The UK government has awarded a record 14.7 GW of renewable energy capacity in the Contracts for Difference (CfD) Allocation Round 7 (AR7), its largest CfD round ever in capacity, with tidal stream securing 20.9 MW across four projects. On January 14, the UK government announced the award of 8.4 GW
U.S. oil & gas company Chevron has awarded Subsea7 with yet another contract, this time for subsea installation activities in the Mediterranean Sea. Subsea7 reported on February 9 that it had been tasked with the transport and installation of approximately 17 kilometers of subsea flowlines and umbil
U.S.-based developer of subsea autonomous robotic systems and software Nauticus Robotics has secured an investment of up to $50 million to establish an autonomous robotics manufacturing and offshore services hub in the UAE. Nauticus Robotics has signed an agreement for a strategic investment of up t
The Australian Energy Regulator (AER) has confirmed that consumers will be better off with investment in the Marinus Link interconnector in its final decision on the project’s construction cost. The AER is responsible for ensuring energy consumers have access to a reliable and secure market and that
Norwegian vessel owner DOF Group has secured a contract with Shell, defined as substantial, for the delivery of well intervention services in North America. As part of the contract awarded by Shell Offshore, DOF’s regional subsea team in North America is in charge of project management, engineering,
Norwegian offshore shipping company Solstad has entered into two letters of intent (LoIs) for two of its construction support vessels (CSVs). Solstad Maritime signed a LoI with an international subsea contractor for Normand Navigator, with the contract to start in the second quarter of the year and
Major systems have been installed, powered and progressively brought online on board Nexans’ new cable-laying vessel (CLV) Nexans Electra, the French cable systems designer and manufacturer reported. Based on the ST-297 CLV design by Skipsteknisk, Nexans Electra, ordered as the second vessel by Nexa
Norway-headquartered Kongsberg Maritime has secured a contract to design and equip four methanol/ethanol-ready handy-size product tankers that will be operated by Brazil’s oil & gas transportation company Petrobras Transporte (Transpetro). Kongsberg Maritime secured the NOK 300 million (about €26.25
Switzerland-based StreamTec Solutions has joined Worley in the execution team for an offshore pipeline that will connect green hydrogen obtained in the North Sea with the European mainland and onshore hydrogen infrastructure. The gigawatt-scale AquaDuctus hydrogen pipeline to be located in the Germa
IMODCO Terminals, a subsidiary of the Netherlands-headquartered SBM Offshore, has secured a front-end engineering design (FEED) contract with Carbon Collectors for the development of an offshore CO2 transport and injection solution in the Southern North Sea. The nine‑month FEED will define the desig
Four North Sea gas production wells have officially been converted to CO2 injection wells as part of the Port of Rotterdam CO2 Transport Hub and Offshore Storage (Porthos) project in the Netherlands, marking their readiness for CO2 injection, expected in autumn. This first large-scale CO2 transport
Dutch Fugro has commenced integrated site investigations for a power transmission link that will connect the Scottish Western Isles to the UK national electricity transmission network for the first time. Fugro is carrying out nearshore surveys for SSEN Transmission’s 1.8 GW Western Isles high-voltag
Both onshore and offshore enabling works have commenced for the development of the 2 GW Spittal to Peterhead subsea cable link project in Scotland, which will support national clean power and energy security ambitions. The 203-kilometer high-voltage direct current (HVDC) link will connect the Bannis
The Danish Energy Agency has received two final bids for the DKK 28.7 billion (around €3.84 billion) fund for carbon capture and storage (CCS) aimed at helping the country reach its climate goals. Sixteen projects applied to be prequalified for this third CCS pool, of which ten were prequalified in
