Germany-based maritime heavy lift and project cargo carrier SAL Heavy Lift has launched its first Orca-class heavy lift vessel at Wuhu Shipyard in China.
U.S.-based Woocheen’s Seas Geosciences has signed a multi-year agreement with Britoil Offshore Services to charter and convert a platform supply vessel (PSV) into a geotechnical drilling vessel, which is expected to be available for work in the offshore wind market from January 2025. The 2015-built
France’s TotalEnergies plans to launch a floating offshore wind pilot project to supply renewable energy to the Culzean offshore platform in the UK North Sea. The 3 MW floating wind turbine will be located two kilometers west of the Culzean platform, 220 kilometers off the eastern coast of Scotland.
The Shanghai Municipal Development and Reform Commission released a new plan on August 26 that will lead to China’s largest city opening an allocation round by the end of this year for at least 1 GW of offshore solar energy capacity that will be co-located with offshore wind. As reported by offshore
Technology company Elogen, part of the Gaztransport & Technigaz (GTT) group, has come onboard German offshore wind-to-hydrogen initiative, AquaVentus. Elogen expects to support this industrial development through ongoing undertaking in offshore electrolysis and take a further step in its commitment
The wind energy industry employs 370,000 people in Europe, however, if countries act on their goals, 600,000 jobs will be needed by 2030 and finding and skilling is one of the biggest challenges that the continent is facing, according to Giles Dickson, CEO of WindEurope. At a session held at the ONS
Dutch offshore services giant Boskalis has expanded its fleet with the addition of a DP2 vessel for offshore geophysical and geotechnical surveys, which the company describes as relatively new and enormously multifunctional. The Horizon Zenith vessel is deployed by Boskalis’ UAE-headquartered subsid
InterConnect Malta (ICM), a government entity responsible for Malta’s energy interconnection projects with Italy and offshore renewable energy, has appointed Fugro Italia to survey two areas which the Maltese government plans to put out to tender for floating wind development. Fugro has now started
Dutch geo-data specialist, Fugro, has been awarded a long-term contract to provide construction support to its compatriot Van Oord for offshore wind farms across Europe for three years, with an option to extend. Under the contract, multiple remotely operated vehicle (ROV) systems, construction equip
UK-based engineering consultancy Ryder, part of Tekmar Group, has completed a geotechnical site investigation for an offshore floating tidal turbine project located at the Fall of Warness European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) test site in Orkney. A site investigation assessed ground conditions for de
Correll Group, a subsidiary of SPIE Global Services Energy, has been awarded two multi-year framework agreements from Vattenfall to carry out cable testing and fault finding for Vattenfall’s offshore wind farms in Europe. The two framework agreements cover Vattenfall’s existing and potential new off
JDR Cable Systems is already at the forefront of the production and supply of dynamic subsea cables to the floating wind market and will become a leader as the market expands, JDR’s Chief Strategy and Compliance Officer said in an interview with our sibling news site offshoreWIND.biz. In this articl
Ireland-based survey provider Green Rebel has secured a contract for floating LiDAR services for the Atlantic Marine Energy Test Site (AMETS), located west of Belmullet in County Mayo. The Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI) issued a call for tenders for a floating LiDAR and associated pr
Dolphyn Hydrogen, Celtic Sea Power, ORE Catapult and Wales and West Utilities have secured funding to deliver the Milford Haven: Hydrogen Kingdom (MH:HK) project.
