Offshore Renewables

Progress continues on the prototype device being developed to harness wave energy from the movement of the sea (see MJ, October 2005).

A consortium of Interbeton, Six Construct, and Van Oord has been awarded the 195m contract for the construction of quay walls and dredging (Phase 3) at Sohar Port in Oman. The client…

Essex UK based Trident Energy Ltd has taken a further major step towards the cost effective, flexible and uncomplicated production of energy from sea wave power, with its patented Direct Energy Conversion…

BMT Renewables Ltd is part of a consortium that has been awarded a grant of £ 878,000 from the UKs Department of Trade and Industry for a two year, £ 1.7m research,…

The drive to increase Britains offshore wind energy has been given a significant boost as details were announced of how their connection to the electricity network onshore would be funded and operated.

The South West of England Regional Development Agency (RDA) named three companies this month which it has chosen as development partners for the proposed £ 15m Wave Hub project from 2007.

Bristol UK based Marine Current Turbines Ltd (MCT) has been granted consent by the Environment & Heritage Service in Northern Ireland to install its next generation tidal energy device, the 1,000kW SeaGen…

The States of Alderney, located eight miles from France, is not part of the UK or EU and has its own elected government which passes its own laws.

Marine contractors in the UK have responded positively to news that the UK government plans a major expansion of offshore windfarms in UK waters. Many contractors are already actively involved in the…

Electricity produced by the recently completed offshore wind farm at Samso, Denmark, was connected to the national grid in Denmark for the first time last month, following the official handing over of…