Operations & Maintenance
2015 Huge for Wind Power in Scotland
Following a record final month, 2015 proved to be a “huge year” for wind power in Scotland, with wind turbines providing enough electricity to meet the electrical needs of 97% of Scottish households, according to the data gathered by WeatherEnergy and analyzed by WWF Scotland. Wind turbines generate
Baker Consultants to Monitor Marine Noise at Wikinger OWF
Baker Consultants has won a contract with Iberdrola to provide an underwater noise and marine mammal activity monitoring service during the construction phase of the Wikinger offshore wind farm in the Baltic Sea. Baker Consultants will monitor underwater noise emissions as well as the activity of ha
Energinet.dk, LR in Horns Rev 3 Underwater Sound Measurment
Energinet.dk will be working with Lloyd’s Register Consulting business to measure underwater sound propagation for the Horns Rev 3 wind farm substation development. The 400 MW Horns Rev 3 wind farm off the west coast of Denmark is expected to generate green power for some 450,000 households when ful
Bibby HydroMap Welcomes New Technical Director
Seabed survey company Bibby HydroMap has appointed Rob Spillard as its new technical director. Spillard, who previously served at Fugro EMU, the Maritime and Coastguard Agency and the United Kingdom Hydrographic Office, will take overall responsibility for the technical direction of the Wirral-based
Highlights of the Week
Subsea World News has put together a recap of the most interesting articles from the previous week (January 04 – January 10). Oil services company, Subsea 7, saw its stock price hit a five-year low after dropping below NOK 55 on Wednesday. The stock has fallen some 36 percent since May this year aft
London Array Raises Monthly Production Bar Once Again
London Array has set a new record for the amount of clean electricity produced by an offshore wind farm in a single calendar month, E.ON said in a release. December 2015 saw the wind farm’s 175 turbines generate 369,000 MWh of electricity – 52,000 MWh more compared to the previous best of 317,000 MW
London Array Raises Monthly Production Bar Once Again
London Array has set a new record for the amount of clean electricity produced by an offshore wind farm in a single calendar month, E.ON said in a release. December 2015 saw the wind farm’s 175 turbines generate 369,000 MWh of electricity – 52,000 MWh more compared to the previous best of 317,000 MW
NEMOS starts components testing for full-scale device
NEMOS, a German wave energy developer, has begun with the components testing for the full scale prototype device expected to be deployed in summer this year. Parallel to the endurance testing of the NEMOS 1:5 device at Nissum Bredning test site in Denmark, first components of the full scale prototyp
ScottishPower Renewables Kits Out 2 Offshore Wind Farms with ForeCoast Marine
JBA Consulting has teamed up with ScottishPower Renewables (SPR) and the Met Office to apply its metocean forecasting and planning tool, ForeCoast Marine, to two of SPRs’ offshore wind farms. The tool will be used at the Wikinger offshore wind farm to inform and help manage live metocean risks durin
East Anglia One Met Masts Undergoing Repairs
East Anglia Offshore Wind has started remedial works on the East Anglia One ZE and East Anglia One 1B Met Mast, according to KIS-ORCA. The works have been performed from a Crew Transfer vessel since the 5th January, and will consist of the installation of 4 vertical axis wind turbines, one on the ma
East Anglia One Met Masts Undergoing Repairs
East Anglia Offshore Wind has started remedial works on the East Anglia One ZE and East Anglia One 1B Met Mast, according to KIS-ORCA. The works have been performed from a Crew Transfer vessel since the 5th January, and will consist of the installation of 4 vertical axis wind turbines, one on the ma
LoVe Observatory Extension Tender Out
Norwegian Institute of Marine Research in Bergen (IMR) has issued a tender invitation for delivery and deployment of electro-optical umbilical cables and subsea distribution units for extension of the ‘Lofoten-Vesterålen Cabled Ocean Observatory’ (LoVe). Lofoten-Vesterålen cabled observatory (LoVe)
DeepOcean Axes 90 Jobs
Norwegian subsea player DeepOcean is reportedly letting go up to 90 of its workers as it adjusts to lower activity levels. Switching its focus to renewables in the past few months hasn’t been enough to compensate the slowdown in the oil industry. It is yet unclear who should go, however, general man
TGS Sees Revenue Slashed
TGS has recorded a drop in operating revenues of more than 50 percent in the fourth quarter 2015 compared to a year-ago period, and expects its full year revenues to be chopped by some 33 percent as the weak market continues to pressure seismic players. Namely, the Q4 2015 net operating revenues amo