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
Pelagic Research Services (PRS) will again provide ROV services for Ocean Networks Canada (ONC). It will be part of the team aiding to continued work on ocean observatories for September 2020. PRS’ deep sea ROV system Odysseus is to mobilise on the Canadian Coast Guard ship John P. Tully for a 14-da
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
The 759 MW Hollandse Kust (noord) offshore wind farm will include five technology demonstrations that could be implemented at full-scale in the future, CrossWind, the consortium developing the wind farm, said. These include a floating solar park, short-term battery storage, wind turbines that are op
Swedish marine energy developer Minesto has seen another setback on its tidal energy project in Vestmannasund, Faroe Islands. During the initial commissioning phase of its DG100 tidal energy converter, a mechanical failure occurred in the powerplant’s mooring interface and denied further operations.
Okeanus has delivered two integrated, skid-mounted winches and A-Frame LARS to C-Innovation, in Brazil. This custom deck equipment is for use by C-Innovation clients aboard two separate RSVs for CTD deployment at depths of up to 3,000 metres. The 7 x 12’ skid-mounted LARS each feature an Okeanus DT-
The International Cable Protection Committee (ICPC) has appointed Ryan Wopschall as its new general manager. Active in the ICPC as a member-company representative and speaker since 2010, Wopschall brings to the organisation deep knowledge and experience regarding protection of submarine cables, whic
The Ocean Tracking Network (OTN) has upgraded its remotely operated vehicle to a 1000-metre rated Saab Seaeye Falcon DR. The Falcon ROV was chosen in a competitive bid process. Greater depth capability of the Falcon DR extends the potential for maintenance and recovery of lost tracking equipment, le
Helix Energy Solutions multi-role construction support vessel (MSV) Grand Canyon III is progressing on the North Sea Link project scope of work. The North Sea Link, a joint venture project between National Grid and Norwegian system operator Statnett, is a subsea electricity cable that will connect t
Roemex and Subsea Energy Solutions (SES) have teamed up to provide innovative new solutions to solve marine corrosion. Roemex develops a range of proprietary corrosion inhibitors for seawater filled structures in some of the most challenging conditions. Subsea Energy Solutions similarly have been su
Subsea cables specialist JDR, has begun construction of a new US headquarters in Tomball, Texas. The building will consolidate three of JDR’s existing facilities in the region to expand its IWOCs rental business. The construction of the headquarters building began this month, and after completion sh
