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  • UK to add almost 11GW of clean energy capacity as it moves away from fossil fuels

    7 July 2022
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Collaboration, Equipment, Infrastructure, Market Outlooks, Outlook & Strategy, Project & Tenders, Regulation & Policy, Technology, Transition

    The biggest ever round of UK government’s flagship renewables auction scheme has secured record capacity of almost 11GW of clean energy, to be delivered across a range of clean technologies, including offshore wind, solar, onshore wind, and for the first time ever – floating wind and tidal energy.

  • Marineco UK Orders First-Ever Damen High Speed Support Vessel 2610

    4 September 2010
    Business & Finance, Vessels

    Damen Shipyards Group is proud to announce the sale of its first-ever Twin Axe Catamaran, the Damen High Speed Support Vessel (HSSV) 2610, which is particularly suited for the offshore wind industry. Marineco UK, based in Edinburgh, Scotland, recently signed for the new HSSV 2610 with an option for a second. The Scottish firm already […]

  • Norwegians working to salvage troubled Eemslift Hendrika

    7 April 2021
    Vessels

    The Dutch-flagged cargo ship Eemslift Hendrika, which was abandoned yesterday after listing in rough seas, is still in danger of capsizing and poses an environmental hazard, according to the Norwegian Coastal Administration. It remains drifting, around 40-50 nautical miles west of Ålesund. The cargo ship was battling waves of up to 18 meters, and 18-20 […]

  • Plans are in motion to electrify giant North Sea oil & gas field with floating wind farm

    24 December 2021
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Collaboration, Environment, Exploration & Production, Project & Tenders, Transition

    CNOOC Petroleum and Flotation Energy are working on a project, which would see one of the UK’s largest oil and gas assets electrified with power from a floating offshore wind farm.

  • COVID-19: A pivot point for the energy transition

    30 June 2020
    Market Outlooks, Outlook & Strategy, Transition, Vision

    The COVID-19 pandemic has been an eventful time during which many steps were taken by governments, political organizations, the EU, and oil companies to plan a faster, more efficient, and more impactful energy transition. Here we look at a sequence of events working in favour of the transition to greener energy during the coronavirus pandemic.

  • UK: Aberdeen Harbour Submitts Directions for Growth Document to NPF

    11 December 2012
    Business & Finance

    Aberdeen Harbour Board has submitted a Directions for Growth document to the National Planning Framework (NPF), in response to its call for candidate developments. The document outlines the findings from an ongoing feasibility study, which was launched in September to assess the viability of potential expansion options for a new or improved harbour facility. Three […]

  • Ofgem OKs transmission investments needed for UK’s 2030 offshore wind target

    30 December 2022
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Infrastructure, Outlook & Strategy, Project & Tenders, Regulation & Policy

    Ofgem has approved the strategic electricity transmission reinforcements required to deliver the UK Government’s 50 GW offshore wind by 2030 target, set out as part of the regulator’s Accelerated Strategic Transmission Investment (ASTI) framework. The decision confirms that all SSEN Transmission projects identified by the Electricity System Operator (ESO) as required to meet 2030 offshore […]

  • Nova Innovation showcases tidal turbine ahead of installation in Canada

    12 May 2022
    Business Developments & Projects, Collaboration, Equipment, Innovation, Market Outlooks, Outlook & Strategy, Regulation & Policy, Technology

    Scottish company Nova Innovation has welcomed Nova Scotia’s premier Tim Houston at its facilities to showcase the first turbine to be deployed in the waters of Petit Passage in July 2022.

  • New reports outline potential of ocean energy at Western Australia’s southern tip

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

    Researchers at the University of Western Australia’s Marine Energy Research Centre (MERA) have released two reports highlighting the ocean energy potential of Western Australia’s Albany region.

  • CorPower builds world’s largest wave energy test rig

    10 August 2021
    Business Developments & Projects, Collaboration, Equipment, Innovation, Outlook & Strategy, Research & Development, Technology

    Swedish wave energy company CorPower Ocean has constructed the world’s largest wave energy test rig following an intense two-year project.

  • WATCH: New documentary shines a light on workers behind winds of change in UK’s offshore energy industry

    24 January 2023
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Carbon Capture Usage & Storage, Collaboration, Environment, Exploration & Production, Human Capital, Market Outlooks, Outlook & Strategy, Project & Tenders, Regulation & Policy, Rules & Regulation, Transition

    OEUK has launched a documentary, highlighting the workers, which are spearheading the UK’s energy transition to net-zero.

  • UK considering ban on new North Sea oil and gas exploration

    15 March 2021
    Authorities & Government, Environment, Exploration & Production, Infrastructure, Outlook & Strategy, Regulation & Policy, Transition

    The UK Government is considering declaring the beginning of the end for the North Sea oil industry with a ban on new exploration licenses.

  • OEEC 2016 – Great Success

    28 October 2016
    Business & Finance

    With 667 exhibitors, 25.000m² floor space and visitors representing 99 nationalities, Offshore Energy Exhibition & Conference 2016 (OEEC) was not only a great success, the event also grew compared to last year. A great achievement in the current offshore energy market. 11.989 people came to Amsterdam RAI to network and meet companies or to attend […]

  • SIMEC Atlantis appoints MeyGen chief as tidal power project makes progress

    9 November 2022
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Collaboration, Market Outlooks, Operations & Maintenance, Outlook & Strategy, Technology

    SIMEC Atlantis Energy has made ‘good progress’ in the delivery of its commercial-scale tidal energy array at MeyGen site in Scotland.

  • Three major industry players join forces to deliver CCUS projects in UK

    8 September 2021
    Business Developments & Projects, Carbon Capture Usage & Storage, Innovation, Outlook & Strategy, Research & Development, Technology, Transition

    Aker Solutions, Siemens Energy and Doosan Babcock have formed a consortium which will see the three companies draw upon more than 450 years of combined experience to develop technology and solutions for the growing UK carbon capture, utilization and storage (CCUS) market. The main objective of the consortium will be to deliver solutions that enable […]

  • Pharos Acquires 1200HP Subsea Cable Trencher (UK)

    16 July 2013

    Pharos Offshore Group has acquired an SMD built 1200HP cable burial tool. The Universal Trenching Vehicle (UTV 1200) is a unique low and wide Remotely Operated Vehicle (ROV) specifically designed to bury submarine power cables. Modifications to the 1200HP UTV 1200 are underway. The enhancements will facilitate more effective post lay/installation burial and improve the […]

  • Xodus Hails Subsea Cables Unit

    23 March 2020
    Business & Finance, Equipment

    Energy consultancy Xodus said it has recorded a major increase in the provision of services related to subsea power cables over the last twelve months. According to Aberdeen-based company, the number of new assignments grew by more than 50 per cent, resulting in more than 70 active work streams in 2019. This has allowed Xodus […]

  • UK and Norway chasing electrification of North Sea assets to reach climate goals

    14 June 2021
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Carbon Capture Usage & Storage, Collaboration, Environment, Exploration & Production, Operations & Maintenance, Outlook & Strategy, Rules & Regulation, Transition

    No stone is left unturned when it comes to options for reducing carbon emissions, including electrification of oil and gas assets, carbon capture usage and storage, replacing fossil with renewable sources of energy and introducing alternative fuels like hydrogen and ammonia.

  • CorPower embarks on final phase of dry-testing campaign for C4 wave device

    2 February 2022
    Business Developments & Projects, Equipment, Innovation, Operations & Maintenance, Outlook & Strategy, Research & Development, Technology

    CorPower Ocean’s first commercial scale wave energy converter – C4 – is set to undergo intensive testing to prove its performance and survivability ahead of ocean deployment.

  • SSE sheds North Sea fields to focus on renewables

    31 December 2020
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Outlook & Strategy, Transition

    Scotland-based energy company SSE plc has agreed to sell all of its interests in its portfolio of gas exploration and production assets to Viaro Energy

  • Pioneering Spirit vessel installs new Buzzard module for CNOOC – gallery

    8 July 2021
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Heavy lifting, Project & Tenders, Vessels

    CNOOC International has confirmed that the heavy lift of the Buzzard Phase II topside module onto the Buzzard ‘P’ platform was completed, using the Pioneering Spirit.

  • Build it, or buy it – Offshore wind CPPAs on the rise, ‘powered by renewables’ gains momentum

    9 July 2020
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Outlook & Strategy, Transition

    Is climate change pushing the corporate world to use as much renewable energy as possible? Or, is it because of financial reasons, such as long-term fixed prices? Or, is it „the brand kudos that comes with procuring energy from renewable sources“, as one recent report mentioned? If we are now moving faster toward a greener, […]

  • Op-ed: Tony Lewis on the exciting potential of wave energy

    28 December 2022
    Business Developments & Projects, Collaboration, Equipment, Innovation, Market Outlooks, Outlook & Strategy, Research & Development, Technology, Transition, Vision

    In an op-ed piece, Tony Lewis, chief technology officer at OceanEnergy, sheds more light on the potential of wave energy and the expectations from the WEDUSEA project, being coordinated by the Ireland-based company.

  • First mobile offshore wind turbines to be market-ready in 2024

    22 February 2022
    Research & Development, Technology

    Odfjell Oceanwind plans to order the first batch of floating Mobile Offshore Wind Units (MOWUs) later in 2022, with a plan of going into operation in 2024. The units will be operated as one fleet under Odfjell Oceanwind’s management. Odfjell Oceanwind, part of Norway’s Odfjell Group, is developing a fleet of floating MOWUs with the […]

  • Subsea 7 sees growth in revenues, expects tendering activity to remain high

    28 April 2022
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects

    Subsea 7 has reported a revenue of $1.2 billion in the first quarter of 2022, an increase of $197 million or 20% compared to Q1 2021, said to reflect strong growth in the Subsea and Conventional business unit. According to the UK-based company, the increase in revenue is impacted by significant activity on the Sakarya […]