinet has awarded MMT with a contract to carry out cable route surveys at the planned energy island in the Baltic Sea and associated offshore wind projects. The Energy Island, located on the island of Bornholm, some 15 kilometers offshore, will connect Germany and Denmark to an offshor
Asso Group has taken over the dive support and construction vessel (DSCV) SBM Installer, following a purchase agreement with SBM Offshore. The vessel was delivered to Asso Group on 19 January in Algeciras, Spain, and was renamed Athena, hoisting the Greek flag. Over the next days, it will be re-clas
DEME Offshore has awarded Greece’s Hellenic Cables with the contract to supply inter-array cables for the third and final phase of the 3.6 GW Dogger bank offshore wind farm – the Dogger Bank C. With this contract, Hellenic Cables has become the sole supplier of inter-array cables for the world’s lar
Novel renewable energy technologies, such as offshore floating solar and wave power, in combination with e-fuels are able to secure the energy supply of island countries, according to a research which analysed the energy transition of the Maldives to 100% renewable-based energy system.
Nexans is about to begin the installation of the first of three export cables at the Seagreen offshore wind project in Scotland. According to the latest AIS data, cable laying vessel (CLV) Nexans Aurora arrived at the project site on 18 January. Operations will commence at the Carnoustie landfall si
Canada’s national association for offshore renewable energies Marine Renewables Canada has welcomed three new members with marine renewable energy backgrounds to its board of directors.
Norside bought a platform supply vessel used in the oil and gas industry for the purpose of converting it for offshore wind ops.
UK energy market regulator Ofgem is inviting tenders to own and operate prebuilt electricity links including cables and substations which connect Seagreen 1, Scotland’s largest offshore wind farm, to Great Britain’s mainland energy network. This will be the ninth tender round Ofgem has conducted und
Fugro has secured a new contract with Denmark’s Energinet to undertake cable route surveys for the North Sea Energy Island project. The North Sea Energy Island will serve as an offshore power plant distributing up to 10 GW of offshore wind to Denmark and other neighbouring markets. Fugro will perfor
The U.S.-headquartered Baird Capital has invested in Subsea Technology & Rentals (STR) to support the UK subsea rental equipment provider in developing its equipment and service offerings. The investment will also enable STR to further expand its geographical reach, with the Americas, mainland Europ
British oil and gas major BP has partnered up with Oman to support renewable energy and green hydrogen development in the country by 2030.
Crown Estate Scotland has selected 17 offshore wind projects in its ScotWind seabed leasing round, which aimed to procure at least 10 GW of offshore wind but resulted in the chosen proposals having a total capacity of 24,826 MW. Ten projects are using floating wind technology, six are fixed-bottom,
The U.S. National Offshore Wind Research and Development Consortium (NOWRDC) has selected Dive Technologies to receive a share of $3.4 million funding for its autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) technology. The Massachusetts-headquartered company said it will use the support to bring its next-genera
Building a sustainable future in a pandemic-ridden world is no easy feat as it brings out many challenges to the fore, however, the energy and maritime industries have shown a great determination to overcome such obstacles in their quest to accelerate decarbonisation and establish a more balanced, l
