Operations & Maintenance
SMC Monitoring Race Bank Turbine and Inter-Array Cable Installation
North Yorkshire-based Specialist Marine Consultants has won a contract to provide client representatives to monitor turbine installation and inter-array cable installation works on DONG Energy’s 573MW Race Bank offshore wind farm off North Norfolk.
SMC Monitoring Race Bank Turbine and Inter-Array Cable Installation
North Yorkshire-based Specialist Marine Consultants has won a contract to provide client representatives to monitor turbine installation and inter-array cable installation works on DONG Energy’s 573MW Race Bank offshore wind farm off North Norfolk.
Advance Global Recruitment Secures Saipem Contract
Advance Global Recruitment (AGR) has been awarded a multi-year contract by Saipem Survey Department, to provide offshore survey and positioning services rendered through AGR personnel. According to the Edinburgh-based company, the contract will begin in April 2017, and will run through until 2020. A
Statoil Throws Down Offshore Wind Turbine O&M Innovation Challenge
Statoil is seeking proposals for equipment and procedures to facilitate efficient heavy maintenance operations on floating and far offshore wind turbines without the use of jack-up vessels or large floating crane vessels.
Minesto awards load cells supply contract
Minesto has hired a Berkshire-based company Applied Measurements for the supply of load cells to be used for Deep Green tidal plant.
Statoil Detects Oil and Gas Near Gimle Field
Norwegian oil and gas major Statoil, operator of Gimle Unit and production licence 193, has made a minor oil and gas discovery in wildcat well 34/10-55 S. The well was drilled from the Gullfaks C platform to a structure east of the Gimle field, about 7 kilometres northeast of the Gullfaks field and
ROV Finds R116 Helicopter Wreckage
A remotely operated vehicle (ROV) has identified a location of the wreckage of Coast Guard R116 helicopter on the seabed on the Eastern side of Black Rock in Ireland, Marine Institute informed. The R116 is believed to have crashed into the sea on March 14, after it hit an island. The Dublin-based se
Iberdrola Opens Wikinger O&M Base
Iberdrola has opened the Operation & Maintenance (O&M) building for the 350MW Wikinger offshore wind farm in the Mukran Port.
DCNS Energies bolsters Brittany marine renewables ties
DCNS Energies will collaborate with the French region of Brittany to develop sites suitable for large-scale tidal and floating wind farms deployment.
Intertek presents study on tidal range energy
Intertek has published a study on the influence of storm surge on tidal range energy as part of tidal energy research done in collaboration with leading academic institutions.
Saipem and Siemens Ink Subsea Technology Pact
Saipem and Siemens have signed a joint development agreement aimed at qualifying and promoting an open standard subsea control systems for Saipem’s Subsea Bus architecture based on Siemens Subsea DigiGrid. Siemens will through its Subsea entity support Saipem in realizing the Saipem Subsea Bus archi
Wavepower sets up R&D center in Ireland
UK-based wave energy developer Wavepower Technologies plans to establish a research and development office in Ireland, creating up to 10 advanced engineering research jobs.
MeyGen nears 400MWh of tidal power generation
Atlantis Resources has revealed that in the first three weeks of March, the average generation at MeyGen has been sufficient to power the equivalent of 1,250 UK homes.
Damen to Build German Fisheries Research Vessel
The German Federal Office for Agriculture and Food has signed a contract with Damen Shipyards Group for the construction of a Fisheries Research Vessel. With the vessel, to be called the Walther Herwig, the German Federal Ministry for Food and Agriculture (BMEL) will support Germany’s fisheries and