This time last year, the world, especially Europe, was busy as popcorn on a skillet trying to secure energy supplies and balance net-zero targets with the global energy crisis hot on its heels. This prompted governments, policymakers and industry players to transform strategies and ramp up investmen
A floating LiDAR device has been deployed at the Ichnusa Wind Power Project site some 35 kilometres off the coast of Sardinia to monitor wind and wave conditions. The floating LiDAR campaign, the first of its kind for an offshore wind project in Sardinia, is being managed by Akrocean. Monitoring wil
Two 220 kV high-voltage alternate current (HVAC) three-pole submarine cables have been installed for Vineyard Wind 1, America’s first large-scale offshore wind project. Prysmian Group, the supplier of the submarine cables, said that the operations proceed on time with the schedule and that their cab
Australia’s energy giant Woodside Energy has awarded TechnipFMC with a contract to deliver flexible pipes and umbilicals for a project offshore Western Australia. Under the contract deemed as “significant”, TechnipFMC is in charge of the engineering, procurement, construction, and installation of fl
Classification society DNV has verified the safety of all aspects of Project Greensand’s CO2 storage in the North Sea. Project Greensand includes capturing CO2 at an INEOS Oxide site in Zwijndrecht, Belgium, which is transported cross-border and stored in the Nini field in the Danish North Sea. The
JDR Cable Systems (JDR) has been awarded the contract to supply, test, and terminate the 66 kV dynamic inter-array cables (IAC) for the 30 MW EolMed floating wind project offshore France. JDR will design and manufacture the 66 kV dynamic cables, with the cable cores being produced at TFK’s Bydgoszcz
Greek electricity grid operator Independent Power Transmission Operator (IPTO) has put the Western Corridor, part of the Peloponnese interconnection, into full operation. The Western Corridor includes the electricity transmission line connecting Megalopoli with Patras and Western Central Greece, con
Norway’s state-owned energy giant Equinor has awarded Aker Solutions with a Letter of Award (LOA) to provide the subsea production system and control umbilical for its North Sea field development. The scope of work includes a complete subsea production system including two vertical subsea trees, one
The Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult has joined forces with leading offshore wind developers and seabed mobility experts to provide clear guidance on seabed change and how it affects offshore wind and marine energy projects.
The 1,400 MW North Sea Link (NSL) that connects the UK and Norway is set to return to full operations today, 13 June, following the repair of a technical fault which saw the project operating at half capacity. Norway’s Statnett reported on 8 June that a fault caused the unavailability of the NSL int
Scotland’s remote technology specialist Air Control Entech (ACE) has received the DNV class approval for Hydromea’s EXRAY underwater inspection robot for visual remote inspection technology (RIT). EXRAY, developed by Swiss underwater robotics company Hydromea, is an underwater inspection robot that
US-based marine energy company C-Power has completed the preliminary trials of its SeaRAY autonomous offshore power system (AOPS), that will soon be deployed for a six-month pilot project at the US Navy’s Wave Energy Test Site (WETS) off the Hawaii coast.
Oil and gas services provider Hartshead Resources NL (HHR) has awarded Geoquip Marine Operations with a contract to perform a geotechnical survey for field developments located in the Southern North Sea. Following a competitive tender and evaluation process, Geoquip has been appointed to deliver a g
Norway’s state-owned energy giant Equinor has awarded compatriot Aker Solutions with a contract for the first delivery of its Submersible Wireless Installer for Tubing (SWIFT). According to Aker Solutions, the advantage of SWIFT includes OPEX and carbon-footprint savings for operators by providing u
