Aberdeen Renewable Energy Group (AREG) has appointed David Rodger as CEO.The organization said it sought to further develop support to members and increase links with stakeholders to assist net-zero strategies across northeast Scotland and beyond…
Norwegian offshore oil and gas company Vår Energi on Monday said it had awarded HSSEQ (Health Safety Security Environment and Quality) services contracts to five local suppliers.The contracts have been awarded to DNV AS, Proactima AS, ResQ Holding AS…
Dutch offshore installation company Heerema Marine Contractors has installed the 2,852-tonne jacket for TenneT's offshore transformer platform for Vattenfall's Hollandse Kust (zuid) offshore wind farm in the Dutch sector of the North Sea.This…
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Wednesday described the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline as a Russian geopolitical project that undermines the security of Ukraine, adding the United States wants to ensure Russia does not use energy as a coercive tool against any European state…
The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate said Friday it had hired Aibel's Ole Einar Hass as the head of the office in Harstad. He will start this job on October 1. 2021.Hass has management training from the Norwegian Armed Forces. He worked for the Norwegian Army for 19 years…
Fred. Olsen Renewables and Vattenfall said Friday they'd teamed up to jointly bid in the upcoming leasing round for offshore wind in Scotland.Depending on the outcome of the bidding, the partners indicated they'd focus on maximizing value for…
Danish Energy Agency has put on hold the tender for the 800MW-1,200MW Hesselø offshore wind farm, citing the need to further analyze the results of the preliminary site investigation, as soft clay formations have been found in the upper 20-30 meters below the seabed…
Norway is seeing big interest from energy firms in developing offshore wind farms in its ongoing licensing round and may offer additional acreage in 2023, Minister of Petroleum and Energy Tina Bru told Reuters on Thursday.“The interest is huge and I’m really looking forward to the developments…
A group of environmental activists chained themselves in front of the Norwegian oil and energy ministry on Thursday to protest against the awarding of new oil exploration licenses in the Arctic.Carrying banners that said 'No to new oil' and…
Wind turbine maker Vestas said Thursday it had secured a firm order from Parkwind to deliver 27 V174-9.5 MW turbines for the 257 MW Arcadis Ost 1 offshore wind farm in the German Baltic Sea. The order confirms the fifth collaboration between…
Norwegian floating solar tech company Ocean Sun is working to retrieve its floating solar power plant that sank in Albania earlier this month.As previously reported, Statkraft and Ocean Sun said the first of four Ocean Sun floating solar plants - covering 4…
Norway has awarded four exploration licenses to seven oil companies that include three for the Barents Sea in the Arctic in a sign that the country aims to continue to pump hydrocarbons for decades to come.The awards were part of Norway's so…
Norway’s oil and gas industry is counting on renewable power from hydro plants to cut emissions from its offshore platforms but rival demand from the green economy is putting a spanner in the works.The decision to keep investing in new oil and…
Dutch offshore installation firm Heerema Marine Contractors said Wednesday its heavy lift vessel Sleipnir had broken records on the Johan Sverdrup Phase 2 development project in Norway.'On June 18, Sleipnir successfully installed the 12,050 metric ton Johan Sverdrup processing platform (P2) jacket…
UK's Unite union's Scotland unit on Tuesday said talks to prevent industrial action at Sullom Voe Terminal have ended with no movement on the part of Shetland Islands Council (SIC) to resolve the dispute over a long service award.Unless the Council accepts liability…
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