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  • Moray East offshore construction ramps up

    2 October 2020
    Business Developments & Projects

    Cable laying vessel Living Stone has started the first inter-array cable installation campaign at the 950 MW Moray East wind farm offshore Scotland. The wind farm will feature 100 66 kV inter-array cables and two offshore substation interconnector cables supplied by JDR Cable System. The installation campaign will be carried out in three phases. The […]

  • In focus: Redefining the offshore energy environment

    27 August 2021
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Carbon Capture Usage & Storage, Collaboration, Environment, Innovation, Outlook & Strategy, Project & Tenders, Research & Development, Transition, Vessels

    Energy transition is bringing with it an intricate mix of options for the offshore energy and shipping sectors.

  • In focus: CO2 capture and storage – important element in the green transition

    10 February 2023
    Business Developments & Projects, Equipment, Green Marine, Technology, Transition

    As the world faces new challenges in 2023, offshore energy industries are making new plans to deliver on the net-zero target. In addition to marine energy, the fast-growing offshore wind sector is also finding its place among oil and gas players. Example number one: SSE Renewables and Equinor, the developers of the Dogger Bank Wind Farm in the […]

  • Utility ROV Services lands Moray West gig

    22 March 2023
    Business Developments & Projects, Operations & Maintenance

    Scotland-based Utility ROV Services has won a contract to provide boulder and debris clearance services on the Moray West offshore wind farm. The manufacturer of the UTROV system plans to start offshore operations in the first quarter of the year. A turnkey contract was signed between the Moray Offshore Windfarm (West) and Utility ROV Services […]

  • J-DeEP’s floating hydrogen production plant approved by ClassNK

    4 April 2022
    Certification & Classification, Regulation & Policy

    The classification society ClassNK has granted approval in principle for the design of a floating offshore hydrogen production plant developed by J-DeEP.

  • AWS Ocean Energy’s Waveswing takes a dip offshore Orkney

    7 April 2022
    Authorities & Government, Business Developments & Projects, Collaboration, Equipment, Innovation, Operations & Maintenance, Outlook & Strategy, Project & Tenders, Regulation & Policy, Research & Development, Technology

    Scotland-based AWS Ocean Energy has started sea trials at the European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) as part of the scientific testing program for its Waveswing wave energy converter.

  • Final OTM en route to Moray East Site

    1 September 2020
    Business Developments & Projects

    A couple of days after its jacket foundation was installed, the third and final offshore transformer module (OTM) has left Belgium and is now on the way to the Moray East site off Scotland. Siemens Energy, which secured a contract to deliver the three OTMs for Moray East in 2018, announced last week that the final platform […]

  • Waveswing reaches Orkney ahead of wave energy trials at EMEC

    27 January 2022
    Business Developments & Projects, Collaboration, Equipment, Innovation, Operations & Maintenance, Outlook & Strategy, Research & Development, Technology, Transition

    Scottish company AWS Ocean Energy has transported its Archimedes Waveswing wave energy device to Stromness in Orkney, ahead of deployment at the European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC). The 16kW Archimedes Waveswing arrived at Hatston Pier in Kirkwall on January 25, 2022, before being transported to Copland’s Dock in Stromness where it will be readied for […]

  • Inter-array cable trenching underway at Neart na Gaoithe

    25 August 2021
    Business Developments & Projects

    Pre-lay trenching works have begun along a number of inter-array cable routes within the Neart na Gaoithe (NnG) offshore wind farm area, ahead of the installation of cables at a later date.

  • Seajacks Scylla installs first foundation at Moray East offshore wind farm

    7 July 2020
    Project & Tenders

    The first jacket foundation is now in place at the Moray East offshore wind farm in Scotland. DEME Offshore, in charge of the installation works, is currently using the Seajacks Scylla jack-up vessel to install the jackets. The 950 MW offshore wind project will comprise 100 MHI Vestas 9.5 MW wind turbines and three offshore substations, […]

  • Ørsted probing Swedish offshore wind sites

    3 February 2021
    Business Developments & Projects, Project & Tenders

    Leading offshore wind developer Ørsted plans to start a consultation process on the Skåne offshore wind project in Sweden this spring. The project is in an early development phase and the consultation is part of the permitting procedure, Ørsted said. The wind farm covers an area of around 450 square kilometres located some 22 kilometres […]

  • Seaway Moxie to support O&M ops at Beatrice OWF

    18 January 2021
    Operations & Maintenance, Vessels

    Seaway Moxie is set to be deployed on the Beatrice offshore wind farm at the end of January for walk-to-work operations during an operations & maintenance (O&M) campaign at the wind farm, located some 13 kilometres off the coast of Caithness in Scotland. According to the wind farm’s latest Notice to Mariners, work will commence […]

  • Neart na Gaoithe export cable burial about to begin

    16 June 2021
    Project & Tenders

    Export cable burial works are set to soon commence at the Neart na Gaoithe (NnG) offshore wind project in the UK. The burial of the first export cable is due to begin in the week commencing 21 June, with burial of the second cable planned to begin week commencing 19 July 2, at the earliest. […]

  • Surveys scheduled at Pentland floating wind project

    18 June 2021
    Business Developments & Projects, Project & Tenders

    MMT and SEP Hydrographic are set to conduct the geophysical and environmental survey at the Pentland floating offshore wind project in Scotland. Geophysical and environmental survey work will be carried out in the offshore areas and coastal sea areas west of the Pentland Firth. MMT will conduct the geophysical survey in the offshore area north […]

  • Lamprell Jackets for Moray East OWF

    20 December 2018
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Project & Tenders

    Lamprell has been selected by GeoSea, the lead engineering, procurement, construction and installation contractor on the Moray East offshore wind farm, to fabricate jacket foundations for the project. Lamprell will fabricate 45 out of approximately 100 jacket foundations required for the wind farm, plus three jackets for the offshore substations also being installed for use […]

  • NKT Victoria pulls up at Ulstein Verft

    3 December 2021
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Vessels

    Cable-laying vessel NKT Victoria is currently at Ulstein Verft for maintenance and a five-year classification.

  • UK oil and gas industry pledges to halve operational emissions by 2030

    16 June 2020
    Outlook & Strategy, Transition, Vision

    Industry trade association Oil & Gas UK (OGUK) has revealed plans for halving emissions from production and exploration by 2030, with the country’s basin becoming net-zero by the year 2050.

  • Geo surveys to start at Moray West offshore wind farm site

    30 August 2021
    Business Developments & Projects

    Survey vessels Northern Franklin and Normand Flower are set to start geophysical and geotechnical site investigation works at the Moray West offshore wind farm site at the beginning of September. Northern Franklin is scheduled to commence geophysical surveys on 4 September. The vessel will be carrying out the work within the wind farm site and […]

  • Shell, TotalEnergies eye new projects in Gulf of Mexico and it’s not oil & gas

    2 March 2023
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects

    Oil and gas majors Shell and TotalEnergies have prequalified for an offshore wind lease sale in the Gulf of Mexico.

  • Rovco stays on Beatrice offshore wind farm

    16 June 2022
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Project & Tenders

    Rovco has commenced year three of its survey campaign on the operational Beatrice offshore wind farm located in the Outer Moray Firth in Scotland. Rovco’s UK-based team will deliver survey work on all inter-array cable and subsea jacket locations across the 588 MW wind farm, with activities commencing this month. The project will use the […]

  • DEME Taps OHT for Moray East Jackets Transport

    23 September 2019
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Project & Tenders

    Oslo-based Offshore Heavy Transport (OHT) has been awarded a contract for the transportation of jacket foundations for the Moray East offshore wind project in Scotland, UK. The contract, awarded by DEME Offshore, includes transportation of 48 jackets from Lamprell fabrication yard, UAE to the Port of Nigg in the Scottish Highlands. OHT will dedicate three […]

  • First Triton Knoll offshore substation in place

    15 April 2020
    Project & Tenders

    The first Triton Knoll offshore substation platform (OSP) is now standing at its designated location at the project site.

  • EMEC secures funding for hydrogen innovation and development projects

    18 May 2023
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Innovation, Outlook & Strategy, Project & Tenders, Regulation & Policy, Research & Development

    European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) has won funding, totalling over £500,000 (around $623,000), for four feasibility projects supporting green hydrogen innovation and development. More specifically, the funding is expected to be used to conduct feasibility studies supporting the development of novel hydrogen production, storage and distribution solutions. To note, EMEC is a part of four […]

  • Seaway 7 secures another $500+ million offshore wind contract

    16 June 2022
    Business & Finance, Project & Tenders

    Seaway 7 ASA, part of the Subsea 7 Group, has signed a letter of exclusivity, and is finalising a preferred bidder supply chain agreement with ScottishPower Renewables for the East Anglia THREE offshore wind project in the UK. East Anglia THREE is located approximately 70 kilometres from shore in the Southern North Sea and is […]

  • Malin Group warns on wave and tidal energy future

    22 May 2020
    Authorities & Government, Business Developments & Projects, Market Outlooks, Research & Development, Technology

    Scottish engineering firm Malin Group has called on the UK and Scottish governments to create “crucial connections” which will determine the commercial future of wave and tidal stream energy. The call comes after two decades in which government incentives have failed to produce commercially viable projects, though trials involving various prototypes are continuing – particularly […]