Subsea connector specialist, First Subsea, has been awarded a contract to supply a cable connector for the third phase of the Fukushima Floating Offshore Wind Farm Demonstration, offshore Japan. In this latest phase of the project, the connector…
Dutch ship owner C-Bed has contracted Wärtsilä Ship Design to supply the design for rebuilding its Seismic Survey Vessel, the Viking II, for use as a hotel vessel. When completed, the rebuilt ship will be used to accommodate and transfer service personnel working on offshore wind farms…
Statoil has awarded a contract to Isleburn Limited for providing the suction anchors to its floating wind farm project, the Hywind pilot park, offshore Peterhead, Scotland. Isleburn, part of Global Energy Group and based in Northern Scotland…
UK-based offshore installation and maintenance contractor Seajacks International has taken successful delivery of its fifth self-propelled jackup vessel, the Seajacks Scylla. Built by Samsung Heavy Industries in Korea, Seajacks says Scylla…
EDP Renewables (EDPR), Mitsubishi (through its subsidiary Diamond Generating Europe), Chiyoda (through its subsidiary Chiyoda Generating Europe), Engie and Repsol entered into an agreement to implement a floating offshore wind farm off the coast of Northern Portugal…
Statoil has made the final investment decision to build the world’s first floating wind farm: The Hywind pilot park offshore Peterhead in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. The decision triggers around NOK2 billion investment, realizing a 60-70%…
Germany's RWE Innogy has signed up three new project partners for Galloper Wind Farm, enabling construction on the project to start offshore England next month. The 366MW Galloper project is to be funded by the UK Green Investment Bank (GIB)…
DONG Energy announced it will construct the 660MW Walney Extension offshore wind farm, located in the Irish Sea, approximately 19km off the west coast of Britain. The final investment decision has been made after securing all necessary consents from authorities…
Dong Energy has awarded a contract for the provision of cable installation and trenching work for its Race Bank offshore wind farm to DeepOcean. Offshore work will be carried out in 2016/2017 from DeepOcean’s in-house fleet of dedicated cable installation and trenching vessels…
The construction of Amrumbank West offshore wind farm in the German North Sea is complete. Image from E.ON. All 80 turbines are connected to the network. With its full installed capacity of 288 MW now operational…
Image: RSV 3315 artist's design/Damen Shipyards Group The close working relationship between Delta Marine and the Damen Shipyards Group has produced a new vessel design – called a Damen Renewables Service Vessel 3315…
The European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) based in Orkney, Scotland, has strengthened its ties with China having signed a Memorandum of Understanding with organizations based in Qingdao to support the development of a marine energy test site in the area…
Floating offshore wind has the potential to deliver cost effective, secure and safe low carbon energy for the UK from the mid 2020s according to the latest insights report published by the UK's Energy Technologies Institute (ETI). With…
Van Oord has completed the installation of the 150th foundation at the Gemini Wind Park in a record time of 3.5 months. On the 1 of July 2015, Van Oord’s newbuild installation vessel Aeolus, together with Swire Blue Oceans Pacific Osprey…
The BlueTEC Texel Tidal energy project partnership is planning to install a second larger turbine on its system after the first months of operating the BlueTEC tidal energy platform were seen to be a success, supplying electricity into the Dutch national grid…
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