A project, funded by the European Union and the industry, that will help define the future interoperability standards of the multi-terminal high-voltage direct current (HVDC) grids in offshore electricity has been launched in Lyon, France. The project “Enabling interoperability of multi-vendor HVDC
Several unexploded ordnance (UXO) items have been identified within Dogger Bank A & B array areas during a UXO inspection campaign. The UXO items will be addressed during a separate UXO Clearance phase of work estimated to be performed around February 2023. The Dogger Bank A, B, and C UXO inspection
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Swedish energy company Vattenfall conducted large-scale seabed surveys with uncrewed surface vessels at several of its offshore wind farms in Denmark, Sweden, and the UK earlier this year. In the late summer and early autumn of 2022, uncrewed vessels were used for seabed surveys across Horns Rev 1,
The Crown Estate has announced the awarding of the first contracts for its first major investment in surveys to help with the construction of floating offshore wind farms in the Celtic Sea. The awarding of the first contracts marks an important step in what is anticipated to be a multi-million pound
UK-based Verlume has been developing Halo, a scalable, modular battery energy storage system with integrated intelligent energy management, for offshore wind applications. One of Halo’s key features is that the system is fully rechargeable and can be integrated with marine renewable energy converter
The Offshore Wind Growth Partnership (OWGP) has launched a new Innovation Grant funding competition aimed at decarbonising the offshore wind sector and improving reliability. Sponsored by Equinor, Ocean Winds, and ScottishPower Renewables, OWGP launched its latest Innovation Grant competition which
Equinor and Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult have announced a collaboration agreement that will tackle some of the biggest challenges facing the offshore renewables sector. According to the partners, ORE Catapult and Equinor have a joint aim to collectively invest in technology readiness for
RWE has revealed that is seeking to attract UK companies to respond to three priority challenges within the offshore wind industry via Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult’s Launch Academy, which is now open to new applications. Autonomous solutions and the best way to integrate them into wind f
Global engineering company 2H Offshore, in collaboration with ORE Catapult and on behalf of the Floating Offshore Wind (FOW) Centre of Excellence, has developed a qualification framework for dynamic inter-array cable technology for floating offshore wind. The scope of the framework, which is part of
Floating Offshore Wind Centre of Excellence (FOW CoE), part of the Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult, has launched two new strategic programmes with the aim to accelerate the development and qualification of critical floating wind technologies. One programme will focus on dynamic inter-array
The global pipeline of floating offshore wind projects has more than doubled in the past year from 91 GW to 185 GW, according to a report published by RenewableUK. The number of projects has increased globally during that time from 130 to 230, RenewableUK said. The pipeline includes projects at any
Innvotek and Eleven-I have demonstrated innovative technology solutions, alongside GE Renewable Energy and the Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult, to support future offshore wind developments. The two companies carried out the work through GE Renewable Energy and ORE Catapult’s “Stay Ashore” r
Seacat Services has taken delivery of the first of two BARTech 30 crew transfer vessels (CTVs) from marine engineering consultancy BAR Technologies. The handover took place at BAR Technologies premises in Portsmouth where the vessel was officially named Seacat Columbia by Seacat Services founder Ian
