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  • 1 February 2024
    Authorities & Government, Business Developments & Projects, Regulation & Policy

    OX2 and Ingka Investments are expected to submit an application for another offshore wind-to-hydrogen project to the Swedish authorities, after the partners recently applied for a permit to build a similar project off the coast of Blekinge. The second energy hub combining offshore wind energy and green hydrogen production for which the partners are expected […]

  • 27 September 2023
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production, Project & Tenders, Regulation & Policy

    The North Sea Transition Authority has now given its blessing for the development of the controversial Rosebank field on the UKCS.

  • 6 March 2024
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Infrastructure, Project & Tenders

    UK-based energy company Statera has appointed Norwegian energy services provider Aker Solutions as owner’s engineer for the first 500 MW phase of its 3 GW Kintore Hydrogen project in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. Under the contract, Aker Solutions will build on its process industry expertise within green hydrogen to provide additional technical assurance and project support to […]

  • 18 October 2023
    Business Developments & Projects, Research & Development

    All offshore survey campaigns have been completed across the Pentland floating offshore wind farm’s site area and cable corridor in Scotland. “This is a significant milestone for any offshore wind development, and we are pleased to have safely and successfully completed a number of survey and monitoring campaigns over the past three years that gives […]

  • 20 September 2023
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Project & Tenders

    Geoquip Marine has secured a contract to gather engineering data to support a proposed floating offshore wind project in Scotland that is being developed by ScottishPower and Shell. To support the MarramWind project, Geoquip Marine is set to perform a complete geotechnical investigation to gather soil and geotechnical data for developing an engineering ground model. According to […]

  • 18 October 2023
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Outlook & Strategy, Project & Tenders, Transition, Vision

    Reach Subsea is set to begin a cable route seabed survey later this month for SSEN Transmission’s HVDC transmission link offshore Scotland. The survey activities will be carried out in the North Sea and Outer Moray Firth for the Spittal to Peterhead HVDC power cable. Survey vessel Viking Reach is expected to start work on […]

  • 3 November 2023
    Authorities & Government, Business Developments & Projects, Green Marine, Infrastructure, Innovation, Outlook & Strategy, Project & Tenders, Regulation & Policy, Technology, Transition, Vessels

    Major energy transition-related updates came from Nordic countries this week. An energy island for large-scale green hydrogen and offshore wind production has been proposed in Åland (Finland). Denmark has just selected winners of its first Power-to-X tender. The first containership to be powered by pure ammonia as fuel is scheduled to enter service in Norway in 2026. And this is just to name a few.

  • 30 October 2023
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Outlook & Strategy, Project & Tenders

    Fugro’s revenue for the third quarter of 2023 is €608.9 million, an increase from €480.2 million reported in the same quarter of 2022 – a result said to be due to better contracting conditions, high activity levels and good project execution. Fugro reported that its revenue was up by 32.6% on a currency-comparable basis, by […]

  • 28 November 2023
    Business Developments & Projects, Carbon Capture Usage & Storage, Project & Tenders, Research & Development

    The Offshore Wind and Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) Colocation Forum (the Forum), set up to provide strategic coordination of colocation research and activity on the nation’s seabed, has commissioned two research projects. The projects are designed to inform the best approach to test and demonstrate the colocation of offshore wind and CCS activities in […]

  • 9 January 2024
    Business Developments & Projects

    Bourbon Subsea Services installed a floating electrical hub (FEH) at the EolMed pilot floating wind farm site in France in Autumn 2023, the company revealed on January 9. The FEH will be connected to the project’s three floating wind turbines on one side and to the export cable on the other to enable the electricity […]

  • 16 January 2024
    Business Developments & Projects, Project & Tenders, Research & Development

    OX2 and Ingka Investments have submitted a permit application under the act of Sweden’s Exclusive Economic Zone to build the Neptunus offshore energy hub off the coast of Blekinge, in the south of Sweden. The Neptunus offshore energy hub is planned to comprise up to 207 wind turbines with a maximum height of 420 meters […]

  • 23 January 2024
    Authorities & Government, Business Developments & Projects, Collaboration, Outlook & Strategy, Regulation & Policy, Research & Development

    The Baltic islands of Bornholm, Gotland and Åland have signed a letter of intent (LoI) to work together on easing the islands’ shift to sustainable energy. According to Baltic Energy Island, the agreement focuses on the exchange of knowledge and the strengthening of local democratic engagement, recognizing the shared challenges and opportunities inherent in the […]

  • 14 March 2024
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Research & Development

    Vattenfall has decided to cancel the Hydrogen Turbine 1 (HT1) project offshore Aberdeen, Scotland, almost two years after the firm began developing it. However, the project helped enable the creation of a regulatory and consenting regime for offshore hydrogen transportation and storage in the UK, according to the Swedish company. The HT1 project was designed […]

  • 25 March 2024
    Business Developments & Projects, Collaboration, Innovation, Outlook & Strategy, Project & Tenders, Research & Development

    UK-based Tadek Ocean Engineering has produced a study on floating offshore wind platforms for Welsh company Marine Power Systems (MPS). The report evaluates tension leg platforms (TLP) long-term performance compared to semi-submersible alternatives for floating offshore wind turbines (FOWT).  It includes an analysis of various aspects such as platform dimensions, assembly, and manufacturing setups, port […]

  • 20 February 2024
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production, Human Capital, Outlook & Strategy, Project & Tenders, Regulation & Policy, Transition

    The dust has not settled yet over the Labour Party’s proposals to extend the windfall tax on UK oil and gas producers,

  • 12 January 2024
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Outlook & Strategy, Project & Tenders

    Enabling work has started in Peterhead for the proposed converter station for the Eastern Green Link 2 (EGL2) subsea electricity superhighway between Scotland and England. The joint venture project between SSEN Transmission and National Grid Electricity Transmission will see around 440 kilometers of subsea HVDC cable connecting new converter stations planned for Peterhead and Yorkshire. […]

  • 24 January 2024
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Operations & Maintenance, Research & Development, Technology

    UK-based Rovco has added a second hull-mounted survey vessel to its fleet, a move said to come in response to client demand for geophysical and geotechnical survey solutions. Rovco has entered into a four-year charter agreement with Glomar for the DP2 vessel Glomar Worker. “We are delighted with our Site Characterisation business unit’s year one […]

  • 4 March 2024
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Project & Tenders

    Prysmian, Hitachi Energy, and BAM have inked contracts for cable and converter stations destined for a HVDC cable connection in the UK.

  • 10 October 2023
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Outlook & Strategy, Project & Tenders

    Reach Subsea has secured a contract with SSEN Transmission to carry out a survey for an HVDC transmission link offshore Scotland. The contract constitutes a detailed corridor survey for the Spittal to Peterhead HVDC power cable. The data will be used for detailed engineering and environmental assessment of potential cable routes with the survey corridor. […]

  • 25 October 2023
    Business Developments & Projects, Collaboration, Outlook & Strategy, Research & Development, Technology

    Scotland-based renewable energy company Orbital Marine Power, together with its project partners, has been selected by the European Commission’s Horizon Europe Programme to deliver a multi-turbine tidal energy project EURO-TIDES. EURO-TIDES is the EUROpean Tidal energy pilot farm focused on Industrial Design, Environmental mitigation and Sustainability. The project is expected to deliver a step change […]

  • 24 November 2023
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Project & Tenders

    Apollo has secured a contract with NEO Energy for a FEED study, which will support the planned redevelopment of an oil project in the UK.

  • 21 March 2024
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Infrastructure, Outlook & Strategy, Project & Tenders, Transition, Vision

    UK energy market regulator Ofgem has selected a 2 GW high-voltage direct current (HVDC) subsea cable as the first project to proceed under the new fast-track process and to receive a provisional £2 billion funding package. Eastern Green Link 1 (EGL1) is being developed by National Grid Electricity Transmission (NGET) and SP Transmission, part of SP […]

  • 26 October 2023
    Business Developments & Projects, Technology

    The design engineers from the University of Edinburgh, together with Tocardo Turbines, have manufactured a new tidal turbine blade which could lead to the reduction of the levelized cost of tidal energy. The blade was manufactured in Scotland for the first time and more cheaply than before, with the new structure that reduces the amount […]

  • 29 January 2024
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Infrastructure, Outlook & Strategy, Project & Tenders, Transition, Vision

    Chinese power cable specialist Orient Cable (NBO) is entering the Morocco-UK Power Project with the acquisition of a stake in the company behind the multi-technology renewable energy project. Xlinks First Limited announced it had entered into a share subscription agreement for the placement of common shares for gross proceeds of around £5 million on January 22. The transaction will […]

  • 23 October 2023
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Collaboration, Equipment, Innovation, Market Outlooks, Outlook & Strategy, Regulation & Policy, Research & Development, Technology, Transition, Vision

    In an interview with Offshore Energy, the co-founder and managing director of Mocean Energy, one of the leading wave energy companies in the world, Cameron McNatt talked about the development of innovative wave energy technology and projects, while successfully navigating through all the challenges one start-up could encounter coming up in an emerging renewable energy industry.