Offshore Renewables

Swedish corrosion protection specialist Alucrom AB claims to have devised a more cost effective coating for corrosion protecting wind turbine towers.

Neil Parry has taken over the management of RTS Wind in the United Kingdom and spent his first week at the headquarters of RTS Wind AG in Germany.

A new Government-backed report has highlighted the potential of tidal lagoon technology and the key role it will play in providing the UK with reliable and affordable energy.

The UK Green Investment Bank (GIB) Offshore Wind Fund has announced that it had passed its initial £1bn investment target, following its sixth UK asset acquisition.

In late January, the Carbon Trust published a new report highlighting the key areas for policy makers to consider in order to develop a world leading market for floating wind in the…

AXYS Technologies Inc (AXYS) has deployed its meteorological and oceanographic data buoy at an offshore wind development on the Northern coast of Poland.

Last year the Port of Rotterdam Authority signed an agreement with the Sif Group and Verbrugge International for the construction of a wind farm component production and storage/handling terminal in Rotterdam. This…

The wind installation market is being driven by rising scale, depth and not least, competition. so some operators are responding by making significant changes.

CWind, a UK-headquartered integrated service provider in the offshore wind industry, has supplied Crew Transfer Vessels to assist with blade repair operations at the offshore wind farm for E.ON, the wind farm…

Scotland-headquartered subsea and engineering technology company, Ecosse Subsea Systems Ltd (ESS), has said it has benefited as an ‘early adopter’ as it has moved from its traditional focus in oil and gas…

Belgian offshore contractor Van Oord has signed a contract with Norther for the construction of the Norther offshore wind farm, located 23 km off the Zeebrugge coast in Belgium.

Norwegian power electronics specialist Eltek has announced that it has been chosen by Siemens to provide power solutions for the prestigious Hywind Scotland Pilot Park floating wind turbine project. The agreement includes…

CS Wind is to build a new offshore tower manufacturing facility in Campbeltown, Scotland, as a result of a multi-million pound investment from DONG Energy.

French offshore windfarm developer Ailes Marines has deployed an AXYS WindSentinel FLiDAR to provide wind resource assessment for Bay of St. Brieuc commercial offshore wind farm development site in France.

Early in November, the EU backed Funding Ocean Renewable Energy through Strategic European Action (FORESEA) Programme confirmed that it had awarded a recommendation for support to several marine renewable energy technology developers…

Early in November representatives of the Offshore Energy Research Association of Nova Scotia (OERA) and France Energies Marines (FEM) signed an agreement committing the two organisations to work together on a range…

During October, Denmark- headquartered offshore wind giant DONG Energy and the British Trust for Ornithology (BTO) launched a collaborative initiative to deepen understanding of how the endangered Lesser Black-backed Gull behaves around…