Offshore Renewables

A new concept of floating wind turbine allows the whole floating unit to weathercock to the wind direction thus potentially saving on costs and complexity.

Spanish engineering concern Saitec Engineering has been awarded a 2.4M€ funding package by the European Commission Blue Economy Window call.

A panel commissioned to examine the harmonisation of health and safety standards in the wind power sector has concluded its study and reported its findings to the European Commission.

CorPower Ocean is set to unleash a wave energy project in the Atlantic Ocean after securing a 10-year licence.

MHI Vestas has announced the installation of the first of their V164-9.5mW turbines on a floating platform that is destined for installation at the Kincardine offshore wind project.

Tidal energy company, Nova Innovation, has secured an investment of £1.2 million from the Welsh Government for its Enlli tidal energy project in north Wales.

A wind turbine blade inspection and repair robot being developed in Britain has successfully carried out its first blade walk on an operating turbine writes Dag Pike.

A world-first project will combine flow battery technology with tidal power to produce continuous green hydrogen.

Dan Greeves, founder of Pegasus Welfare Solutions (PWS), secured a worldwide patent for a standalone toilet unit within an offshore turbine tower to solve what he terms an ‘elephant in the room’…