Fugro has kicked off a geotechnical site investigation programme for a proposed offshore wind farm off the North Wales coast.
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Van Oord consortium to deliver Guyana offshore gas pipeline
Exxon Mobil affiliate Esso Exploration and Production Guyana (EEPGL) has appointed a Van Oord and Subsea 7 consortium to manage and engineer a gas to energy project, offshore Guyana.
Hinkley Point prepares to lift tunnel heads onto seabed
Six enormous tunnel heads needed for Hinkley Point C nuclear power station’s cooling water system will soon be lifted into place on Bristol Channel's seabed.
Belgian energy island takes step forward with DNV support
Electricity system operator Elia Transmission Belgium has won support from independent energy expert and assurance provider DNV to be the construction tenderer for a new Belgian energy island.
New desktop study of Celtic Sea launched
Global Maritime has launched a geological, geohazard and geotechnical desktop study covering an area in the Celtic Sea relevant to the Crown Estate floating wind leasing round.
Plans approved for Teesside offshore turbine base factory
The proposals for South Korean steel manufacturer Seah Wind’s £300M offshore wind turbine base factory at Teesside’s Freeport have received planning approval.
Fugro study recommends combining CCS with offshore wind
Fugro has made recommendations on whether areas of the North Sea could simultaneously be used for offshore wind farm developments (OWF) as well as carbon capture and storage (CCS) solutions.
Geotechnical surveys underway on Berwick Bank offshore wind farm
SSE Renewables has started its second phase of geotechnical survey work at the Berwick Bank wind farm and export cable route area off the east coast of Scotland.
Underwater drone tech deployed to assess wind farm foundations
An underwater drone has been used for the first-ever autonomous robotic inspection of a wind farm’s foundations.
Dogger Bank wind farm reaches offshore milestone
The first length of export cable has been installed for the ‘world’s largest’ offshore wind farm.