One of the General Elecetric’s (GE) Haliade turbines installed at America’s first offshore wind farm will be out of action at least until the second half of February, according to a statement issued by Block Island Wind Farm’s Fisheries Liaison, Elizabeth Ann Marchetti. The wind farm’s turbine numbe
ORE Catapult is looking to procure a fully containerized grid emulation system that will be used for the testing of wind and marine renewable energy devices.
Aker BP has started oil production from the Ivar Aasen field in the North Sea. First oil from the Ivar Aasen field comes four years after the Plan for Development and Operation (PDO) was submitted. The plan was to start up production in fourth quarter 2016. Karl Johnny Hersvik CEO of Aker BP said: “
Alaska Center for Energy and Power (ACEP) will use its new ST100 fast signal isolators in the upcoming testing activities on the Oceana Energy’s hydrokinetic turbine.
Denmark’s Northern Offshore Services AS (NOS) has taken delivery of the fifth in line of the D-Class series windfarm service vessels (WSVs), M/V Defender, which is certified to carry up to 24 offshore wind technicians. The vessel was delivered from Grovfjord Mek Verksted yard in Norway on 21 Decembe
Wave Energy Scotland (WES) is recruiting for a Project Engineer who would join its research and innovation team.
An independent review committee has published a study on the environmental impact of 290 km-long Basslink subsea power cable. According to the study led by associate professor John Sherwood of Deakin University, Australia, the Basslink subsea cable impact on the seabed and associated organisms is “t
Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE) and Scottish Enterprise (SE) have launched a new decommissioning action plan. The plan aims to support Scotland’s oil and gas sector to take advantage of the estimated £17.6 billion forecast by Oil & Gas UK to be spent on decommissioning on the UK Continental S
Murphy Oil has awarded Barakah Offshore Petroleum a contract to service the Kikeh spar platform, offshore Malaysia. Barakah’s wholly-owned subsidiary PBJV Group will provide production riser tensioner overhaul, maintenance and upgrade for Murphy. The scope of work to be undertaken at Kikeh field, of
Dalby Offshore has appointed Nigel Shaw an HSEQ Advisor to the Dalby fleet of Wind Farm Service Vessels (WSV’s). Shaw is based in Dalby’s Lowestoft Office, working with the company’s Operations Manager, Steve Bartram and rest of the Dalby East Anglia team. He will be the direct contact for external
StarHub has launched services over the new Asia-Pacific Gateway (APG) submarine cable network system in Singapore. APG is a 10,900 kilometer submarine cable network system that links nine countries and regions in Asia-Pacific with a capacity exceeding 54Tbps. APG has connection points in Mainland Ch
CEFOW project has changed the deployment plans for Wello’s Penguin wave energy converter, choosing the European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) instead of Wave Hub as previously arranged.
SK Engineering and Construction (SK E&C) has opened an undersea tunnel connecting Europe and Asia. The Eurasia Tunnel is a 5.4 km long twin-deck submarine tunnel that connects Turkish Istanbul through the Bosphorus to the continental Asia. The opening ceremony, that took place in Istanbul, was atten
ScottishPower Renewables has awarded an £8 million contract to Royal HaskoningDHV to carry out environmental assessments (EIA) for East Anglia ONE North and East Anglia TWO offshore wind farm projects. Royal HaskoningDHV will undertake a full geophysical survey of the sites, aerial ornithological su
