Offshore Renewables

German wind power giant Siemens has upgraded its most powerful offshore wind farm generator unit to 8 MW. Siemens, who has focussed its generator development on direct drive units, stated that its…

The Churchill Barriers in Orkney, UK link a series of small islands on the east side of Scapa Flow and they were built during World War II to form a protective barrier…

Dutch marine construction major Van Oord reports that its offshore installation vessel ‘Aeolus’ has installed the final wind turbine at the Gemini Offshore Wind Park, completing the installation of all 150 turbines

Magnomatics, a specialist in magnetic gear technologies formed in 2006 as a spin out from the UK’s University of Sheffield has announced that it is currently working to develop a marine current…

Cabling technology company Tratos has supplied tidal energy R&D Company Scotrenewables with an Italian -manufactured bespoke cable solution for its SR2000 2MW tidal turbine testing programme at the European Marine Energy Centre…

Swansea, UK-based Marine Power Systems (MPS) has conducted scaled tank testing of its new WaveSub device.

Leading international energy logistics provider, Peterson, has been awarded two long term contracts with Statoil to provide logistics support for the Dudgeon offshore windfarm in the North Sea.

Three more 36-passenger offshore CTVs will join Germany’s Opielok Offshore Carriers (OOC) in 2017 and 2018 as a result of the “outstanding” performance so far of the first boat in a new…

The UK-based Renewables Consulting Group (RCG) has announced the addition of Julie Drew-Murphy as Senior Associate to the team, bringing valuable offshore wind development, compliance and due diligence skills.

The UK’s vote in favour of leaving the European Union is expected to have a far reaching impact on the renewables sector in terms of investment and legislation.

Atlantis Resources, the Singapore-headquartered tidal power developer, has announced that an agreement has been reached between the company’s majority owned MeyGen project (offshore Scotland) and a nearby wind farm development to facilitate…

Ecosse Subsea Systems (ESS) has secured its first subsea trenching contract in Kriegers Flak Offshore Windfarm in the Danish sector.

Tidal turbine manufacturer OpenHydro has opted for the Signature500 current profiler from Norway-based Nortek to obtain precise current, wave and turbulence information as it is delivering two of the world’s first grid…

While German and British dignitaries, including The Princess Royal, Prime Minister David Cameron and German President Joachim Gauck, commemorated the Battle of Jutland in Orkney at the end of May, visitors to…

Danish offshore wind project developer, DONG Energy, has awarded UK support vessel operator, Seacat Services, with the supply contract for all crew transfer services at its 258MW Burbo Bank Extension project under…

With the hiring of Intertek to provide environmental and planning support the project to harness the strong tidal currents of the Island of Alderney has moved a step forward. Intertek has been…