France’s RTE (Réseau de Transport d’Electricité) has awarded Fugro with a contract to perform a geotechnical investigation for future offshore substations at two floating wind farm sites in the Gulf of Lion in the Mediterranean Sea. After an evaluation of environmental impacts, Fugro mobilised its Gargano vessel on Wednesday, 12 April, equipped with drilling, sampling, and cone... Continue Reading →
RVO, EnBW issue offshore wind contract notices
The Netherlands Enterprise Agency (RVO) and Germany-based EnBW have issued contract notices seeking services for the development of offshore wind farms in the Doordewind wind farm zone and in the German Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ), respectively. RVO aims to publish a tender around the end of May or the beginning of June 2023. The goal... Continue Reading →
Acteon’s TerraSond and Benthic Win Floating Offshore Wind Survey Work in Scotland
Acteon's Data and Robotic division's geo-services brands TerraSond and Benthic have secured a combined geophysical and geotechnical survey work scope with the BlueFloat Energy and Renantis Partnership for the Bellrock and Broadshore offshore wind farms northeast of Aberdeen, Scotland. BlueFloat Energy and Renantis joined forces to develop floating offshore wind projects in response to last... Continue Reading →
Macquarie’s Corio says Victoria can double its offshore wind green dream in Australia
The head of the Macquarie Group company that aims to be one of the biggest offshore wind players in the world says that Victoria could easily beats its ambitious offshore wind targets, and has flagged massive turbines of up to 20MW will be installed in coastal waters. Jonathon Cole is the CEO of Corio Generation,... Continue Reading →
EGS Survey to start work at ScotWind Floating Wind site
The UK-headquartered company EGS Survey will carry out a survey campaign at the Muir Mhòr floating wind project site in Scotland, being developed by Fred. Olsen Seawind and Vattenfall. Starting next month, EGS Survey will be performing preliminary geophysical and environmental surveys using the vessel EGS Ventus, with the work to be conducted from Peterhead Port... Continue Reading →
GEOxyz Opens US Office for Offshore Wind
Belgium-based offshore survey services provider GEOxyz announced it has opened its first office in the United States, located in New Brunswick, N.J., as it expands to serve the offshore wind energy industry on the U.S. East Coast "The renewable energy industry in the U.S. is an important market in full expansion and we are thrilled... Continue Reading →
TWP Reveals Names for Two 1GW Offshore Wind Farms in Scotland
Thistle Wind Partners (TWP), a consortium of DEME Concessions, Qair and Aspiravi, on Monday revealed the final names for its two offshore wind project secured in the ScotWind seabed lease round. The 1GW Bowdun offshore wind farm will be located off the coast of Stonehaven, lying 44km out from the landmark of Bowdun Head and covering an area... Continue Reading →
SSE and partners award survey contracts for Ossian floating wind farm
SSE Renewables, Marubeni Corporation, and Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP), the consortium behind Ossian floating offshore wind farm in Scotland, have awarded the contract for geotechnical investigations to Fugro and Ocean Infinity. The Netherlands-based Fugro will focus on downhole geotechnical sampling and in-situ cone penetration testing, while Ocean Infinity will focus on the seabed scope which... Continue Reading →
The Crown Estate and Crown Estate Scotland Survey Industry on Carbon Capture Utilisation and Storage
The Crown Estate and Crown Estate Scotland have started the first round of formal engagement with developers on Carbon Capture Utilisation and Storage (CCUS). The two organizations, one responsible for the seabed around England, Wales, and Northern Ireland, the other for areas off Scotland, have issued a joint survey to industry stakeholders to explore and... Continue Reading →
Fugro and Gardline win Danish geotechnical survey deals
Fugro and Gardline have been awarded a contract to carry out preliminary geotechnical investigations for the future offshore wind farms in the Danish North Sea, Kattegat, and Danish Baltic Sea. The tender, which was published by the Danish transmission operator (TSO) Energinet, was divided into two lots. UK marine survey specialist Gardline will perform preliminary geotechnical... Continue Reading →