Vineyard Wind has scheduled two geophysical survey operations in the Vineyard Wind’s lease area.
Fugro has completed the first phase of a two-year contract with Atlantic Shores Offshore Wind to build and manage a centralised, cloud-hosted Geo-data repository for the company’s lease development off the coast of New Jersey in the US. The web-based engagement platform was recently delivered and ut
Old habits die hard. Hence, it may be a lot more difficult for the offshore energy industry and the maritime sector to make peace with the transition they have to undergo and renounce previous business practices. The message was echoed in this week’s protest of Greenpeace environmental activists, wh
Trenching support vessel Aethra was forced to leave the Saint-Brieuc offshore wind farm after the local fishermen protesting the project breached several safety protocols and verbally threatened the safety of the captain and the crew. The Aethra was deployed on the site when a large number of fishin
A series of showcases about contracting opportunities for the Sofia offshore wind project in the UK is taking place in July. Van Oord, the EPCI contractor for the project’s foundations and inter-array cables, will hold its webinar on 6 July. The Dutch company will cover concrete structures, secondar
Following reports that Keppel and Sembcorp Marine are in talks to merge their offshore and marine businesses, the two players have now inked non-binding agreements.
Marine renewables engineering consultancy Innosea has expanded its footprint with a new office in Marseille that will support the company’s existing portfolio of offshore wind and floating solar projects in the south-east region of France.
Several tenders for services in the offshore wind sector have been published over the last few days in Germany, including those from two offshore wind farm operators looking for maintenance work on four of their projects. The contract notices from the two German operators – seeking annual wind turbi
The Netherlands Enterprise Agency (RVO) plans to issue an invitation to tender seeking experts to support RVO in managing offshore wind farm site studies. The tender is divided into three lots. Lot 1 will cover expert support on soil investigations, Lot 2 expert support on wind and water investigati
The survey of the seabed cable system and all of the turbine jacket foundations is about to start at the Ormonde offshore wind farm in the Irish Sea.
Fugro is set to commence a geophysical survey at the Dogger Bank B offshore wind farm in the UK today, 23 June. Survey vessel Fugro Froneiter will be conducting the survey between 23 June and approximately 30 August. Operations will be continuous, 24 hours a day, with the vessel towing subsea sensor
China-based Orient Cable has started the first subsea cable laying work at the Binh Dai offshore wind project in Vietnam.
Ofgem has granted an updated UK Interconnector Licence for the NeuConnect interconnector between the UK and Germany. NeuConnect was first awarded an interconnector licence in 2018 but it was necessary for the project to seek variations to Ofgem’s existing Cap and Floor regulations. In May 2020, Ofge
Codling Wind Park is carrying out geophysical surveys at the 1.5 GW offshore wind project in Ireland. According to the project’s Notice to Mariners, the surveys are scheduled to take place from 18 June to 10 August, weather permitting. Vessel MV Relume will conduct the survey in water depths greater
