Operations & Maintenance
MainOne Upgrades Its West Africa-Europe Submarine Cable
MainOne announced the completion of the upgrade of its submarine cable network between Nigeria, Ghana and Portugal to a 100G wavelength system. The 100G wavelength upgrade, implemented using the Xtera Nu-wave Optima optical networking platform is expected to provide additional capacity support for M
QED Naval concludes Subhub installation trials
QED Naval has completed the installation and retrieval trials of its Subhub tidal foundations platform. Recent testing of the Subhub operational model in high tidal flow conditions confirmed its ballast system capabilities and installation and retrieval methodology, according to QED Naval. QED Naval
NPD Gives Nod for Edvard Grieg Start-Up
The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) has granted consent to start production on the Lundin Norway-operated Edvard Grieg field in production licence 338 in the North Sea. Production start-up is scheduled in accordance with the Plan for Development and Operation (PDO). Development costs have incr
Top News of the Week Nov 09 – 15, 2015
First German Floating Foundation Secures Grid Connection German engineering consultancy Gicon has received permission from a governmental agency to feed 2.3MW of grid connection capacity through the country’s first floating offshore foundation – GICON®-SOF. RWE-Led Consortium to Bid for Dutch Borsse
GWS Expands to OrbisEnergy
Global Wind Service (GWS) has gathered its UK team in an office at OrbisEnergy in Lowestoft. Jason Smith, operations manager, said: “We are quite busy with our array of services. Onshore order books are filling up well and we definitely expect a fair share of the offshore market in 2016 and beyond.
EnBW Baltic 2 Starts Paying Dividends
Since its official commissioning on September 21, the offshore wind farm EnBW Baltic 2 in Stralsund has helped the Karlsruhe-headquartered electric utilities company EnBW improve EBITDA in its renewable energies segment for the first nine months of 2015, and partly offset a 5.3% fall in revenue in t
EnBW Baltic 2 Starts Paying Dividends
Since its official commissioning on September 21, the offshore wind farm EnBW Baltic 2 in Stralsund has helped the Karlsruhe-headquartered electric utilities company EnBW improve EBITDA in its renewable energies segment for the first nine months of 2015, and partly offset a 5.3% fall in revenue in t
Magseis Bags LoA for Seabed Seismic Survey
Magseis, a Norwegian geophysical company, has received a Letter of Award to conduct seabed seismic acquisition outside the North Sea. The survey will be undertaken using the company’s proprietary MASS system and the DP 2 class vessel ‘Artemis Athene’. The crew will mobilise directly from the recentl
CWind Showcases Offshore Cable Pull-In
Offshore wind services provider CWind has completed a week of cable team demonstrations at its training facility in Barrow-in-Furness, where wind farm owners, cable-laying companies and inspection, maintenance and repair (IMR) service providers from the UK, Benelux and Germany, were given the opport
CWind Showcases Offshore Cable Pull-In
Offshore wind services provider CWind has completed a week of cable team demonstrations at its training facility in Barrow-in-Furness, where wind farm owners, cable-laying companies and inspection, maintenance and repair (IMR) service providers from the UK, Benelux and Germany, were given the opport
Aker Wayfarer Arrives to Myklebust Verft for Modification
Kleven welcomed Aker Wayfarer to its Myklebust Verft yard this morning, where the modification of the vessel is set to take place. The vessel will be modified in order to become a deepwater subsea equipment support vessel, enabling it to install and retrieve subsea trees and modules, including subse
BlueTEC platform set to receive Tocardo’s T2 turbine
The BlueTEC floating tidal platform is currently being upgraded with Tocardo’s larger T2 tidal turbine. According to Bluewater’s social media, BlueTEC platform has been lifted on the quay today, November 12, 2015. Tocardo’s T2 200 kW tidal turbine will be mounted on the platform, doubling its curren
ROMO Wind Makes a French Connection
The Danish-Swiss wind turbine optimizer ROMO Wind is extending its business activities to France, offering local contact and support for the company’s spinner anemometer technology iSpin which is now available to French wind farm operators. Guillaume Steinmetz has been appointed to the position of a
Wind and Renewables Bring Siemens EUR 72 Million Quarterly Profit
Berlin-headquartered conglomerate Siemens AG saw its bottom line for the fourth quarter of 2015 boosted by EUR 72 million net profit recorded in the company’s wind power and renewables arm. Siemens added EUR 2.716 billion of new orders through the wind power and renewables department in the quarter