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  • Seagreen offshore wind project gets OK for onshore cable route

    19 June 2020
    Project & Tenders

    The Angus Council has approved two applications relating to the underground cable route of the Seagreen offshore wind project in Scotland. The decisions, made at the council’s Development Standards Committee meeting, will allow for works to begin along the consented cable route from landfall at Carnoustie to Tealing. According to SSE, the works are expected […]

  • Welsh marine energy company lands support for floating offshore wind plans

    9 September 2021
    Business Developments & Projects, Collaboration, Equipment, Innovation, Market Outlooks, Outlook & Strategy, Research & Development, Technology

    Marine Power Systems (MPS) has secured the support of the Offshore Wind Growth Partnership (OGWP) through the Wind Expert Support Toolkit (WEST) programme to further advance its floating offshore wind commercialisation strategy.

  • Utility ROV Services Gets Moray East Job

    15 January 2019
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Project & Tenders

    Utility ROV Services (URS) has been contracted by Moray Offshore Windfarm (East) to provide boulder relocation services on the Moray East Offshore Windfarm, located 22 km from the coast of Scotland. Utility ROV are the latest local Scottish contractor to be awarded a contract by Moray East on the offshore windfarm development project, with work […]

  • First Moray East export cable makes landfall

    11 August 2020
    Business Developments & Projects

    The first export power cable for the 950 MW Moray East offshore wind project has made landfall at Inverboyndie, Scotland, Moray Offshore Windfarm (East) Ltd said. The installation of the offshore export cables is being undertaken by NKT. To minimise environmental impact, the cable was pulled through an underground duct which runs from a point […]

  • CIP to sell Beatrice stake to TRIG and Equitix

    15 January 2021
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects

    Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP) is selling its 35 per cent stake in the 588 MW Beatrice offshore wind farm to The Renewables Infrastructure Group (TRIG) and funds managed by Equitix Investment Management Limited. TRIG has exchanged contracts with CIP to acquire an equity interest of 17.5 per cent in the project. Funds managed by Equitix […]

  • Oceaneering in seabed clearance deal for Moray East wind farm

    8 April 2020
    Project & Tenders

    Oceaneering International Services (OISL) has got a contract to complete seabed route and debris clearance for the Moray East wind farm project in the Moray Firth, Scotland.

  • Nexans takes delivery of CLV Aurora

    1 June 2021
    Business Developments & Projects, Vessels

    Nexans has taken delivery of its newbuild DP3 cable laying vessel (CLV) Nexans Aurora from Ulstein Verft. Nexans Aurora will be named in a ceremony in Ulsteinvik on 8 June, before leaving for its homeport Halden and Nexans’ subsea high voltage cables competence center. The vessel is delivered on time despite the Covid-19 pandemic, with […]

  • Busy 2016 for Partrac

    19 January 2017
    Business & Finance

    Partrac Ltd, a Glasgow based marine, coastal survey and consultancy company, has reported a strong 2016. “Following a review of our 2016 performance, we have taken time to reflect on what was an exciting year for the Partrac team. We delivered monitoring, survey and consultancy projects for offshore wind, dredging, tidal energy and major water […]

  • FPSO gets a new name ahead of floating wind electrification

    4 August 2022
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Transition, Vessels

    DNeX, via Ping Petroleum, has renamed its recently acquired FPSO, which will be one of the UK’s first wind-powered oil and gas facilities.

  • UKEF backs First Subsea offshore wind contracts

    27 July 2021
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects

    Scottish firm First Subsea has secured several offshore wind contracts in overseas markets with financial backing from UK Export Finance (UKEF).

  • CLV Nexans Aurora on sea trials

    7 May 2021
    Business Developments & Projects, Vessels

    Nexans’ new cable-laying vessel (CLV) Nexans Aurora has commenced its sea trials off the Norwegian coast. Nexans Aurora began the yard sea trial on 3 May and continued with the technical sea trial on 5 May. Ulstein Verft said that the sea trial will continue for a few more days, after which the yard has still […]

  • Greenpeace strikes again in protest against Shell’s Brent decom plans

    26 August 2020
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Environment, Transition

    Greenpeace activists from Germany have launched a protest in the North Sea to call out Shell’s plans to abandon an estimated 11,000 tonnes of oil in the sea.

  • Industry majors, oil & gas players shortlisted for French floating wind tender

    16 September 2021
    Authorities & Government, Business Developments & Projects, Project & Tenders, Transition

    Equinor, Shell, Eni, and TotalEnergies have been selected to participate in France’s first tender dedicated to floating wind.

  • Ocean Energy Europe applauds dedicated EU target for innovative renewables

    31 March 2023
    Authorities & Government, Collaboration, Market Outlooks, Outlook & Strategy, Regulation & Policy, Transition, Vision

    Ocean Energy Europe has welcomed the inclusion of the 5% target for innovative renewable energy technologies as part of the revision of the EU Renewable Energy Directive (RED).

  • Innosea ramps up floating solar, offshore wind services in the Mediterranean

    24 June 2021
    Business Developments & Projects, Market Outlooks, Outlook & Strategy, Technology

    Marine renewables engineering consultancy Innosea has expanded its footprint with a new office in Marseille that will support the company’s existing portfolio of offshore wind and floating solar projects in the south-east region of France.

  • GEG, Proman to build renewable power to methanol plant in Scotland

    17 August 2021
    Business Developments & Projects, Collaboration, Environment, Infrastructure, Outlook & Strategy, Ports & Logistics, Transition

    UK port operator Global Energy Group (GEG) has entered into an agreement with Swiss-based integrated energy company Proman to develop a renewable power to methanol plant utilising local sources of captured carbon dioxide (CO2) to be located at the Nigg Oil Terminal in the Highlands of Scotland.

  • Principle Power wins FEED deal for Dolphyn floating wind-to-hydrogen project

    12 October 2022
    Business Developments & Projects, Research & Development, Technology

    Environmental Resources Management (ERM), the developer of the Dolphyn technology, has awarded a Front-End Engineering Design (FEED) contract to Principle Power for a 10 MW floating wind-to-hydrogen demonstration project in Scotland. The ERM Dolphyn concept employs a modular design integrating electrolysis and a wind turbine on a moored floating semi-submersible platform which uses Principle Power’s […]

  • UK makes first step to support large scale offshore wind portside hubs

    6 October 2020
    Authorities & Government, Business Developments & Projects, Ports & Logistics

    As the UK government today (6 October) announced raising the country’s offshore wind targets and allocated funding for offshore wind ports and infrastructure, the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) issued a request for information (RFI) related to the development of large scale manufacturing portside hubs. BEIS has invited coastal landowners and/or potential […]

  • WES books test facility in search of ‘ideal’ wave and wind hybrid platform

    7 December 2022
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Equipment, Innovation, Market Outlooks, Outlook & Strategy, Research & Development, Technology

    Wave Energy Scotland (WES) has selected FloWave research facility of the University of Edinburgh to conduct tank testing campaigns of potential hybrid platforms which combine wind and wave energy technologies.

  • Apollo and Vekta Group join forces for offshore wind, oil & gas

    1 March 2021
    Business & Finance

    Apollo and Vekta Group have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to together provide services across the offshore wind and oil & gas sectors. The combined service offering brings commercial, project management, yield modelling, power, electrical, mechanical, structural and marine experience. The two focus areas are technical advisory services for offshore wind developers, as well […]

  • Moray East Finalizes Offshore Wind Farm Piling Works

    28 February 2020
    Operations & Maintenance

    Moray East has completed offshore piling works on its 950MW offshore wind farm which is under construction in the Moray Firth off the North East coast of Scotland.  Work to install the pin piles in the seabed started in May of last year, using the jack-up installation vessel ‘Apollo’ which worked out of Cromarty Firth […]

  • Total adds another floating wind project to its portfolio

    7 October 2020
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Outlook & Strategy, Transition

    Total has bought a 20 per cent stake in the EolMed floating wind pilot project in France, located in the Mediterranean Sea, off the coast of Gruissan and near Port-La-Nouvelle. The 30 MW EolMed will feature three MHI Vestas 10 MW turbines installed on Ideol’s Damping Pool floating foundation and is scheduled to be built […]

  • RenewableUK: Projects like Norfolk Vanguard needed to reach UK’s offshore wind target

    22 February 2021
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Outlook & Strategy, Transition

    Commenting on the UK’s High Court ruling on the Norfolk Vanguard offshore wind project, RenewableUK’s Deputy Chief Executive Melanie Onn said that such projects need to go ahead as swiftly as possible in order for the UK to achieve its goal of having 40 GW of offshore wind by 2030. New offshore wind projects will […]

  • Marine Power Systems seeks consultant for final evaluation of WaveSub

    27 January 2023
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Equipment, Outlook & Strategy, Project & Tenders, Technology

    Welsh company Marine Power Systems (MPS) is looking to appoint a suitably qualified consultant to undertake a final evaluation of the full-scale WaveSub wave energy converter prototype operation.

  • Video: Waveswing wave energy device gets shakedown at EMEC

    8 April 2022
    Business Developments & Projects, Equipment, Innovation, Research & Development, Technology

    The video shows initial testing and shakedown of 16kW Waveswing wave energy device that was recently completed, as the developer AWS Ocean Energy proceeds with offshore scientific test program in Scotland.