Two uncrewed vessels remotely controlled from shore have travelled up to 40 kilometres offshore into the North Sea to undertake survey work for Berwick Bank and Marr Bank Offshore Wind Developments, owned by SSE Renewables. The XO-450 Uncrewed Surface Vessels (USVs), owned and operated by XOCEAN, pe
Offshore installation work is set to start this month on a new offshore wind farm to be built off the Scottish coast, for which one of Saipem’s crane vessels and Prysmian’s cable laying vessels will soon mobilise. The DP2 heavy lift vessel S3000 is currently in the Port of Schiedam and will be mobil
Europe’s largest producer of renewable energy is reviving its interest in offshore wind investments after deciding to bow out and stop investments and sell its ownership stakes in a number of wind farms in late 2015. The company actively invested in offshore wind projects until late 2015 when it dec
MMA Offshore has secured a new contract to carry out survey work at an offshore wind project in Taiwan, as well as a contract extension for the Australian Ichthys natural gas field. MMA will use two third-party chartered vessels to undertake geophysical and visual surveys to understand elements such
Russia’s largest LNG producer Novatek and European energy company Fortum have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on renewable power cooperation.
The Government of Canada has launched a $964 million program to support smart renewable energy and grid modernization projects that will lower emissions by investing in clean energy technologies, like wind, solar, storage, hydro, geothermal and tidal energy.
Acteon has secured a contract with Saipem to provide casing installation and drilling support at the Courseulles-sur-Mer offshore wind project in France. The work scope includes creating 64 open-hole sockets for casing installation, providing a bespoke drilling system to suit the socket specificatio
Fluxys, ArcelorMittal, North Sea Port, and Belgian energy minister join forces on hydrogen, CO2, and ecosystem infrastructure at the Belgian part of North Sea Port.
Ørsted has decided to accelerate its global build-out of renewable energy and has now set a goal to reach around 50 GW of installed renewable energy capacity by 2030, of which 30 GW will come from offshore wind. Reaching this target will see the company investing approx. DKK 350 billion (approx. € 4
At the global Innovating to Net Zero Summit, 23 governments responsible for over 90% of global public investment in clean energy have collectively launched bold new plans to catalyze action and spearhead a decade of innovation to drive global investment in clean energy research, development and demo
Uniper, Siemens Energy, Toyota Tsusho, and Associated British Ports have submitted a joint bid to develop a low carbon hydrogen supply to the Port of Immingham.
Transmission system operator TenneT has issued a notice for a turnkey contract covering the cable system needed to connect the BorWin6 offshore platform to the German grid. With the 930 MW BorWin6 project, TenneT is planning a direct current connection in the North Sea Cluster 7. Scheduled to be com
Dutch energy major Shell has awarded the Australian engineering company Worley a services contract to support the development of a new 200 MW electrolysis-based hydrogen plant in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. The new plant will be powered by renewable energy from an offshore wind farm that is currentl
Subsea Innovation has completed the design, build, testing and commissioning of two bespoke retrofit Dynamic Bend Stiffener (DBS) subsea installation tools for Leask Marine.
