Offshore Renewables

With wind farm support vessels required to voyage to ever more distant offshore sites, the capability to provide an enjoyable transit for the passengers is gaining importance for vessel operators.

The Energy Technologies Institute (ETI) is looking at using Wave Hub, the world’s largest wave energy test site, off the Cornwall UK coast, to test floating offshore wind turbines.

The EU has published a mid-term evaluation of the European Energy Programme for Recovery (EEPR).

The offshore renewables industry is growing fast, at a pace matched only by the growth of the associated paperwork. However, there is a solution that is an alternative to setting up an…

Malta’s Environment and Planning Authority has started a public consultation on a proposed wind turbine project that would see a departure from the more established vision of offshore windfarms.

OSBIT Power (OP), Siemens Wind Power and Statoil announced on Wednesday that they have successfully completed offshore trials of OP’s innovative offshore wind turbine access system, MaXccess.

Two German engineering and private equity companies have joined together to acquire offshore windfarm concessions to develop and prepare them for the construction phase before selling them on.

Dutch marine contracting company Van Oord’s wind turbine installation vessel order is back on track, following an interruption in progress after the German shipyard contracted to build the vessel filed for bankruptcy.

A Hull UK shipyard is to build and operate a fleet of vessels to serve Round 3 offshore wind farms planned for the North Sea.

Plans have been revealed for the first wind farm support vessel to be powered by the innovative Voith Linear Jet propulsor unit.

CWind, the only British company to be awarded a Siemens vessel charter contract on the London Array out of a European shortlist, has taken delivery of CWind Athenia, a 20 ton payload,…

Great Yarmouth based Seajacks UK Ltd has provided an update on progress as it prepares to take delivery of its third purpose built wind turbine installation vessel (WTIV) in just two years.

The Galloper Wind Farm project has moved a stage closer with acceptance, by the UK’s Infrastructure Planning Commission, of the application for a Development Consent Order.

Vestas’ plans to build a wind turbine manufacturing facility at the UK port of Sheerness have moved a step closer with submission of a planning application to Swale Borough Council.

The European Wind Energy Association has provided a snapshot of the offshore wind industry with publication of ‘The European offshore wind industry key 2011 trends and statistics’.

In line with the targets of the European Strategic Energy Technology Plan (SET Plan) of the European Commission, the offshore wind energy industry in Europe is to benefit from a new €5.2m…

The UK’s offshore wind programme has been boosted with the opening of the Walney Offshore Windfarm, taking over the title of world’s largest offshore windfarm.

Firms in the shipping and marine industry continue to benefit from efforts to innovate around sensor technologies, writes Jesse Bonfeld of Sherborne Sensors.

Finnish company Gaiamare Ltd, part of the Turku based Meriaura Group is due to take delivery this year of a multipurpose deck cargo vessel that will see further expansion in of its…

Wind turbine installation and service solution company A2SEA, has increased its shareholding in the Danish cable installation company CT Offshore.