Offshore Renewables

Siemens has increased its share in British tidal energy company Marine Current Turbines Ltd to 45%.

As Europe faces the danger of recession, the offshore wind industry is planning massive growth.

An energy company developing a North Sea wind farm has signalled its commitment to local contractors by becoming the latest member of a networking organisation.

The Forewind consortium will employ an innovative new foundation design concept when it installs two meteorological masts on the Dogger Bank offshore wind farm zone.

Plans by Marine Current Turbines and its project partner RWE npower renewables to install and operate Wales’s first ever tidal energy farm have moved a step closer.

Kongsberg Maritime Ltd in the UK has been awarded a contract with wave energy technology provider Aquamarine Power to carry out underwater noise assessments relating to its Oyster wave energy device.

Rolls-Royce has achieved a milestone in the deployment of tidal energy technology with confirmation that its prototype tidal turbine has fed over 100 megawatt hours of electrical power into the national grid.

A&P Tyne is part of a newly launched North East UK ‘Super Group’ formed to inform global business about how the region’s deep talent pool is positioned in a clear growth area…

With the wind farm industry eyeing the first examples of the crop of newbuilding turbine installation vessels being delivered, other interesting design concepts are also emerging.

Scotland’s marine energy industry was the focus of the Governments Energy and Climate Change Select Committee (ECCC)s investigation into wave and tidal renewable energy on Tuesday this week.