Swedish energy-tech company SeaTwirl and UK-based energy management and energy storage firm Verlume have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to collaborate on the electrification of offshore assets and decarbonisation of the oil and gas industry. The MoU will see the two companies identify an
Ocean Winds, a 50-50 joint venture between ENGIE and EDP Renewables, and UK-based startup Zelim have joined forces for a pilot project that will test AI-enabled person detection software for floating offshore wind farms. The project aims to test and prove Zelim’s ZOE technology, AI-enabled software
Tidal Transit, a supplier of purpose-design crew transfer vessels for the offshore wind industry, has begun the design and engineering phase of a project to deliver what the company claims to be the world’s first retrofit electric crew transfer vessel (E-CTV). Over the next 15 months, the UK-based c
Updates on wind turbine technology and new offshore wind projects, including those facing major challenges, marked 2023 on offshoreWIND.biz. In the article below, we have compiled our ten most-read news last year, together with some of their related updates and stories. In February 2023, Vestas reve
By using new technologies such as digital response twin, one of the tools developed and used successfully in the oil and gas sector, we can extend the life of floating wind farms, Tim Eyles, Vice President of UK-based company Acteon revealed. At this year’s Offshore Energy Exhibition & Conference (O
Ørsted has become “the first offshore wind company in the world” to use giant autonomous drones to transport cargo to wind turbines. The Danish offshore wind giant is testing the drones to transport cargo from vessels to its 1.2 GW Hornsea One project in the UK. Building on its previous experience u
DNV has awarded the Statement of Feasibility to the PelaFlex floating wind platform, developed by Marine Power Systems (MPS) and planned to be deployed across Europe as part of several demonstration projects. According to MPS, its flexible floating offshore wind platform supports the rapid deploymen
Maersk’s Stillstrom, a provider of offshore charging solutions, and North Star, the UK-based offshore support services vessel operator, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to accelerate the adoption of offshore charging and vessel electrification technologies for Service Operation Vessel
UK-headquartered Osbit has delivered to GE Vernova’s Offshore Wind business its twin wind turbine tower lifting tools that will be used in constructing the world’s largest offshore wind farm to date, Dogger Bank Wind Farm. Osbit’s tools have full DNV approval and will be used to lift and rotate the
A new report from Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult outlines how the latest technology advancements can enable faster and more accurate data collection which could reduce consenting times for offshore wind farms by as much as 40 per cent. The report, Accelerating Offshore Wind: The Role of In
Ørsted and Esvagt have signed an agreement for a second methanol-powered service operation vessel (SOV). The SOV is a sister vessel to the world’s first methanol-powered SOV which is scheduled to enter service off the UK East Coast in 2024. The second SOV will be ready for launch in 2026, where it w
Dubai-headquartered engineering company Kent has won a contract for the Front-End Engineering Design (FEED) for EnBW and BP’s Morgan and Mona offshore wind farms in the UK. The company says it will design jacket foundations for 17-24 MW wind turbines that will be installed in a 35-metre water depth.
The Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult has announced plans to develop a virtual environment for better planning and maintenance of offshore wind farms. Led by ORE Catapult’s Operations and Maintenance Centre of Excellence (OMCE) at Grimsby, the Digital Operation and Maintenance Environment (DO
Eight UK businesses have secured a share of a GBP 2 million grant competition from the Offshore Wind Growth Partnership (OWGP). Projects included a focus on condition monitoring of turbine blades and inter-array electrical cables and biofouling prevention on turbine ladders. Other projects are explo
