Operations & Maintenance
Van Oord Deploys Osbit Monopile Cleaning Tool at Walney
Osbit has delivered a hybrid monopile cleaning tool to Van Oord, designed to support the installation of offshore wind turbine foundations. The hybrid marine growth cleaning tool is currently supporting a project at the Walney 3 & 4 offshore wind farm in the Irish Sea, where Van Oord has been tasked
Siemens and Nexans Land DolWin6 Prize
Siemens has received another order from the German-Dutch grid operator, TenneT TSO, for a grid connection for offshore wind power plants in the German waters of the North Sea. The company will supply the entire technology for efficient direct-current transmission for the “DolWin6” grid connection. T
WES hunts for PTO gatekeepers
Wave Energy Scotland (WES) is looking to appoint external experts who will provide independent assessments of the projects that will proceed to the next stage of WES’ power take-off (PTO) development program.
Akastor Cuts Loss and Some 470 Employees
Oilfield services investment company Akastor recorded loss of NOK 321 million ($39 million) for the second-quarter 2017 compared to loss off NOK 832 million ($101.6 million) same time last year. The Oslo-listed company as a group generated some 34 per cent lower revenue (NOK 873 million) in the seco
Centrica and Bayerngas Join Forces to Form New E&P Company
Centrica and Stadtwerke München (SWM) have reached an agreement to combine Centrica’s European oil and gas exploration and production (E&P) business with Bayerngas Norge to form a newly incorporated joint venture and create an independent European E&P company. The Joint Venture will have two shareho
Nova to study Bardsey Sound potential for tidal generation
Nova Innovation has received an agreement for lease (AfL) from The Crown Estate to explore the potential of Bardsey Sound for tidal power generation.
Statoil Makes Minor Gas Find in Barents Sea
Statoil and partners ENI and Petoro have made a small gas discovery in the Blåmann well, between the Snøhvit and Goliat fields in the Barents Sea. Recoverable volumes are estimated at 1.5-3 billion standard cubic metres (BCM), approximately 10-20 million barrels of oil equivalent (BOE). The well was
Nova Moves Forward with Bardsey Sound Tidal Energy Project
Nova Innovation has teamed up with renewable energy organisation YnNi Llŷn to develop a tidal energy project at Bardsey Sound (Ynys Enlli) off the Llyn Peninsula in north Wales. The Crown Estate has awarded Nova Innovation an Agreement for Lease for the project which enables them to start fully expl
Top news, July 10 – 16, 2017
Tidal Energy Today has compiled the top news from tidal and wave energy industry from July 10 – 16, 2017.
Strumble Head tidal energy project gets funding push
The local community action group for the Pembrokeshire area Transition Bro Gwaun has reportedly secured a little over £93,000 to develop a tidal energy project off Wales.
Dutch plan floating islands powered by waves and tides
Maritime Research Institute Netherlands (MARIN) has tested the concept for floating mega island which could be powered by tidal and wave energy.
Andritz turbines surpass 100MWh in less than one week
Two Andritz Hydro Hammerfest (AHH) tidal turbines have generated more than 100MWh of clean energy to the UK grid in less than one week after their redeployment at MeyGen site.
PHOTO: Subsea 7 Installs Culzean Export Pipe
An export pipeline for the Maersk Oil Culzean field in the UK North Sea has been laid by Subsea 7. According to Maersk Oil’s latest update, Culzean’s export pipeline has been laid safely and on time by Seven Borealis, the 182-meter pipelay and heavy lift vessel. Subsea 7 secured the subsea, umbilica
C-Job Unveils Offshore Wind O&M Vessel of the Future
C-Job Naval Architects has unveiled an initial design of an offshore wind Operations & Maintenance (O&M) vessel capable of servicing the needs of next generation far offshore wind farms.