Operations & Maintenance
Fred. Olsen’s CTV to Operate on Vattenfall’s Lillgrund Offshore Wind Farm
Vattenfall has selected Fred. Olsen Windcarrier to supply a crew transfer vessel (CTV) to service the 110MW Lillgrund offshore wind farm in Sweden.
Filipino-French joint venture urges for tidal guarantees
San Bernardino Ocean Power Corp has reportedly encouraged the Philippine government’s plans to establish a single government-run guarantee agency as it would help the company attract investments.
PHOTO: Beatrice Cabling in Full Swing
Cable installation works at the Beatrice offshore wind farm construction site are advancing with Siem Offshore and Nexans carrying out their part of the subsea campaign. Nexans Skagerrak cable laying vessel is completing burial of export cable 1, while the two Siem vessels CLV Siem Aimery and Siem S
Allen Archaeology Continues Triton Knoll Onshore Surveys
Allen Archaeology is undertaking a series of geoarchaeological investigations during this and next week as part of onshore survey works on the Triton Knoll offshore wind farm.
Hydratight Delivers Record-Breaking Campaign for Statoil
Subsea connector specialist Hydratight has recently supplied three remote connectors for Statoil offshore Norway. The subsea installation, said to be an oil and gas industry first, was performed in three weeks by remotely operated equipment from the pipeline repair and subsea intervention pool (PRSI
Ampelmann Balanced Gangway Coming Before Summer 2018 (Expertise Hub VIDEO)
Ampelmann will introduce a new balanced gangway system, the S-type, in the first half of 2018, Jan van der Tempel, Ampelmann’s CEO said.
Sea Power Platform testing underway at FloWave
The developers behind the ACER2 wave energy project have started testing the Sea Power Platform at the FloWave test tank.
Gallery: Life DemoWave buoys taking shape
EU-backed Life DemoWave project is making progress with the construction of wave energy buoys that will be deployed for demonstration purposes off the coast of Galicia in Spain.
Foresight sets up green fund for UK renewables
Foresight Group has launched a new fund to invest in UK-listed renewable energy and infrastructure equities and bonds.
TWD: Floating Blade Exchange Tool Cuts Jack-Ups Out of Equation (Expertise Hub VIDEO)
Replacing a jack-up with a barge equipped with a Blade Exchange Tool to remove and install blades and other turbine components offshore leads to significant cost reductions, Guido Vletter, Project Engineer at Temporary Works Design (TWD) said.
Hydrotube Energie gets free power from tidal turbine
French hydrokinetic developer Hydrotube Energie has installed and connected its H3.V2 tidal turbine in Bordeaux, France.
Aker Solutions Grabs Johan Castberg Work Worth USD 480M
Aker Solutions has won work to support Statoil in development of the Johan Castberg field, the largest oil discovery in the Norwegian Barents Sea. The company will supply subsea production system and design the topside of the floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) facility, which will be
Statoil Files Johan Castberg Plan, Awards Major Subsea Deal
Statoil has submitted the PDO (plan for development and operation) for the Johan Castberg project on behalf of the partnership with Eni and Petoro. Several major contracts will also be awarded to Norwegian industry. “This is a great day! We have finally succeeded in realising the Johan Castberg deve
Naval Energies Plans to Reduce Headcount
Marine renewables developer Naval Energies has decided to streamline its personnel of circa 100 people in order to secure the development of the company, consolidate its growth and support its teams. It is expected that any reduction in headcount will be evenly split between France and Ireland. In F