Flotation Energy Plc and CNOOC Petroleum Europe Ltd have submitted an Offshore Scoping Report for a floating wind farm offshore Scotland with a capacity of up to 480 MW and scheduled to be operational by 2026. The Green Volt offshore wind farm would feature up to 30 wind turbines with a rated capaci
RWE has signed a contract with professional services firm Jacobs to investigate the production and supply of green hydrogen at the Pembroke Power Station site in Wales, the UK. The study will take four months, completing in March 2022, and include investigations into the feasibility of initially ins
UK’s petroleum regulator, the Oil and Gas Authority (OGA), has selected three winners for its £1 million offshore electrification competition, aiming to advance oil and gas electrification plans as part of the UK’s decarbonisation efforts. Three winners are sharing a £1 million, or about $1.3 millio
The Ørsted, Falck Renewables, BlueFloat Energy consortium currently bidding for offshore wind leases for floating wind projects in Scotland has announced a link up with the Scottish Association for Marine Science (SAMS) to investigate the potential effects of floating wind developments on the marine
A consortium led by Aker Offshore Wind and Scottish researchers is set to launch a pilot project to develop the UK’s first wind turbine blade recycling plant, after securing a GBP 1.3 million grant from Innovate UK, the UK Government’s innovation agency. The GBP 2 million, three-year project, which
James Fisher Renewables has completed the first part of a two-phase campaign to investigate unexploded ordnance (UXO) and potential archaeological features at the site of RWE’s Sofia offshore wind project in the UK, ahead of the installation of export cables. During September and October, JF Renewab
Wood has agreed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with HYGEN Energy to accelerate the production of green hydrogen for decarbonising transportation in the United Kingdom. Through the MoU, Wood and HYGEN Energy will develop solutions for future hydrogen production plants across the UK, beginning wi
Shell New Energies and RWE Generation will explore the possibilities of establishing integrated projects for the production of green hydrogen using offshore wind power on a gigawatt scale in the industrial regions in the north-east of England such as Teesside and/or Humberside. The plan is one of th
A new research programme has been launched in the UK to address the gap in understanding how marine ecosystems will respond to the continued growth of offshore wind as the UK sector ramps up to deliver 40 GW of offshore wind by 2030. The GBP 7 million programme – known as ECOWind – is a […]
Hydrogen-based propulsion systems, electric engines and battery technologies are still years away from being operationally effective in the offshore energy support vessel (OESV) sector. So what can OESV operators do to meet the growing demand for lower emissions today? According to Seacat Services (
RWE Renewables has joined the Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult’s Circular Economy for the Wind Sector joint industry programme (CEWS JIP), focused on the reuse, recycling and sustainable disposal of components of decommissioned offshore wind turbines. “The programme aims to lead the way in e
The Crown Estate has announced the formation of the Offshore Wind and CCUS Co-location Forum in the UK. The Forum will identify the key challenges and opportunities associated with the co-location of Offshore Wind and Carbon Capture Usage and Storage (CCUS) infrastructure, as well as solutions to he
The offshore wind support vessel operator Seacat Services has become the first business to adopt the Carbon Management Plan, a first of its kind emissions reduction strategy introduced by new maritime sustainability consultancy, Cedar Marine. “The offshore wind sector has suffered scepticism in rece
Seacat Services’ vessel Seacat Enterprise has completed her journey to and first operational assignments at Triton Knoll offshore wind farm using Hydrogenated Vegetable Oil (HVO). Following a scheduled refit at the Alicat yard in Great Yarmouth, which saw Seacat Enterprise undergo a number of modifi
