Gulf Marine Services is close to putting its new cantilever system on its GMS Evolution self propelled jackup barge into system. The cantilever system will enable the firm to compete for well workover and intervention work that was previously…
Tidal energy firm Atlantis Resources has signed a strategic partnership agreement (SPA) with South Korea's Hyundai Engineering & Construction over collaborating on ocean power renewable projects, including targeting a 100MW tidal stream project in South Korea…
Avangrid Renewables and Vineyard Wind have formed a strategic partnership to jointly develop a large scale wind energy project off the coast of Massachusetts. Last summer, Massachusetts required utilities to procure 1600 MW of clean…
The massive, 600 MW Gemini offshore wind park has been opened offshore the Netherlands ahead of schedule and under budget. Gemini will produce 2.6 TWh of wind power every year, reducing the Netherlands’ CO2 emissions by 1.25 million tons…
A subsea “sheepdog” robot could herd seals away from piling work at offshore wind farm sites. The idea – using an autonomous underwater vehicle – was among those hatched at a pioneering workshop seeking innovation to solve subsea engineering…
French vessel operator Bourbon has been awarded a contract for the mooring installation of, FLOATGEN, the first floating wind turbine in France at the experimental test site of SEM-REV managed by Ecole Centrale de Nantes (ECN). FLOATGEN…
Dutch marine contractor Boskalis has picked SPT Offshore for the detailed design and installation of 33 suction pile foundations for the foundations of 11 suction bucket jackets for the Aberdeen Offshore Wind Farm. The European Offshore…
Statoil and Statkraft completed a deal that has increased the Norwegian giant’s share in the Dogger Bank Offshore Wind development to 37.5%. Image of Sheringham Shoal off the coast of Norfolk, from Statoil…
Dounreay Trì has been granted planning consent for the installation of a floating windfarm 9km off the Northern Coast of Scotland by the Scottish government. The decision means that the facility will achieve the necessary Renewables Obligation…
Belgium marine contractor DEME has ordered a new, 300-tonne lifting capacity offshore transport and installation vessel, to be called Orion, from China's COSCO. The vessel is set to be delivered in 2019 and will be deployed by DEME’s…
Audrey Leon speaks with Tom Adams, vice president, Power Business Development, at ABS Group, to find out how the firm is offering its inspection and quality assurance services to the offshore wind industry. Image from iStock…
Dounreay Trì's proposed floating wind farm demonstration project offshore the north of Scotland has been approved by Highland Council, taking the project a step closer to approval by Scottish Ministers. According to the Renewables Obligation Scheme…
Subsea power cables and umbilical manufacturer JDR has been selected by US Wind Inc., as the preferred cable partner for its first offshore wind project. The project is the 750MW Maryland Development project. Expected to be the largest offshore wind farm to date in the USA…
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…
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…