Bosch Rexroth has received an order from GustoMSC to engineer, manufacture and commission the drive and control system for GustoMSC's most recent model in its series of continuous jacking systems. It is intended for a Japanese construction vessel…
Swedish-based companies Minesto and Stena Line are working together to develop marine energy device construction facilities in the UK. Stena Line is to build an assembly hall in Holyhead, Wales, which Minesto will use for production of its Deep Green technology…
Tidal power firm Atlantis' first AR1500 tidal stream turbine deployed at its MeyGen project site in the Pentland Firth, Scotland, has successfully exported power to the grid and has operated at full power. The AR1500 system was developed…
The Carbon Trust’s Offshore Wind Accelerator (OWA) announced its US$3 million (£2.4 million) Improved Fatigue Life of Welded Jacket Connections (JaCo) project, aiming to cut the cost of offshore wind by optimizing the design of jacket foundations…
Dutch fabricator HSM Offshore has won a contract to construct the offshore transformer station for the huge 700 MW Borssele Alpha project offshore the Netherlands. HSM also has an option for the contract to build a transformer station for the 700 MW Borssele Beta project…
Offshore Wind Consultants Ltd. (OWC), part of Oslo-listed Aqualis, has been awarded a framework agreement by Iberdrola to provide engineering and project management services for various wind farm projects offshore East Anglia, UK. Under the agreement…
Statoil's Dudgeon Offshore Wind Farm has starting producing its first electricity to the UK National Grid, off southeast England. Some 67 foundations, plus cables and the offshore substation, on the wind park were installed last year…
Marine energy developer Minesto is planning to expand the commercial roll-out of its Deep Green tidal energy technology in Holyhead Deep, North Wales, increasing its installed tidal energy array capacity to 80MW. The Swedish firm has developed a technology…
Aberdeen’s Sparrows Group signed a deal to supply 103 cranes for installation at ScottishPower Renewables’ 714 megawatt East Anglia ONE offshore wind farm, of the coast of Suffolk. Illustration from Sparrows…
SeaOwls and Ulstein launched a pioneering heavy lift jackup vessel design, the SOUL, at the Offshore Wind Journal Conference today (7 February). Illustration of the SOUL, from SeaOwls. The…
LOC Group, an international marine and engineering consultancy, is partnering with WavEC Offshore Renewables, a private, non-profit offshore marine energy research and consultancy association. As part of the agreement, LOC will provide its…
Steve Dawson and Alex Karakassis have been appointed managing directors (MDs) of Hansa Heavy Lift, taking over for Roger Iliffe, the outgoing chief executive officer (CEO), with immediate effect. Iliffe has left in order to focus on independently pursuing other opportunities…
Using expertise developed for the oil and gas industry, Seaproof Solutions has carved out a market in offshore wind. Seaproof’s J-tube interface. Images from Seaproof Solutions. In a short period of time…
Norway already has strong green credentials, with 98% of its electricity coming from renewable energy sources, primarily hydropower. Elaine Maslin looks at initiatives to harness the power of the ocean and to help reduce offshore wind costs…
Lloyd’s Register (LR), a provider of integrity, compliance and specialist risk consulting services, has begun its Subsea Inspection Services to support underwater inspections of subsea pipelines, assets and facilities to energy companies operating offshore…
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