Business Developments & Projects
Morlais tidal energy scheme hires environmental helping hand
Menter Môn, the manager of the Morlais tidal energy project, has awarded a contract to UK-based engineering and environmental consultancy HR Wallingford related to environmental monitoring services.
Spanish developer visits site of its first commercial-scale tidal energy array in Wales
Anglesey tidal energy scheme, Morlais, has welcomed Spanish company Magallanes Renewables on the site of its planned first commercial-scale tidal energy array.
IRENA and GE to jointly support decarbonisation and energy security goals
International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) and American General Electric Company (GE) have signed a framework agreement to collaborate on a plan which will support both climate change and energy security. The agreement, signed at the COP27 in Egypt, will see IRENA and GE collaborate across severa
Vattenfall issues tender call for repair and maintenance work
Vattenfall has issued a call for tenders under which it will award a framework agreement for cable testing and fault-finding services for its offshore wind farms in Europe. The tender is divided into three lots. The company is looking to award a framework agreement with a maximum of five contractors
Prysmian wins major contract for landmark Middle East interconnection project
Prysmian Group has won a €60 million contract to lay the submarine cables for the Project Lighting interconnection project in the United Arab Emirates. Prysmian entered into a €220 million limited notice to proceed in January with Samsung C&T, as part of its EPC consortium with Jan De Nul, for the p
Wello inks deal to deploy 12MW wave energy park in Taiwan
Finnish company Wello has signed a contract with Sin Mao Group to deploy a 12MW wave energy park in Taiwan.
Danes open €5.5 million tender for environmental studies of new offshore wind areas
The Danish transmission system operator (TSO) Energinet has opened a tender for consultancy services for a number of marine environmental studies for the new areas in the North and Baltic Seas, planned to house up to 7.2 GW of new offshore wind capacity in Denmark.
Aquaterra eyes long-term integrity of carbon capture and storage sites with new tool
UK-based Aquaterra Energy has unveiled a new CO2 management platform for long-term monitoring and sustained integrity of underwater carbon capture and storage (CCS) sites. The integrated solution is said to provide monitoring of both sub-surface fiber optic seismic arrays, as well as dissolved CO2 g
Norway spearheading low-emission rig adoption, says Westwood
Westwood has found that Norway leads the way in the adoption of emission-reducing modifications for offshore rigs.
Pavilion Energy, Gasum & CNOOC to bolster global LNG bunker network
Pavilion Energy, Gasum, and CNOOC Gas and Power Group have signed a Heads of Agreement (HoA) for strategic collaboration to strengthen a global LNG bunker supply network for their customers in the world’s top three bunkering regions, namely Singapore, North West Europe, including Amsterdam, Rotterda
Orcadian Energy gets North Sea license extension
The North Sea Transition Authority (NSTA) has granted oil and gas development company Orcadian Energy a one-year extension for license P2244, which contains the Pilot oilfield. The Second Term of the license was due to expire at the end of this November and has now been extended to the end of Novemb
Dunlop: The environmental price to pay if we fail to act is high
The shipping industry is waking up to the fact that it needs to do something now to decarbonize, and ESG rightfully sits firmly alongside safety as a key decision driver in the industry, Matt Dunlop, Sustainability & Decarbonisation Director at V.Group said in an interview with Offshore Energy. Matt
Second well in Black Sea drilling campaign days away from being back on stream
Trillion Energy is anticipating the restart of production from the second well in its 2022 – 2023 drilling programme this week.
World’s largest LNG-powered cruise ship christened
MSC Cruises, the cruise division of Swiss shipping giant MSC Group, has held a naming ceremony for the world’s largest LNG-powered cruise ship and one of the first to incorporate fuel cell technology, MSC World Europa.