Author: Francesco

Leading renewable energy consultancy and service provider, Natural Power, has provided vendors due diligence on behalf of Banks Renewables for the sale of its business to the leading global asset manager, Brookfield. The project included Banks Renewables’ current portfolio of 11 operational onshore wind farms across Yorkshire, the Northeast, the North West and Scotland; and… Read more »

Singapore, 17th October 2023 — Berge Bulk, one the world’s leading dry bulk ship owners, launches its Newcastlemax bulker, Berge Olympus, with four retrofitted BARTech WindWings by Yara Marine Technologies. The WindWings installation is part of Berge Bulk’s ambition to become carbon neutral by 2025 and marks the Berge Olympus as the world’s most powerful sailing cargo ship. With… Read more »

Hull, United Kingdom, 17 October 2023. MMS Workboats, a division of MMS Ship Repair & Dry Dock Co Ltd. (MMS), has today announced the launch of the Envirocat All-Electric Eco 8.5, a cutting-edge plastic and debris collection vessel. Designed to make waterways cleaner and support sustainable industries such as fish farming and aquaculture, the 8.5… Read more »

October 17, 2023 – Nearthlab, a leading provider of autonomous drone solutions, has announced a strategic partnership with Rio Energy, a company recently acquired by the multinational energy conglomerate Equinor. The partnership aims to advance efficient blade inspections across wind farms in Brazil by leveraging NearthWIND Mobile, an award-winning software solution that turns off-the-shelf drones… Read more »

Smartly constructed, self-growing mussel reefs at the boundary of shallow water (the foreshore) can reduce coastal erosion while making a positive contribution to biodiversity and the coastal ecosystem. This result comes from The Coastbusters research project.  On 16 October 2023, the project results were presented to the press in Ostend (B), and to policymakers, marine… Read more »

Wednesday 11 October 2023 – CWind, a leading provider of offshore wind support services, today announced their acquisition by Inspirit Capital, a UK-based investment firm. The news marks the beginning of a new era for CWind, as it transforms into a stand-alone entity, no longer affiliated with Global Marine Group, the leading independent provider of… Read more »

Wind farms Baltyk II and Baltyk III are located in the Polish zone of the Baltic Sea. Each will have a capacity of 720 MW and connect to the onshore grid via a total of four HVAC submarine cables, with a combined length of 256 km. Baltyk II and Baltyk III will be two of… Read more »

The installation and first power of the first GE Haliade-X turbine at Dogger Bank A was confirmed today. The precision exercise to install the turbine was undertaken by engineers and technicians using Jan De Nul Group’s ultra-low emission vessel Voltaire, which has a crane lifting capacity of 3,200 tonnes. The turbine blades tips reach 260… Read more »

9 October 2023 – Mondi Grünburg has partnered with NKE, a prominent manufacturer of bearing solutions for wind, railway and industrial applications, to create a new packaging solution for wind power components. With the rising demand for renewable energy sources, the wind power sector has gained significant attention. The challenging operating conditions of wind turbines… Read more »

COVINGTON, La., Oct. 9, 2023 /PRNewswire/ — Hornbeck Offshore Services, Inc. (“Hornbeck Offshore” or the “Company”) announced today that it has entered into a final settlement agreement with the surety (the “Surety”) for two Multi-Purpose Support Vessels (MPSVs) that had been under construction at Gulf Island Shipyards, LLC(“Gulf Island”).  Pursuant to the settlement with the… Read more »

Grout provides structural support, enhances stability, and facilitates the transfer of loads from the offshore structure to the seabed. It acts as a crucial bonding agent, securing the foundation and preventing any potential movement or instability caused by the dynamic forces of wind, waves, and currents. A well-executed grouting operation ensures the integrity and durability… Read more »

Specialist of Acoustics and Drones, RTsys is proud to announce continued collaboration with Teledyne Marine with further orders for RDI DVLs as demand continues to grow for its range of specialist AUVs comprising of the SEMA ASW training target, COMET-300, NemoSens AUV and µAUV for scientific, industrial and defense applications. “When it comes to performance,… Read more »

RP Global, one of Poland’s leading players in the renewable energy sector, and Marguerite, a pan-European investor and our co-shareholder of 49.99% have finalized the sale of two wind farms totaling 103 MW to ENGIE Zielona Energia. The agreement was signed on 28 July 2023, and the transaction was successfully completed following approval from Poland’s… Read more »

POTTSTOWN, Pa., October 4, 2023 – VideoRay, the producer of the Mission Specialist Defender robot recently selected by the US Navy for underwater mine detection and disposal, announced today that it has successfully acquired Blue Ring Imaging, a St. Petersburg, Florida-based innovator in 3D visualization, multi-view perception, and simulation for unmanned systems. Blue Ring Imaging,… Read more »

Natural Power, the leading renewable energy consultancy and service provider, has appointed Fabien Vacher as Head of Construction and Operations in France. He joins from Nordex Acciona where he was Director of Wind Construction and latterly Director of Wind Maintenance, responsible for wind maintenance activities in France and Belgium covering 220 wind farms, 1200 wind… Read more »

Jan De Nul Group orders Fleeming Jenkin, an extra-large cable-laying vessel, at the CMHI Haimen shipyard. With an unrivalled cable-carrying capacity of 28,000 tonnes, the vessel will serve the renewable energy and subsea cable industry in installing cables over longer distances and in deeper waters. The vessel will be delivered in 2026.   Caption: Fleeming… Read more »

The Offshore Renewable Energy Catapult’s Floating Offshore Wind Centre of Excellence (FOW CoE) has launched its fourth key strategic programme this week – focused on reducing risk and costs associated with floating offshore wind, and supporting supply chain growth in construction, operations and maintenance. The new strategic programme, ‘Construction, Operations and Maintenance’, builds on previous… Read more »

NKT secures framework agreement and record order for five power cable projects supporting the German Energiewende NKT has been awarded a combination of five on- and offshore power cable projects embedded in a long-term framework agreement by the German TSO 50Hertz. With a combined value of approx. EUR 3.5bn, the order is a new company… Read more »

The Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult has launched the first Fit 4 Offshore Renewables (F4OR) programme in Wales – specifically designed to support local companies bidding for work in the floating offshore wind industry. ORE Catapult is partnering with Floventis Energy, the developer of Llŷr 1 and 2 in the Celtic Sea, to deliver ‘F4OR… Read more »

FibreMax from the Netherlands announced a new collaboration with PelaStar, Yale Cordage and Avient Dyneema focusing on enhancing local content development and driving economic growth in the State of Maine’s floating wind sector. With the ambitions of localizing the supply chain and leveraging the collective expertise, the partners aim to minimize environmental impact, reduce project… Read more »