The SWARMs European project, of which ACCIONA is a member, is developing vehicles capable of performing complex tasks in underwater environments autonomously, i.e. without the need for human intervention, using Artificial Intelligence. The use of this type of underwater autonomous vehicles will redu
Following Alpha Offshore’s recent announcement on achieving a 56% increase in blade inspection operations this year, the company said the rise was mostly due to it now doing business under the umbrella of Sparrows Group, along with offshore wind sector’s progress and Alpha Offshore’s experience and
Scotrenewables Tidal Power has launched a comprehensive company-wide rebranding to Orbital Marine Power, together with public debentures offer to support the buildout of its Orbital O2 tidal energy turbine.
WavEC Offshore Renewables has organized a seminar that will present major projects on offshore renewable energies and aquaculture, reinforced by discussions on challenges and opportunities that lie in both sectors.
Coretrax said it has saved a North Sea operator more than £500,000 during a well abandonment campaign in the UKCS. The independent wellbore clean-up and abandonment specialist was selected to support the decommissioning of 11 wells and has already saved 28 hours rig time on one well alone. The proje
ECE Offshore’s OASYS cable monitoring system has monitored its 100th cable during the installation the Hornsea One export cable installation campaign by the cable-laying vessel Lewek Connector. This milestone was achieved together with DEME’s subsidiary Tideway Offshore Solutions. Reinier Nagtegaal,
GeoSea, a part of DEME, has received a contract from Ørsted for the transportation and installation of 94 foundations and turbines for the Borssele 1 & 2 offshore wind farm in the Netherlands. Borssele 1 & 2 is located 23 km from the Dutch coast and will have a total capacity of 752 MW. GeoSea will
TGS and Spectrum have joined forces and expanded the Santos 3D program to 15,000 square kilometers over the prospective southern Santos Basin offshore Brazil. TGS and Spectrum will be equal partners with data processing and imaging to be performed by TGS. The survey covers an area south of the high-
UK-based marine services company Stewart Marine has hired Dutch shipbuilder Neptune Marine to make a bespoke EuroCarrier 2611 vessel for offshore renewable energy services.
Spanish companies and research centers have joined forces to design a durable load prediction technology to optimize the anchoring systems of marine renewable energy devices.
EDS HV Group (EDS), part of James Fisher and Sons, has completed its scope of work at the European Offshore Wind Deployment Centre (EOWDC), also known as the Aberdeen offshore wind farm. EDS was sub contracted by Boskalis for the cable termination and testing work. EDS completed the cable terminatio
Subsea construction vessel Rem Saltire has been awarded a long-term contract by an undisclosed large international offshore company. The contract is scheduled to start in December 2018. CEO of Rem Offshore, Fredrik Remøy, said: “The award of this significant contract in a challenging market demonstr
One of the repaired Andritz Hydro Hammerfest (AHH) tidal turbines has been mobilized for reinstallation at the MeyGen tidal turbine array in the Pentland Firth, off Scotland.
A mobile offshore port concept being developed by Vuyk Engineering Rotterdam in combination with efficient installation vessels could reduce the transport and installation time on offshore wind projects by nearly 20%, the Dutch engineering specialist said.
