Delmar Systems to Deliver Moorings for TotalEnergies’ Culzean Floating Wind Pilot
involvement in the Culzean floating wind pilot project underscores our commitment to supporting the advancement of floating wind technology and enhancing the integration of renewable energy sources,” said Leopoldo Bello, CCO at Delmar Systems.The Culzean Floating Wind Pilot Project, selected in Crown Estate Scotland’s Innovation and Targeted Oil & Gas (INTOG) leasing round, aims to demonstrate the viability of hybrid power generation on offshore facilities and test a promising floater design for future floating offshore wind projects.Floating Offshore Wind Pilot Project will Provide Power
NSTA and Crown Estate to Increase Collaboration on UK Seabed Management
The North Sea Transition Authority (NSTA) and The Crown Estate have confirmed published a new Statement of Intent to confirm joint aspirations in ensuring a more sustainable and closely coordinated management of the seabed.The aim is to build on close collaboration to date and now proactively share data between the two organizations, where possible.This will enable marine development and support a coordinated approach to the leasing and licensing of carbon storage, helping to make the UK a world-leading destination for CCUS project investment and the supply chain.This proactive and collaborative
XOCEAN to Deploy USV Fleet for Geophysical Survey at UK Offshore Wind Farm
approved for delivery.Earlier in 2024, the developers submitted a scoping report to the Planning Inspectorate for the project, which represents the fourth phase of Dogger Bank Wind Farm, and have also established commercial terms of seabed lease for Dogger Bank D, subject to the final outcome of The Crown Estate’s Capacity Improvement Programme and associated plan-Level Habitats Regulation Assessment (HRA).The existing 3.6 GW Dogger Bank Wind Farm was granted development consent in 2015 and is currently under construction in the North Sea across three build-out phases, Dogger Bank A, B and C. Once
ABPmer to Work on Expansion of UK’s Offshore Industry Database
Marine consultancy and survey company ABPmer has been appointed by Crown Estate Scotland to support the work related to the integration of Scottish survey findings into the Marine Data Exchange (MDE), the UK’s resource for offshore industry survey data, research and evidence.The work follows an agreement between the Crown Estate and Crown Estate Scotland to extend the MDE to cover Scottish waters, allowing all developers working in UK waters to benefit from a streamlined and comprehensive dataset to inform offshore developments, supporting the faster, more sustainable roll-out of offshore
Floating Wind Leasing Round in the Celtic Sea
The Crown Estate, which manages the seabed around England, Wales and Northern Ireland, has set out further details of a new leasing round for three commercial-scale floating wind projects in the Celtic Sea off the coast of South Wales and South West England. The projects have the potential to deliver enough clean, renewable energy for more than four million homes.In one of the largest initiatives of its kind in the world, sites totalling 4.5GW of floating wind off the coast of South Wales and South West England will be leased across three agreed areas of the Celtic Sea. This is now expected to be
ROVCO Wins Survey Work at Proposed 1.4GW Floating Wind Farm Site
analysis, processing, interpretation, and reporting.Flotation Energy’s partner on Cenos is Norwegian-offshore wind company, Vårgrønn; a joint venture between energy company Plenitude (Eni) and investor HitecVision. The joint venture secured a lease earlier this year as part of Crown Estate Scotland’s INTOG (Innovation and Targeted Oil & Gas) round.Dan Wright, Supply Chain Manager at Flotation Energy, commented: “The successful delivery of our survey campaign with Rovco enables us to maintain our fast-track delivery schedule for Cenos, a project that will decarbonize
Windfarm Site Overlap Spat Resolved
infrastructure planning permit website for Hornsea 4."BP has no remaining objection to the Hornsea Four ... application and agrees to withdraw any and all prior representations made in relation to the Hornsea 4."An Orsted spokesperson said: "We have worked constructively with BP, the Crown Estate and other stakeholders for over two years to find a pragmatic solution that will secure the future of both projects. Now that an agreement has been reached, we await the determination from the secretary of state on planning consent which is expected on July 12."Endurance's capacity alone
Floating Wind Power Gains Traction But Can It Set Sail?
Wind Offshore Wind Taskforce, said 34 GW could be installed by 2040 if ports were upgraded.It said up to 11 ports will need to be transformed into hubs to enable the roll-out of floating offshore wind at scale - along with investment of at least 4 billion pounds ($5 billion). Britain's Crown Estate will launch a tender for 4 GW of floating wind in the Celtic Sea off Wales this year but said the area had the potential to produce more than 20 GW. While Britain wants to lead the world on floating wind, some experts say South Korea could be the real winner given its existing ports
LiDAR Buoys Deployed to Capture Data for Two Scottish Floating Wind Farm Proejcts
wind projects – 900 MW Broadshore, 1.2GW Bellrock and the 1GW Stromar project it is developing in collaboration with Ørsted – the BlueFloat Energy | Renantis Partnership has recently been offered seabed exclusivity rights to develop two 99MW projects under the innovation arm of Crown Estate Scotland’s INTOG (Innovation and Targeted Oil & Gas) auction process.The Sinclair and Scaraben projects, located north of Fraserburgh and next to the Partnership’s Broadshore development, will trial innovative foundation technologies, fabrication works and mooring systems with
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