Exail’s DriX uncrewed surface vessel (USV) has finished what is said to be a first-of-its-kind fisheries research survey for assessment of the impact on biomass and fish stock before, during, and after wind farm construction. The DriX USV performed the survey offshore Massachusetts, Rhode Island, a
Following a retrofit campaign, TDI-Brooks’ new research vessel has arrived on the U.S. East Coast where it will perform offshore wind work. The RV Nautilus, formerly known as Nautical Geo, reached the shores of the East Coast on March 3 after undergoing a six-month retrofit in Las Palmas. The 75-met
Equinor and Polenergia have awarded RockWave a contract for subsurface data reprocessing for the 1,560 MW Bałtyk 1 offshore wind farm in Poland. The contract scope involves the reprocessing of sparker ultra-high resolution seismic (UHRS) data to create an optimized subsurface image. The new data wil
The developers of the 1.4 GW Cenos floating offshore wind project in Scotland are set to run a nearshore survey campaign in March to revalidate data collected in 2017 by NorthConnect, an interconnector project whose infrastructure Cenos planned to use to connect to the grid. Starting on 11 March, th
Tekmar Group has reported improved financial performance for the 2023 financial year with a revenue of £39.9 million, compared to £30.2 million in FY22. Deemed a pivotal year that saw instability in the offshore wind market, Tekmar said it had stabilized the business in 2023. Tekmar saw an adjusted
Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP) has signed a preferred supply agreement with LS Cable for the supply of offshore and onshore cables to Feng Miao 1, the company’s third offshore wind project in Taiwan. Under the agreement, Korea-based LS Cable will supply offshore export cables, inter-array
Subsea power cable manufacturer NKT and aluminium and energy company Hydro have entered into a strategic partnership to accelerate the shift towards low-carbon aluminium and increase its role in reducing the carbon footprint of power cables. As part of the partnership that aims to further decarboniz
Fugro has deployed one of its floating LiDAR buoys in the maritime area of Lithuania’s future offshore wind farm to gather wind and meteorological measurements in the Baltic Sea, which are necessary for the development of the 700 MW project. The measuring station, which was put on a special buoy, wi
Four new partners have joined the Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult’s joint industry project (JIP) to develop seabed mobility guidance for the offshore renewable sector. The 18-month project has doubled in number of partners, with National Grid, Ørsted, Vattenfall, and BP now joining RWE, Sco
Ramboll has been appointed to deliver advisory and technical support for the 600 MW Agnes Romagna offshore wind project, proposed to be built in the Italian sector of the Adriatic Sea and planned to integrate several other systems, including floating photovoltaic, battery storage and a hydrogen prod
The consortium behind the Nautical SUNRISE project has started work to develop the world’s largest offshore floating solar power installation. The €8.4 million project, supported by €6.8 million of the Horizon Europe program, started in December 2023 to execute research and development on offshore f
SSE and Equinor have scrapped plans to produce green hydrogen in the fourth phase of the Dogger Bank Wind Farm project in the UK, focusing entirely on power generation from the offshore wind farm. The decision follows the confirmation of an onshore grid connection location in the East Riding of York
Fugro has reported revenue of €2.2 billion for 2023, a 27.5% growth from €1.7 billion in 2022, said to be driven by high client demand in energy markets. For the full year of 2023, Fugro reported it had realized revenue growth on a currency-comparable basis by capturing high client demand in the off
Dutch-Norwegian floating solar developer SolarDuck, Italian independent asset manager Green Arrow Capital and New Developments s.r.l., an Italian developer, have agreed to collaborate on the development of an offshore hybrid wind-solar farm in the Gulf of Taranto offshore Italy. The three companies
