Sharing technologies and solutions between the growing offshore wind industry and the space, defence and oil & gas sectors will be the theme of an event at OrbisEnergy, Lowestoft. Lessons learned in the more mature industries to help the developing offshore wind business across the UK will be aired
A new report by Oil & Gas UK forecasts a gradual but steady rise in offshore oil and gas decommissioning in the UK and Norway over the next ten years, with activity growing from a market worth over £2 billion in 2015. The report is the first survey of both the UK and Norwegian decommissioning [&hell
Ocean Array Systems (OAS) will use the Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult’s 7MW offshore wind demonstration turbine to validate software designed to improve the control strategies of offshore wind turbines. OAS’s TurbineGRID simulation software is said to enable wind farm owner/operators to be
Ocean Array Systems (OAS) will use the Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult’s 7MW offshore wind demonstration turbine to validate software designed to improve the control strategies of offshore wind turbines. OAS’s TurbineGRID simulation software is said to enable wind farm owner/operators to be
UK-based wind turbine support company TRG Wind has sold its recruitment business to a member of its senior management team and has secured premises at Tower House Lane Business Park in Hull for its new operations centre which is expected to help the company expand its activities in the offshore sect
German wind turbine manufacturer Senvion more than tripled its revenue from the sale of offshore wind turbines in the third quarter of 2016, which the company attributed to progress on the Nordsee One and the Nordergründe offshore wind projects. Offshore wind turbines brought Senvion EUR 88.3 millio
Perpetuus Tidal Energy Centre (PTEC) has partnered up with tidal turbine manufacturers Schottel Hydro, and Tocardo, who will deploy their technologies off the Isle of Wight, UK.
Atlantis Resources has informed that the first power has been produced from the MeyGen project site in the Pentland Firth, Scotland.
Technip’s latest newbuild, the diving support vessel (DSV) Deep Explorer, was officially named on Saturday November 12, in Norway. The naming ceremony was held at VARD’s Langsten shipyard. The vessel godmother was Heidi Brovoll-Bø, wife of Knut Bø, president of Technip’s North Sea Canada region. The
Atlantis Resorces has announced the first power from the MeyGen project site in the Pentland Firth, Scotland. The turbine, supplied by Andritz Hydro Hammerfest (AHH), was installed last week and plugged into the pre-laid cable which connects back to the onshore control centre and grid export point,
Platform supply vessel operator, Fletcher, is said to be looking into services expansion following ROV operations and boulder clearance for the renewables industry. The diversification process sees Colin Millum brought in to head up the technical team, amongst other new recruits. Fletcher will provi
Siem Offshore Contractors GmbH, a wholly owned subsidiary of Siem Offshore, has been awarded the contract for the turnkey supply and installation of the inner array grid cable system for the Trianel Windpark Borkum Phase II (TWB-II) offshore wind farm. The company was awarded the contract by Trianel
Cowes-headquartered offshore energy support vessel operator, Seacat Services, is preparing to launch its first High Speed Utility Vessel (HSUV), Seacat Enterprise. The 27m South Boats IoW catamaran is a new category of vessel for the offshore wind market, designed to provide both crew transfer and l
Marine equipment manufacturer MacGregor has introduced the 3D Motion Compensator (3DMC), a flexible retrofit device ”designed to enhance the load-handling precision of an offshore crane even in challenging sea states.” The 3DMC can be fitted to the knuckle jib of a number of new or existing MacGrego
