Offshore Renewables

Independent UK company, the Carbon Trust, unveiled its latest research project on Tuesday, designed to help cut the cost of offshore wind power by increasing the energy yields from Round 3 wind…

Wind turbine manufacturer Gamesa has taken the next step in the development of Spain’s offshore wind ambitions with shipment of its prototype 5MW offshore turbine for testing at Gran Canaria.

The next stage in development of Dublin Array offshore windfarm has been marked with two foreshore lease applications in a project with implications beyond the usual establishment of another offshore windfarm.

Scotland’s longest commercial deepwater berth has been created in Orkney with the completion of a new extension at Hatston Pier on the outskirts of Kirkwall.

DeepOcean UK, a subsidiary of DeepOcean Group Holding BV, has acquired a 50% interest in 3D sonar visualisation company ADUS to form ADUS DeepOcean Ltd.

Engineers, economists, local government officials and conservationists gathered at UWE Bristol last month to discuss innovative and sustainable solutions to generating power from the Severn Estuary.

Several companies worldwide are working on systems that can measure wind speeds well above sea level in order to find an economic way of assessing the wind patterns for projected wind farms.