A pre-construction survey for the Greenlink Interconnector, which will link Wales and Ireland, is set to commence in mid-July. The pre-construction survey is expected to be carried out between 16 July and 2 August, weather dependent. The work will be conducted by the GEOxyz-owned multi-disciplined s
UK energy market regulator Ofgem has granted an electricity interconnector license for the MaresConnect Interconnector that will link Ireland and Great Britain. The license, granted on 27 June, authorizes MaresConnect Limited to participate in the operation of the interconnector that will link the B
Irish marine and aerial survey company Ondine is set to begin a geophysical survey at the Lir Offshore Array located off the east coast of Ireland today, 1 July. Ondine will be completing the survey works from 1 July to 15 August, subject to weather conditions, on a 24-hour basis, seven days a week.
The Killybegs Fishermen’s Organisation and Sinbad Marine Services have proposed a floating wind farm to be built more than 50 kilometres offshore Donegal, Ireland, and have signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Swedish floating wind developer and technology provider, Hexicon, to bring the projec
Ireland’s Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications (DECC) has launched a technical consultation for the Electricity Interconnection Policy, published in 2018, in order to update it to reflect the developments that took place over the years. Published in July 2018, the National Polic
A pre-construction geophysical survey for the Greenlink, a 500 MW subsea and underground electricity interconnector that will link Ireland and Wales, is about to begin. According to Jan De Nul’s notice to mariners, the survey of the Greenlink Interconnector route will be carried out between 26 June
The Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI), together with the country’s national ocean test centre Lir NOTF, is again offering free-of-charge access to the research and testing facilities for offshore renewable energy (ORE) developers. The access programme to the Lir NOTF is designed to enab
A geotechnical survey will begin at the Codling offshore wind farm in Ireland at the beginning of June as part of the consenting process for the project. Operations are expected to commence on 6 June at the earliest and are likely to finish on 4 July, weather permitting. The works will consist of a
The Celtic Interconnector project, a subsea link that will allow the exchange of electricity between Ireland and France, has been granted planning permission by An Bord Pleanála, subject to a number of conditions.
DEME Group’s DP2 jack-up vessel Neptune is about to begin a geotechnical site investigation survey at the Arklow Bank Phase 2 offshore wind project in the Irish Sea. The aim of the survey is to provide site investigation information to facilitate the development of the Arklow Bank Wind Park off Wick
Fugro is set to kick off a geophysical survey campaign at the North Irish Sea Array (NISA) offshore wind project at the end of May. The 42-meter long survey vessel Fugro Mercator is expected to carry out the operations between 27 May and 30 June, weather permitting, at the site located off the coast
Alpha Marine is set to commence a geophysical survey campaign at the Clogherhead offshore wind farm site in Ireland, off the coast of County Louth. The survey, to be carried out by the vessel Baltic Explorer, will start around 25 May and will last until 27 July, subject to weather conditions. Alpha
