The new cable extrusion tower that Denmark’s power cable manufacturer and installation company NKT is building at its power cable factory in Karlskrona, Sweden, has reached its full height of 200 meters, becoming the second tallest tower in the Nordics. This third extrusion tower at the Karlskrona f
Norwegian vessel owner DOF Group has completed the purchase of Maersk Supply Service (MSS), now having a workforce of more than 5,000 people and operating a fleet of 78 vessels of which 65 are owned. DOF announced on July 2 that it would through the newly incorporated subsidiary DOF Offshore Holding
U.S. and German governments are supporting two projects that have a mutual goal of developing a low-cost subsea energy storage technology that supports electrical grid decarbonization with funding of $7.7 million. The U.S. Sperra, dedicated to pioneering the next generation of renewable energy solut
U.S. offshore engineering and construction firm McDermott has secured classification from the American Bureau of Shipping (ABS) for its pipelay vessel that recognizes its environmental performance, including energy efficiency, waste management, emissions reduction, and coastal ecosystem preservation
Norwegian shipping company Rem Offshore has held the keel laying ceremony for what is said to be the first-of-its-kind energy subsea construction vessel (ESCV), set to perform heavy construction work in offshore wind and subsea arenas with net zero emissions. Following the initial steel cutting on J
UK’s remote robotics company HonuWorx is planning to develop a fleet of autonomous submarines that will perform services across the oil & gas, offshore wind, and defense sectors, targeting 50 units in the long term. In what the company describes as an industry-first, HonuWorx deployed a remotely ope
France-based geophysical services company Viridien, formerly known as CGG, and American oilfield services company SLB have partnered for the first time in Australia to gather data into the exploration and carbon storage potential of the Bonaparte Basin. Viridien reported on October 24 that the partn
In a little more than five years, renewable energy targets set for 2030 will come knocking on the door. Whether they will be reached, missed or overshot, depends on multiple factors, most of which concern policymakers and the energy sector itself. At the end of 2023, the EU increased the binding ren
Singapore’s electricity regulator the Energy Market Authority (EMA) has given conditional approval for a project that will harness and store renewable energy from Australia and transmit it to Singapore via a high-voltage direct current (HVDC) transmission system, two months after the Australian Gove
Green Marine Europe (GME), the European environmental certification program dedicated to the maritime industry, revealed that the number of program participants more than doubled in just two years.
Norwegian Reach Subsea has secured funding of up to €14.3 million from the EU Innovation Fund, under the Net Zero Technologies initiative, which will be used for the scale-up of the Reach Remote project focusing on the development of advanced remote unmanned surface vessels (USVs). “This is a signif
Offshore wind services company Venterra Group has acquired Oceanscan Holdings Limited, a group of companies that provide subsea and non-destructive test equipment, geotechnical services and specialist personnel to the offshore energy market. Founded in 1989 and headquartered in Aberdeen with oversea
A consortium of partners is looking to establish an essential hub for low-carbon hydrogen and CO2 management in the Mediterranean within Port-La Nouvelle.
Consulting and engineering firm Wood has established and is leading a joint industry partnership (JIP) to accelerate carbon capture, utilization, and storage (CCUS) projects through the creation of industry guidelines for CO2 specifications. Wood set up the JIP to collate industry research and the e
