Offshore Renewables

A partnership between Cornwall based wave energy developer Orecon; Peter Brotherhood Ltd, a leader in the design and manufacture of turbines; Converteam, the UK’ s largest supplier of electrical systems to the…

Rugby UK based Reach Engineering & Diving Services (REDS) has started off the New Year as they finished 2007, winning a contract for a diving project on N-Power' s Rhyl Flats Wind…

Pioneering renewable energy developer Marine Current Turbines successfully completed the first installation phase of the 1.2MW SeaGen Tidal System into the fast flowing waters of Strangford Narrows of Northern Ireland last month.…

Further evidence that UK renewable energy developers are far ahead of their government comes with news that tidal power company Lunar Energy has signed an agreement with Korean Midland Power Co which…

Dutch dredging and marine contractor Van Oord has been awarded a contract to lay a 150kV cable between Ellewoutsdijk and Terneuzen in its home country.

The UK Government’ s Energy Minister Malcolm Wicks has given consent for a major 450MW offshore wind farm project in the Irish Sea 14km from Walney Island, off the coast of Cumbria.

Scottish wave energy company, AWS Ocean Energy, has secured new investments from Shell Technology Ventures Fund 1 B.V. (STV Fund), an affiliate of Royal Dutch Shell plc, and the investment fund The…

The Armourcotedivision of Surface Technology plc and specialist hydraulics componentsmanufacturer Sun Hydraulics both based in Coventry UK,have worked closely together on the development of a new multi-layeranti-corrosion and anti-wear surface coating, TriCem…

Scotlands AWS Ocean Energy is to receive further supportfrom the Carbon Trust in the development of its Archimedes Wave Swing, the worldsfirst submerged wave energy system. The support is part of the…

Thanet Offshore Wind Limited (TOW) has signed a reservation agreement with Denmark headquartered A2SEA A/S for the long term use of the vessel the Sea Jack for the main construction periods for…

The development of the UKspioneering offshore wind energy sector continues apace as details wereannounced last month of the licensing regime for would be electricitytransmission owners.

One of the UKs biggest studies into theenvironmental effects of marine renewable energy has been completed.

The worlds largest wavefarm planned off the coast of Cornwallin South West England has been approved for £ 21.5 million of funding.

The New and Renewable Energy Centre (NaREC)in Northumberland UKwill launch the only independent large scale tidal testing facility for deviceprototypes in Europe next month.

The recent publication of the Stern Report in the UK and the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report have put global warming in the spotlight and beyond the influence…

The successful deployment of a new installation system has enabled the placement of the first offshore wind turbine to be installed in a single lift from a floating barge. The Beatrice Offshore…

A new study, commissioned by Comhairle nan Eilean Siar (Western IslesCouncil), investigates the feasibility of creating a fixed transport link across the five mile wide Sound of Harris and the potential for…