BAM Nuttall and VolkerInfra among the companies contracted to deliver transmission infrastructure. Siemens has awarded several UK companies, including BAM Nuttall and VolkerInfra, contracts for the onshore infrastructure for the 950MW Moray East offshore wind farm off Scotland. The German giant is the lead contractor for transmission infrastructure construction works [...]

Developer says green hydrogen key part of future offshore wind strategy. Orsted is still keen to develop future projects in the Netherlands in spite of missing out on the right to develop the 760MW Hollandse Kust Zuid 3&4 offshore wind farm. “We remain strongly committed to the Netherlands, a front [...]

Ireland’s offshore oil and gas association has welcomed the government decision this week to block a bill that would ban the issuing of further licenses for oil and gas exploration and production. Had it been passed into law, the Climate Emergency Bill proposed by People Before Profit TD Bríd Smith would’ve banned [...]

Orsted says 100 of the 174 Siemens Gamesa 7MW machines installed at the 1.2GW offshore wind farm. Orsted has installed the 100th turbine at its 1200MW Hornsea 1 offshore wind farm off the east coast of England. The project will feature 174 Siemens Gamesa 7MW machines, with all the units [...]

Oil and gas company Neptune Energy is taking part in a pioneering pilot project to create the first offshore hydrogen plant in the Dutch sector of the North Sea. According to Neptune, a megawatt electrolyzer will be placed within a sea container and installed on Neptune’s Q13a platform, in the [...]

The deal with Audax will supply SMEs and private households in Spain with clean energy. Statkraft and Spanish renewable energy supplier Audax Renovables have signed the largest long-term power supply agreement in Spain. Under the terms of the agreement Statkraft will supply Audax with 525 gigawatt hours of electricity annually [...]

MidAmerican Energy orders 2.7-129 hardware for the Rolling Hills wind farm. Siemens Gamesa is to supply turbines to MidAmerican Energy Company for the over 429MW repowering of the Rolling Hills wind farm in Iowa. The deal covers 163 2.7-129 and 18 previously sold 2.3-108 machines totalling 429.3MW. Rolling Hills is [...]

Norwegian oil and gas company Aker BP has finalized the results after drilling wildcat well 24/9-15 S (Froskelår Nordøst) and appraisal well 24/9-15 A, located in the North Sea offshore Norway. The drilling resulted in a minor oil discovery.  The wells are located in production license 340 where Aker BP [...]

New act would require electricity providers across the US to increase supplies from solar and wind. The American Wind Energy Association (AWEA) says it supports the Renewable Electricity Standard Act 2019, introduced by Senator of New Mexico Tom Udall. AWEA chief executive Tom Kiernan said: “Senator Udall’s National Renewable Electricity [...]

Bureau is pleased to be supporting the following project; Bison, Iguna and Gajah Puteri (BIGP) off the shore of Indonesia via our inspection services division. The project involves the development of three gas fields and is operated by Premier Oil. Premier Oil hold around 30% of Block A in Indonesia [...]

National Grid says more electricity will come from non-fossil fuel sources for the first time in 2019. The UK is on a trajectory to generate more of its electricity from non-fossil fuel sources for the first time, marking a “landmark tipping point” in the country's power generation, according to National [...]

Oil & Gas UK, a representative body for the UK’s offshore industry, has said that there are no winners following Greenpeace’s 12-day protest over BP’s drilling plans in the UK North Sea.  Commenting on reports that Greenpeace has ended its protest in the North Sea, Oil & Gas UK (OGUK) [...]