Offshore Renewables

A Ghanaian renewable energy production company has contracted Swedish wave technology developer Seabased to deliver a 100MW wave energy plant near Ada, the first utility scale wave park in Africa.

The prototype of an innovative floating wind turbine has been installed at sea off the coast of France, writes Dag Pike.

Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (UPM) has devised a new procedure to obtain more accurate costs for future marine energy parks, reports Andrew Williams.

UK based energy company RedT Energy has been selected to be the primary energy storage technology provider for a large-scale tidal generation project reports Andrew Williams.

International manufacturer Roxtec has supplied a package of specialist cable sealing solutions to Scotland’s largest offshore wind farm.

A new report by the UK Conservative MP and former Energy Minister Sir Michael Fallon shows the possible economic benefits that could be reaped from the offshore wind industry including the potential…

A key aim of the offshore wind industry’s vision for 2030 is to foster a world-leading supply chain so it is going to conduct a thorough review to create a concrete development…

The Offshore Renewables Joint Industry Programme (ORJIP) has released findings from what it says is the world’s most comprehensive investigation into seabird behaviour and collision risk around offshore wind farms.

Oil and Gas industry moorings specialist Flintstone Technology Ltd is diversifying its market-leading operations to help drive down costs for the offshore floating wind industry.

The world’s most powerful single turbine has been successfully installed at Vattenfall’s European Offshore Wind Deployment Centre (EOWDC).

The Carbon Trust-led Floating Wind Joint Industry Partnership has begun two new studies to investigate critical issues for large scale floating wind farms.

Spanish tidal energy developer Magallanes Renovables has entered into a berth agreement with the European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) in Orkney, Scotland, where its tidal energy prototype is due to be demonstrated…

Solar power is an effective way of generating electricity to meet the requirements of green energy but it can occupy valuable land areas reports Dag Pike.

Swedish wave energy developer Seabased, has partnered with Nordic equity crowdfunding platform Invesdor to raise up to 15 million SEK (approximately EUR €1.5 million).

The Aberdeen Renewable Energy Group (AREG) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with The Business Network for Offshore Wind in the United States.

A standardised failure database could reduce costs across the offshore industry and a sophisticated gas-to-wire process using offshore windfarm infrastructure could transport clean energy back to shore.