Boosting offshore renewables will accelerate the energy transition and allow G20 countries to build a resilient and sustainable energy system, a new report by the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) has found. The report has also outlined specific courses of action to make this happen.
Metocean studies for the Erebus and Valorous projects, the first floating wind farms to be built in Welsh waters, are now underway, the developer Blue Gem Wind reported on 27 July. The studies, which will support the design of the two floating wind projects, are being performed by ABPmer, which will
Atlantique Offshore Energy has signed long-term maintenance contracts for three offshore substations its parent company Chantiers de l’Atlantique is building for three offshore wind farms in France. Chantiers de l’Atlantique reported on 27 July that its Marine Energy Business Unit, Atlantique Offsho
Scottish firm First Subsea has secured several offshore wind contracts in overseas markets with financial backing from UK Export Finance (UKEF).
The European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) has delivered a report with recommendations to facilitate research collaborations between Scottish and French floating wind and hydrogen organisations.
The Sheng Ping 001 jack-up vessel, formerly Teras Fortress 2, tilted on 25 July while working at the site of China General Nuclear Power Corporation’s (CGN) wind farm off Huizhou, with four people reported missing, China’s media report. The vessel, carrying 65 people, tilted around 11 a.m. on 25 Jul
Renewable electricity has been a remarkable success over the past 20 years, but the same cannot be said for other energy uses. However, the global energy transition trend stands to change this as witnessed in a week behind us by a number of collaborative initiatives launched to address the challenge
AquaSector project partners RWE, Shell, Gasunie and Equinor want to intensify their collaboration on the first large-scale German offshore hydrogen park.
Norwegian hydrogen company NEL ASA has officially joined the consortium agreement for the PosHYdon project, the world’s first offshore green hydrogen pilot on a working platform.
An innovative £10 million research project, led by the University of Strathclyde, has been set up to investigate the potential of harnessing offshore wind and marine renewable energy to produce zero-carbon hydrogen and ammonia fuels.
Van Oord has signed a contract with Iberdrola for the installation of monopile foundations and the supply, transportation and installation of inter-array cables for the Baltic Eagle offshore wind farm in Germany. The offshore construction specialist will deploy its heavy lift installation vessel Sva
Jan De Nul has completed the installation of all export cables for the 376 MW Formosa 2 offshore wind farm in Taiwan. The company installed four export cables with a total length of 34 kilometres using its cable laying vessel (CLV) Willem de Vlamingh, which was able to position itself close to the b
Hydrogen-based propulsion systems, electric engines and battery technologies are still years away from being operationally effective in the offshore energy support vessel (OESV) sector. So what can OESV operators do to meet the growing demand for lower emissions today? According to Seacat Services (
TotalEnergies and Green Investment Group (GIG) are set to commence survey work at a site offshore the UK where they plan to build a wind farm through a newly set up joint venture company, whose name was revealed in the project’s update on the upcoming offshore activities.
