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  • In focus: Energy system transformation gathers pace with government-backed innovations

    25 February 2022
    Authorities & Government, Business Developments & Projects, Collaboration, Equipment, Human Capital, Innovation, Market Outlooks, Outlook & Strategy, Regulation & Policy, Technology, Transition, Vision

    Among numerous energy transition initiatives, the ones that stood out the most this week were enacted by governments which truly do have the power to bring about the long-overdue upgrade to our energy landscape.

  • Nauticus Robotics kick-starts its international expansion with new operating bases

    19 January 2023
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Collaboration, Market Outlooks, Outlook & Strategy

    Nauticus Robotics has started its international expansion strategy for 2023 and beyond with the initiation of its operations in Norway and the United Kingdom.

  • Rovco Makes New Appointments

    2 April 2020
    Business & Finance

    Rovco has made a number of key executive team hires and internal appointments, which will be based in Bristol and Edinburgh. Reena Rowan has been appointed as chief financial officer at Rovco. She has previously held senior finance positions within Innogy and a number of PE-backed organisations across the offshore wind, oil, gas and telecommunications […]

  • Balmoral’s Montrose composites facility on track for subsea and offshore renewables industries

    5 December 2022
    Business Developments & Projects, Equipment, Infrastructure, Market Outlooks, Operations & Maintenance, Outlook & Strategy, Ports & Logistics, Technology

    Aberdeen-based Balmoral Comtec has completed the installation of its manufacturing plant at its new composites facility at Montrose Port that will produce composite structures for subsea and offshore renewable energy sectors.

  • Tekmar nets £6M in contracts for delivery in 2021

    3 September 2020
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects

    Subsea protection specialist Tekmar has recently secured a number of contracts with an aggregate value of over £6 million due for delivery in 2021 financial year. During August, Tekmar Energy and Pipeshield International won multiple contracts to supply subsea asset protection and stabilisation technologies to energy companies and tier one contractors for a major offshore […]

  • Welsh business hires Scottish wave energy power take-off unit

    9 October 2020
    Business & Finance, Innovation, Research & Development, Technology

    Marine Power Systems (MPS) has selected Quoceant as a contractor for the delivery of the first stage of WaveSub energy device’s power take-off design.

  • Scottish Oil Club Rebrands

    29 November 2019
    Business & Finance

    The Scottish Oil Club has announced a relaunch, with a new name and refreshed branding that better reflects its role as a discussion forum for professionals from across the energy sector. Newly named ‘The Scottish Energy Forum’, the organisation will continue to host presentations on the economic, industrial, technological and political aspects of petroleum and […]

  • Wello’s Penguin set for 2-year trial at BiMEP test site

    15 September 2020
    Business Developments & Projects, Research & Development, Technology, Transition

    Finnish technology developer Wello has chosen the Basque test site to trial its latest Penguin wave energy converter. This year, Wello will install its floating WEC at the BiMEP marine energy test site off the coast of Armintza. Consequently, a deal was signed this month and the device should be installed in the second half […]

  • UK pours £31.6 million into floating wind demo projects

    25 January 2022
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Innovation, Technology

    The UK Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) has awarded £31.6 million (approximately €37.7 million) in grant funding to eleven projects through the Floating Offshore Wind (FOW) Demonstration Programme. With an aim of reducing costs as well as increasing the rate of deployment of floating wind turbines, the funding will support demonstration of […]

  • Plans for new floating wind project revealed in Spain, green hydrogen production included

    26 October 2021
    Business Developments & Projects, Collaboration

    A joint venture between Spanish companies BlueFloat Energy and Sener has revealed plans for one of the first floating offshore wind farms in Andalusia, Spain. The project is planned to have an installed capacity of 300 MW and to potentially power green hydrogen production. Called Mar de Ágata, the floating wind farm would be located […]

  • Shell brings North Sea field back online, as FPSO revamp enables gas production alongside oil

    18 April 2023
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production, Project & Tenders

    Shell has completed the restart of operations at a field in the UK North Sea, after ensuring gas will be produced along with oil.

  • Bombora welcomes former chairman of Scottish Renewables

    9 April 2020
    Human Capital

    Ocean energy company Bombora has appointed Ronnie Bonnar to its board of directors. Ronnie Bonnar is a former chairman of Scottish Renewables, and currently holds several non-executive directorships focused on renewable energy, including the Offshore Renewable Energy Catapult. He brings over 15 years of senior management experience in the renewables sector, enhancing Bombora’s leadership team […]

  • Geophysical survey completed for Swedish offshore wind farm

    1 November 2022
    Business Developments & Projects, Operations & Maintenance, Project & Tenders

    Clinton Marine Survey, on behalf of OX2, has carried out a geophysical survey for the Galatea-Galene wind farm offshore Sweden. The survey of about 370 square kilometres was carried out by Clinton Marine Survey’s Northern Storm vessel over a five-week period and included both the wind farm area and the planned cable corridors to shore. […]

  • Valaris drillship breaks free of moorings and collides with bulk carrier – gallery

    14 March 2022
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Vessels

    A Valaris drillship and a bulk carrier have collided in Pascagoula, Mississippi with both vessels sustaining damage as a result.

  • In focus: More green hydrogen projects gaining ground

    17 June 2022
    Business & Finance, Infrastructure, Project & Tenders, Research & Development

    Green hydrogen, often seen as a critical enabler of the global transition to sustainable energy and net zero emissions economies, continues to be a major subject of interest for the industry players worldwide. The recent surge in activity in the market is opening the door for new developments with one of them being the project […]

  • Uncrewed tandem deploys offshore Scotland

    3 June 2021
    Technology, Vessels

    Two uncrewed vessels remotely controlled from shore have travelled up to 40 kilometres offshore into the North Sea to undertake survey work for Berwick Bank and Marr Bank Offshore Wind Developments, owned by SSE Renewables. The XO-450 Uncrewed Surface Vessels (USVs), owned and operated by XOCEAN, performed multiple nearshore and offshore cable route surveys in […]

  • Technology de-risking at NUI Galway set to usher in new age for marine renewables

    27 January 2021
    Business Developments & Projects, Innovation, Research & Development, Technology

    A research team in the SFI MaREI Centre at NUI Galway has made a significant contribution to technology development in the marine energy sector, by delivering three full-scale structural testing programmes to de-risk blade components to allow for commercial and operational trials in Alaska and Scotland.

  • Breathing new life into oil rigs

    2 January 2023
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Infrastructure, Innovation, Outlook & Strategy, Project & Tenders, Vessels

    While the oil & gas infrastructure needs to be retired at the end of service life, does this have to be the end for these giant beasts?

  • Motive snaps up Flowline Specialists

    8 December 2020
    Business & Finance, Equipment

    Motive Offshore has acquired subsea equipment experts Flowline Specialists for an undisclosed figure. The deal, which was finalised last week, is the latest development in Motive’s growth trajectory, bringing its headcount to approximately 200 and bolstering existing capabilities in the UK, Norway and UAE, whilst further increasing its European footprint. Established in 2001, Flowline designs, […]

  • MPS seeks to enlist experts for megawatt-scale platform and wave system designs

    9 July 2021
    Business Developments & Projects, Collaboration, Equipment, Innovation, Outlook & Strategy, Project & Tenders, Research & Development, Technology

    Welsh marine energy developer Marine Power Systems (MPS) has launched the procurement process for engineering design works related to its wave energy converter and floating offshore energy platform demonstrators.

  • UK turns to renewables and low-carbon power to bolster energy security

    4 April 2023
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Carbon Capture Usage & Storage, Environment, Exploration & Production, Market Outlooks, Outlook & Strategy, Project & Tenders, Regulation & Policy, Rules & Regulation, Transition

    The UK is pivoting towards renewable and low-carbon energy in a push to strengthen energy security, says the Energy Industries Council (EIC).

  • Offshore rigs could be ‘stepping stones’ for non-native species

    6 August 2020
    Business Developments & Projects, Environment, Infrastructure, Regulation & Policy, Research & Development

    Scientists from around the UK, led by the Heriot-Watt’s International Centre for Island Technology, are investigating marine life connected to the rigs, pipelines and other infrastructure in the North Sea.

  • Peterson brings its carbon neutral aspirations closer to reality

    15 February 2022
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Environment, Outlook & Strategy, Transition

    Energy logistics provider Peterson has made progress in advancing its aim of reaching a carbon neutral status by the end of 2022.

  • UK’s first HVDC cable factory receives planning approval

    30 June 2022
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Infrastructure, Project & Tenders, Regulation & Policy

    The North Ayrshire Council Planning Committee has granted planning permission for XLCC to build the first HVDC subsea cable factory in the UK. The HVDC subsea cable manufacturing facility, which will be located in Hunterston, Scotland, received the planning approval on 29 June. Construction is expected to begin in the coming months, and once fully […]

  • Teamwork adapts Symphony to North Sea waves

    16 July 2020
    Research & Development, Technology

    Dutch tech developer Teamwork Technology has redesigned its Symphony wave energy system to fit North Sea wave characteristics. Symphony’s initial design was for the Atlantic waves as seen at the coast of Portugal or Scotland. Symphony is a point absorbing WEC that converts the wave motion into an internal water flow under the water surface. […]