Offshore Renewables

Portsmouth, UV-based autonomous surface vehicles specialist ASV Ltd, in association with Planet Ocean Ltd, have received funding from the GROW:OffshoreWind initiative to investigate how the use of ASVs could reduce the costs…

Drydocks World, an international service provider to the maritime, oil, gas, and energy sectors, has signed an agreement with Petrofac to build the BorWin3 high voltage direct current (HVDC) converter platform in…

South Boats IOW, a UK-based manufacturer of wind farm service vessels (WFSV), has launched its first of class South Cat 26m named ‘Seacat Intrepid’ for Seacat Services Ltd.

RenewableUK’s Conference & Exhibition, which opens at Manchester Central, UK from 11–13 November 2014 will be the 36th running of this key event, demonstrating considerable longevity in an industry that popular misconception…

Belgium’s FLiDAR has announced it has entered into an exclusive partnership with US-based Renewable NRG Systems for the distribution of FLiDAR’s offshore wind measurement buoys in the Americas.

The UKs Crown Estate has commissioned a study exploring how optimisation of jack-up vessel deployment can improve windfarm performance as projects move into the operations and maintenance phase.

Swedish steel specialist SSAB is entering into an agreement with Hexicon AB to develop far off shore wind farm platforms. The combined technology will offer advantages within the market for renewable energy.…

Sea Tech Week, the international ocean science week held from 13 to 17 October 2014 in Brest, north-west France, is set to showcase marine renewable energies.

2014 brings the seventh edition of Offshore Energy Exhibition and Conference, which will be held on 28 & 29 October 2014 at the Amsterdam RAI, the Netherlands.