Equinor Wind US has hired Ocean Infinity for survey work on one of the first-ever floating offshore wind farms on the US West Coast. Under the terms of this contract, Ocean Infinity will undertake a comprehensive site investigation survey using multiple AUVs (Autonomous Underwater Vehicles) simultan
Norwegian seismic companies PGS and TGS are merging their businesses to create what they say will be a full-service geophysical data company, pursuing potential in new energy with complementary technology offerings for carbon capture and storage (CCS) and offshore wind. TGS and PGS agreed on the pri
Last week’s G20 summit in India concluded with mixed progress on environmental issues. The leaders hailed the ambitious new renewable energy goal to “pursue and encourage efforts to triple renewable energy capacity globally” by 2030. However, the gathering was marked with lingering disagreements and
A total of 14 companies have been awarded 21 licenses in the UK’s first-ever carbon storage licensing round – said to have the potential to store almost 10% of UK greenhouse gas emissions. The North Sea Transition Authority (NSTA) announced on 15 September that 14 companies had accepted licenses in
TotalEnergies, Petrobras and Casa dos Ventos Holding, a joint venture between TotalEnergies and Casa dos Ventos, have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to assess opportunities for joint development of low-carbon hydrogen and renewable energy projects in Brazil, including offshore wind. Unde
The European Parliament has voted to boost the deployment of renewable energy, setting the goal to increase the share of renewables in the EU’s final energy consumption to 42.5% by 2030.
All inter-array cables have been laid at the 589 MW Changfang and Xidao offshore wind farms in Taiwan, according to Dennis Sanou, CEO of Changfang Xidao Offshore Wind Farms at Copenhagen Offshore Partners. The installation of approximately 73 kilometres of 66kV inter-array cables that are used to co
German offshore wind services provider WINDEA Offshore and marine data acquisition company Subsea Europe Services have entered a strategic sales partnership to provide autonomous surveying for the offshore wind industry. The two companies plan to deliver hydrographic survey and underwater inspection
A new report by Robert Gordon University has found that the UK offshore energy workforce can increase by up to 50% from over 150,000 in 2023 to 225,000 by the end of the decade with new renewable jobs outnumbering oil and gas roles if a successful transition is achieved.
Denmark-headquartered NKT has signed a long-term contract with a European company for the supply of copper rod that will be used for cables destined for offshore wind projects. To secure the supply of copper for its production of power cables, NKT signed an agreement with Polish copper supplier KGHM
Cable-laying operations for the inter-array cables are about to begin at the 800 MW Vineyard Wind 1 offshore wind farm in the US. The work, carried by Jan De Nul’s vessel Isaac Newton, will begin with array cable lines five and six. The vessel will remain on-site until early October, said Vineyard W
Van Oord has christened the newest member of its fleet, a next-generation, custom-built cable-laying vessel in the Netherlands.
Weening the world off fossil fuels and developing clean alternatives was bound to be hard even in perfect circumstances, but the latest global developments are bringing into question if any of the current efforts to decarbonize and reach net zero are even achievable in the given time-frames. Case in
Van Oord and Ecowende, a joint venture of Shell and Eneco, have agreed to collaborate on the construction of the Hollandse Kust West VI offshore wind farm, with the contract(s) for the work to be signed later this year. This will be the most ecological wind farm yet, said Van Oord, whose contract(s)
