Offshore Renewables

SENSEWind has completed a demonstration of its SENSE Up-Tower system that eliminates the need for cranes and conventional offshore installation vessels when mounting WTG nacelles and blades.

A new floating wind platform aims to reduce the Levelized Cost Of Electricity (LCOE) for floating wind.

Orbital Marine Power, Scottish-based developers of a floating tidal turbine technology, has successfully launched its 2MW tidal turbine, the Orbital O2.

Ampelmann and C-Job Naval Architects have developed an offshore wind feeder vessel concept optimised for operating off the US east coast.

Harland & Wolff has been awarded a contract by Saipem Limited for the fabrication and load-out of eight wind turbine generator (WTG) jacket foundations.

A year-long research programme will identify the potential for wave, tidal and floating wind technologies to be deployed around the Isles of Scilly.

European specialists claim that the latest generation ‘eco-membranes’ can turn osmotic energy into a bankable renewable power source for the first time in 50 years.

Offshore wind contractor CWind has completed its cable pull-in and termination and testing campaign at Vattenfall’s Danish Kriegers Flak Offshore Wind Farm.

A new partnership aims to reduce risk and promote best practices for turnkey deliveries of high voltage power cables used for connecting offshore wind farms (OWF) to onshore grids.

A new project, launched at the start of March, is exploring the potential of a novel energy generating system that pairs floating hydrokinetic energy with battery storage technology.