Offshore Renewables

In the UK the refurbished Bolt ‘Lifesaver’ wave energy converter has been delivered to owner Fred.Olsen Ltd by Supacat following a three month project refurbishing the converter’s `intelligent systems` at the Devon…

Denmark - home to the world’s first ever commercial offshore wind farm and the second largest offshore wind energy market – provides the ideal location for participants to meet the whole of…

The UK’s Perpetuus Tidal Energy Centre (PTEC) has applied to the Marine Management Organisation (MMO) and Isle of Wight Council (as Local Planning Authority) for permission to construct and operate a tidal…

As reported in December’s ‘Maritime Journal’ the renewable energy industry was excited late last year when Swedish marine energy technology company Minesto announced that it had successfully managed to produce electricity from…

The marine renewable energy industry centred on Orkney, UK, has been the focus of a fact-finding visit by Japanese politicians and business leaders. The 10-strong party from the Nagasaki Prefecture, on the…

Last November, Isle of Wight, UK-based company Sustainable Marine Energy (SME) successfully completed the second of four tests on its innovative PLAT-O tidal turbine platform, as reported in December’s Maritime Journal. So,…

Wave energy technology company Aquamarine Power has teamed up with Bosch Rexroth to launch an industry-wide initiative that aims to solve the problem of converting captured wave energy into electricity by creating…

Manufacturers looking to take advantage of the growth in the offshore wind market have received a £7m windfall of business support and capital funding.