Macron Approves Offshore Windpower Projects
Leading executives at French energy groups EDF and Engie said on Twitter that several offshore windpower projects had been "confirmed" by President Emmanuel Macron."Happy to see @EmmanuelMacron confirmed our three parks," EDF executive Bruno Bensasson said in a post on the Twitter messaging network.Engie executive Gwenaelle Huet also said that Macron had approved the windpower projects in a similar Twitter post.The future of the projects had been in some doubt after the French senate earlier this year rejected a government proposal to renegotiate and possibly cancel projects to
ESS Notches Third Seabed Clearance Contract
on a major wind farm construction project. The subsea engineering specialist has started offshore operations on the Westermost Rough development, located eight kilometers off the Yorkshire coast, east of Hull. The contract has been awarded by DONG Energy, one of northern Europe’s leading energy groups. The £800 million Westermost Rough wind farm will contain 35 turbines of 6MW capacity, covering a total area of 35km2 and is expected to provide enough electricity to power more than 200,000 U.K. homes. U.K.-based ESS is deploying its highly innovative SCAR subsea boulder clearance
Harwich Dock & OMM Get Dong Offshore UK Cable Services Contract
The Harwich Dock Company (HDC) and Offshore Marine Management (OMM) have secured a significant long term contract with DONG Energy, one of the leading energy groups in Northern Europe, to provide cable storage and management services at the Harwich Navyard in Essex. The first project of this long-term agreement will see OMM providing cable engineering, commissioning, consultancy and general cables services at Harwich Navyard to support DONG Energy’s wind farm operations and maintenance works. HDC enlisted the expertise of OMM as cable industry specialists when the opportunity arose to
MTR100 '13: Teledyne BlueView, Teledyne Odom Hydrographic, Teledyne RESON
adopted by leading manufacturers and service providers to support mission critical underwater operations. More than 500 BlueView commercial systems have been successfully deployed on ROVs, AUVs, diver hand-held units, boat mount systems, and tripod platforms. These systems have been delivered to energy groups around the world, over 25 major US port security groups, US and international navies, NOAA, and global defense contractors for a wide range of underwater vision applications. In addition, many AUV systems have been deployed to provide integrated gap-fill, obstacle avoidance, automated homing
February 2024
