Operations & Maintenance
Albatros Lands On Siemens Gamesa’s Desk
Following the 497-megawatt (MW) order for the EnBW Hohe See offshore wind farm, EnBW has also awarded Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy with the installation of the neighboring 112MW EnBW Albatros.
Highlights of the Month: May 2017
Four Scottish Offshore Wind Projects Back in Business The Inner House of the Court of Session, Scotland’s supreme civil court, has overturned the ruling which halted further development of four wind projects with a total capacity of 2,284MW in the Firth of Forth and Firth of Tay. France Pre-Selects
Highlights of the Month: May 2017
Four Scottish Offshore Wind Projects Back in Business The Inner House of the Court of Session, Scotland’s supreme civil court, has overturned the ruling which halted further development of four wind projects with a total capacity of 2,284MW in the Firth of Forth and Firth of Tay. France Pre-Selects
Video: SeaPower Platform winter trials off Ireland
The Marine Institute of Ireland has provided an overview of the testing activities on the SeaPower wave energy device undertaken at the SmartBay marine renewables test site.
Life DemoWave clears permitting hurdles
Life DemoWave project has secured a permit to deploy wave energy converters for trials off the coast of Galicia, Spain.
HIE’s year end results show strong push for wave energy
Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE) has through its subsidiary Wave Energy Scotland approved £12.4 million in 2016/17 for wave energy development projects.
Eriksson Diving: Wreck of S/S Dorita Discovered
Swedish subsea contractor Eriksson Diving said it has discovered a shipwreck in the Bothnian Sea, which is believed to be the S/S Dorita. The cargo vessel was carrying iron ore from Sweden to Germany and was sunk in 1916 by a Russian submarine using a torpedo. The wreck is said to be positioned insi
Siemens Gamesa Charters Seacat Catamarans for Galloper O&M Work
Seacat Services and Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy have signed a 2-year charter deal to support early Operations & Maintenance (O&M) activity at the 336MW Galloper wind farm off Suffolk.
Trelleborg Introduces New Buoyancy Module System
Trelleborg’s offshore operation recently developed a new standardized buoyancy module system. The Sstandardized buoyancy module is made up of small elements that stack together to increase the overall uplift of the complete distributed buoyancy module. The buoyancy segments are designed to mechanica
Bourbon, Kongsberg Partner on Offshore Digitalization
French vessel owner and offshore services provider Bourbon and Kongsberg Maritime now signed a strategic agreement of collaborative development on connected and autonomous vessels. The two companies said they will execute joint projects to develop new ways of efficient operations in the offshore ser
Tocardo installs floating tidal device at EMEC
Dutch tidal energy developer Tocardo Tidal Power has completed the installation of its floating tidal turbine at the European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC).
Lewek Constellation Gets Swan Hunter Flexlay Spread
Swan Hunter has completed mobilisation and commissioning of a flexlay spread onto EMAS Chiyoda Subsea’s multi-lay vessel Lewek Constellation for flexible risers installation. The lay equipment comprises Swan Hunter’s new-build loading tower complete with tensioner, a 26-meters basket carousel provid
Interview: Device mimicking coral reef raises waves off Spain
Bilbao-based wave energy company Arrecife Energy Systems is making progress on the development of its wave energy system whose design was inspired by the coral reefs and their efficiency in absorbing the energy of the waves.
Reach Subsea Revenues Fall
Norwegian contractor Reach Subsea has narrowed quarterly loss, but saw revenues decline 55 percent during the first quarter of 2017. For the quarter, Reach Subsea booked net loss of NOK 12.8 million, or NOK 0.11 per share, on revenue of NOK 38.3 million, versus net loss of NOK 14.7 million, or NOK 0