Offshore Renewables

London Array, the world’s largest offshore windfarm have announced the sale of their transmission assets as part of the UK’s Offshore Transmission Owner regime.

A report from the European Wind Energy Association (EWEA) has looked at the subject of deepwater offshore windfarms, taking wind energy far beyond what the term deepwater means with current projects.

UK boatbuilder South Boats IOW has signed a £10m three windfarm vessel deal with Seacat Services.

The Severn Barrage proposal has been dismissed – UK ministers say that there is not enough evidence to justify the viability of the project.

Houlder has developed new equipment to meet the “challenge of handling offshore wind turbine piles” which it says has grown, along with their size.

The first two units of a revolutionary new type of windfarm vessel have been delivered by a Norwegian shipyard.

Netherlands based towage operator Kotug is expanding its activities to encompass marine renewable energy through the growth of its offshore vivision.

Two Fast Rescue Craft of type 903 were delivered to the Royal Netherlands Sea Rescue Institution (KNRM) last month.

HM Government has published its document Offshore Wind Strategy – Business and Government Action, aimed at bringing together government and industry to develop the sector.