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Prysmian Gets $647M Job to Install Australia’s Green Interconnector

Aug 02, 2024

Italian cable maker and installation services provider Prysmian has signed a contract, worth around $647 million (€600 million), to supply and install new interconnector between Victoria and Tasmania that will facilitate the flow of renewable energy between the two Australia’s states…

US DOE Sets Aside Up to $112M for Wave Energy Development

Aug 01, 2024

The U.S. Department of Energy’s Water Power Technologies Office has set out plans to provide up to $112.5 million in funding to advance the commercial readiness of wave energy technologies through open water testing and system validation.The…

Rovco Clears UXO at Iberdrola’s Windanker Offshore Wind Farm

Aug 01, 2024

UK-based tech-powered offshore wind solutions provider Rovco has been selected by Iberdrola to clear unexploded ordnance (UXO) in support of the development of the 315 MW offshore wind farm in the German Baltic Sea.Rovco carried out an investigation over several weeks…

BP Takes Operatorship of Oman's Large-Scale Green Hydrogen Scheme

Aug 01, 2024

DEME and OQ have signed an agreement with BP, which will join the companies as an equity partner and operator in the HYPORT Duqm project, a large-scale green hydrogen scheme being developed in Oman.BP will acquire a 49% stake, while OQ and DEME will each maintain a 25…

OEG Renewables Firms Complete Cable Burial Campaign for Nexans

Jul 31, 2024

23 Degrees Renewables and SEAJET Systems, two of OEG Renewables businesses within cables service line, have delivered a turnkey cable burial campaign for Nexans at an offshore wind farm site in the U.K.SEAJET utilised their innovative all-electric…

Ørsted, PGE Offer Look Into Future of Offshore Surveying

Jul 30, 2024

U.S. marine robotics company Ocean Infinity has completed an offshore wind farm survey for Ørsted and PGE in the Polish sector of the Baltic Sea, using lean crewed vessel and real-time remote data management.The project team based in Ocean Infinity’s operations centre in Gothenburg…

Vestas Lands 795MW Turbine Order for Dutch Offshore Wind Farm

Jul 30, 2024

Danish wind turbine maker Vestas has received a firm wind turbine order for the OranjeWind offshore wind farm, formerly known as Hollandse Kust West VII, in the Netherlands.Vestas will be supplying 53 V236-15.0 MW wind turbines and is responsible for the supply…

RINA Greenlights Green Marine UK’s Hydrogen CTV Retrofit Initiative

Jul 29, 2024

Green Marine (UK)’s initiative looking to retrofit crew transfer vessels (CTV) with hydrogen, fuel cells and battery, with the aim to cut emissions while servicing offshore wind farms, has been granted Approval in Principle (AiP) by global classification society RINA…

Apollo Wraps Up Trials of Quick Connector for Floating Offshore Renewables

Jul 29, 2024

Engineering company Apollo has completed the offshore trials for its PALM Quick Connection System (QCS), designed to streamline the efficient hook-up and disconnection of cables or moorings for floating offshore renewable energy devices.The trials…

Floating Wind Set for Enhanced Environmental Monitoring with DemoSATH Lab

Jul 29, 2024

Spanish engineering firm Saitec Offshore Technologies and offshore wind player RWE have launched the DemoSATH Lab initiative to carry out further environmental monitoring studies around the floating wind demonstrator deployed off the Basque coast…

OEG Acquires Offshore Wind O&M Specialist

Jul 29, 2024

OEG Energy Group has completed the acquisition of Offshore Painting Services (OPS Wind), a provider of specialist operations and maintenance (O&M) and training services to the offshore wind sector.OPS Wind has its head office in Liverpool with a regional office in Llandudno…

Twin Brothers Marine Assists US Northeast Coast Offshore Wind Development

Jul 26, 2024

Twin Brothers Marine (TBM) has joined a major infrastructure development project to support multiple renewable energy initiatives along the Northeast Coast, including offshore wind.The project will involve the fabrication and delivery of 3,000 tons of structural components…

US Launches $50M Offshore Wind R&D Call

Jul 26, 2024

The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE's) Wind Energy Technologies Office (WETO) has issued the Offshore Wind National and Regional Research and Development Funding Opportunity, which will award $48.6 million for projects that address several major areas of need for offshore wind…

Irish Company Deploys Utility-Scale Wave Energy Device Off Hawaii

Jul 26, 2024

Ocean Energy USA, a subsidiary of Irish-based Ocean Energy, has deployed its 1.25 MW-rated wave energy device at the US Navy's Wave Energy Test Site (WETS) in Hawaii.The 826-ton wave energy device, dubbed OE-35, will be connected to the Hawaiian electricity grid by subsea cable in the coming weeks…

GB Energy and Crown Estate Launch Offshore Wind Partnership

Jul 25, 2024

Great British Energy, a new UK government-owned clean energy company, and the Crown Estate have entered into partnership, which could facilitate up to 20-30 GW of new offshore wind developments reaching seabed lease stage by 2030.Great British Energy (GB Energy) Bill…

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