Another New Platform for Combifloat

01 Oct 2005

Rotterdam based Flexifloat Systems BV is building another C-7 Class Modular Self-elevating Platform after their previous newbuild was purchased out of the Combifloat fleet earlier this year by Huta Marine Works of Saudi Arabia. 

'Manchester Bobber' Promises Wave Power

01 Oct 2005

The University of Manchester and the University of Manchester Intellectual Property Ltd (UMIP), in partnership with Mowlem plc and Royal Haskoning , are developing an innovative and patented new wave energy device known as the Manchester Bobber . The device was showcased last month at the New & Renewable Energy Centre (NaREC) in Blyth UK recently. 

IMCA Takes a View on Offshore Renewables

01 Oct 2005

The London based International Marine Contractors Association (IMCA) has prepared a position paper on offshore renewable energy to assist and inform its 270 members in 35 countries on the marine renewable energy market. Having examined the background and scale of developments using existing and planned wind farms in the UK, the 14 page paper looks at legislation and guidelines, raising awareness, the market, research & development, other technical issues, safety, the environment and contracting, whilst wave and tidal power are covered in appendices. 

Breakwater Beats the Weather at Holy Loch

01 Oct 2005

Intermarine Ltd has just completed a race against time to design, supply and install a floating breakwater and moorings in the Holy Loch on the west coast of Scotland. The breakwater for client Seavision Ltd creates a large area of protected water for the continuing development of moorings over the next three to five years. 

'Matador 3' Lifts First Offshore Substation

01 Oct 2005

The UK's first offshore substation has been successfully installed at the Barrow Offshore Wind Farm in the Irish Sea. The substation transforms the power generated by the windfarm before it can be exported to the national grid and marks a crucial stage in the development of the 30 turbine facility, which is expected to provide power for some 65,000 homes. 

Work Starts on Turner Contemporary

01 Oct 2005

James Mallord William Turner was on board a Margate steamer to sketch the passage of HMSTemeraire as it was towed upriver by a smoke belching 'modern' steam tug on 6 September 1838. The 'ship that saved Victory' at the Battle of Trafalgar was on a last voyage to Beatson's ship breaking yard at Rotherhithe. The work which resulted from Turner's observations that day, Fighting Temeraire , has just been voted Britain's favourite painting. 

Tide Turns in Scotland

01 Oct 2005

Renewable wave and tidal energy could provide up to 10% of Scotland's electricity production and create around 7,000 new jobs under measures announced last month.