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  • UK: Partrac Reports Busy 2012

    7 February 2013
    Business & Finance

    In completing over 85% of all energy resources assessments for the domestic scene, Partrac have established themselves as the leading survey company able to deliver high quality data from these environments. Technical Director Kevin Black said: “We have just completed internal reviews for our 2012 Annual  Report, and last year was an exciting year for […]

  • Faroe Petroleum Announces Operational Update (UK)

    26 February 2013
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

    Faroe Petroleum, the independent oil and gas company focusing principally on exploration, appraisal and production opportunities in the Atlantic margin, the North Sea and Norway, provides an operational update. The Company currently has two exploration wells Rodriguez South (Faroe 30%), Norwegian Sea and North Uist (Faroe 6.25%), West of Shetland. Planned near term exploration wells […]

  • Australian Govt Gives Go Ahead to Abbot Point Mega Coal Port

    22 December 2015
    Business & Finance

    This morning the Australian Government announced the go ahead for Adani’s Abbot Point coal port on the country’s Great Barrier Reef coast, a move which is expected to make the port one of the world’s biggest coal ports. The proposed action is expected to include capital dredging, onshore placement and reuse of dredge material at […]

  • SELKIE guides drones to cheaper tidal energy surveys

    2 December 2021
    Business Developments & Projects, Collaboration, Equipment, Innovation, Outlook & Strategy, Research & Development, Technology

    The partners in the EU-backed SELKIE project are making progress on the development of drone methodology, set to improve the measurements of surface currents at tidal stream sites.

  • UK: Siemens Installs 6 MW Wind Turbine

    14 October 2013

    Siemens has now installed a market-ready version of its new 6 megawatt (MW) gearless wind turbine on the test site of the power utility SSE, the UK’s largest generator of renewable energy. Together with its customer, Siemens plans to carry out final testing at the site before going ahead with series production for the UK […]

  • Orbital Marine launches world’s most powerful tidal turbine

    23 April 2021
    Business Developments & Projects, Collaboration, Innovation, Operations & Maintenance, Outlook & Strategy, Research & Development, Technology

    Scottish tidal energy company Orbital Marine Power has launched its 2MW tidal turbine O2 from the Port of Dundee, sending it on its way to Orkney for commissioning and installation.

  • Marine Mammal Monitoring Equipment Testing Concluded

    26 April 2019
    Equipment, Operations & Maintenance

    The Balmoral Subsea Test Centre in Aberdeen has carried out hydrostatic tests on equipment that will be used to monitor the interaction between tidal turbines and marine mammals in the Pentland Firth. The linear actuators that were tested form part of a marine mammal monitoring station anchored to the sea floor. Utilizing both passive- and […]

  • Blue-GIFT Project Backs Nine Ocean Energy Companies

    3 December 2019
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Research & Development, Storage, Technology

    The first call for applications of the €2.5-million Blue-GIFT (Blue Growth and Innovation Fast Tracked) project ended in September with a successful outcome for nine companies. Funded by Interreg Atlantic Area, the Blue-GIFT project is a coordinated ocean energy technology demonstration programme, encouraging longer-term demonstration and technology de-risking across the Atlantic Area regions. The 1st […]

  • ESB Takes Stake in Neart na Gaoithe as Construction Kicks Off

    28 November 2019

    The EDF Group has launched the construction of the Scottish Neart na Gaoithe (NnG) offshore wind farm project along with the new partners, the Irish electricity company ESB, which is taking a 50% stake in the project. The 450MW Neart na Gaoithe will consist of 54 turbines and will be located in the North Sea […]

  • The Crown Estate Appoints Legal Advisors to Energy and Infrastructure Portfolio (UK)

    16 July 2013
    Business & Finance

    The Crown Estate today announced that it has appointed Norton Rose Fulbright and Bond Dickinson to sit on the legal panel for its energy and infrastructure portfolio. The two firms recently emerged from a competitive tender process which aimed to consolidated legal advice across an extremely diverse portfolio. Norton Rose Fulbright will be responsible for […]

  • UK: Voith Receives Prize for Outstanding International Achievement in Green Energy

    22 December 2011
    Business & Finance

    Voith Hydro Wavegen, the Scottish Voith subsidiary for wave energy, has won an award for Outstanding International Achievement in Green Energy. With the award the Scottish Council for Development and Industry (SCDI) recognized the delivery of the world’s first full life commercial wave power plant in Mutriku in Northern Spain. Mutriku’s breakwater now houses a […]

  • Lower Block 02 of HMS QUEEN ELIZABETH Ready for Its Departure to Rosyth Yard

    18 May 2012

    The public in Portsmouth caught their first glimpse of the giant forward section of HMS QUEEN ELIZABETH, as it was loaded out of the hall at BAE Systems’ facility at Portsmouth Naval Base in preparation for its departure to Rosyth. Using a fleet of remote controlled transporters, a team moved the 6,000 tonne section, known […]

  • Ireland: Marubeni and Mainstream Agree EUR 100 Million Equity Investment

    5 August 2013
    Business & Finance

    Global wind and solar developer, Mainstream Renewable Power and Japanese Trading Company Marubeni Corporation today agreed a €100 million equity investment deal which sees Marubeni gaining a circa 25% holding in Mainstream. The deal, which is subject to shareholder approval, represents the largest single equity investment in the company’s five and a half year history. […]

  • Deepwater Horizon: Five years later

    20 April 2015
    Exploration & Production

    Today marks the fifth anniversary since the Deepwater Horizon oil spill disaster, offshore Louisiana, USA, in which eleven men died. Their bodies were never found. The incident happened on April 20, 2010, when the Transocean-owned semi-submersible drilling rig exploded, causing the oil from the BP-operated Macondo well to flow freely into the U.S. Gulf of […]

  • USA: Army Corps Issues Permit for Newport Bay Dredging

    29 January 2013
    Business & Finance

    Regulators from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Los Angeles District issued a federal permit to the City of Newport Beach, Division of Harbor Resources on Jan. 10 for maintenance dredging activities in Newport Bay, located in the city of Newport Beach, Orange County, Calif. The permit was issued pursuant to section 10 of the […]

  • Top News of 2017 – Editors’ Picks

    2 January 2018

    The Offshore WIND editorial team brings you a list of what, in our opinion, were the most significant developments in the offshore wind industry in 2017. Germany Accepts First Subsidy-Free Offshore Wind Auction Bid Germany’s Bundesnetzagentur has selected three offshore wind projects by DONG Energy and one project by EnBW in the first auction for […]

  • Shell to slash more jobs

    25 May 2016

    LNG giant Royal Dutch Shell said it will increase the number of job cuts by at least 2,200 to ensure the company is competitive in a ‘lower for longer’ oil price environment. This would bring the total number of staff and direct contractor roles leaving Shell from the start of 2015 to the end of 2016 […]

  • Waveram concludes tank tests for streamlined wave energy device

    19 September 2022
    Business Developments & Projects, Collaboration, Equipment, Innovation, Outlook & Strategy, Research & Development, Technology

    The Waveram project consortium, led by Ireland-based company Waveram, has recently completed a tank testing campaign at FloWave as part of the first phase of the EuropeWave program.

  • Ireland: Marubeni and Mainstream Agree EUR 100 Million Equity Investment

    5 August 2013
    Business & Finance

    Global wind and solar developer, Mainstream Renewable Power and Japanese Trading Company Marubeni Corporation today agreed a €100 million equity investment deal which sees Marubeni gaining a circa 25% holding in Mainstream. The deal, which is subject to shareholder approval, represents the largest single equity investment in the company’s five and a half year history. […]

  • Mid-Barataria Permitting Process Reduced

    20 April 2018
    Business & Finance

    The Federal Permitting Improvement Steering Council (Permitting Council) has successfully reduced the permitting timetable by 22 months on the proposed Mid Barataria Sediment Diversion Project (Mid Barataria Project), allowing all permit decisions to be finalized by 2020. As the General Services Administration (GSA) announced yesterday, this expedited timeline should allow the State of Louisiana to […]

  • UK: Crown Estate Posts Profit of GBP 252.6 Million

    27 June 2013

    The Crown Estate announced another record financial result, posting a profit of £252.6 million which they pay entirely to the UK Treasury for the benefit of the nation’s finances. Profit for the year was up by 5.2 per cent on last year and capital value rose by over 7 per cent to more than £8.6 […]

  • CCC: Queensland Government Removes Environmental Protection (Australia)

    6 July 2012

    Environmentally concerned citizens and landholders are disgusted with the cavalier attitude of the Queensland Government which has chopped the funding for Environmental Defenders Office (EDO), an independent community environmental legal service. EDO has a great reputation for the quality and relevance of its casework, law reform and educational work and fills a much needed gap […]

  • Providence Completes Seismic Inversion Study on Drombeg Prospect (Ireland)

    12 November 2012
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Research & Development

    Providence Resources P.l.c., the Irish oil and gas exploration and production company, provides a technical and resource update on Licensing Option 11/9 (“Drombeg”). Providence (80%, Operator) and Sosina Exploration (20%) were awarded Licensing Option 11/9 (“Drombeg”) as part of the 2011 Irish Atlantic Margin Licensing Round. The Drombeg prospect lies in c. 2,500 metre water […]

  • Providence: Drombeg Could Hold 872 MMBO (Ireland)

    12 November 2012
    Business & Finance, Project & Tenders

    Providence Resources P.l.c., the Irish oil and gas exploration and production company, provides a technical and resource update on Licensing Option 11/9 (“Drombeg”). Providence (80%, Operator) and Sosina Exploration (20%) were awarded Licensing Option 11/9 (“Drombeg”) as part of the 2011 Irish Atlantic Margin Licensing Round. The Drombeg prospect lies in c. 2,500 metre water […]

  • Dredging Today Conference: Climate Change Is Real, Better Be Prepared

    2 November 2017
    Business & Finance

    Climate change is real, so better be prepared. Everybody, personally and also as an industry, should make a contribution in fighting climate change.  That was the final thought of our first Dredging Today Conference, beautifully put by Mr Mark van Zanten, Senior Project Manager Water, Royal HaskoningDHV. At the conference, held in Amsterdam on October […]