RWE Drops Bubble Curtain to Silence Construction Noise at Sofia Offshore Wind Farm
, with minimal impact on marine life, taking cognisance of working with a Special Area of Conservation,” said Matthew Swanwick, RWE Sofia Project Director.The Sofia offshore wind farm, currently under construction on Dogger Bank, 195 kilometres from the nearest point on the U.K.’s north east coast, will comprise 100 Siemens Gamesa 14 MW offshore wind turbines.Upon its commissioning in 2026, the Sofia project will have a capacity of 1.4 GW, enough to power the equivalent of 1.2 million typical UK homes
OPT to Deliver AI-Driven PowerBuoy to US Customer
Ocean Power Technologies (OPT) has secured a contract for an AI-capable PowerBuoy for an immediate delivery in the United States.This contract enables the future integration of surface and subsea sensors, and the buoy will be deployed on the East Coast.Due to the confidential nature of the contract, further details have not been disclosed."In addition to the material growth of our WAM-V business, we are excited to continue growing our PowerBuoy business. We believe that providing persistent and resident monitoring offers a lot of opportunities for our solutions in research and security applications
The Future of Coral Reef Protection
Nicole Senn, head of engagement at Citizens of the Reef.Last month, observations from scientists and citizens in the Pilbara and Kimberley regions confirmed major coral bleaching is affecting Western Australian reefs. While there are not as many individual reefs off Australia’s west coast as the east coast, the coral reefs there are as extensive geographically and as diverse as those found in the Great Barrier Reef.And this week, scientists from the Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS) reported a new machine learning method, RapidBenthos, that has the capability to extract an unprecedented
Technip FMC, Saipem Good to Go for UK’s CCS Projects Work
of Northern Endurance Partnership (NEP) carbon capture and storage (CCS) projects in the U.K.Saipem secured final award for the two projects Northern Endurance Partnership (NEP) and Net Zero Teesside Power (NZT) for the development of offshore facilities for the transportation and storage of CO2 of the East Coast Cluster.The overall value of the two projects is approximately $682 million, with a duration of 30 months.The first project has been awarded by the NEP’s entity called Net Zero North Sea Storage Limited, an incorporated joint venture between the operator BP, Equinor and Total Energies. The
Shearwater Geoservices Lands Third Offshore Survey Job in India
Shearwater Geoservices has been awarded a large 2D towed streamer seismic survey by Oil India, covering 14,500 line kilometers on the East Coast of India in the Bay of Bengal.The project, scheduled to being early 2025, forms part of India’s National Seismic Program (NSP) and is expected to last around five months.To remind, Shearwater recently secured a contract with the Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Limited (ONGC) for a large 3D seismic survey off the east coast of India, and another large-scale 2D seismic survey on the continental shelf margin off the west coast of India.“This contract
Shearwater Geoservices Gets Another Seismic Survey in India
of unappraised areas but will also lay the groundwork for future 3D seismic acquisition programs,” said Irene Waage Basili, CEO of Shearwater.To remind, Shearwater recently secured a contract with the Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Limited (ONGC) for a large 3D seismic survey off the east coast of India
Shearwater Geoservices Lands 3D Seismic Job Off India
Offshore seismic services firm Shearwater Geoservices has secured a contract with the Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Limited (ONGC) for a large 3D seismic survey off the east coast of India.The high-capacity Oceanic Sirius vessel will carry out the survey, covering an area of approximately 2,200 square kiilometers.The survey is expected to take approximately four months, starting in early 2025.“Our expertise in 3D seismic acquisition, combined with our track-record of 8 consecutive seasons of India operations, ensures that we are well positioned to deliver data in line with our clients exploratio
Google to Build Subsea Cable for Christmas Island
, where a rotating force of U.S. Marines will be joined by Japanese troops next year.Google's vice president of global network infrastructure, Brian Quigley, said in a statement the Bosun cable will link Darwin to Christmas Island, while another subsea cable will connect Melbourne on Australia's east coast to the west coast city of Perth, then on to Christmas Island and Singapore.Australia is seeking to reduce its exposure to digital disruption by building more subsea cable pathways to Asia to its west, and through the South Pacific to the United States."These new cable systems will not only
Using Ocean Robots to Dive into Offshore Wind Farm Wake Effects
electricity mix (<20%), but they could also be mixing up how marine systems function, including the very basis of the oceanic food chain.To find out if they are, ocean robots (known as gliders) have been quietly patrolling an area of the North Sea, downwind of a major wind farm, off Scotland’s east coast.Their task is to gather vast amounts of data, from the seabed to surface, that will allow scientists to build an underwater picture of what is happening in the wake of windfarms – and whether the turbulence the turbine blades make in the air translates to the ocean.PELAgIO - impacts of offshore
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