Author: Anela Dokso

EC-OG has received £1.6 million from an investment consortium led by Par Equity for the exploitation of its Halo battery storage system designed for subsea applications. The investment will create up to 40 jobs in Aberdeen over the next 12 months. Halo is a modular and scalable battery storage system that operates in the subsea environment. By removing the need for undersea power cables, it provides a reliable, uninterrupted power supply, located at the point of use. The investment in EC-OG is the first that Par Equity has made since its recent partnership with the British Business Bank. The funds…

TenneT has contracted eight cable suppliers to develop a new standard for a submarine cable system, to be used for offshore wind connections. The participating suppliers are: Hellenic Cables, LS Cable & System, Nexans Norway, Ningbo Orient Wires & Cables, NKT HV Cables, Prysmian Powerlink, Sumitomo Electric Industries, Zhongtian Technology Submarine Cable. The new cable system is required for the planned 2GW offshore grid connections in the Netherlands and in Germany, which set a new standard for connecting offshore wind farms. A 525 kV HVDC extruded submarine cable system with a 2GW capacity is currently not implemented in any project…

Rotech Subsea has completed a cable burial scope at the Walney offshore wind farm for Ørsted. Rotech Subsea was contracted by the global offshore wind leader to provide its TRS1LD Jet Trenching tool, equipped with HP jets, to carry out the cable burial at Walney in the Irish Sea. The subsea spread of equipment was mobilised on the OSV Relume and deployed using the ship’s crane. Two separate cables totaling approximately 3.5km in length were trenched to a specification of 2.0m TOC in the soft sand areas and to 1.0m TOC in the stiff clay areas. “This was a great…

Geoquip has completed geotechnical survey campaign for Oriel Windfarm. This work complements last year’s geophysical survey campaign completed by Irish company Alpha Marine. The data collected during these surveys is essential as it not only contributes to the foundation design but also to the future wind farm layout. “Lead developer Parkwind and its partner ESB continue to invest in these crucial surveys to be in a position to deliver on the timing for offshore wind put forward by the Irish government in its Climate Action Plan and leading up to the RESS auction scheduled for 2021.”Peter Caluwaerts, Parkwind project director.…

Vattenfall and TenneT have signed an agreement for the offshore grid connection for wind farm Hollandse Kust Zuid 3&4. This follows last year’s agreement between the parties for Hollandse Kust Zuid 1 & 2. “This is an important milestone, and I’m pleased that the contracts could be signed so quickly – just nine months after winning the bid. We’re looking forward to work with TenneT on Hollandse Kust Zuid 3 & 4. The combined wind farms of Hollandse Kust Zuid will be able to cover the total energy demand of between two and three million households, which makes it a…

Spirit AeroSystems has received approval from Kansas public utility regulators for the complete conversion to renewable wind-generated electricity for its 12.8 million square-foot Wichita aerospace manufacturing site. Utility regulators at the Kansas Corporation Commission approved a 10-year agreement filed jointly by the company and Evergy, that provides an updated electric rate structure. In return, Spirit has agreed to purchase Kansas wind-generated electricity, continue investing in capital improvements and make efforts to maintain stable or expanded operations in Wichita. Beginning in late 2020, Spirit’s Wichita site will receive its electricity from the Flat Ridge 3 wind farm located near Kingman, Kansas .The Flat Ridge 3 wind farm is expected to generate…

Northern Offshore Services (N-O-S) has acquired two Crew Transfer Vessels (CTV) from Rix Shipping . The two vessels, part of the M-Class series, RIX Lynx and RIX Leopard will be renamed M/V Mover and M/V Maker when they join the N-O-S fleet of 39 vessels. The M-Class series are 27 M high speed offshore support vessels, equipped with waterjets. The 2 x MAN engines combined with the Hamilton waterjets enables the M-Class with a speed of 27 knots. “We are truly happy for this new addition to our fleet and believe that this acquisition will gain our customers and enable…

Eleven energy and industrial companies have signed a formal agreement to develop a decarbonized industrial cluster in the Humber, UK. The consortium’s plan, to transform the Humber region into the world’s first net zero carbon industrial cluster by 2040, has also secured an initial award from the UK’s Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund. The companies involved include some of the largest businesses in the Humber region: Associated British Ports, Centrica Storage, Drax Group, Equinor, National Grid Ventures, Phillips 66, px Group, SSE Thermal, Saltend Cogeneration Company, VPI-Immingham and Uniper. The plan has the potential to contribute to the future prosperity of…

Honda Motor Europe and SNAM (Société Nouvelle d’Affinage des Métaux) have expanded their battery recycling partnership to advance the sustainable usability of the end-of-life traction batteries. The arrangement will see SNAM collect and recycle batteries from Honda’s increasing number of hybrid and electric vehicles and either potentially prepare them for ‘second-life’ renewable energy storage uses or extract valuable materials for recycling if they are not suitable for that purpose. Honda and SNAM have worked together since 2013, to ensure the traceability of end-of-life batteries and dispose of them in accordance with European Union environmental standards. The expansion of this agreement…

The latest publication of the ‘Ocean Energy Key Trends and Statistics 2019 Report’, by Ocean Energy Europe (OEE) has highlighted the expansion of the wave energy market. Deployments are growing steadily with capacity up by 25% from the previous year. This reflects technological advancement and sustained Research, Development & Innovation funding leading to continuous improvements. Maximizing the abundant natural resource proffered by the Atlantic coast, project installations stretch from Portugal to Scotland having reached a cumulative install capacity of 11.8MW since 2010. 1.5MW is currently in the water, the remaining 10.3MW has been decommissioned following the completion of testing. Europe’s…