LOC Group’s Paris-based renewables team is providing marine warranty surveying services for the Fécamp, Courseulles-sur-Mer and Saint-Nazaire offshore wind farms in France, developed by a consortium led by EDF Énergies Nouvelles and Enbridge.
Berlin-headquartered logistics services provider Rhenus Offshore Logistics is starting up its operation of two new offshore supply bases at the ports of Great Yarmouth and Aberdeen in the UK.
Hull-based electrical engineering firm Pearson Electrical has signed a framework agreement to provide maintenance work on A2SEA’s wind turbine installation vessel Sea Challenger being used to transport Siemens turbine components from Green Port Hull and install them on the 402MW Dudgeon offshore win
GeoSea has appointed Con4Mare to provide marine warranty survey services for the 396MW Merkur offshore wind farm (formerly known as MEG I), located 45km north of Borkum, Germany, in the North Sea.
Shell Eyes More Action in European Offshore Wind The Netherlands-based oil and gas giant, Shell, is looking to get on board further projects across Europe as it aims to dive deeper into the offshore wind market. Hywind Foundations On a Roll (Photos) The Navantia-Windar team has started the roll-out
What can be done to achieve lower costs? Which technology is required and where can companies and industries collaborate? Offshore WIND spoke to ECN’s expert in wind energy Peter Eecen on new insights that follow from ECN’s work within FLOW, the Far and Large Offshore Wind collaborative research pro
Hydraulic systems specialist, Webtool, has introduced a new gripping and lifting tool for recovering subsea cable during offshore wind projects.
UK civil construction company BAM Nuttall has been appointed as the principal contractor for the renovation works on two buildings at Wick Harbour, where Beatrice Offshore Windfarm Ltd (BOWL) will set up the O&M base for the Beatrice offshore wind farm.
Fugro today reported a net loss of EUR 309 million and 1,430 jobs lost in 2016, due to low activity in the oil and gas sector. The company’s revenue amounted to EUR 1.8 billion, a 22.7% decline from the EUR 2.4 billion reported for 2015. However, offshore wind has brought several projects to the com
Subsea cable demand will grow at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 7% over the 2017-2021 period, with the offshore wind sector driving the market demand, according to this year’s first issue of Douglas-Westwood’s biannual Subsea Cable Tracker report.
ElecLink, a wholly owned subsidiary of Groupe Eurotunnel, has awarded contracts for the UK-France interconnector for which the foundation was laid yesterday. The developer contracted Siemens, Prysmian and Balfour Beatty to build the 1GW HVDC link.
Tokyo-based Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL) today informed it plans to acquire a 5% share in Seajacks from Marubeni Corporation.
The foundation stone for ElecLink, the GBP 490 million interconnector between UK and France, was laid yesterday, marking the start of works on the 1GW link between the two countries that will, i.a., enable higher levels of renewables in the two countries’ power grids.
On 22 February, offshore wind turbines in Europe generated 218GWh and thus broke the offshore wind generation record.
