Operations & Maintenance
Kinewell Energy: KLOC Cuts Cable Costs and Electrical Losses
Kinewell Energy has re-designed an existing offshore wind farm in a case study which demonstrated that its new software, KLOC, could have saved the developers 3% of the installed cable cost had the technology been available when the wind farm was designed. The North East of England based company use
Subsea 7 Picks MeteoGroup for Weather Forecast Services
Subsea 7 has appointed MeteoGroup as its offshore weather forecasting provider for UKCS and Canada operations. MeteoGroup should provide meteorological and metocean consultancy and services to help maximise operational efficiency. The contract includes forecasting for fixed locations, specific sites
MMT, Reach Subsea to Work on NEMO Project for DCNS
MMT has been awarded a contract for the OTEC (Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion) NEMO project by DCNS. The project is jointly developed by DCNS and its partners with purpose to characterize the geophysical and geotechnical context of the area of an offshore power plant with a floating platform and a p
A&P Falmouth to refit Wello’s Penguin
A&P Falmouth has won the contract to refit Wello Oy’s Penguin wave energy device ahead of its Wave Hub deployment later this year. A&P Falmouth is to conduct maintenance operations on Finnish wave energy developer’s Penguin wave energy device, before the scheduled summer deployment at Wave Hub test
DONG Sets Up Burbo Bank Construction Base in Birkenhead
DONG Energy has signed a lease for construction base facilities at the Cammell Laird site in Birkenhead to serve as the focal point for the construction of the 288 MW Burbo Bank Extension offshore wind farm. It is expected that the site will employ up to 50 people, with the UK supply chain further b
DONG Sets Up Burbo Bank Construction Base in Birkenhead
DONG Energy has signed a lease for construction base facilities at the Cammell Laird site in Birkenhead to serve as the focal point for the construction of the 288 MW Burbo Bank Extension offshore wind farm. It is expected that the site will employ up to 50 people, with the UK supply chain further b
OSBIT Power Expands to Deliver ITFs for Helix Vessels
OSBIT Power has secured additional facilities at the Port of Blyth to deliver its largest project yet to Helix Energy Solutions. In an agreement with the Port, the company will utilise its facilities on a 12-month basis to manufacture three sets of intervention tension frames (ITFs). The systems, ea
Technip to Build Foundations for Finland Offshore Wind Project
Technip Offshore Finland will manufacture subsea foundations for the world’s first offshore wind farm suitable for icy conditions, which will be built by Finish wind farm production company Suomen Hyötytuuli Oy. The construction of the offshore wind farm is scheduled to kick off this spring. The OWF
Atlantis to decommission SeaGen
Atlantis Resources, an Edinburgh-based tidal energy developer, plans to decommission the SeaGen S tidal device installed at Strangford Lough, Northern Ireland. Following the acquisition of Marine Current Turbines, together with its seabed rights, existing projects, and intellectual property, which i
DONG Seeks Third Party O&M Services for Danish Offshore Wind Turbines
DONG Energy is looking for a third party provider of O&M for wind turbines at three of its offshore wind farms in Denmark. The offshore wind farms include Anholt, Horns Rev 2, and Nysted, comprising a total of 274 turbines, for which DONG Energy is in charge in terms of O&M. However, due to lack of
Nexans Expects EUR 150M Impairments
Nexans will book asset impairments of approximately 150 million euros due to commodities price decline in the second half of 2015, the French subsea cable specialist said on Tuesday. According to Nexans, aproximatelly two thirds are related to goodwill and intangible assets and one third to tangible
VIDEO: Tidal environmental monitoring solutions
Tidal Energy Ltd (TEL) has released a video explaining the environmental monitoring solutions incorporated in its recently deployed DeltaStream tidal energy device. In order to assess the environmental impacts, particularly regarding marine mammals and potential collisions, TEL has built a remote ac
MPS concludes WaveSub pump testing
Marine Power Systems (MPS), a Swansea-based wave energy developer, has completed the testing of the prototype pump for its WaveSub wave energy converter. The pump was deployed in the pickling pond, a tidal lagoon in Pembroke Port prior to being recovered for testing. The aim of the pump testing was
Aker Solutions Gets Concept Study for Johan Castberg FPSO
Aker Solutions has secured an order from Statoil to provide a concept study for a floating production, storage and offloading facility for the Johan Castberg oil field development in the Barents Sea. The order is a call-off by Statoil on an engineering contract for Johan Castberg won by Aker Solutio