German renewable energy company BayWa r.e. has officially inaugurated the Grafenwörth floating solar plant, the largest of its kind in Austria and Central Europe. The company revealed this milestone in a brief social media update on 17 May. The project was built earlier this year by BayWa r.e.’s Aus
Norwegian company Ocean Sun has started making design improvements to its floating solar units, based on the insights gained through real sea demonstration of the technology linked with offshore wind turbines in China.
French ferry operator Corsica Linea has awarded a ten-year Guaranteed Asset Performance (GAP) agreement to technology group Wärtsilä to ensure optimal performance of power systems onboard its new LNG-fueled RoPax vessel. The 206-metre-long ship named A Galeotta was built at the Visentini yard in Ita
Australia’s oil and gas company Karoon Energy has restarted production from assets connected to a floating, production, storage, and offloading (FPSO) vessel offshore Brazil, following maintenance work. Karoon shut-in Baúna production, including from the Patola field, on 28 March due to a loss of co
Belgium-based Marlinks has secured its first major contract in Taiwan for the cable health monitoring services of the export and inter-array cables of the 1,044 MW Hai Long offshore wind farm. The contract awarded covers the design, supply, installation, commissioning of monitoring hardware, and ong
BSEE has examined the circumstances surrounding four recent high-potential, near-miss tagline entanglements during offshore operations.
Survey activities are ramping up at Ocean Winds’ Caledonia offshore wind farm site with a pair of floating LiDAR devices soon to be deployed in the Scottish waters. The wind farm’s developer, Ocean Winds, said it is laying the groundwork for its comprehensive Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA), a
Wild Rose Leader, an LNG-fueled pure car and truck carrier (PCTC) owned by Japanese shipping company NYK, has taken part in the first ship-to-ship LNG bunkering operation at the port of Nagoya. Delivered in April 2023, Wild Rose Leader is NYK’s fourth LNG PCTC and the second 7,000-CEU car carrier bu
BSEE has looked into the circumstances surrounding injuries two workers suffered during a skillet installation at an offshore platform.
WFR Oilfield Services has entered into an agreement with Neptune Energy for the provision of a wide range of well testing services.
The Correll Group has been awarded a contract from the Prysmian Group to provide support for the pull-in and installation of High Voltage Alternate Current (HVAC) export cables to the offshore substation platform for the Calvados offshore wind farm in France. Under the contract, the Correll Group wi
Danish transmission system operator (TSO) Energinet has awarded Fugro a contract to deploy multiple floating LiDARs at the new offshore wind farm sites in Denmark. There are four new sites the Danish government has designated for offshore wind farms, which could add as much as 7.2 GW of new capacity
Neart na Gaoithe Offshore Wind Farm Limited (NnGOWL) has completed the cable layout for the first campaign of six inter-array cables and one interconnector between the two offshore substations (OSS) within the Neart na Gaoithe offshore wind farm site in Scotland. The works began on Wednesday, 12 Apr
Japanese LPG trader and importer Astomos Energy Corporation and compatriot energy company Inpex Corporation have reached an agreement to supply B24 biofuel bunker to a very large gas carrier (VLGC) in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The agreement will see Inpex supply B2 biofuel to the VLGC chartere
