Aker BP and Aker Solutions have formed an alliance to deliver modification projects on three of Aker BP’s fields. “We have worked closely with Aker Solutions for many years and are proud to establish this alliance – perhaps the first and largest of its kind on the Norwegian shelf. The agreement is i
The Institute of Marine Research, shipowner Torvald Klaveness, Kongsberg and the Norwegian Shipowners’ Association have entered into a public-private partnership to develop a pilot project with the aim of mapping marine plastic and other environmental parameters vital to the health of the oceans. Th
In support of the development of the Morlais tidal energy demonstration zone – Menter Môn, the manager of the project, hired Gloucester-based specialist Ocean Ecology to conduct a marine ecology survey at the site in North Wales.
Offshore cables of the Combined Grid Solution – Kriegers Flak interconnector have been installed, 50Hertz, one of the developers of the project, informed. 50Hertz and Energinet plan to establish the Kriegers Flak – Combined Grid Solution (CGS) to connect the national grid to offshore wind farms in t
Marine Energy Wales has welcomed the recent deployment of WaveSub, highlighting the capacity of marine energy sector to act as a catalyst for positive cross-border collaboration within the United Kingdom.
The University of Bristol is hosting a major conference that will seek to address the research and development challenges in the marine energy sector, including wave, tidal stream, tidal range and offshore wind.
Australian wave energy developer Carnegie Clean Energy, and its German counterpart NEMOS, have reinforced their long-running collaboration with the inclusion of Albany Wave Energy Project to the joint activities.
Royal IHC has held a keel laying ceremony for Subsea 7’s new reel-lay vessel. The naming ceremony took place in Royal IHC shipyard in Krimpen aan den IJssel, the Netherlands, on Thursday, where Subsea 7 revealed that the vessel will be named Seven Vega. The chosen name is the winning suggestion of a
The second generation of wave energy modules, installed in Greece by German developer SINN Power, have produced clean electricity usable within the off-grid system.
The Ministry of Petroleum and Energy has approved the plan for development and operation (PDO) for the Equinor’s Snorre Expansion Project. Investments of just above NOK 19 billion will increase recovery from the Snorre field by almost 200 million barrels and extend the field life beyond 2040, Equino
Two tidal turbines, equipped with range of sensors, have been redeployed in Northern Ireland for research purposes as part of the third phase of the Tidal Turbine Testing (TTT) project.
Marking its 200th anniversary, and in support of UK government’s Year of Engineering – The Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) has added the European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) to the list of the 200 inspirational and world-changing projects across the globe.
NKT has been awarded a contract by Ørsted to supply offshore export cable system for the Hornsea 2 offshore wind farm in the UK. The contract, worth over EUR 145 million, will see NKT supply more than 190 kilometers of 220 kV high-voltage AC XLPE for the Hornsea 2 wind farm which has a capacity of [
The e-Drive project team has launched the Edinburgh Wave Systems Simulation Toolbox primarily designed for the simulation of wave energy converters.
