Germany's Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency, the Bundesamt für Seeschifffahrt und Hydrographie (BSH), has awarded Fugro a geophysical survey contract for two offshore wind farm sites in the German exclusive economic zone (EEZ) in the North Sea.

Vineyard Wind, a joint venture between AVANGRID, Inc. and Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP), have commemorated the construction of operations and maintenance (O&M) facilities on Martha’s Vineyard with a visit to Tisbury Marine Terminal.

A ‘treasure map’ of what lies beneath the North Sea will be created to help the UK become a world leader in carbon capture and storage.

ADNOC and Baker Hughes has agreed to accelerate the development and commercialization of technology solutions for green and low-carbon hydrogen, as well as graphene.

Equinor will postpone a further development of the Trollvind offshore wind initiative indefinitely. This decision is based on several challenges facing the project, including technology availability, rising cost and a strained timetable to deliver on the original concept. The authorities have been informed about the decision.

Vineyard Wind, a joint venture between Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP) and AVANGRID, Inc.), has announced a pilot program to deploy and test a secondary bubble curtain during foundation installation through a partnership with ThayerMahan, a firm that specializes in seabed surveys, acoustic mitigation and monitoring, and other maritime related services, with facilities in Connecticut and Massachusetts.

Eco Wave Power has entered into an agreement for the design of the Company’s pioneering technology in the Port of Heraklion, in Crete, Greece, with Rogan Associates SA (“Rogan Associates”).

The development of offshore renewable energy is going from strength to strength in France and driving forward the energy transition. The country's first offshore wind farm off Saint-Nazaire has officially opened, the winner of the Centre Manche 1 tender has been announced, the specifications of the southern Brittany floating offshore wind project have been published, the government has set the goal of 40GW with 50 farms by 2050, and the Green Industry law has been passed.

DARE Centre

The Digital, Autonomous and Robotics Engineering (DARE) Centre at the Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult’s testing facility in Blyth was opened May 18, by Minister for Energy Security and Net Zero, the Rt Hon. Graham Stuart MP.

Caledonia offshore wind farm is on track to contribute to government green energy targets following an advanced two-year site survey campaign which included analysis of birds and marine mammal species in the area.

A collaboration between Cambridge Vacuum Engineering (CVE), SSE Renewables, Sif Group, and TWI, has resulted in the first-ever electron beam welded section to be incorporated in an offshore wind turbine monopile foundation (transition piece).

Worley is providing detailed engineering design services for the Kasawari carbon capture and storage (CCS) project in Malaysia.

Allseas’ superior single-lift technology has been selected to install supersized offshore wind converter stations for TenneT’s ambitious 2GW Program and play a key role in Europe’s energy transition.

Leaders from 20 Pacific Island Countries and Territories (PICTs) announces that they approved the Global Ocean Energy Alliance (GLOEA), highlighting the implementation of the 1.5MW Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion (OTEC) platform being developed for deployment in São Tomé and Príncipe, in partnership with Global OTEC, as the basis for the implementation of an Ocean Energy Program in the Pacific.

Irish wave energy developer, OceanEnergy, has signed up to demonstrate its OE35 floating wave energy converter at the European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) in Orkney, Scotland.

Petrobras is studying the implementation of an unprecedented project for CO2 capture and geological storage (CCS) hub in Brazil, in partnership with other companies.