A project to retrofit a crew transfer vessel (CTV) with hydrogen fuel cells, to cut CO2 and NOx emissions while servicing offshore wind farms, has kicked off. Phase 1 of Project Verdant, supported by the UK’s national innovation agency Innovate UK, is now underway involving a preliminary design and
Terna Energy has been granted one out of the two first exploration and survey licenses issued for pilot offshore wind projects in Greece. The two licenses refer to the area south of the coastline of the Evros regional unit and northeast of Samothrace that has been defined as a development area for p
Belgian and Norwegian transmission system operators (TSOs) Elia and Statnett are investigating the economic and technical feasibility of a hybrid interconnector that would link the two countries. The subsea cable would link the high-voltage grids of the countries while also being connected to Norweg
Ignitis Renewables has awarded Fugro a contract to conduct a geophysical survey at Lithuania’s first offshore wind farm site. In October, Ignitis Renewables, together with Ocean Winds, was confirmed as the winner of Lithuania’s first offshore wind tender after the joint venture was selected in the a
Norway’s Rem Offshore has secured several long-term contracts for its vessels that have a total value of just over NOK 1.5 billion and are set to ensure high fleet utilization in the coming years. 2013-built subsea vessel Rem Inspector has been awarded contracts for work on offshore wind projects in
Buchan Offshore Wind, a consortium comprising BayWa r.e., Elicio, and BW Ideol, has completed offshore site investigations for the 1 GW floating wind farm in Scotland. Ocean Infinity, who commenced the surveying process for Buchan Offshore Wind in April this year, used the Normand Superior vessel to
RWE and Hyundai Engineering & Construction (Hyundai E&C), a subsidiary of South Korea’s Hyundai Motor Group, have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to cooperate in the field of offshore wind and green hydrogen. The partners said they will work together to jointly develop offshore wind proje
With an “all of the above” task in its hands, the offshore energy industry has found itself working on innovative and more efficient solutions and nature-inclusive projects, while at the same time trying to build as many new clean energy projects as possible to meet the targets.
UK-based XLCC has secured a £9 million grant from Scottish Enterprise to continue the development of the UK’s first HVDC cable factory, located in North Ayrshire, Scotland. The grant follows planning approval of the proposed site from North Ayrshire Council in May. When fully operational, the site i
State Grid Corporation of China has launched what – with a cable-carrying capacity of 10,000 tons and a displacement of 24,000 tons – is said to be China’s largest submarine cable construction ship. Qifan-19, developed independently by State Grid Corporation of China for Guojiao No.1 Brand, was laun
Nexans has started the pull-in of the first of two export cables at the 882 MW Moray West offshore wind farm off the coast of Scotland. The offshore export cables were manufactured by Nexans at its factory in Halden under a contract signed with Ocean Winds in 2021. The Nexans Skaggerak and the Nexan
Netherlands-headquartered N-Sea is strengthening its fleet and subsea activities with a 2012-built offshore support vessel. N-Sea Group entered into an agreement with Rederij Groen to long-term charter the Dutch-flagged vessel 4-WINDS. The company said that with the long-term charter, it was strengt
Despite all the efforts exerted by the governments and companies around the world to reduce carbon emissions and reach ambitious net-zero targets, the new 2023 Production Gap Report shows that global coal, oil and gas productions are still increasing while planned reductions are nowhere near enough
Deep Wind Offshore has joined forces with the hydrogen company Hy2gen to produce green hydrogen from offshore wind. “The combination of offshore wind and hydrogen has got massive potential. It is not possible to achieve net zero without green energy carriers, who will need a massive amount of renewa
