A Vestas V29 wind turbine nacelle has been installed on the PivotBuoy floater at the port of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, and the structure is now only a few steps away from the commissioning phase at the PLOCAN test site in the Canary Islands. The assembly operations started in December 2020 at Hidr
U.S. President Joe Biden has signed an executive order to halt new oil and gas leasing but which the Department of the Interior (DOI) claims will “help restore balance on public lands and waters”.
Offshore Wind Consultants (OWC) has set up its own energy yield assessment service capability for offshore wind projects. As part of the move, OWC appointed Okan Sargin to head up the new integrated service offering for offshore wind developers. The team led by Sargin will support clients with early
Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Co. (GLDD) has appointed Eleni Beyko as Senior Vice President for offshore wind to lead the company’s entry into the market. Beyko will be responsible for developing GLDD’s offshore wind operations, including strategy and business development, tendering and project executio
Rethinking traditional wave energy converter designs, the researchers at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) have started developing the next-generation cost-competitive wave energy system – a variable-geometry oscillating surge wave energy converter (OSWEC) placed on a raised foundation
K2 Management has been awarded a four-year contract for construction monitoring on the first two phases of the 3.6 MW Dogger Bank offshore wind farm, Dogger Bank A and Dogger Bank B. The construction monitoring for the project began in late 2020 and will run until Dogger Bank A & B start commercial
French floating wind start-up Eolink, a company supported by the Marine Energy Alliance (MEA) project, has been declared a winner at BlueInvest 2021 Awards.
Subsea technology company Rovco has announced a record year for 2020, delivering £7.5 million ($10.3 million) in revenues – mostly from offshore wind and also a 286 per cent overall increase on 2019. 2020 also saw the winning of new contracts and growth of backlog that now stands over £16 million ($
Pacific Green Technologies (Shanghai) has entered into a framework agreement with SINOPEC Star to work on a portfolio of projects that includes offshore wind, among others. Under the agreement, the Chinese companies will provide design, development engineering and consulting services for projects in
Croatian oil and gas company INA-INDUSTRIJA NAFTE, d.d. (INA) plans to diversify into renewable energy and is specifically considering offshore wind and solar energy developments in the country. At an energy conference held on 26 January, INA’s Director of Strategic Operations and Public Affairs, Hr
A research team in the SFI MaREI Centre at NUI Galway has made a significant contribution to technology development in the marine energy sector, by delivering three full-scale structural testing programmes to de-risk blade components to allow for commercial and operational trials in Alaska and Scotl
Dutch oil and gas major Shell has agreed to take a majority stake in a 1 GW floating wind project offshore Ireland. Shell New Energies, the renewable energy trading, generation, and supply arm of Shell, has signed an agreement with Simply Blue Energy to acquire 51 per cent in Simply Blue Energy’s Ki
The American Bureau of Shipping (ABS) will class the first U.S.-flagged Jones Act service operation vessel (SOV). The SOV will be engineered, constructed, and operated by Edison Chouest Offshore (ECO) for long-term charter to service the Revolution Wind, South Fork Wind, and Sunrise Wind offshore wi
Prysmian is taking a step forward on its path to improve the sustainability of its operations, by making its Finland submarine cable plant, the company’s excellence centre also for green energy consumption. The Pikkala plant is strategic for Prysmian because it is a centre of excellence for producti
