Offshore Energy News & Articles

Exploring Offshore Wind Opportunities: Robotics & Renewables

Implementing an infrastructure to support effective monitoring and marine robotics at the start of a wind farm lifecycle can lower cost, reduce carbon, and increase reliability

Nov 13, 2023
Active Electrics Sensor Deployed at Offshore Wind Farm

ELWAVE’s Octopulse uses the company’s patented biomimetics active electrics technology, replicating the “active electro-location” perception mode used by some tropical fish

Oct 31, 2023
VARD Contracted for Hybrid Commissioning SOVs

The VARD 4 19 vessel design is a highly all-round platform for sustainable offshore windfarm support operations, focusing on onboard logistics, security, comfort, and superior operability

Oct 27, 2023
Demolition Provides 18,000 Tons of Recyclable Material

Aker Solutions has demolished an offshore energy topside to recover 18,000 tons of steel and other valuable metals, which could cut carbon emissions by 26,000 tons to 30,000 tons

Oct 26, 2023
Cloud Solution Fitted for Oil Spill Detection Software

Miros will provide a suite of advanced cloud-based services and applications that are currently in operation within the oil and gas, offshore wind, and offshore vessel sectors

Oct 25, 2023
New Geotechnical Testing Lab Opens

Fugro IOVTEC’s Taiwan laboratory will carry out soil testing services, critical to understanding the site conditions for the foundation design of offshore wind farms

Oct 20, 2023
Contract Won for Surface Fed Amphibious Trenching Vehicle

Royal IHC’s Amphibious Hi-Traq Jetter is set to significantly increase CMI’s subsea cable burial capabilities and allows for better complex submarine cable installations

Oct 18, 2023
Contract Awarded for Anchoring Supply System for USVs

Maxwell Marine’s anchoring system will have fully autonomous operation and the ability to retrieve very long lengths of chain in extreme weather conditions with no human intervention

Oct 13, 2023
Partnership to Deliver Offshore Wind Craft

Chartwell Marine and VARD’s Midi-SOV incorporates a low waterplane shape that broadens above waterline, allowing the vessel to remain stable during operations

Oct 11, 2023
Subsea Decommissioning Project Completed

DeepOcean removed the upper conductor guideframes from the Dunlin Alpha platform, along with 6 subsea conductors and 4 vertical supports at varying water depths

Oct 10, 2023
Survey Contract Secured for Floating Offshore Windfarm

Ocean Infinity will undertake a comprehensive site investigation survey using multiple AUVs simultaneously for Equinor’s floating offshore wind lease area

Oct 10, 2023
Ørsted and Rutter Partner for Safe Personnel Transfer

Rutter’s wave prediction technology will be deployed on Ørsted’s CTVs, enabling crews to know in advance how waves will impact their transfer and to plan accordingly

Sep 28, 2023
1,400km Interconnector Between UK and Denmark Completed

Prysmian Group has completed installation and HV testing of the world’s longest electricity interconnector, set to power up to 1.4 million homes

Sep 06, 2023
Development of Autonomous Robot for Subsea Inspections

University of Houston is developing SmartTouch technology for ROVs equipped with multiple stress wave-based smart touch sensors, video cameras and scanning sonars

Sep 04, 2023
Partnership to Explore Renewable Subsea Tieback

Aker Solutions and Mocean Energy could be using wave energy and subsea energy storage to tie back stranded reserves, extending the life of existing subsea production assets and reducing the need for new oilfield developments

Sep 01, 2023
Stillstrom and North Star Collaborate for Offshore Charging

Stillstrom and North Star have combined their efforts to accelerate vessel electrification and offshore charging in the offshore wind industry

Aug 31, 2023
Partnership to Develop Second Floating Arven Offshore Wind Farm

Mainstream Renewable Power and Ocean Winds will partner to develop the second site of the floating Arven Offshore Wind Farm, set to expand its footprint to 2.3 GW

Aug 21, 2023
First Remotely Operated Subsea Inspection in Middle East Successfully Completed

Fugro carried out the inspection using a low-carbon emission USV, controlling everything from an onshore remote operations centre using the company's Blue Essence technology

Aug 17, 2023
Kansai Electric Power Joins DemoSATH

Kansai Electric Power is the latest partner in the DemoSATH project, which will deploy a prototype floating 2 MW turbine with 96m rotors

Aug 14, 2023