Significant progress is being made to create a multi-purpose and future energy-ready port in Pembrokeshire as part of redevelopment plans that will enable greater flexibility for developers and marine businesses looking to test new marine energy devices and launch and recover vessels.
After working on finalising the agreement for export cables for the Baltic Power offshore wind farm in Poland this summer, the cable supplier NKT has now signed the order for the Polish project. In June, NKT said it was finalising the contract with Baltic Power, the joint venture the Polish PKN Orle
RWE has selected DeepOcean as the preferred supplier of inter-array cable installation for the Nordseecluster A offshore wind project, the first of the two phases of RWE’s Nordseecluster development in the German part of the North Sea. The contract could also see the subsea services provider perform
OX2 and Finland’s Ålandsbanken Fondbolag have completed underwater nature field surveys of two of its Noatun offshore wind projects near Åland in the Baltic Sea. The project team said it has used innovative methods to explore the underwater environment where the Noatun Norra (Noatun North) and Noatu
TDI-Brooks has added a new 75-meter-long research vessel to its fleet that is set to perform subsea services once it completes a retrofit program. Nautilus, formerly Nautical Geo, offers offshore assistance with subsea services, construction aid, exploration, production, remotely operated vehicle (R
The Netherlands Enterprise Agency (RVO) has awarded Arup B.V. the contract for the development of an integrated ground model (IGM) and a geotechnical interpretative report for the Nederwiek Zuid Wind Farm Zone (NWWFZ) in the Netherlands. The contract, with a value of around €1.5 million (excluding V
Flotation Energy has awarded Rovco a contract to carry out a geo-environmental survey at its planned Cenos floating offshore wind farm, 200 kilometres off the northeast coast of Scotland. Located in the Central North Sea, the 1.4 GW floating offshore wind project will cover approximately 333 square
Danish and Belgium transmission system operators (TSOs) have awarded a Dutch company with a contract to deliver consultancy services for an interconnector that will link the high-voltage grids in Belgium and Denmark through two energy islands in the North Sea. Denmark’s Energinet and Belgium’s Elia
As the world faces record-breaking high temperatures, the offshore energy sector is trying to stay on the net-zero course – embracing its extensive role in the energy transition. In this process, the industry is dealing with the following goals: to provide energy that is secure, affordable and lower
French transmission system operator Réseau de Transport d’Electricité (RTE) has issued a contract notice seeking contractors to perform unexploded ordnance (UXO) survey for the connection of the AO6 Méditerranée and AO7 Oléron offshore wind farms. Through this contract notice, RTE’s objective is to
China-based companies specializing in ocean-based heavy lift transport COSCO SHIPPING Specialized and Guangzhou Salvage have concluded a joint venture deal leading to the creation of a fleet of 18 semi-submersible vessels by the end of 2023. Commercial management of the fleet will be handled by the
Ocean Winds, a joint venture between EDP Renewables and Engie, has started geotechnical surveys at the Caledonia offshore wind farm site in Scotland. Sediment from deep borehole samples from across the Moray Firth site should provide geotechnical data to allow further planning of the project’s engin
Fugro has reported a revenue of over €1 billion for the first half of 2023, representing a 24.1% growth from €833 million in the first half of 2022, said to be due to continued high client demand in energy markets, in particular for offshore wind site characterization solutions and related nearshore
Benthic, a geo-services brand in Acteon’s Data and Robotics division, has completed a site investigation comprising cone penetration tests (CPTs) at the MFW Bałtyk II and MFW Bałtyk III offshore wind farm sites in the Polish Baltic Sea. The tests were done using the company’s portable remotely opera
