Energy

The future development and deployment of floating offshore wind technology is seen as a critical element of the UK’s net zero ambitions.

Boskalis has acquired two contracts for the transportation and installation of the export and array cables for the Baltica 2 offshore wind farm off the coast of Poland.

Following the promising range of potential benefits identified in the scenarios within the “Wave and Floating Wind Energy—Opportunities for Sharing Infrastructure, Services and Supply Chain” report supplied by Offshore Wind Consultants (OWC) Ltd, Wave Energy Scotland (WES) has begun a series of tank tests at the University of Edinburgh’s FloWave facility.

Three cutting-edge wave energy projects have been selected to fabricate, deploy and demonstrate their prototype designs in the third and final phase of the EuropeWave Pre-Commercial Procurement (PCP) program.

Following the contract awarded by Van Oord earlier this year to design and build a flange monopile upending tool [FMUT], KENC announces the commencement of fabrication for the FMUT for its long-term client, Van Oord.

UK’s participation in Horizon Europe will benefit the whole European ocean energy sector.

Malta’s Ministry for the Environment, Energy and Enterprise launched the first policy document, detailing the National Policy for the Deployment of Offshore Renewable Energy for public consultation.

SCHOTTEL Marine Technologies, the new company name for Germany’s AQUOS SCHOTTEL Marine Technologies GmbH (AQUOS) and Scotland’s Swift Anchors Limited, is integrating its operations to exploit the growing business opportunities in offshore renewables, and in particular within the floating offshore wind sector.

The energy sector must overcome a lack of trust in artificial intelligence (AI) before the technology can be effectively used to accelerate the energy transition, a DNV report has found. 

DORIS, a leader in engineering, advisory and project management for energy, has been awarded a framework agreement by bp for the provision of engineering services to bp’s offshore wind projects.

The new ErgoFit SOLAS lifejacket from Survitec’s leading lifejacket brand, Crewsaver, redefines safety, comfort, and performance for those engaged in challenging tasks on wind turbines and during offshore crew transfer operations.

The next two large offshore development projects to be built on the Norwegian Continental Shel, Yggdrasil and Valhall PWP- Fenris, entered the construction phase on September 4, 2023.