Operations & Maintenance
France goes ahead with 2MW in-river tidal farm
French Agency for Environment and Energy Management (ADEME) has approved the construction of 2MW in-river tidal energy project on the river Rhône in the eastern France.
Lundin Hits Oil in Filicudi Prospect
Lundin Petroleum has made an oil and gas discovery in the Filicudi prospect in the Barents Sea. The company made a discovery in the main well 7219/12-1 and is presently drilling a sidetrack 7219/12-1A. The wells are located in PL533 approximately 40 km southwest of Johan Castberg and 30 km northwest
Top News of the Week, 6 – 12 February 2017
Dutch MPs Call For Extension of 2023 Offshore Wind Capacity Target The House of Representatives of the Netherlands has received a motion to look into the possibility of adding new offshore wind farm zones to the country’s list of projects scheduled for commissioning by 2023. Taiwan Gets Complete Off
Highlights of the Week
Subsea World News has put together a recap of the most interesting articles from the previous week (February 06– February 12). Ezra Holdings has received a statutory demand from the solicitors of Forland Subsea for payment of a charter that is due and owing by EMAS-AMC AS for the vessel Lewek Inspec
Reflex Marine: Smaller Vessels with Advanced Access Systems More Cost-Efficient (Interview)
Offshore WIND spoke to James Strong, Business Development Director at Reflex Marine, a company looking for new ways of personnel and cargo transfer between wind turbines and vessels, and one of the developers of a guidance document for personnel crane transfer, released this summer.
RTsys senses Sabella’s tidal turbine environment
French specialist for underwater acoustic technology RTsys will supply its sensor system for Sabella’s D10 tidal turbine.
Former A2SEA Executive Takes Helm of ALL NRG
Hans Schneider, former Chief Operating Officer at A2SEA A/S, is to take up the position of the new Chief Executive Officer at ALL NRG A/S as of 1 March. Schneider comes to ALL NRG from a position of a Senior Advisor in Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners and has management experience in the offshore
CorPower seeks more professionals
CorPower Ocean is looking to expand its team with two newly opened job positions within the company.
ARGE Team Wins DolWin3 Maintenance Contract
GE Grid GmbH has awarded OIS Offshore Industrie Service and Green Wind Offshore, gathered around the ARGE O&M Project, with a contract to provide maintenance for the 900MW DolWin3 offshore grid connection system.
ARGE Team Wins DolWin3 Maintenance Contract
GE Grid GmbH has awarded OIS Offshore Industrie Service and Green Wind Offshore, gathered around the ARGE O&M Project, with a contract to provide maintenance for the 900MW DolWin3 offshore grid connection system.
Norway Gives Green Light for Ormen Lange Plant Expansion
The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) has granted consent for start-up of the expansion of the gas plant at Nyhamna in Møre og Romsdal County. This should allow the Ormen Lange field in the Norwegian Sea to increase production by 25-30 billion standard cubic meters (Sm3) of gas. The upgrade – al
Atlantis teams up with NEW for 160MW tidal project
Atlantis Resources has formed a partnership with Natural Energy Wyre (NEW) to develop the Wyre tidal project in England.
Innogy Sends Drone to Inspect Nordsee Ost Turbine Blades
At the end of the last month, innogy sent a drone to inspect the blades on a turbine at the Nordsee Ost offshore wind farm for the first time.
BPS replaces bioWAVE cable
BioPower Systems (BPS) has installed a new subsea cable at the bioWAVE wave project site near Port Fairy, Australia.