Saturday, February 8, 2025

Supply Chain News

Source: First Solar

First Solar Bars Use of Deep-Sea Minerals

from using minerals mined from the deep sea, an early win for shareholder environmental activists and a sign their agenda might make progress despite opposition from U.S. President Donald Trump's administration.The Tempe, Arizona-based photovoltaic manufacturer will keep the minerals out of its supply chain "until scientific findings are sufficient to assess the environmental risks of this potentially devastating new mining process," according to a summary of the agreement provided to Reuters by advocacy group As You Sow. In return, the group withdrew a shareholder resolution calling for

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Vår Energi Pre-Orders Subsea Systems to Accelerate Oil and Gas Developments

further reduce project development time and cost. “Vår Energi has a high value early phase portfolio of more than 20 projects, with a target of developing projects from discovery to production in less than four years.“Efficient measures to shorten the lead time and control the supply chain for key equipment is important to reach these goals and will support our plan to sustain production at 350-400 thousand barrels of oil equivalent per day towards 2030,” said Torger Rød, COO at Vår Energi

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HydroSurv Delivers USV for Dredging Survey Applications

survey for marine construction and dredging applications.The REAV-28 is a remotely operated uncrewed vessel combined with the WASSP multibeam echosounder and integrated into EIVA Kuda Core survey software."We’ve seen growing demand from marine service operators outside of the survey supply chain for a solution that addresses the gap between single-beam echo sounder and high-end multibeam solutions.“Partnering with WASSP, we’ve been able to put a powerful tool into the hands of the team at Foyle Marine & Dredging that will drastically reduce the costs of repeated resurveys

Delegates to Subsea Expo 2025 will hear about an underwater industry ‘Deep in Transition’. Image courtesy GUH

Subsea Expo 2025 Theme Announced and Conference Programme Confirmed

of next month’s Subsea Expo exhibition and conference in Aberdeen have announced the event theme as ‘Deep in Transition’, reflecting the need for energy production from traditional and new renewable offshore sources and the resultant impact this has on the subsea and underwater supply chain.Taking place at P&J Live in the Granite City [Aberdeen] from Tuesday, 18 to Thursday, 20 February, the event provides a showcase for the subsea sector and wider underwater industry.  Organised by Global Underwater Hub, the leading trade and industry development body for the UK’s

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Private Sector to Help Protect Subsea Cables in Europe

within national governments, across allies, and between public and private sector stakeholders, including incorporating private sector disruption notifications• Identify opportunities for public-private partnerships to improve repair and maintenance fleet capacity, including through security of supply chain mechanisms, consortium investment and development funding mechanisms• Encourage commercial cable operators, where possible, to establish a repository or database to collect and share information between operators regarding accidental cable faults/damage, completed repair work, time taken

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Kongsberg delivers first REACH REMOTE USV

Subsea, and Massterly shaping the future of uncrewed offshore operations. We are thrilled to see the Reach Remote 1 set sail and prepared for its first mission.”Kongsberg Maritime served as the prime contractor for this turnkey project, taking responsibility for vessel design, yard delivery, supply chain management, systems integration, and commissioning. The company’s deep expertise in maritime technology was instrumental in bringing this innovative concept to life.“What began as a visionary idea has now become a tangible reality,” said Lisa Edvardsen Haugan, President of Kongsberg

WavEC CEO Marco Alves (c) WavEC

Portugal Ushers in Floating Wind Era

Portugal is beckoning a new era for offshore wind after officially signing ‘rules of procedure’ for a new Technological Free Zone located off the coast of Viana do Castelo.The news was announced during an international conference in Lisbon promoting offshore wind supply chain development between Portugal and Norway.Addressing the delegation, Portugal’s Secretary of State for Maritime Affairs Lidia Bulcão said work is accelerating to approve the nation’s Offshore Renewable Energy Allocation Plan known as PAER. Once approved, PAER is expected to serve as a “solid

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Ørsted Awards Multi-Million Dollar Contracts for Hornsea 3 OW Farm

ensure that all array cabling is fully integrated into the offshore electrical infrastructure and working safely.The work on Hornsea 3 will help support more than 300 jobs across the three partners."We value our partnerships with local suppliers and our continued commitment to working with the UK supply chain is reinforced today with these contract announcements."Operating with existing suppliers like JDR and Smulders and supporting Severfields' diversification into offshore renewables is testament to the strength of the UK supply chain and the role Hornsea 3 is playing to boost economic growth

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Exail Picks ST Engineering's Manufacturing Base for Belgian-Dutch Navy Program

, to build critical solutions for the EU government and defense markets,” said Danny De Smet, Sales and Marketing at ST Engineering iDirect’s Manufacturing Competence Center.By collaborating with another Belgian-based enterprise, not only are we working to enable more autonomy in the EU supply chain, but we are also illustrating the talent we have to offer in such critical and demanding markets here in Belgium and across Europe,” added Steven Luys, Chief Executive Officer at Exail

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