Canada’s Beothuk Energy has chosen Fugro GeoSurveys to carry out bathymetric and geologic compilation, hydrographic data reprocessing, assessment of stability and seismicity, GIS analyses of seabed morphology, and routing options for the proposed 180MW demonstration offshore wind farm in St George’s
The University of Limerick has invited tenders for the provision of marine ROV systems suitable for inspection and intervention on Marine Renewable Energy (MRE) infrastructure, with good thrust to drag ratio developed for subsea, offshore wind or similar applications. The marine ROV system will be h
The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) will initiate planning with the State of California to establish an Intergovernmental Renewable Energy Task Force to examine opportunities for offshore renewable energy development along the Golden State. California Governor Jerry Brown requested formatio
DNV GL has won a contract to provide the Canadian offshore wind developer Beothuk Energy with the constraints analysis, wind resource and energy assessment, Levelized Cost of Energy (LCOE) modeling and a preliminary wind farm layout for the 180MW St. George’s Bay project off western Newfoundland and
SgurrEnergy has been awarded a three-year construction monitoring contract for the 588MW Beatrice offshore wind farm. The construction monitoring appointment follows a one-year role as lenders’ technical advisor for Beatrice Offshore Wind Farm Limited and participating lenders, in which SgurrEnergy
New Delhi-based offshore services provider MDL Energy plans to invest in a new series of offshore support vessels based on its proprietary new design – V 4910. The new OSV will be equipped with a heave compensated offshore crane, and is designed to serve both the Oil&Gas inspection, maintenance, and
Statoil has shared a timelapse video of one of 67 foundations for the 402MW Dudgeon offshore wind farm being installed in the UK part of the North Sea. The wind farm is located some 32 kilometres north of Cromer, off the coast of Norfolk. The crane vessel Oleg Strashnov has been installing foundatio
After contacting CWind yesterday regarding the information that the company is forming CWind Taiwan Ltd, an offshore wind-dedicated joint venture in Taiwan, CWind’s spokesperson told Offshore WIND that the company has not set up any joint ventures in the country so far. According to CWind’s spokespe
Finnish crane manufacturer Konecranes has received an order to deliver eighteen industrial cranes and one gantry crane to Siemens’ nacelle factory in Cuxhaven, Germany. The cranes will be delivered during summer 2017. The parties have agreed not to disclose the value of the order. The lifting capaci
Blue Barrel Supply has secured an agency agreement with RSC Bio Solutions for the distribution of biodegradable products for the offshore energy industry in the North Sea. RSC Bio Solutions has been developing readily ultra-high performing biodegradable oils in the U.S. for many years. By teaming up
The Fukushima Hamakaze construction, built for the 14MW Fukushima Forward floating wind farm demonstration project, was completed after a 5MW Hitachi downwind turbine was mounted on an advanced spar floater in the port of Sumoto, Japan. The construction is expected to be towed to the demo site off F
Siemens Nederland N.V. and EMS Maritime Offshore (EMO) laid the foundation stone for the offshore service base in the port of Eemshaven on 27 May. The general contractor for execution of the construction is the Dutch construction company Kooi from Appingedam. Siemens’ requirements have been implemen
Ideol has raised more than EUR 3 million in the latest fundraising round, including capital from Tertium investment fund. The newly secured finances will be used to speed up the development of Ideol’s floating wind foundation. Ideol’s floating foundation can be constructed in concrete or steel. It i
Iv-Oil & Gas has been awarded a contract to execute the engineering, prefabrication and offshore installation of new cable support structures for the DolWin alpha offshore HVDC converter platform. The platform, designed by Iv-Oil & Gas, is installed in a water depth of 27 metres, approximately 60 ki
