Norther NV has started work on the beach of Zeebrugge in order to connect the Norther Offshore wind farm to the Belgian electricity grid. The work follows the completion of the installation of the high-voltage station at sea in the middle of August, the company said. The cable-laying vessel Nexus wi
An innovative partnership between gas platforms and wind farms could see more power generated – maximising both gas production and renewable electricity generation offshore, according to a report from the Oil and Gas Authority (OGA). The concept of gas-to-wire (GTW) involves using the gas produced f
Guardian Offshore together with Guardian Geomatics has partnered with Ocean Infinity, to deliver a fleet of autonomous surface and underwater vehicles to the Australasian and SE Asian region. Ocean Infinity and Guardian partnership is aimed at the oil and gas, government and defence markets, based o
Germany-based wind energy consultant Deutsche WindGuard GmbH has founded a Chinese subsidiary – Deutsche WindGuard (Beijing) Technology Ltd- to further tap into Asian wind markets.
Swedish Internet infrastructure specialist Flexenclosure has received an order from Vanuatu-based telecommunications group Interchange for two eCentre cable landing stations, to be deployed in Vanuatu and the Solomon Islands early next year. In the past 18 months, Flexenclosure has received orders i
Scotrenewables Tidal Power has started work to remove the SR2000 turbine from its test berth at EMEC, in a move to start site preparation work for their optimized 2MW floating tidal turbine. The SR2000’s withdrawal from service at EMEC follows a year of testing which saw it generate in excess of 3GW
Scotrenewables Tidal Power has started working on the removal of its record-breaking SR2000 tidal power turbine from the test berth in Scottish waters ahead of site preparations for commercial production model – the SR2 -2000.
Scottish engineering consultancy QED Naval has brought the build phase of its Subhub integrated tidal platform – described as ‘tidal array in a day’ – to a conclusion, ahead of trials at a tidal test site in Strangford Lough.
Motive Offshore, headquartered in Boyndie, Aberdeenshire, has joined forces with Rotterdam-based Euro Rope in a £1 million fleet investment to launch new business, EuroWinch BV in The Netherlands. Motive’s standard range of winches and product lines, including high capacity winches up to 150 tonnes,
Bombora Wave Power Europe is looking to appoint a contractor to perform extreme wave and current testing in support of the company’s demonstration wave energy device.
Subcon has announced a new method to mitigate pipeline-walking. Developed in cooperation with Shell Global Solutions (Shell), it is an engineered ‘pipe-clamping mattress’ (PCM). The technique was first developed on Shell’s Malampaya Project; as an alternative to traditional rock dumping. According t
Clinton Marine Survey was recently awarded a contract for Lot 1 of the Maritime & Coastguard Agency’s (MCA) UK Civil Hydrography Programme (CHP). The MCA funds, manages and delivers the UK CHP which provides high-quality hydrographic data that underpins the production of national nautical charts and
TGS plans to start its first regional offshore MSGBC SeaSeep Project in the North West Africa Atlantic Margin. The program will cover an area of approximately 113,500 km2 and will incorporate around 230 cores from the seabed, located based on multibeam backscatter anomalies. Acquisition of the multi
The growing success of Nordic marine energy companies – backed with the EU support – has been highlighted at the recently held event.
