Offshore Renewables

An ocean energy technology demonstration programme encouraging longer-term demonstration and technology de-risking across the Atlantic Area regions has announced its first call for applications.

DNV GL has presented China Merchants Heavy Industry (CMHI) with an Approval in Principle (AiP) certificate for a wind turbine shuttle (WTS) developed to install offshore wind turbines (OWT) at wind farms.

A Swansea, UK-based wave energy company has unveiled plans to combine a floating wave energy device to make it suitable as a base for a floating wind generator.

A new single point mooring system platform for floating wind turbines that features many unique properties has received funding from the EU Commission Horizon 2020 writes Dag Pike.

Equinor Wind US, the Wildlife Conservation Society’s New York Aquarium, and the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) have launched a joint project to deploy two new near real-time acoustic buoys designed to…

TenneT has awarded a framework agreement to Jan De Nul Group for repairs of TenneT’s offshore high-voltage cables in the German Bight.

The European Marine Energy Centre will provide an independent performance assessment of Verdant Power’s 5th Generation (Gen5) tidal turbine system.

The installation and connection of the first offshore wind turbine in Spanish waters has been completed with the prototype now being operational writes Dag Pike.

SeaMade Offshore Wind Farm has been presented with IJGlobal’s ‘European Offshore Wind deal of the year’ award for its swift and efficient financing process.

Businesses offering smart energy-efficient electricity solutions are being invited to sign up to a new project enabling them to promote their technologies and services and develop business opportunities to supply remote island…

The second version of the wave and tidal energy arrays design tool DTOcean has been released, offering full levelised cost of energy (LCoE) calculation for the first time.

The German seaport of Emden has signed a contract to service the country’s biggest offshore wind farm complex being built for operation from year’s end, writes Tom Todd.

German wind turbine manufacturer Senvion has signed a major contract with Italian company Renexia for the building and installation of the first Italian offshore wind farm writes Dag Pike.

Magallanes Renovables, has generated its first electricity into the UK national grid following connection at the European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC).

Sustainable Marine Energy’s PLAT-I tidal energy platform has generated first power from the tidal currents of Grand Passage in Digby County, Nova Scotia.

Rotterdam-based companies SeaOwls and Ulstein Design & Solutions have decided to end their partnership in the offshore wind industry and pursue separate “business opportunities” for their co-designed ‘SOUL’ heavy lift jack-up vessel.

The European Marine Energy Centre’s (EMEC) lease for the Fall of Warness tidal energy test site in Orkney, Scotland has been extended by Crown Estate Scotland until 2040 to support the long-term…