Operations & Maintenance
UK Plans to Phase Out Coal Power Stations by 2025
The UK government has announced plans to close all unabated coal-fired power stations by 2025 and restrict their use by 2023. The government will consult early next year on when to close all unabated coal-fired power stations. Announcing the decision ahead of a speech which will set out a new direct
First tidal turbine ready for Paimpol-Bréhat installation
The first of the two OpenHydro’s tidal turbines has been positioned on its barge ahead of the planned installation set to take place before the end of 2015 as part of Paimpol-Bréhat project. The Paimpol-Bréhat demonstration project involves the installation of two 500 kW OpenHydro’s turbines 16 km o
Schlumberger – Cameron Deal Gets Green Light from DOJ
The U.S. Department of Justice has approved the proposed merger of Schlumberger and Cameron without any conditions, granting early termination of the waiting period. The closing of the proposed merger remains subject to approval by Cameron stockholders and the satisfaction or waiver of the other clo
Petrobras in Potiguar Basin Oil Find
Brazil’s Petrobras confirmed that the drilling campaign of the Pitu North extension well has discovered oil in Pitu area (Block BM-POT-17) in the deepwaters of the Potiguar basin. The discovery of oil in Pitu was first announced to the market on December 17, 2013. The well 3-BRSA-1317-RNS, informall
Aquatera and Jee Demonstrate Tidal Cabling Solution
The phase one of Scottish Enterprise-funded Tidal Array Cabling Solution project has been completed. The project was launched in December 2013 in order to develop and demonstrate effective methods of locating, securing, protecting and retrieving cables for tidal energy arrays. Stromness-based Aquate
UK Firms On Track to Take Half of Local Offshore Wind Cake
A growing number of UK companies are getting involved in the development, construction and operation of offshore wind farms in British waters, with 43% of the expenditure incurred in planning, building and running offshore projects already going to local companies, according to a new report issued d
Reach Subsea Looking into Vessel Lay-Ups and Redundancies
Lower activity levels and tough market conditions could force Norwegian contractor Reach Subsea to lay up two of its vessels. Namely, in its third-quarter earnings release, the Oslo-listed company said that, for the winter season, Edda Fonn and/or Stril Explorer, ROV/Survey vessels, could be pulled
Apollo Getting Ready for Boom Lock
Belgium-based High Wind has announced that GeoSea’s new jack-up vessel Apollo will be prepared for the Boom Lock system which allows an offshore crane to install wind turbine components at high wind speeds. High Wind will manage all elements of the design and engineering in cooperation with GeoSea,
Apollo Getting Ready for Boom Lock
Belgium-based High Wind has announced that GeoSea’s new jack-up vessel Apollo will be prepared for the Boom Lock system which allows an offshore crane to install wind turbine components at high wind speeds. High Wind will manage all elements of the design and engineering in cooperation with GeoSea,
EWEA Livestream: The Place of Wind Energy in COP21
The European Wind Energy Association (EWEA) has organized a session titled The Place of Wind Energy in COP21 at its annual conference held in Paris. The session is co-ordinated by the French Wind Energy Association (FEE), and dedicated to discuss the place of wind energy in the current climate chang
Port of Cherbourg gears up for marine renewables
As part of the ongoing extension works, the Port of Cherbourg has made 44 hectares of port land alongside a heavy-load quay with a bearing capacity of 15t/m2 already available for the marine renewable energies sector. The €100 million worth of ongoing extension works undertaken by Ports of Normandy
Port of Cherbourg Preparing for French OWFs
Port of Cherbourg is getting ready for the first French offshore wind farms, with 44ha of port land alongside a heavy-load quay with a bearing capacity of 15t/m2 already available for the marine renewable energies sector. The new heavy-load quay has been in service since March 2015. With the ongoing
Port of Cherbourg Preparing for French OWFs
Port of Cherbourg is getting ready for the first French offshore wind farms, with 44ha of port land alongside a heavy-load quay with a bearing capacity of 15t/m2 already available for the marine renewable energies sector. The new heavy-load quay has been in service since March 2015. With the ongoing
Gallery: Italy gets grid-connected wave energy device
40South Energy and Elements Works, Italy-based tidal and wave energy developers, have deployed and grid-connected their H24 wave energy device. The deployment took place on November 12, 2015, and according to 40South Energy’s social media, the device was subsequently connected to the Italian grid. T