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  • Partrac Reports Busy 2012 (UK)

    8 February 2013
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

    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 […]

  • Marine Mammal Monitoring Equipment Testing Conducted

    26 April 2019
    Operations & Maintenance, Research & Development, Technology

    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 […]

  • APM Terminals to become operator of new eco-friendly terminal in Louisiana

    19 November 2021
    Ports & Logistics

    Container terminal operator APM Terminals, part of A.P. Moller Maersk, has signed a letter of intent with Plaquemines Port, Harbor and Terminal District (PPHTD) to become the operator of a newly planned container terminal and intermodal rail facility in Louisiana.

  • 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 […]

  • Sea loch in Scotland could turn multi-use offshore test site

    14 November 2018
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Research & Development, Technology

    Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE) has developed a ‘concept for industry’, outlining vision for the new multi-use offshore test and demonstration campus in Loch Linnhe, in west Scotland.

  • 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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • Consortium to develop green H2 production barge concept for harbor use

    16 September 2021
    Vessels

    UK consortium has been awarded a research and development (R&D) project to develop a green hydrogen production barge under the Clean Maritime Demonstration Competition (CMDC).

  • E.ON to Invest in Airborne Wind Tech Demo Site. Teams Up with Ampyx Power

    11 April 2017
    Business & Finance, Project & Tenders, Research & Development, Technology

    E.ON has announced that it will invest in the development of a demonstration site for airborne wind technology in County Mayo in Ireland, and that it entered into a collaboration agreement with Ampyx Power as the first user of the test site.

  • 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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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. […]

  • 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. […]

  • Ala Wai Project Designs Presented

    18 October 2018

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Honolulu District, recently completed a three-day Ala Wai Flood Risk Mitigation Project Design Charrette in Honolulu. USACE together with stakeholders from the governor’s office, mayor’s office, State of Hawaii Department of Land and Natural Resources discussed proposals for the construction of this $345 million project. “An opportunity to execute […]

  • 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 […]