The Research Council of Norway has awarded funding for a knowledge-building project that will develop new materials and designs for offshore subsea cable terminations and connectors. The SeaConnect – High voltage subsea connections for resilient renewable offshore grids project is expected to increa
Subsea 7 has entered into a Memorandum of Understanding with the Dutch hydrogen technology developer, OneSea Energy, to collaborate in the field of floating offshore green hydrogen production. The Memorandum of Understanding provides that OneSea and Subsea 7 will move forward together in exploring a
Ireland’s Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications (DECC) has launched a technical consultation for the Electricity Interconnection Policy, published in 2018, in order to update it to reflect the developments that took place over the years. Published in July 2018, the National Polic
Transmission system operator TenneT has issued a periodic indicative notice to carry out the market investigation on the planned procurement of cable systems to connect wind farms in Cluster 3 in the German North Sea to the DolWin kappa offshore platform. TenneT Offshore GmbH has invited all potenti
Greek submarine cable installation and repair specialist Asso Group has chosen underwater vehicle guidance technology from Sonardyne for its expanding trenching fleet. Specifically, the company will install Sonardyne’s subsea Lodestar attitude and heading reference sensors (AHRS) on its trenching ma
NKT has signed a three-year service framework agreement with MAATS for the cable lay equipment on board cable-laying vessel (CLV) NKT Victoria. According to MAATS, NKT made a shrewd investment in the Service and Support package as it had been contracted on a number of significant and time-sensitive
The NSTA has found that electrification of oil & gas platforms with renewable and conventional power sources could curb emissions up to 87%.
Subsea 7 has opened a new office in Seoul, South Korea, as it aims to better support the local offshore wind market. According to Subsea 7, South Korea is emerging to be an important market for both fixed and floating offshore wind and the move is set to support the country in achieving its ambitiou
A pre-construction geophysical survey for the Greenlink, a 500 MW subsea and underground electricity interconnector that will link Ireland and Wales, is about to begin. According to Jan De Nul’s notice to mariners, the survey of the Greenlink Interconnector route will be carried out between 26 June
Belgian transmission system operator (TSO) Elia has for the first time used an autonomous, unmanned surface vehicle (USV) to survey its offshore assets. The USV named Tupan, owned and developed by Brazilian start-up Tidewise, inspected Elia’s subsea cables to the Modular Offshore Grid (MOG) in the B
MMA Offshore has entered into an agreement to acquire Subcon International, a Perth-headquartered provider of stabilization, coastal erosion and engineered reef solutions to the oil and gas, offshore wind and coastal infrastructure sectors. The acquisition is said to be in line with MMA’s purpose an
The Danish government has signed a new political agreement with eight parties which implies that it will have a 20% co-ownership in future carbon storage licenses in the North Sea. Danish parties Venstre, Socialistisk Folkeparti, Radikale Venstre, Enhedslisten, Det Konservative Folkeparti, Dansk Fol
GAZ-SYSTEM has completed the technical acceptance of the Goleniów – Ciecierzyce gas pipeline, another onshore section of the Baltic Pipe, 30 days before the planned date.
Rhode Island-based Jaia Robotics has raised more than $1 million in seed funding that will be used for its micro-sized autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs). Jaia Robotics, founded in 2020, specializes in developing what are said to be low-cost, high-speed, micro-sized configurable autonomous marine
