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’…

A new guide highlights opportunities for UK companies to become part of the global offshore wind supply chain, and for those already working in it to win further multi-million-pound orders.

A manufacturing and assembly contract has been awarded for the DemoSATH floating wind project.

An Iberdrola led international consortium has launched the FLAGSHIP project to develop and fabricate the first 10+MW floating offshore wind turbine which will be installed off the coast of Norway writes Dag…

Innovation is essential for offshore wind and maintenance operators to meet the evolving challenges presented by the industry and achieve cost efficiency, a Dutch offshore self-elevating platform and services provider has said.

MHIV and Total have formally announced their involvement in Ideol’s EOLMED, a floating wind pilot project in the French Mediterranean.

Government plans to make the UK the world leader in clean wind energy have been unveiled as part of its commitment towards net zero emissions by 2050.

Opergy has appointed an offshore energy expert as commercial director as it celebrates its first anniversary.

Spain’s Greenalia has submitted the project and environmental planning applications to develop four new floating offshore wind farms in the waters off Gran Canaria writes Dag Pike.

A major Irish boatyard at Crosshaven has been bought by Green Rebel Marine and it is planned to develop the site as a base for servicing wind farms off the south coast…

Lying between the British Isles and Iceland, the Faroe Islands have a plentiful supply of wind and now there are plans to build offshore wind farms to drive the islands closer to…