Operations & Maintenance
VIDEO: Sabella’s French connection
Sabella, a French-based tidal energy developer, has recently connected its D10 tidal turbine with the Ushant island, France. Bourbon’s Argonaut tugboat, provided by the French Navy, was used to connect the cable jumper with the export cable. The cable connection operation was completed on September
DOF Subsea Bags $351 Mln in Contracts
DOF Subsea has been awarded several contracts with a total value in excess NOK 3 billion (approx. $350.7 million), including options, securing both short-term and long-term utilization of assets and personnel. In the North America region DOF Subsea has been successful in securing an IMR contract wit
SeaRoc Wraps Up Dogger Bank Met Masts Maintenance
The SeaRoc Group has completed a maintenance visit to the two Forewind meteorological masts, installed at the Dogger Bank offshore wind farm site in 2013. SeaRoc team of 9 personnel included an operations manager, rope access riggers and engineers to undertake inspections and scheduled maintenance o
HydroQuest grid-links river tidal turbine
HydroQuest, a French-based hydrokinetic turbines developer, has connected its river tidal turbine to the French electricity grid. HydroQuest’s river tidal 1.40 turbine has been deployed in the Loire river, Orleans, since the late 2014. After 10 months of operation in real conditions and measurements
European Commission Approves Danish-German Interconnection
The European Commission has granted the revised technical layout for the “Kriegers Flak – Combined Grid Solution” offshore interconnection, planned by the two transmission system operators Energinet.dk from Denmark and 50Hertz from Germany. The project will receive funding up to 150 million Euros fr
Shetland tidal array moves forward
Nova Innovation, a UK-based tidal energy developer, has moved to the preparation and deployment of the offshore components for the Shetland Tidal Array project in Bluemull Sound, Scotland. According to Nova Innovation, all onshore works for the project have been completed in August. The assembly and
Highlights of the Week
Subsea World News has put together a recap of the most interesting articles from the previous week (September 21 – September 27). Project Development International (PDi), part of Ceona, has secured more than £6 million in project awards in 2015 to date. In August 2012, Hammersmith-based SURF contrac
Tocardo installs 5 tidal turbines
Tocardo Tidal Turbines, a Dutch-based tidal turbines producer, and Huisman, the designer of the turbine’s suspension structure, have completed the installation of an array consisting of 5 tidal turbines in the Eastern Scheldt storm surge barrier, the Netherlands. According to Tocardo, the tidal powe
GE Deal May Bring 1000 New Jobs to UK Energy Sector
GE has reached an agreement with the UK export credit agency UK Export Finance (UKEF) to access export financing for up to $12 Billion. This agreement will initially support both confirmed and potential orders in a number of international markets including Brazil, Ghana, India and Mozambique.As GE w
Sverdrup’s Phase 1 Capex Estimated at $1 Bln Less
Statoil, the operator for the Johan Sverdrup development, has presented an updated capex estimate, for the first phase of the development, showing reduced capital expenditures as a result of positive market response in contracts and purchase orders. In the Plan for Development and Operations (PDO),
Jan de Nul Secures Nobelwind Contract for Vidar
Jan De Nul Group and the offshore wind project Nobelwind signed the first offshore wind contract for Jan De Nul’s recently acquired offshore jack-up heavy lift vessel Vidar. It concerns the engineering, procurement, construction and installation of 51 monopile foundations for 50 wind turbines and fo
Offshore Energy 2015: MMT to Hold SROV Presentation
Founder and CTO of marine survey specialist MMT, Ola Oskarsson, will give a presentation on “3D visualization of subsea structures” at Offshore Energy Exhibition & Conference 2015 on October 14 in Amsterdam. The Offshore Energy Conference is a platform for discussing key topics and solutions for the
Atlantis Completes Subsea Cable Laying for MeyGen
Atlantis has completed the laying of four subsea cables at the MeyGen site in northern Scotland. The four cables are housed in individual bore holes of approximately 0.5km in length each, drilled earlier this year, which run from the foreshore into the Inner Sound of the Pentland Firth and down to t
Cable laying completed for MeyGen tidal energy project
Atlantis has completed the laying of four subsea cables for the MeyGen tidal energy project located off Caithness, Scotland. The four cables are housed in individual bore holes of approximately 0.5 km each, drilled earlier this year, which run from the foreshore into the Inner Sound of the Pentland