Offshore Renewables

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

A project trumpeted as being the UK’s flagship green hydrogen programme that would make the gas using electricity generated by offshore wind has been abandoned.

25th August 2023

Flagship green H2 project hits the wall

25th August 2023

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

Cable giant Prysmian has been chosen to produce and install the cables for two offshore grid connection systems and an underground cable project in Germany in contracts worth €4.5 billion.

24th August 2023

€4.5 billion cable contracts awarded to Prysmian

24th August 2023

VESSELS

VESSELS

A pilot project to carry out underwater survey and inspection services at a German offshore wind farm have been hailed a success.

24th August 2023

Pilot autonomous survey project claims success

24th August 2023

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

Renewable energy firm OX2 has been given a permit to develop a 1.5GW offshore wind farm off the south coast of Sweden.

23rd August 2023

1.5GW offshore wind farm wins first permit for Sweden

23rd August 2023

VESSELS

VESSELS

Maritime green tech start-up, ExoTechnologies, has delivered a fully recyclable, high-performance workboat to tidal turbine developers Orbital Marine Power to support its offshore operation.

23rd August 2023

Recyclable workboat for tidal turbine

23rd August 2023

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Plans for the Netherlands to store carbon dioxide 3km beneath the North Sea have been rubber stamped by the Council of State, which has ruled the project is ecologically sound.

22nd August 2023

Plans for subsea carbon capture given go-ahead

22nd August 2023

SUBSEA SERVICES

SUBSEA SERVICES

A joint venture between Ørsted, Simply Blue Group and Subsea 7 has appointed Fugro to conduct a metocean survey for the proposed Salamander offshore wind farm project.

21st August 2023

Fugro to run offshore wind farm study

21st August 2023

VESSELS

VESSELS

Artemis Technologies has unveiled the latest iteration of its EF-12 crew transfer vessel (CTV) and daughter craft.

17th August 2023

Artemis Technologies unveils improved CTV

17th August 2023

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

America’s Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has announced new draft Wind Energy Areas (WEAs) off the coast of Oregon opening up the US west coast to offshore wind.

16th August 2023

US selects Oregon as next offshore wind area

16th August 2023

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

Energy company RWE has won the right to develop a second Nordseecluster in the German North Sea.

14th August 2023

More wind farms awarded in German North Sea

14th August 2023

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The offshore logistics provider ASCO Group Ltd has been acquired by British private equity firm Endless LLP.

14th August 2023

ASCO bought out by private equity group

14th August 2023

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

Hydrosphere managing director John Caskey examines why such a promising technology as tidal power is still not popular.

11th August 2023

OPINION: It’s time to turn the tide on tidal energy

11th August 2023

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

A floating offshore wind project has reached a significant milestone with the installation of a 2MW floating wind platform demonstrator in open waters.

11th August 2023

Floating wind demo successfully installed

11th August 2023

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

SMST has been awarded a contract by Fincantieri Marine Group for the delivery of a motion compensated gangway on a newbuild service operation vessel (SOV) for Crest Wind.

10th August 2023

SMST gangway for offshore wind SOV

10th August 2023

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

Rovco has been contracted by Flotation Energy to carry out a geo-environmental survey at its planned Cenos floating offshore windfarm, 200 kilometres off the north-east coast of Scotland.

9th August 2023

Rovco survey expertise for Scottish floating offshore windfarm

9th August 2023

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

Spirit Energy is experiencing its busiest year-to-date in decommissioning with offshore campaigns across the North Sea and the East Irish Sea.

8th August 2023

Spirit marks busiest year yet for decommissioning

8th August 2023

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

Two North Sea wind farms with a power generation capacity of 900MW each should come online next year.

7th August 2023

Monopile installations begin on German wind farms

7th August 2023

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

Plans are being revised to support the sustainable delivery of commercial-scale offshore wind in Scotland.

4th August 2023

Plans under way for offshore wind in Scotland

4th August 2023

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Three vast areas of US waters have been earmarked for wind farm development, according to an announcement from the Bureau of Ocean Management (BOEM).

2nd August 2023

US earmarks another three offshore wind areas

2nd August 2023

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

Spanish utility firm Iberdrola has sold 49% of its stake in a German offshore wind farm to Masdar, a United Arab Emirates renewable energy firm.

1st August 2023

Deal agreed for German offshore wind farm

1st August 2023