Offshore Renewables

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

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

The French government is to furnish the tidal energy pilot farm FloWatt with €65 million of funding, setting a benchmark for others in Europe to follow.

17th July 2023

France boosts its tidal sector with €65m funding

17th July 2023

VESSELS

VESSELS

A new UK consortium being led by hydrogen developer Tower Group aims to build two new hydrogen powered marine vessels in conjunction with the University of Exeter.

12th July 2023

Powering the offshore sector with hydrogen vessels

12th July 2023

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

VEEM Limited will supply its VG70, VG100 and VG140 marine gyrostabilisers to Strategic Marine on an exclusive basis for use on some of its crew transfer vessels.

28th June 2023

Strategic Marine CTVs to benefit from VEEM stability

28th June 2023

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

The first 32m parallel hybrid crew transfer vessel (CTV) designed by Incat Crowther has gone into operation servicing Germany’s offshore wind sector.

27th June 2023

Germany benefits from cutting-edge hybrid CTV

27th June 2023

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

Jan De Nul Group has signed an agreement with German energy provider, RWE, for the long-term charter of two of its next-generation offshore wind installation vessels.

12th June 2023

Jan De Nul bags RWE offshore wind charter deal

12th June 2023

SUBSEA SERVICES

SUBSEA SERVICES

Fugro has been awarded a geophysical survey contract for two offshore windfarm sites in Germany’s exclusive economic zone (EEZ) in the North Sea.

22nd May 2023

Fugro hired for German offshore wind site

22nd May 2023

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

All political parties must engage with the oil and gas industry to secure the strong pipeline of talent and skills needed to reach its legally-binding climate targets, according to a survey of…

15th May 2023

Calling on oil and gas expertise to deliver green goals

15th May 2023

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

The first French offshore wind research platform has been launched to try to research and tackle long-standing environmental issues associated with the sector.

15th May 2023

French offshore wind research will tackle the environment

15th May 2023

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

Nearthlab, a leading provider of autonomous drone solutions, is working with Nordex SE to foster efficient and safe blade inspections across European wind farms.

10th May 2023

Drone led – the future of wind farm inspections

10th May 2023

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

SMST has been awarded a contract by Damen Shipyards for the delivery of two sets of mission equipment for its two newbuild Elevation Series CSOVs for Windcat Offshore.

9th May 2023

SMST supplies critical mission equipment for Damen CSOVs

9th May 2023

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

Framo’s new Submerged Turbine technology will help Yinson Production reduce its carbon footprint, cut CO2 taxes and increase its gas exports.

2nd May 2023

Framo reveals energy-generation with submerged turbine tech

2nd May 2023

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

The latest project to be financed by Export Finance Norway (Eksfin) is a new UK windfarm cable contract worth NOK2 billion (€171 million) for the Moray West windfarm in Scotland. 

26th April 2023

Norwegian finance for UK windfarm cable contract

26th April 2023

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

DEME Offshore and Liftra ApS are developing a new vessel offshore installation system to cater for the next generation of offshore wind turbine generators.

19th April 2023

Developing next generation turbine installation crane technology

19th April 2023

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

OEG Offshore UK has signed a partnership with Lubbers Logistics Group to strengthen its service capabilities in the renewables sector.

21st March 2023

Combining strong offshore services with the power of logistics

21st March 2023

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

A Belgian partnership has unveiled a new offshore floating solar platform called Seavolt which aims to maximise renewable capacity from offshore windfarms.

13th March 2023

Could floating solar tech maximise wind farm returns?

13th March 2023

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

Flotation Energy and Vårgrønn advance a Cenos floating offshore wind project through submission of a scoping report to Marine Scotland.

1st March 2023

Scope submitted for one of world’s largest floating windfarms

1st March 2023

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

Seaway7 has entered into a commercial collaboration agreement with Saipem to jointly identify, bid and execute fixed offshore wind projects going forward.

27th February 2023

Seaway7 and Saipem ink wind agreement

27th February 2023

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

UK firm Tugdock Limited has partnered up with Belgian construction firm Sarens to offer a novel dry dock solution to the fast-growing floating offshore wind industry.

22nd February 2023

Partnering up for innovative floating wind solutions

22nd February 2023