Accelerating access to renewable energy sources is a critical element of mitigating the crisis of climate change. Like their on-land counterparts, offshore wind farms provide clean, renewable energy. However, offshore...

RWE Renewables has appointed ABPmer to support the design of the Awel y Môr Offshore Wind Farm in the Irish Sea. The marine consultancy company is assessing the sediment mobility...

Metocean and environmental data measurement specialist MSM Ocean and marine technology company Sonardyne have agreed to team up on the supply of a complete solution for warning coastal communities of...

Fugro has secured a new contract with Energinet to undertake cable route surveys for the North Sea Energy Island project. The Energy Island will serve as an offshore power plant,...

The British Antarctic Survey (BAS), a world-leading centre for polar science and operations, has added the iXblue DriX Uncrewed Surface Vessel (USV) to its advanced robotic survey means. Deployed from...

Two uncrewed surface vessels (USVs), remotely controlled via satellite, conducted pioneering survey work on Lake Superior for the Canadian Hydrographic Service (CHS) in partnership with IIC Technologies. The project marks...

Nortek is supporting metocean survey and consulting company Partrac to provide floating wind farm developers with detailed and accurate data on metocean conditions at potential development sites. Using acoustic Doppler...

A Fugro-led consortium that includes AS Mosley and the University of Strathclyde has designed a mooring line fatigue tracker that safely and cost-effectively monitors offshore floating wind turbines, thanks to...

CSA Ocean Sciences (CSA), a U.S.-based marine environmental consulting firm, has revealed details of the company’s latest Autonomous Surface Vehicle (ASV) acquisition, an SR-Endurance 11.0 (SeaRobotics). The heavy payload ASV,...

During the life cycle of offshore wind farms (OWFs), operators must maximize the uptime of wind turbines to generate as much energy as possible. As OWFs are constructed further from...