The US Department of Energy has announced three offshore wind farm projects to receive up to $47 million in US government funding grants over the next four years to advance offshore wind technology and pave the way for the United States’ first offshore wind developments. Louisiana-based Keystone Engineering Inc. has been selected to supply the […]
As part of a development project related to the future offshore wind farm ”Parc éolien en mer de Fécamp” in France, MT Højgaard is to install a deep water concrete foundation. The newly developed prototype foundation is based on proven technologies known from the oil and gas, tunnel and bridge industry and in combination with […]
The developers of the Fécamp offshore wind farm have chosen to demonstrate and install Seatower’s patented Cranefree Gravity® foundation design. The Fécamp project, being jointly developed by EDF Energies Nouvelles, DONG Energy and wpd offshore, is located 13km off the coast of Normandy. The Fécamp demonstrator project is the final step in Seatower’s objective to […]
With the departure of the installation vessel INNOVATION from the port Aalborg, GeoSea has now started the 3rd foundation installation cycle on the Westermost Rough offshore wind farm. INNOVATION has loaded 5 large monopiles and transition pieces of the next installation cycle in the port of Aalborg, which are currently transported across the North Sea […]
Scientists from GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre and the German Center for Marine Biodiversity Research in Hamburg have been awarded by the Annette Barthelt Foundation for their outstanding work in the field of marine research. This prize is awarded by the Foundation in memory of four young scientists of the former Kiel Institute of Oceanography, who were killed […]
Sif Group in the city of Roermond is working on the production of 43 steel foundation piles for the Eneco Luchterduinen Wind Farm. Ultimately, these piles will be installed 23 kilometres off the coast between Noordwijk and Zandvoort. What makes these foundation piles special is the fact that the wind turbines will be mounted directly on top of […]
Malaysia-based international offshore oilfield services provider Bumi Armada Berhad released its financial results for the year ended 31 December 2013. Net profit for the year increased by RM45.4 million to RM431.2 million from the RM385.8 million recorded in the previous year. Bumi Armada also posted revenue of RM2.1 billion, an increase of 24.9% from the […]
The first of 77 foundations has been installed at Borkum Riffgrund 1 in Germany represententing 277 MW when complete. With the beginning of the year 2014 the construction work continued at the offshore wind farm Borkum Riffgrund 1 in the German North Sea, after installation of the offshore substation in the summer 2013. Around 37 […]
EOC Limited (EOC or the Group), one of Asia’s leading providers of offshore production services to the oil and gas (O&G) sector, has started its latest financial year on a firm foundation with a fourfold jump in net attributable profit to US$3.0 million for the first quarter ended 30 November 2013 (1QFY14). During the quarter, […]
Carnegie Wave Energy Limited announces the commencement of offshore foundation installation activities. The foundation installation vessel is now on site and installation activities are underway. Vessel owner and operator Fugro Seacore (Australia) mobilised the vessel last week which was then towed to Carnegie’s Perth Project site off Garden Island. Press Release, December 19, 2013
