Dutch surveyor Fugro has ordered two 12-metre SEA-KIT X class uncrewed surface vessels (USVs). The two new USVs are the first of multiple builds for Fugro as part of the partnership. Essex-based SEA-KIT and Fugro first announced their partnership in March this year. The schedule also includes the de
A successful voltage test of the NordLink land cable recently took place in Germany. The “green cable” between Germany and Norway is now almost all set and ready to go. The approximately 54-kilometre long NordLink land cable successfully passed the test from the converter station in Wilster. The lan
Fugro has delivered the first fully remote inspection of an oil and gas platform in UK waters. The project took place 250 kilometres east of Scotland, using an ROV and Fugro’s remote operations centre (ROC) in Aberdeen. In a first for the UK sector, the platform’s entire jacket structure was inspect
The National Subsea Research Institute (NSRI) has developed a tool which provides a clear indication of the potential commercial viability of early stage technology in the subsea industry, supporting technology and innovation developers, funding organisations and investors. By measuring the viabilit
The Swedish Energy Agency has recently opened a call for the development of cost-effective and sustainable marine energy systems. The Agency’s support within the framework of this call for proposals is approximately SEK 30 million ($3.45 million). Also, each project within the call for proposals may
Hitachi ABB Power Grids has won a contract from SSEN Transmission to deliver a pioneering multi-terminal HVDC interconnection in Shetland. It marks a European first for the HDVC Light technology and the second project of its kind in the world. The link, which will connect Shetland to the UK transmis
Subsea services group Acteon has recently opened its new facility in Westhill, Aberdeen. The company has obtained the extensive newly built premises, spanning over a total of 55,000 square feet. The centre should simplify the interface for its clients and boost service delivery for survey, marine el
Ørsted and its partners have secured funding for the Westküste 100 renewable hydrogen project in Germany. The partners received funding confirmation from the German Federal Ministry of Economic Affairs and Energy as the first large-scale hydrogen project in Germany within the Reallabor (real-world l
Swansea-based Marine Power Systems (MPS) has hit a £1.5 million crowdfunding target in just two weeks since its launch and is now over-funding. The campaign, set up at the London-based equity crowdfunding platform Seedrs, now has a goal of reaching £2 million. Specifically, these funds should suppor
Swansea-based company is developing a flexible ocean energy extraction technology that can harness wave energy, wind energy and combined wind and wave energy at grid scale. All the machines share a common floating platform technology said to have cost and deployment advantages over other floating pl
Soil Machine Dynamics (SMD) has won contracts to supply two solutions to marine telecommunications company Orange Marine Group. SMD designed the new LARS systems to launch custom trenching ROVs for the burial of underwater fibre optic cables. The solutions are an evolution of SMD’s Wide Angle A-Fram
The manufacturing of the PivotBuoy offshore wind floating platform has commenced in Santander, Spain. In March, X1 Wind and its partners completed and approved the design of the single point mooring system platform for floating wind turbines. After the design was approved, the manufacturing of the P
Norway’s GCE Ocean Technology has welcomed Oslo-based Ocean Oasis as its new member. Ocean Oasis develops a wave-powered desalination solution to deliver fresh water to shore with zero emissions The company gets support from the early-stage accelerator and venture capitalist Antler in Oslo and EU Cl
A geotechnical survey will be carried out in the Irish Sea to provide site investigation information to facilitate the development of the Arklow Bank Wind Park. Weather depending, survey work should start in either late August or early September 2020 and wrap up by the end of November 2020. The loca
