Operations & Maintenance
8.2 Consulting and Aarufield Form Renewables Consultancy in UK
German renewables specialists 8.2 Consulting AG has joined forces with the offshore wind advisory, Aarufield, to announce an integrated UK-based consultancy offering technical, commercial and financial advice to wind, solar and biomass industry players – 8.2 Aarufield. Both 8.2 Aarufield partners br
AgileTek Wraps Up Walney Extension Subsea Power Cable Study
London based AgileTek has completed a multi-phase study on subsea power cables for the Walney Extension offshore wind farm. The 660MW wind farm is located in the Irish Sea, around 19 km west of the Walney Island coast in Cumbria. Working directly with project developer DONG Energy, the study involve
DONG Building Burbo Bank O&M Base in Merseyside
DONG Energy will build a new operations and maintenance (O&M) facility in Kings Wharf, Seacombe, Merseyside, to serve the existing 90MW Burbo Bank offshore wind farm and the new 258MW Burbo Bank Extension offshore wind farm, currently under construction. The facility will consist of a new office and
Search Teams Find EgyptAir MS804 Black Boxes
Search teams have found and retrieved black box recorders of the EgyptAir flight MS804. According to Reuters, the cockpit voice recorder was retreived on Thursday following an extensive serch in the Mediterranean Sea, where the airplane crashed. The Airbus A320 crashed en route from Paris to Cairo o
Shoreline Improves Its Offshore Wind O&M Software
Shoreline has made Balance of Plant (BoP) O&M modelling available within its MAINSYS™ tool, which includes foundations, inter array cabling, and substations. The tool allows choosing and placing BoP components and model failure, their service and associated cost, as well as defining interdependencie
Highlights of the Week
Subsea World News has put together a recap of the most interesting articles from the previous week (June 13 – June 19). Ezra Holdings, Chiyoda Corporation and Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha (NYK) have entered into a binding agreement for NYK to invest in EMAS CHIYODA Subsea (ECS), which is currently
VBMS Wraps Up Sandbank OWF Cable Installation Project
VBMS has completed cable installation and post-lay burial for Vattenfall’s Sandbank offshore wind farm. A total of 76 inter-array cables were installed and post-lay buried within a limited time frame of approximately two and a half months. VBMS deployed its multipurpose vessels Ndurance and Ndeavor
Bard Offshore 1 Clocks Up 3 TWh of Generated Power
Bard Offshore 1 marked another first for German offshore wind farms after recently generating 3 TWh of electricity since first starting to produce power in 2013. The wind farm has generated 1 TWh of electricity since November 2015, when Ocean Breeze Energy announced the wind farm reaching the 2 TWh
EC OKs Boskalis’ Acquisition of VolkerWessels’ Offshore Businesses
The European Commission has approved the acquisition of VolkerWessels Offshore by Boskalis. The Commission concluded that the proposed acquisition would raise no competition concerns, because it would not significantly change the market structure. A Letter of Intent (LoI) to acquire offshore activit
NOF Energy diversifies into tidal, wave sectors
NOF Energy, a UK-based business development organisation, has expanded its services to new energy sectors including tidal and wave.
NEMOS powers ahead with wave energy system
German-based wave energy developer NEMOS has manufactured the full-scale power-take off unit for its wave energy system.
MultiClient Geophysical’s Employees Take Pay Cut
Oslo-listed MultiClient Geophysical (MCG) said it has reduced employee compensation by close to 30% compared to 2015 as part of the company’s cost cutting measures in order to improve its position in a challenging market environment. The cost saving exercise has been carried out through voluntary sa
LDD Supports Offshore WindForce on Wikinger Project
LDD, an Acteon company, has collaborated with UTEC and MENCK to deliver a total foundation solution, including a subsea pre-piling template (PPT), to Offshore WindForce WIK (OWF). OWF, a joint venture between Boskalis and Volker Stevin International, is contracted by Iberdrola Renewables Offshore De
Hughes SSE Acquires Survey Vessel
Hughes SSE has acquired a survey vessel MV Line to support its survey capabilities. After a short refit the MV Line will be re-named MV Cerys Line and will be working on a number of Hughes SSE’s current and forthcoming projects. Hughes SSE said it will regain the vessels current crew, and they will