Operations & Maintenance
IEC Technical Committee to Discuss New Wind Farm O&M Standard
The International Electrotechnical Commission’s (IEC) Technical Committee will discuss a newly proposed global wind farm Technical Specification, IEC61400-28, at its upcoming meeting in Glasgow in April. The initiative introduces the concept of independent verification of the strategies for equipmen
ØER Gets Princess Amalia Contract
ØER A/S, a subsidiary of NorSea Group’s NSG Wind, has won a contract to provide offshore exchange and commissioning services of main components at Eneco’s Princess Amalia offshore wind farm.
ØER Gets Princess Amalia Contract
ØER A/S, a subsidiary of NorSea Group’s NSG Wind, has won a contract to provide offshore exchange and commissioning services of main components at Eneco’s Princess Amalia offshore wind farm.
Subhub getting closer to hit Fall of Warness waters
Edinburgh-based engineering consultancy QED Naval is completing final stages of Subhub tidal platform commissioning ahead of its deployment at the European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC).
Prysmian to Build Isle of Capri-Sorrento Subsea Cable
Prysmian Group has secured a contract worth around €40 million for a new submarine cable connection between the isle of Capri and Sorrento (Naples). The contract has been awarded by Terna Rete Italia S.p.A., a company fully owned by Terna S.p.A., the Italian transmission system operator. The project
VBMS Pulls In First EOWDC Export Cable
VBMS has pulled ashore the first export cable for Vattenfall’s 92.4MW European Offshore Wind Deployment Centre (EOWDC) located in the Aberdeen Bay, Scotland.
Harland and Wolff Sends Off Borkum Riffgrund 2 Suction Buckets
Harland and Wolff has manufactured and exported 24 suction buckets for the Borkum Riffgrund 2 offshore wind farm to ST3 Offshore’s serial manufacturing plant in Stettin, Poland.
Creadis Settles in Lowestoft to Serve UK Offshore Wind Sector
Danish-headquartered company Creadis, focused on asset management and operations and maintenance (O&M), has opened its first UK base on the East of England coast, in the in OrbisEnergy building in Lowestoft, to serve the UK offshore wind sector.
TechnipFMC, Island Offshore Join Forces in Riserless Well Intervention
TechnipFMC has signed an agreement with Island Offshore to acquire 51% stake in Island Offshore Subsea. Island Offshore Subsea provides riserless light well intervention (RLWI) project management and engineering services for plug & abandonment (P&A), riserless coiled tubing and well completion opera
Ireland to invest over €2.5M for next-gen energy RD&D
The Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI) has set aside over €2.5 million in a research fund to support cutting-edge research, development and demonstration energy projects in 2018.
CTC presents new protective coating for marine renewables
Spanish-based research foundation Technological Centre of Components (Centro Tecnológico de Componentes – CTC) has presented an innovative coating said to be able to protect marine devices from corrosion for more than two decades.
Fugro to Survey Havfrue Cable Route
TE Subsea Communications (TE SubCom) has contracted Fugro to carry out a cable route survey for the proposed Havfrue cable system. The nearly 8,179 kilometers subsea cable system is comprised of a trunk cable connecting New Jersey, USA to the Jutland Peninsula of Denmark with a branch landing in Cou
Deepocean Charters Polar Onyx
GC Rieber Shipping has entered into a time charter agreement with Deepocean for the SURF vessel Polar Onyx for a fixed period of three years with options to extend by up to two years. The Polar Onyx will be used in Ghana to support Deepocean’s contract with Tullow Oil. The contract starts immediatel
WATCH: Ecosse Subsea Systems Shows Off SCARJet Trencher
Ecosse Subsea Systems (ESS) has completed detailed design and manufacture, supported by a number of industry experts, in order to develop the SCARJet trencher. In November 2016 ESS announced it will invest up to £3 million in developing a water-jetting tool with potential to double trench production