Offshore Renewables

The concept of a floating structure that can generate power from both wind and wave energy has moved a step closer with progress on the Katanes Wind Wave project reports Dag Pike.

Long active in the manufacture of wind turbine components,  Fassmer in north Germany has now set up a service subsidiary to handle both the production and the repair and maintenance of those…

Renewables developer SINN Power has signed an agreement with a local aquaculture firm to begin the company’s first commercial wave energy project in Cape Verde.

A leading Norwegian manufacturer of steam and heat energy systems, Parat Halvorsen AS, is preparing to promote its innovative high-voltage electrode boiler technology in Scotland, as the country ramps up its supply…

The second phase of an international collaborative research project designed to improve the reliability of wave and tidal energy converters is underway.

A generator rotation tool (GRT) from MacArtney will help create efficient solutions for long-term storage of wind turbine nacelles and helps ensure max lifespan of turbines.

Three renewable energy developers have been shortlisted for the EU-funded FORESEA programme which aims to help which bring offshore renewable energy technologies to market.

Scour Prevention Systems, Ltd has been granted a full US patent for its Scour Prevention Mattresses (SPM) which protects offshore structures, cables and pipelines from scour.

Erecting a wind farm in shallow waters has provided a challenge because conventional methods could not be used. The water was too shallow for the dedicated offshore wind farm vessels and too…

GE Renewable Energy has unveiled plans to develop the most powerful offshore wind turbine to be called the Haliade-X, delivering 45% more energy than any other offshore turbine currently available.

The offshore wind sector had a record year with 4,331MW installed globally, the Global Wind Energy Council (GWEC) has reported.

More than 100 businesses so far have benefitted from grants and advice from an EU-backed multi-million pound programme backing innovation in the offshore renewable energy industry.

The International Centre of Island Technology (ICIT) and the European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) have joined forces in a year-long project to tackle biofouling in the marine renewable energy sector.

Jan De Nul Group will install 32 Wind Turbine Generators (WTG) at the €1bn Trianel Borkum II offshore wind farm.

France says that a new tender for tidal energy will see the country become a global centre of tidal energy manufacturing.

During early January, a research team based at Brunel University, UK, launched an innovative multi-material connector that is predicted to help reduce the running costs associated with mooring a range of devices…

Last month, the energy market analyst company Aurora Energy Research published a report into the new economics of offshore wind which, amongst other things, concludes that the adoption of two policy mechanisms…

New research highlights that tackling corrosion issues and developing new materials could save up to £74 billion for renewables developers by 2050.

Belguim-headquartered wave energy company Laminaria’s wave energy converter (WEC) has completed tank testing at the Coastal, Ocean and Sediment Transport (COAST) laboratory at Plymouth University, UK.