Mojo Maritime, a part of James Fisher Marine Services (JFMS), has, together with Ecole Centrale de Nantes, enabled Floatgen to supply energy to the French electrical grid from the SEM-REV marine energy test site, near Le Croisic in France. Ecole Centrale de Nantes and Mojo Maritime worked at the Flo
The Floatgen floating offshore wind turbine is now ready to supply clean energy to the French electrical grid, after Mojo Maritime replaced a defective connection box at the SEM-REV test site, which was preventing an electrical connection to marine energy converters.
Swansea-based wave energy developer Marine Power Systems (MPS) has recently relocated its WaveSub prototype to the site where it will be put through its paces shortly. WaveSub’s ‘smooth sail’ to FaBTest – located off the coast of Cornwall – has been captured in a newly released video.
Polarcus, a Dubai-based seismic contractor, has recorded an increase in its vessel utilization during the second quarter of 2018. Quarterly vessel utilization increased to 85 percent from 75 percent in the second quarter of 2017. On the contracted basis the vessel activity has increased 6 percent, f
Minesto has initiated the commissioning program of its first tidal energy project in commercial scale in North West Wales, with initial sea trials of the company’s DG500 tidal energy converter taking place in Holyhead harbour and the Holyhead Deep site. “The activities in Holyhead are progressing we
Spanish Grupo JIS has acquired a stake in wave energy developer Arrecife Energy Systems under an agreement that will result in the build-out of the latter’s first wave energy prototype.
Australian-based Carnegie Clean Energy has revealed the plan to sell its solar and battery storage business Energy Made Clean (EMC) to ASX-listed Tag Pacific – an investment house with a focus on niche areas of the power industry – for a 32% stake in the buyer.
Seacat Services has been awarded a new charter agreement for the Beatrice offshore wind farm, following two previously signed contracts under which two of its vessels are already supporting the works at the project site off Scotland.
DeepOcean has received a contract to perform marine operations on Equinor’s Troll Phase 3 project in the North Sea. Equinor submitted the plan for development of the Phase 3 of Troll field to the Ministry of Petroleum and Energy on Tuesday. The award to DeepOcean covers project management, engineeri
Manor Renewable Energy has completed the design phase and tank testing of a new 40-metre technician support vessel that the company plans to have built in 2019.
Port of Dover has signed a four-year contract with VRT Finland to provide detailed underwater inspections of the port structures to ensure safe port operations. Effective immediately, the four-year contract covers the delivery of underwater inspections between 2018 and 2021 for the entire 3.45 squar
INTECSEA has secured a contract by ConocoPhillips Australia to provide subsea Front End Engineering Design (FEED) services for the Barossa development located offshore North Australia. The scope of work awarded to INTECSEA includes the FEED engineering for infield rigid flowline system, gas export p
Equinor has submit the plan for development of the next phase of the gigantic Troll field on the Norwegian continental shelf (NCS) to the Ministry of Petroleum and Energy. “The third phase of the Troll development realizes 2.2 billion barrels of oil equivalent, it has a break-even of less than USD 1
Oregon State University has purchased a five-acre parcel along the central Oregon coast that will be the shore-based facility for converting wave energy captured from a test site to be located about seven miles offshore into utility-grid accessible power.
