James Fisher Offshore (JFO) and First Subsea have joined forces to launch a cut and lift product that reportedly promises to streamline decommissioning projects worldwide. Over the last year, First Subsea and JFO, part of James Fisher and Sons, have explored how they could combine their water abrasi
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Germany’s Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency (Das Bundesamt für Seeschifffahrt und Hydrographie (BSH)) is launching the second round of preliminary investigations of offshore wind farm sites on Friday, 1 February. The second round of investigations will cover three areas in the German Exclusiv
Kawasaki Heavy Industries has launched Kawasaki Subsea (UK) Limited in Aberdeen, its new subsidiary specializing in the production, sale and post-sale servicing of AUVs. With a focus on the growing demand for pipeline maintenance in offshore oil and gas fields, Kawasaki has been developing an AUV eq
A new UK consortium is developing a self-installing scour protection system said to be able to save an average offshore wind farm approximately GBP 8.6 million over its lifetime. The Self-Installing Scour Protection for Offshore Wind Farms (SISProtect) project is being led by Seabed Scour Control Sy
Great Yarmouth’s Seabed Scour Control Systems (SSCS) is leading a new £1m project to develop an innovative self-installing scour protection system that could save the average wind farm approximately £8.6m over its lifetime. The Innovate UK-backed, 20-month Self-Installing Scour Protection for Offsho
Equinor is engaging with the UK offshore wind supply chain to support the development of innovative, technology-led solutions, which can shape the future of the industry post-2025. As part of this project, Equinor has partnered with UK business development organisation NOF Energy, the Offshore Renew
Wave energy developer Arrecife Energy Systems has patented a system that absorbs the energy of the waves. “We have developed a new concept to extract energy from the waves of the sea,” explains Iñigo Doria, CEO of Arrecife Energy Systems . The company was created in 2016 and was born from the resear
Ocean Infinity has signed an agreement with XPRIZE to provide high-resolution baseline maps against which competitors for the Grand Prize of the USD 7 million Shell Ocean Discovery XPRIZE will be judged. The Shell Ocean Discovery XPRIZE is an international competition designed to advance ocean techn
The ELBE project is arranging a seminar aiming to strengthen the supply chain for blue energy in Europe and to explore opportunities in growth markets around the world, with focus on wave, tidal and floating wind energy. The seminar will take place at De Meyer in Temse, Belgium on February 26. Inter
Cyprus-based Sea Wave Energy Ltd (SWEL), in collaboration with the University of Cyprus, Department of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, performed a series of experimental tests for its wave energy technology. SWEL has been focused on the design and development of its wave energy converter,
The City of Ulsan has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with four domestic and foreign partnerships and investors to build and maintain floating wind farms, as well as to create a local supply chain in South Korea. The four developers include a partnership between Royal Dutch Shell and CoensHexic
A team of scientists and engineers has for the first time successfully drilled over two kilometres through the ice sheet in West Antarctica using hot water. This research will help understand how the region will respond to a warming climate. The 11-person team has been working on the Rutford Ice Str
The new Orkney Research and Innovation Campus (ORIC) in Stromness has appointed John McGlynn as an executive manager. McGlynn will be joining the organisation from Sustainable Marine Energy in Kirkwall where he was the company’s head of commercial development. Originally from Dublin, McGlynn has bee
