Offshore Renewables

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

Floating offshore wind project Green Volt, led by Flotation Energy and Vårgrønn, has been granted offshore planning approval.

24th April 2024

Green light for Scottish floating offshore wind project

24th April 2024

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has issued the final air quality permit for Dominion Energy’s 2.6 GW Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind (CVOW) project located off the coast of Virginia Beach, USA.

17th April 2024

Green light for the largest offshore wind project in the US

17th April 2024

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

DEME’s flagship Orion has completed monopile installation works on Ocean Winds’ Moray West offshore windfarm project in Scotland.

16th April 2024

DEME progresses Moray Firth monopile installation project

16th April 2024

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Export Finance Norway (Eksfin) is providing loan financing of €525 million to Ørsted of Denmark, for work on one of the largest offshore windfarm projects in the UK.

18th March 2024

Norwegian investment for Hornsea 3 windfarm

18th March 2024

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

A new industry-leading report identifies ten technology innovations that it says are key to unlocking 80% of UK tidal energy cost reductions.

13th March 2024

The top 10 technologies lowering tidal energy costs

13th March 2024

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

WindEurope’s annual statistics and seven-year outlook show that the EU wind energy target for 2030 is within reach with things looking up for the sector.

28th February 2024

Europe’s wind energy outlook improves

28th February 2024

VESSELS

VESSELS

Diverse Marine’s second stock build is now underway - The Typhoon Class CTV, is equipped with zero-emission power management and resistance-reducing technology.

26th February 2024

Diverse begins its second Typhoon Class CTV build

26th February 2024

VESSELS

VESSELS

Eidesvik Offshore is building a methanol and battery hybrid Construction Support Vessel (CSV) to up its sustainability stakes within the subsea and offshore wind segments.

21st February 2024

Methanol power for Eidesvik Offshores new CSV

21st February 2024

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

Seatrium Limited is commencing work on its third two gigawatt (GW) High Voltage Direct Current (HVDC) electrical transmission for The Netherlands.

20th February 2024

Seatrium helps deliver Dutch offshore wind goals

20th February 2024

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

NOV Lifting & Handling has sold what it said is the industry’s first-ever electric subsea crane to a company in Europe.

19th February 2024

NOV’s electric subsea crane enters the European market

19th February 2024

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Multimarine Services and the Columbia Group sign a Memorandum of Agreement to explore and identify collaborative projects in the maritime and energy sectors.

14th February 2024

Maritime & energy brains form new partnership

14th February 2024

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

Three Welsh companies have been selected to receive support from ORE Catapult’s first Fit 4 Offshore Renewables (F4OR) programme in Wales.

12th February 2024

Support for Welsh bids for floating offshore wind work

12th February 2024

SUBSEA SERVICES

SUBSEA SERVICES

An American owned hydrographic survey specialist has won its first major renewables contract for an offshore windfarm development in northwest France.

7th February 2024

US hydro survey expertise for French windfarm project

7th February 2024

VESSELS

VESSELS

Two Ulstein-designed commissioning service operation vessel newbuilds under construction for Bernhard Schulte Offshore have reached important milestones.

2nd February 2024

New Ulstein CSOVs hit key milestones

2nd February 2024

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

Plans are afoot to build Southeast Asia’s first ever tidal power generation plant through a contract signed between Energies PH, Inc and the UK’s Inyanga Marine Energy Group.

31st January 2024

Southeast Asia earmarks first tidal energy plant

31st January 2024

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

Floatgen, France’s only floating wind turbine, has had its lifetime extended for another five years after surpassing the 30 GWh electricity threshold.

31st January 2024

Video: Floatgen demonstrator project is extended by five years

31st January 2024

VESSELS

VESSELS

Cadeler has signed a Chinese-backed green term loan facility of up to €425m to part fund its two newbuild offshore windfarm installation vessels.

9th January 2024

Green finance for Cadeler offshore wind newbuilds

9th January 2024

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

Equinor and bp have terminated their existing agreement for the US Empire 2 offshore wind project on the grounds of commercial viability.

8th January 2024

Equinor and bp rip up US offshore wind contract

8th January 2024

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

SolarDuck has secured €15 million additional funding for the development and deployment of its offshore floating solar power technology setting it on a path to deliver its first commercial projects.

3rd January 2024

Offshore floating solar tech on route to commerciality

3rd January 2024

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

The European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) and Renewable Risk Advisors (RRA) have published a white paper setting out the needs case for a National Floating Wind Test Centre in the UK.

13th December 2023

The business case for a UK Floating Wind Test Centre

13th December 2023