Newfoundland-based Port of Argentia and Torrent Capital have set up a joint venture company, Argentia Capital Inc, which will focus on the construction of port infrastructure, and investments in upcoming renewables and oil and gas projects. The establishment of the joint venture comes ahead of a hos
Simply Blue Group and Irving Oil have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to explore opportunities related to the development of an integrated renewable energy hub at the Irving Oil Whitegate Refinery in Ireland. The Whitegate Refinery is the country’s only refinery and a critical part of the
Corio Generation has completed a geophysical survey at the site of its 450 MW offshore wind project in Ireland, after applying for Maritime Area Consent (MAC) in June this year with an aim to compete in Ireland’s first Offshore Renewable Electricity Support Scheme which opens in early 2023. The proj
UK-headquartered subsea technology company Rovco has entered the U.S. offshore wind market with the strategic appointment of the director for the Americas. Located in New York, Mitchell Johnson has been appointed to expand the company’s global footprint and establish operations in the U.S. According
French waters offshore Saint-Nazaire are buzzing with inaugural activity today (22 September) as the country’s first offshore wind farm was officially put into operation and, in a separate event, the world’s first offshore green hydrogen production platform was launched. As reported by our sibling n
French green hydrogen technology developer Lhyfe, together with its partners, has inaugurated the world’s first offshore renewable hydrogen platform in France.
French cable maker Nexans has finalised a second US-based contract with Ørsted and Eversource to supply the export cable system for the Revolution Wind offshore wind farm. Located more than 15 miles south of the Rhode Island coast and 32 miles east of the Connecticut coast, the project will connect
Worldwide renewable energy employment reached 12.7 million last year, a jump of 700,000 new jobs in one year, according to a new report by International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA).
Texas-based engineering services company Jacobs has secured a contract with South Korean offshore wind farm project developer Elenergy to conduct a feasibility study for a new green hydrogen production and import facility in South Korea. The facility will provide locally produced and imported green
Jan De Nul has taken delivery of the new high-powered subsea trenching vehicle Swordfish from UK offshore equipment supplier Osbit. Swordfish is a purpose-built cable burial tool for the protection of subsea cables that will be used on current and future offshore wind projects. Osbit engineers compl
Rotech Subsea has secured a new contract in the U.S. after having completed a four-month cable de-burial and re-burial campaign at Saint-Nazaire, France’s first commercial-scale offshore wind farm. Rotech used its RS2 CFE equipment spread to carry out cable de-burial and re-burial on omega joints an
Vos Prodect Innovations (VPI) has been awarded a contract by Twentsche Kabelfabriek (TKF) to supply cable hang-off systems for the Hollandse Kunst Noord (HKN) offshore wind farm in the Netherlands. VPI will manufacture and deliver the low cable hang-off system to secure the inter-array cables in the
CorPower Ocean, Maersk Supply Service and Dieseko have installed the first commercial-scale UMACK anchor to support the HiWave-5 wave energy demonstration project.
International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) has released a new report, setting out urgent priorities to rapidly make more clean technologies the most affordable options in key sectors.
