Offshore Renewables

With details now emerging of around 20 firm orders and options for wind turbine installation vessels (WTIVs) worldwide, it is possible to gain a picture of how those involved are responding to…

Plans for developing Scotland’s offshore wind potential have been unveiled with publication of Blue Seas – Green Energy, the Sectoral Marine Plan for Offshore Wind Energy in Scottish Territorial Waters.

Marine power solutions provider Wärtsilä and oil and gas services company Aker Solutions will be combining their expertise to develop a new and environmentally sound concept for offshore wind farm installation vessels.

Businesses will have the chance to learn more about the marine energy opportunities for the Orkney and Pentland Firth waters at an event in Caithness on Tuesday 5 April.

The Conservative led UK Coalition Government’s second budget delivered a mix of hope and disappointment last month to those with an interest in marine energy.

Chesterfield UK based Cathelco Ltd has won an order to supply seawater pipework anti-fouling equipment for Pelamis, the ‘sea snake’ structure which produces electricity from the action of the waves.

Falmouth Harbour Commissioners (FHC) in the UK has submitted a licence application for an energy test site in Falmouth Bay, Cornwall.

The SeaGen tidal energy turbine, designed by Britain’s Marine Current Turbines Ltd, has achieved and passed the UK Government’s operating performance criteria for the UK’s emerging tidal and wave energy technologies.

The Holyhead Boatyard Group has set a course for new offshore business opportunities after securing £2.7m investment in the largest debt investment to date from Finance Wales.

ABP Marine Environmental Research Ltd (ABPmer) has been commissioned to prepare the marine elements of an environmental statement in support of the proposed Green Port Hull development at Alexandra Dock, Port of…

Swedish energy company Vattenfall has revealed details of its plans to extend the Kentish Flats offshore wind farm as it consults the local community and prepares the Statement of Community Consultation document.

Classification society Det Norske Veritas (DNV) has recently published a Joint Industry Project (JIP) report into offshore wind turbine foundation structures.

The A&P Group, which has seven drydocks in three UK locations, has won a multi-million pound contract for the renewable industry with work being carried out at their shipyard in Falmouth.

Chain Reaction, the cluster of organisations representing Teesside’s growing renewable energy sector and its associated supply chain, held a strategy meeting in Middlesbrough recently.

The completion of a new generation wave power device at Invergordon in Scotland signals the growing diversification of Port Services Group (PSG) into the renewable energy sector.

An innovative crane being built in Rostock is destined for a new heavy lift jack-up vessel for Beluga Hochtief Offshore, a joint venture of Hochtief Construction AG and Beluga Shipping GmbH.

Britains renewable energy trade association RenewableUK launched a campaign on Wednesday urging the Government not to cut vital financial support for the marine energy sector.

Tidal energy device developer Minesto UK Ltd is receiving a grant of up to £350,000 from the Carbon Trust funded by Invest Northern Ireland to deploy the first seagoing prototype of its…

With the UK port of Ramsgate now home to the operations and maintenance (O&M) base for Vattenfall’s Thanet Offshore Wind Farm (TOW), new neighbours are moving in next door.

Latest offshore wind statistics from the European Wind Energy Association (EWEA) confirm that the UK is the world sector leader with 1,341 megawatts (MW) installed.