Offshore Renewables

The UKs first ever wave farm is expected to start supplying electricity to the national grid by 2018, thanks to substantial European funding.

German tidal turbine company Schottel Hydro and Scottish marine energy deployment expert Aquaterra have proved their enthusiasm in furthering the development of tidal power at all levels by assisting in a project…

UK marine instrument supplier Planet Ocean has provided a number of self-contained power and telemetry systems to the offshore wind sector utilising the RADAC “WaveGuide” radar wave and tide sensor.

Everybody these days is familiar with windfarm support... or are they? Stevie Knight talked to Seacat Services about the sometimes harsh realities of CTV operations.

HydroQuest and CMN (Constructions Mécaniques de Normandie) are set to launch an innovate demonstration project for the tidal energy sector.

The 26m Typhoon Class SWATH ordered by UK-based Renewable Energy Support Ltd (RES Ltd) has been successfully delivered to operators Maritime Craft Services (Clyde) Ltd (MCS) after completing final sea trials.

A new radar system has been installed to help build up a picture of the complex flow patterns of wind through an offshore wind farm. DONG Energy and SmartWind Technologies have announced…

Mainstay Marine Solutions, the British designer, builder and maintainer of workboats and marine energy devices, has won a contract to build a new energy device for a £5.8m scheme in South Wales.

Spain’s Oceantec Energy­as Marinas and CDA Bilbao Co. working with a team from the UK-based University of Exeter have successfully completed the final part of the commissioning of the Oceantec Marmok-A-5 wave…

RenewableUK says the UK Governments planned next round of competitive auctions to support offshore wind will provide a boost for British industry, but there is less certainty if Scottish renewables and other…

CorPower Ocean AB, a Swedish developer of high efficiency wave energy converters, has been awarded a €4m grant by the European Commission (EC) for its WaveBoost project.

Rentel NV has reached financial close for the construction of a new 309MW offshore windfarm off the Belgian coast.

The various offshore transmission developments underway in northern European waters, primarily related to wind farms, have led to the recent announcement of new onshore cable storage carousels on both the Northeast and…

AXYS Technologies, a Canadian manufacturer of surface condition monitoring buoys popular in the offshore renewables industry, has announced the appointment of Geomarine as its new Value Added Reseller in Italy.

Scottish Power Renewables is progressing the East Anglia One Offshore Wind farm (offshore UK) with the award of design and construction contracts. This £2.5 billion project is a 50:50 joint venture partnership…

Scotland-based Ecosse Subsea Systems has completed a second major seabed clearance project on behalf of DONG Energy on what will be one of the world’s largest offshore windfarms.

The Swedish energy company Vattenfall and its partner, the Aberdeen Renewable Energy Group (AREG), have been developing the European Offshore Wind Deployment Centre.

The deployment of the Oceantec wave energy converter, which has been designed by Oceantec Energy Marinas, as part of the EU-funded OPERA project is planned for September. It will be installed at…

Offshore wind turbine manufacturer Adwen and turbine rotor blades supplier LM Wind Power have unveiled the worlds longest wind turbine blade. The 88.4 metre long blade has been designed for Adwens AD…