Business Developments & Projects
First geotechnical surveys completed for TotalEnergies and SSE’s offshore wind project
The first geotechnical seabed surveys for TotalEnergies and SSE Renewables’ 500 MW Seagreen 1A offshore wind farm in Scotland have been completed. Phase two of the geotechnical works is expected to commence later this year and should take around two weeks to complete. Seagreen 1A lies adjacent to th
Shearwater bags its fifth CCS survey in last two years
Norway’s Shearwater GeoServices is set to deliver a seismic survey for a carbon capture and storage (CCS) project in the UK during the summer. Shearwater secured a contract for Spirit Energy’s recent carbon storage license award by the UK’s North Sea Transition Authority (NSTA), located in the Morec
MHI’s CO2 capture technology selected for low-carbon hydrogen plant in HyNet cluster
Japanese engineering company Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) has signed a license agreement with its U.S. counterpart KBR to provide CO2 capture technology for a low-carbon Hydrogen Production Plant 2 (HPP2) being established in Cheshire in northwest England. The HPP2 project, owned by Essar Group
Actemium: New onshore power facility in Vlaardingen ready for use
Dutch company Actemium Nederland has provided an onshore power supply (OPS) installation for Rotterdam Shore Power (RSP), a joint venture between energy company Eneco and the Port of Rotterdam Authority.
DOF to recycle Shell’s North Sea subsea infrastructure
DOF Group has secured a subsea engineering procurement removal and disposal (EPRD) contract with Norske Shell, a subsidiary of the UK-headquartered energy giant Shell, in the Atlantic region. DOF will deliver an integrated solution of project management, engineering, design, analysis and survey for
Yara invests in electrolysis technology firm to boost hydrogen production
As part of the ambition to decarbonize fertilizer production and enable the hydrogen economy, Yara Growth Ventures, an investment arm of Norwegian Yara International, has invested in Dynelectro, a Danish innovator that develops technologies to unlock the potential of solid oxide electrolysis (SOE).
Once sea trials are out of the way, Stena drillship going back to Guyana
One of the drillships owned by Stena Drilling, an offshore drilling contractor, has completed its 15-year special period survey (SPS).
Nexans wraps up export cable pull-in job offshore Scotland
France-headquartered Nexans has completed the offshore export cable pull-ins for both offshore substation platforms at the 882 MW Moray West wind farm, located in the Moray Firth in the northeast of Scotland. The cable-laying vessel Nexans Aurora took advantage of a recent period of favorable weathe
ORE Catapult: 10 technology innovations key to 80% cost reduction of UK tidal energy
A new report by the Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult has identified ten technology innovations, subsea hubs among others, that could result in an 80% cost reduction in tidal stream energy, making it lower than current nuclear energy prices if successfully commercialized. The ten technology i
Shell-Worley collab continues with new contract for Rotterdam hydrogen plant
UK-based energy giant Shell has awarded Australian engineering company Worley a contract under which the latter will provide detailed design, procurement and construction management support services for the delivery of the Holland Hydrogen 1 (HH1) facility in the Port of Rotterdam. The services incl
Retrofitting passenger ships with methanol is less attractive option, report finds
A full methanol retrofit for passenger ships is a less commercially attractive prospect than the use of blended fuels (Blend B30), heavy fuel oil (HFO), and heavy fuel oil equipped with onboard carbon capture and storage technology (oCCS), a new report from classification society Lloyd’s Register ha
Two more CO2 storage areas up for grabs offshore Norway
The Norwegian Ministry of Energy is inviting applications for two areas for CO2 injection and storage in the North Sea, representing the sixth time acreage is being announced for CO2 storage on the Norwegian Continental Shelf (NCS). The Norwegian Ministry of Energy announced two areas for CO2 storag
Spain awards €2.1M for Carnegie’s CETO wave energy device deployment
Carnegie Clean Energy’s wholly-owned subsidiary Carnegie Technologies Spain has secured a €2.1 million grant from the Basque Energy Agency to support the deployment of its CETO wave energy device at Biscay Marine Energy Platform (BiMEP) in the Basque Country. The grant has been awarded by Ente Vasco
Winds of change sweep across UK’s energy sector
The UK has decided to pull out of the Energy Charter Treaty (ECT) and prolong the windfall tax on oil and gas producers’ profits.