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  • World Mistral Sports Reygar Monitoring System

    16 July 2019
    Technology, Vessels

    World Marine Offshore (WMO) has implemented BareFLEET, Reygar’s remote monitoring system, on their crew transfer vessel (CTV) World Mistral. This installation is the first in WMO’s rollout of BareFLEET, which will soon deliver health and performance monitoring across the firm’s fleet of CTVs. A lack of interoperability between disparate remote monitoring systems continues to present […]

  • 6 Alpha Associates Celebrates 10 Years in Offshore Energy Industry

    8 January 2014
    Business & Finance

    6 Alpha Associates, the strategic advisor for managing high risk offshore energy initiatives, this year marks its 10th year in business having successfully and safely completed a multitude of complex energy and construction development briefs. Since the firm’s inception in 2004, 6 Alpha Associates has implemented and introduced its unique unexploded ordnance (UXO) risk certification […]

  • MOL, Toyo Construction Form Japanese Offshore Wind Joint Venture

    9 June 2023
    Collaboration, Outlook & Strategy

    Japanese-based Mitsui O.S.K Lines (MOL) and its compatriot Toyo Construction have established a joint venture focusing on offshore wind power generation. Through the joint venture, the companies said that they will create stronger synergies in a wide range of areas related to offshore wind, including survey planning, procurement of work vessels, and offshore construction. “By […]

  • Spectrum Offshore to Survey Vattenfall’s Danish Nearshore Wind Farms

    9 May 2018
    Contracts & Tenders, Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    Vattenfall has awarded Spectrum Offshore with a contract to carry out unexploded ordnance (UXO) survey on two nearshore wind farms in the Danish North Sea.

  • 6 Alpha Associates Launches EOD Division

    2 March 2016

    6 Alpha Associates (6 Alpha) has launched a dedicated explosive ordnance disposal (EOD) division. According to the company, increasing demand from major UK construction and infrastructure development firms for a more strategic approach to the growing challenge of managing unexploded ordnance (UXO) risks led to the decision to invest in the specialist team and survey equipment […]

  • University of New Orleans Launches Louisiana Wind Energy Hub

    9 August 2022
    Industry, Training & Education

    The University of New Orleans (UNO), in partnership with the UNO Research & Technology Foundation, has announced the launch of the Louisiana Wind Energy Hub, which will host an ecosystem for innovation, entrepreneurship, and education in offshore wind energy.  The hub, to be located at the University’s research and technology park, will hold seminars, roundtables […]

  • Arkona OWF Site Now UXO-Free

    5 December 2016
    Wind Farm Update

    E.ON informed today that the unexploded ordnance (UXO) removal at the Arkona offshore wind farm construction site in the German Baltic Sea has been completed. The site, with an area of 39 square kilometers halfway between the island of Rügen and the Danish island of Bornholm, is now completely free of remains from the time of the […]

  • Singapore and Taiwan Firms Ink Offshore Wind MoU

    18 June 2019
    Business & Finance, Vessels

    Singapore’s Kim Heng Marine & Oilfield (KHMO) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Taiwan-based Hung Hua Construction (HHC) to collaborate on the offshore wind sector. KHMO will provide vessels, tugboats and barges to HHC by way of a charter, sale or joint ownership and operation to be used for the transportation, delivery […]

  • Royal HaskoningDHV, 6 Alpha Associates to Develop UXO Best Practice Guidance

    24 March 2014
    R&D

    Royal HaskoningDHV and 6 Alpha Associates have signed a contract with the Construction Industry Research and Information Association (CIRIA), to be the research contractor for a project which will develop good practice guidance on the assessment and management of unexploded ordnance (UXO) risk in the marine environment. As offshore wind and cabling projects begin to […]

  • PTEC Submits Application for Tidal Energy Project Off Isle of Wight

    8 January 2015
    Authorities

    The Perpetuus Tidal Energy Centre (PTEC) has applied to the Marine Management Organisation (MMO) and Isle of Wight Council (as Local Planning Authority) for permission to construct and operate a tidal energy demonstration site off St Catherine’s Point to the south of the Isle of Wight. If consent is granted, PTEC will be the first […]

  • Emu Finds Easytrak Nexus Very Accurate (UK)

    2 June 2011
    Technology

      The Easytrak Nexus has been successfully deployed on various subsea tracking surveys across the globe since its introduction in 2009 and is currently being used nearer to home during the geophysical survey of sections of North Sea, close to shore. The Geosurvey Department of Emu Ltd, a marine development, research and planning company based […]

  • Triton Knoll Hires James Fisher

    21 March 2019
    Contracts & Tenders

    James Fisher Marine Services (JFMS) has secured a contract to carry out unexploded ordnance (UXO) removal and boulder clearance at the Triton Knoll offshore wind farm. JFMS is in charge of investigating and clearing locations at the 145km2 offshore site where earlier surveys have identified potential obstructions to construction. The works, set to begin in spring, […]

  • Spanish firm Gamesa Signs MoU with BLRT to Explore Cooperation Opportunities

    28 February 2012
    R&D

    BLRT Grupp, one of the biggest industrial holdings in the Baltic States, and Gamesa, global technological leader in design, manufacture, installation and maintenance of wind turbines, through the intermediary of Energy Worldwide Holding, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to explore cooperation opportunities. The document confirms both companies’ mutual interest in further detailed exploration of […]

  • Ramora UK to Destroy UXO at Galloper

    7 June 2016
    Grid Connection, Technology, Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    Specialist explosive ordnance disposal contractor Ramora UK is preparing to undertake a programme of disposal of items previously identified as unexploded wartime ordnance, found on the seabed where the 336MW Galloper wind farm will be built off the Suffolk coast. The bombs were identified during surveys undertaken ahead of the offshore construction starting this summer. Ramora […]

  • UK Energy Bill Delays Could Harm Narec’s Offshore Wind Demonstration Project

    7 February 2013
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Technology

    Delays to the Energy Bill could affect the National Renewable Energy Centre’s (Narec) Blyth Offshore Wind Demonstration Project, along with other large offshore wind projects in the North Sea, The Journal cites Steve Abbott, Narec’s marketing and communications manager, as saying. The British Government’s delays in electricity market reform are momentarily not an issue, as […]

  • Wind Minds Consolidates Power in Korea

    17 September 2015
    Business & Finance

    Wind Minds has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Korea’s submarine solutions firm Haechun to cooperate on offshore wind projects with a focus on Asia and Europe. It has been agreed that Wind Minds will partner with Haechun to investigate cooperation opportunities in the field of offshore wind farm development, installation, and operation and […]

  • RenewableUK Welcomes Marine Energy Parks MoU

    28 February 2013

    RenewableUK today welcomed the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding between Pentland Firth and Orkney Waters Marine Energy Park and South West Marine Energy Park, which extends from Bristol to Cornwall. The MoU forms a working partnership that will result in increased collaboration and the sharing of innovative ideas between England and Scotland. Each of […]

  • Hywind Scotland to Feature Novel Battery Storage

    21 March 2016
    R&D, Technology, Wind Farm Update

    A new battery storage solution for offshore wind energy will be piloted as part of the Hywind Scotland project, the world’s first floating wind farm, to be installed off the coast of Peterhead in Aberdeenshire. The wind park is currently under construction and start of electricity production is expected in late 2017. Statoil will install a 1MWh Lithium […]

  • UK and Taiwan Bolster Offshore Wind Ties

    13 March 2019
    Authorities, Ports & Logistics

    The British Office in Taipei and Taiwan International Ports Corporation (TIPC) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on joint co-operation in respect of the development of Taiwan’s offshore wind industry. Under this MoU, further exchange in the areas of policy, strategy, technology, operations and maintenance to promote offshore wind port and marine sector will be […]

  • Mojo Maritime Wins Tidal Energy Engineering Firm 2011 Award (UK)

    19 January 2012

    Mojo Maritime has won the Tidal Energy Engineering Firm 2011 award for the second year in a row, reports Maritime journal. Apart from this, the consortium, made up of Voith, Bauer, UoE & Mojo Maritime Ltd, has won the award for the Most Effective Tidal Energy Project 2011. The project was for the monopile foundation […]

  • Nautricity, Fundy Tidal to Develop Tidal Energy Project in Nova Scotia, Canada

    25 June 2014
    Business & Finance, Technology

    Nautricity Ltd. and Fundy Tidal Inc. have signed an MoU to develop a 500kW tidal project in Nova Scotia, Canada’s Petit Passage. Nautricity is completing system testing of its CoRMaT and Hydro-buoy technologies at the European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) off the Orkney Islands in Scotland. The project at Petit Passage provides flows similar to those […]

  • Corio and SK Oceanplant to Jointly Develop 6.8 GW of Offshore Wind Projects

    17 March 2023
    Business & Finance, Business development, Contracts & Tenders, Research & Development

    South Korean SK oceanplant, the offshore wind power business arm of SK ecoplant, and Corio Generation, a portfolio company of Green Investment Group (GIG), have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to work together on offshore wind projects in six regions around the world. Under the MoU, the two companies plan to collaborate on projects […]

  • Partnership Secures Dundee’s Bright Future in Offshore Wind Industry (UK)

    15 December 2011

    A new partnership has been launched that aims to secures Dundee’s position as a leading centre of Scotland’s rapidly developing offshore renewables sector. Forth Ports, Scottish Enterprise, Dundee City Council and energy firm SSE have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) that will see them work together to develop the city’s renewable strengths. SSE, a […]

  • Two UK’s Marine Energy Parks Join Forces

    28 February 2013

    The UK’s two Marine Energy Parks (MEP) will today (Thursday 28 Feb) sign a milestone agreement to work together to support the development of the wave and tidal industry in the United Kingdom. The collaboration agreement, which will be signed at the Renewable UK Wave and Tidal Conference in London, will be witnessed by Greg […]

  • Shell Making Further Floating Offshore Wind Moves in South Korea

    15 March 2022
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders

    Shell Gas & Power Developments B.V. has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with power generation company Korea Southern Power Co., Ltd (KOSPO) to drive Shell’s floating offshore wind and renewable energy ambition in South Korea. Under the MoU, the two energy companies will explore collaboration opportunities to contribute to Korea’s energy transition. This could […]

  • Taiwan: POSH, Kerry TJ Team Up for Offshore Wind

    12 July 2018
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Ports & Logistics

    Singapore-headquartered offshore marine services provider, PACC Offshore Services Holdings Ltd. (POSH), and Taiwan-based logistics firm Kerry TJ Logistics have established a joint venture (JV) company POSH Kerry Renewables to provide integrated supply chain and marine solutions to the offshore wind sector in Taiwan.