DONG Energy and the UK Carbon Trust, through its Offshore Wind Accelerator programme (OWA), have reached an agreement to collaborate. OWA has awarded DONG Energy GBP 6 million (DKK 54 million) to co-fund full scale demonstration of a new offshore wind turbine foundation called the Suction Bucket Jac
Through its Offshore Wind Accelerator programme (OWA ), the Carbon Trust has awarded DONG Energy GBP 6 million (DKK 54 million) to co-fund full scale demonstration of a new offshore wind turbine foundation called the Suction Bucket Jacket. If the demonstration is successful, it could be implemented
Vestas’ first V164-8.0 MW prototype wind turbine has successfully produced its first kWh of electricity, making it the world’s most powerful turbine in operation. “We have now completed the production, testing, and installation of the V164-8.0 MW as planned, thanks to the team’s intense effort durin
GC Rieber Shipping ASA has entered into an agreement to sell its stake in Reef Subsea AS to HV V Invest Golf AS and HV V Invest Golf II AS, two investment companies of the private equity fund HitecVision V, LP. The agreed purchase price is NOK 175 million, which will be settled by a […]
ABPmer, in association with The Crown Estate and DECC, has today launched an online survey to support a further update to the Atlas of UK Marine Renewable Energy. The survey invites users to nominate their preferences for extending the Atlas with a wider range of free thematic information that descr
Scottish Enterprise’s new £10 million industry engagement building, called inovo, based at the heart of Glasgow’s International Technology and Renewable Energy Zone (ITREZ), has been officially opened today, 27 January 2014, bringing new jobs and investment opportunities to Scotland. Built to suppor
Ocean Power Technologies, Inc. (OPT) today announced that it recently received approximately $1.75 million through the State of New Jersey’s Business Tax Certificate Transfer Program. The Program enables companies to raise cash to finance their growth and operations and is administered by the New Je
The Global Wind Energy Council (GWEC) and partners announced today the launch of a four year project to develop a roadmap for offshore wind development in India, with a focus on the states of Gujarat and Tamil Nadu. Supported by a € 4 million contribution through the European Union’s Indo-European C
Global oil and gas service company AGR is aiming to build on a highly successful year of offshore activity by further expanding its involvement in field abandonment projects. Having delivered several successful plug and abandonment contracts for exploration wells in the North Sea and the Norwegian S
Developer of the Swansea Bay Tidal Lagoon, Tidal Lagoon Power Ltd, has completed testing of its two-dimensional physical model at HR Wallingford in Oxfordshire. A section of bund wall has been constructed to scale in a 1.2-metre deep flume at HR Wallingford, where the stability of rock armour was te
Tidal Lagoon Power Limited, the development company behind the proposed Swansea Bay Tidal Lagoon, has successfully completed two-dimensional physical model testing. With planning applications due to be submitted shortly, a section of bund wall has been constructed to scale in a 1.2 metre deep flume
The development of the Kuvykin field in the Russian sector of the North Caspian Sea is taking form. Ramboll will contribute with pre-FEED studies for a drilling complex and topside living quarters designed for operation in arctic conditions. Early phase field development The Yuri S. Kuvykin field is
AGR’s Reservoir Management team in Oslo delivered two reservoir studies to the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) which have been published in The CO² Storage Atlas of the Barents Sea. The CO2 Storage Atlas of the Barents Sea has been prepared by the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate, at the reques
Petrobras announces that, at the Operational Committee meeting of January 21, the consortium formed by Petrobras (40%), Shell (20%), Total (20%), CNOOC (10%) and CNPC (10%), along with Pré-Sal Petróleo S.A. (PPSA), approved the 2014 Working and Investment Plan for the Libra oilfield. The main activi
