Amazon has signed a corporate power purchase agreement (CPPA) with developers of 882 MW Moray West offshore wind farm in Scotland, securing more than half of its capacity to power its UK operations.The CPAA was signed with Engie, which together with EDP Renewables formed Ocean Winds as joint venture in charge of development of the Moray West offshore wind farm.Located in the Moray Firth in the north east of Scotland…
Engineering specialist GHD has unveiled a new subsea noise modelling program designed to mitigate the environmental impacts of offshore wind farms.GHD's solution, the RAT (R Acoustics Toolbox), has been developed to address challenges related to underwater noise by providing a bespoke…
Strohm has launched TCP Designer, its new web-based tool developed to help companies design and engineer thermoplastic composite pipes for their projects.TCP Designer helps users ensure their piping systems meet critical requirements for water depth…
Liebherr is highlighting its bearing solutions as a way of reducing a company’s environmental footprint.Slewing bearings and slew drives are at the heart of machines in a wide range of applications, including excavators, cranes, tunnel boring machines…
Equinor's Hammerfest LNG plant in Arctic northern Norway has suffered an unexpected outage due to a compressor failure, halting all output for one week, according to a regulatory statement on the Gassco web site on Thursday.The Hammerfest plant…
Scientists from the University of Plymouth, Heriot-Watt University and the Marine Biological Association are leading a new project exploring the consequences of floating offshore wind farms on ocean life.The FRONTLINE project will employ AUVs…
When gazing out to sea from the shoreline from many parts of the UK today you’re increasingly likely to see offshore wind turbines gently turning on the horizon.These giant structures are supplying an increasing amount of the UK’s electricity mix (<20%)…
Ocean data technology specialist Terradepth has launched a cloud-native geospatial platform for its offshore energy clients, dubbed Absolute Ocean.Purpose-built to host complex maritime data, Absolute Ocean provides web-browser based access to ocean maps…
Infostealers, a type of malware designed to steal sensitive information from an infected system, has marked significant rise in the first half of 2024 in the maritime domain, Marlink’s Security Operations Center (SOC) has reported.The whole…
French subsea power cable maker and services provider Nexans has launched a cable recycling and recovery service in Europe, aiming to address the growing copper shortage by transforming the waste into recycled raw materials.Nexans is stepping…
Bill Thompson's fight to stop offshore wind farms was once confined to the tiny U.S. state of Rhode Island where he lives. Today, he is part of a global movement.In April, Thompson, who is director of the activist group Green Oceans, got an email from a fellow anti-offshore wind group more than 10…
GE Vernova on Friday said recent turbine blade failures at two offshore wind farms in the United States and the United Kingdom are unrelated.The statement comes as the company has been grappling with fallout from three separate blade accidents in four months…
Early 2024 saw a group of financial deals that have implications, in a broad sense, for how offshore wind projects may be financed. While offshore wind projects might be thought of as being in the ‘utility finance’ basket, they are ultimately…
The Vineyard Wind offshore wind project off the coast of Massachusetts is shut down until further notice while authorities investigate a turbine blade failure that caused debris to wash up on beaches, a federal agency said on Tuesday.The U.S…
Tapping tidal flows for power generation has long been an elusive goal for clean-energy advocates. Formidable hurdles in logistics, technology and public acceptance make plans far from certain.Orcas Power and Light Cooperative (OPALCO) has quietly…
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