Operations & Maintenance
UTEC Reshuffles Management
UTEC, a global survey company in subsea services group Acteon, has appointed long-term employees, Cory Goodyear, Mick Elmslie and Jonathan Watt as Business Unit Directors across its Americas and Europe and Africa business units. The announcement follows the completion of a strategic review which als
Ashtead Names UK Regional Director
Subsea equipment specialists Ashtead Technology has strengthened its leadership team with the appointment of Brett Lestrange as UK regional director. Lestrange will lead Ashtead’s UK sales and technical team to drive growth and support the company as it continues to innovate against a low oil price
ORPC ‘regenerates’ TidGen
Ocean Renewable Power Company (ORPC) is advancing its TidGen Power system with the delivery of new generator as part of the US government-funded project.
Vroon’s Subsea Support W2W Vessel Goes on Offshore Wind Job
E.ON has contracted VOS Stone for logistics support and offshore accommodation at the Arkona offshore wind farm in Germany. VOS Stone was delivered to Vroon by Fujian Southeast Shipbuilding, China in July 2017. The vessel will undergo final outfitting works in the Netherlands and be ready to start o
CMA Allows Wood-Amec Merger to Move Forward
The UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has accepted the remedy formally offered by Wood Group and Amec Foster Wheeler on August 9, 2017. This follows the CMA’s in principle acceptance on August 15. The merger is therefore now expected to complete in October 2017, following receipt of merger
Anti-corrosion materials testing underway at Bimep
OCEANIC project team has informed the second set of samples has been deployed for real sea study of fouling and corrosion at the Bimep platform, off the Spanish north coast.
PSA Completes Åsgard A Hydrocarbon Leak Investigation
The Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA) Norway has completed the investigation of the hydrocarbon leak from the S template on Åsgard A that occurred in March 2017. During the investigation several breaches of the regulations have been identified, PSA informed. The leak occurred on the evening of March
Blyth Cabling Begins as GBFs Land on Seabed
Five gravity based foundations (GBFs) have now been installed off the coast of Blyth to mark the latest stage of a pioneering offshore wind farm development using a new “float and submerge” process. EDF Energy Renewables is currently delivering the Blyth Offshore Demonstrator Wind Farm after taking
OEE on UK CfD results: Tidal to track offshore wind’s path
Ocean Energy Europe (OEE) has called for the establishment of a mechanism that would deliver the same cost-reduction results for tidal energy as those achieved in offshore wind industry.
Atlantis gazes to France as tidal loses out government subsidies in UK
The Edinburgh-based tidal energy developer said the significant cost reduction was not sufficient to allow the project to secure a CfD as it was competing with established technologies such as offshore wind.
MeyGen Subsea Turbines Lose to Offshore Wind
Atlantis’s tidal stream project in northern Scotland, MeyGen, was not awarded a contract for difference (CfD) from the Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy (BEIS) in this allocation round in respect of Phase 1C of the project. According to Atlantis, cost reduction for the Phase 1C a
TLP Secures Grid Connection for Cardiff Tidal Lagoon
Tidal Lagoon Power (TLP) has secured the grid connection for a 3,240MW capacity Cardiff Tidal Lagoon expected to generate among the cheapest electricity of all new power stations built in the UK. Tidal Lagoon Power’s chief executive, Mark Shorrock, said: “Today we have secured the grid connection fo
Cardiff tidal lagoon secures grid connection
Tidal Lagoon Power has agreed the grid connection deal with National Grid for the proposed 3.2GW Cardiff tidal lagoon project in the Severn Estuary.
Top news, September 4 – 10, 2017
Tidal Energy Today has compiled the top news from tidal and wave energy industry from September 4 – 10, 2017.