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(OET) Hellenic Cables has signed a contract with Asso.subsea for the transportation, installation, and protection of the 220 kV submarine export cable that will connect 50Hertz’s own transformer platform at the Windanker wind farm in the Baltic Sea to the national grid as part of the Ostwind 3 grid connection system. The overall system will... Continue Reading →
(OET) The partners in the innovative industry-led project that aims to demonstrate the effectiveness of renewable energy for powering subsea production systems and vehicles are getting ready to demonstrate the integrated system offshore Orkney in Scotland. The project, dubbed ‘Renewables for Subsea Power’, is being developed by Verlume, Baker Hughes, Mocean Energy, and Transmark Subsea. It will combine Verlume’s Halo seabed... Continue Reading →
Industrial services provider Bilfinger UK said Monday it had teamed up with Sulzer to help wind farm operators and developers cut their operations and maintenance (O&M) costs. According to Bilfinger, the partnership will see Bilfinger UK provide the fluid engineering firm’s specialist services within its wider offering to the sector. Sulzer delivers overhaul and testing... Continue Reading →
The PanGeo Subsea brand and company name have changed to Kraken Robotics as of 1 January 2023, following the completion of the acquisition by the Canadian company in 2021. To remind, Kraken Robotics entered into a non-binding letter of intent (LOI) to acquire PanGeo Subsea in April 2021. The Canada-based marine technology company completed the acquisition in the summer of 2021. According... Continue Reading →
(OWB) CSSC Haizhuang Wind Power, a subsidiary of China State Shipbuilding Corporation (CSSC), has rolled out the nacelle of the H260-18MW offshore wind turbine prototype. The H260-18MW has a rotor diameter of 260 metres and an individual capacity of 18 MW, making it the largest and the most powerful wind turbine currently on the market... Continue Reading →
Philip Lewis, Contributor (OE) The drivers for global offshore wind growth look good for 2023. Global offshore wind is forecast to grow from over 60 GW at the end of 2022 to 240 GW by 2030 and over 410 GW by 2035. But the sunny outlook must be balanced with some building dark clouds. As we... Continue Reading →
Norwegian industrial giant Hydro and compatriot next-generation offshore wind technology developer World Wide Wind (WWW) plan to explore using recycled aluminium to build a potentially revolutionary new floating design, under a letter of intent (LoI) signed today (Thursday). The pair – which expects to expand its collabloration to investigate employing the lightweight metal alloy in... Continue Reading →
(OE) OTSC Offshore Corporation (“TSC”), a subsidiary of CMIC Ocean En-Tech Holding Co., Ltd. has signed a memorandum of understanding with Spain-based offshore vessel and equipment design firm Offshoretronic. The MoU entails bringing together Offshoretronic's technical engineering experience in offshore wind transportation and installation, and TSC offshore equipment design and manufacturing expertise, with the goal... Continue Reading →
The Norwegian energy company Equinor has signed a strategic partnership with Germany's RWE that involves "large scale projects that will contribute to the European energy supply as well as to the ramp-up of the hydrogen economy in Germany and the EU." In addition, the partnership said it would strengthen the long-term security of supply of... Continue Reading →
Spanish renewable energy company Iberdrola has chosen Brazil as a place where it plans to install its first ever floating solar plant. The project will be built on the water surface of the Xaréu dam on the island of Fernando de Noronha, recognized by UNESCO as a World Natural Heritage Site. This initiative is carried... Continue Reading →
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