An advanced unmanned surface vessel (USV) being built in Spain for DeepOcean and its partners has started taking shape at GONDAN Shipbuilders. GONDAN Shipbuilders started the construction of the USV Challenger in March, following the order from USV A/S, a joint venture of DeepOcean, Solstad Offshore
The U.S. White House and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) have released a national strategy for marine carbon dioxide removal (mCDR) research, which outlines how research could be safely and effectively accelerated, helping determine if emerging approaches are viable climat
Nature And Biodiversity Conservation Union (NABU), Germany’s ‘oldest and largest’ environmental association, is urging the International Maritime Organization (IMO) to establish an emission control area in the North Atlantic.
SSEN Transmission has broken ground on a new electricity substation that is part of the subsea link that will connect the Orkney Islands to the UK mainland for the first time. The start of work at the Finstown Substation is said to mark a major step forward for the Orkney-Caithness 220 kV Subsea Lin
At the 2024 UN Climate Change Conference (COP29) in Baku, Azerbaijan, global industry leaders have committed to increasing the uptake of zero or near-zero GHG emission shipping fuels to at least 5%, striving for 10%, by 2030.
Great Britain’s energy market regulator Ofgem has approved five new undersea energy links, with two creating Great Britain’s first-ever offshore hybrid assets (OHAs), all expected to be operational by the end of 2032. The approved OHA projects include the up to 1.8 GW LionLink, which will connect Du
A new collaboration center that will bring together around 80 green energy workers contributing to the delivery of a series of subsea electricity transmission links between Scotland and England has been officially opened in Glasgow, Scotland. The Eastern Green Link (EGL) Collaboration Centre will br
Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) has signed a sales and purchase agreement (SPA) with Germany’s Securing Energy for Europe (SEFE) for the long-term supply of low-carbon liquefied natural gas (LNG) from the Ruwais LNG plant in the UAE, set to be the first LNG export facility in the Middle East
Greece’s Hellenic Cables has secured a turnkey contract with Greek transmission system operator (TSO) Independent Power Transmission Operator (IPTO) for the submarine interconnection of the Ionian islands. Under the contract, Cenergy Holdings’ cable segment is in charge of the design, supply, and in
Offshore Energy Exhibition & Conference 2024 (OEEC 2024) is coming up this month. Work on the event is at full steam at Navingo (the company behind OEEC and Offshore-Energy.biz brands) with final tweaks and preparations underway. The exhibition floor has been almost completely booked and visitors ar
A tripartite partnership has completed the reprocessing project for what is said to be the largest ocean bottom node (OBN) survey conducted on the Norwegian Continental Shelf (NCS). Viridien, TGS and Aquila Holdings, under its subsidiary Axxis Multi-client, announced on November 4 the completion of
SSEN Transmission has submitted a planning application to Aberdeenshire Council for a hub that will comprise the converter stations of the Spittal to Peterhead and the Eastern Green Link 3 links, among others, seen as a crucial component of the £20 billion Pathway to 2030 investment program in the n
A recent study led by the European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) and the Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult has shown that direct access to tidal energy could reduce the dependency of Scottish coastal communities on costly diesel and oil power by enabling cleaner, locally sourced energy without
Norwegian vessel operator Sea1 Offshore, formerly known as Siem Offshore, has placed an order with Chinese shipyard Cosco Shipping for two next-generation offshore energy support vessels (OESVs) that will be methanol-ready. Bernt Omdal, CEO of Sea1, said that the investment is part of the company’s
