Offshore Renewables

Natural Power and sister company SeaRoc have joined forces to develop their offshore energy capabilities in France.

St Nazaire is laying foundations, quite literally, for its future role as an offshore wind hub – but it’s not without its challenges, including politics, investment and last but not least: scale.

RenewableUK 2015 brings together the UK’s wind energy industry to the ACC Exhibition Centre in the vibrant city of Liverpool from 6 – 8 October 2015, to celebrate another year of success,…

What is claimed to be the first 1 MW tidal array in the world has been installed on the Oosterschelde storm barrier, part of the famous Dutch Delta Works.

Founded in 2011 by former engineers from the STX shipyard in St-Nazaire, GEPS Techno is a French start-up company that is focussing on renewable energy projects.

Belgian Offshore maintenance contractors Offshore & Wind Assistance (OWA) and German EWE Offshore Service & Solutions GmbH (EWE-OSS) have been contracted to ensure that the Gemini offshore wind park operates smoothly.

ABB has reached a major milestone following the installation of DolWin beta, the world’s most powerful offshore converter station in the North Sea.

Renewable energy plays an indispensable role in meeting rising energy demand. The 6th annual Offshore WIND Conference (OWC), which is co-located with Offshore Energy 2015, focuses on “building an industry without borders”.

Italian headquartered Prysmian Group has been awarded contracts by Nobelwind NV, an offshore wind farm developer, to supply wind turbine inter array cables for the Bligh Bank 2 offshore wind farm, located…

An independent analysis from BVG Associates, commissioned by Statkraft UK has produced an upbeat forecast of the industry’s future with the prospect of being subsidy-free and competitive with CCGT.

Fugro is expanding its offering with the installation of a compact, custom-made, cable-lay spread onboard its trenching vessel, ‘Fugro Saltire’.

A new vessel concept from German partners Heavylift@Sea and SeaRenergy Offshore, the OAV (Offshore Assistance Vessel), could promise a further development in the field of Service Operation Vessels.

Plans are well advanced to install a prototype tidal generator off the French coast in the Raz Blanchard, the channel between the Cherbourg Peninsular and the Island of Alderney.

Sustainable Marine Energy says its PLAT-O system has become the first tidal energy system to generate power off the south coast of England. In doing so, SME has demonstrated that the cost…

German specialist Schottel Hydro has announced that it will manufacture and deliver the variable pitch hub for the AR1500 turbine for Phase 1a of the Scotland-based MeyGen tidal energy project under contract…

UK engineering hydraulics specialist HR Wallingford is working with offshore wind heavyweight DONG Energy as part of a project to develop what it firmly hopes will be the next-generation of wind turbine…

RenewableUK, the trade association for the wind and marine energy industries, has recently highlighted the fact that the UK’s offshore wind capacity has surpassed five gigawatts (GW), a significant milestone in the…