Offshore Renewables

A leading German towage and salvage operator and one of the country’s best known small ship builders are joining forces to develop a special emergency response and rescue vessel (ERRV) for the…

The decision by Netherlands-based SeaZip Offshore Services to increase their crew transfer vessel fleet has reaffirmed their faith in Damen’s Twin Axe Fast Crew Supplier.

Tidal energy installations are located in areas of very strong tides and this makes their installation and maintenance a challenging task. British company Mojo Maritime together with German ship owner Hammonia Reederi…

French company Sabella has now secured funding to establish a full scale prototype of their tide turbine. This follows 10 years of work on tide turbine design and prototype trials which have…

With ‘MPI Adventure’ currently installing the first of the Siemens 3.6MW turbines for the E.On Renewables Amrumbank offshore wind farm, and ‘MPI Discovery’ only a few miles away closing out the foundation…

Piet Brouwer Electrotechnology is to supply the diesel-electric propulsion system and electrical system for a new 108m windfarm support vessel (WSV).

The recently announced Instream Turbine from German propulsion giant Schottel, allows the harvesting of hydrokinetic (tidal) energy for commercial projects at what Schottel calls ‘a reasonable cost’.

A Canadian yacht design company has recently completed the design of a tidal energy generation floating plant. Backers claim the catamaran-type barge by ER Yacht Design, (28m LOA and 17m Beam), is…

In the UK the refurbished Bolt ‘Lifesaver’ wave energy converter has been delivered to owner Fred.Olsen Ltd by Supacat following a three month project refurbishing the converter’s `intelligent systems` at the Devon…

Denmark - home to the world’s first ever commercial offshore wind farm and the second largest offshore wind energy market – provides the ideal location for participants to meet the whole of…

The UK’s Perpetuus Tidal Energy Centre (PTEC) has applied to the Marine Management Organisation (MMO) and Isle of Wight Council (as Local Planning Authority) for permission to construct and operate a tidal…

As reported in December’s ‘Maritime Journal’ the renewable energy industry was excited late last year when Swedish marine energy technology company Minesto announced that it had successfully managed to produce electricity from…

The marine renewable energy industry centred on Orkney, UK, has been the focus of a fact-finding visit by Japanese politicians and business leaders. The 10-strong party from the Nagasaki Prefecture, on the…

Last November, Isle of Wight, UK-based company Sustainable Marine Energy (SME) successfully completed the second of four tests on its innovative PLAT-O tidal turbine platform, as reported in December’s Maritime Journal. So,…

Wave energy technology company Aquamarine Power has teamed up with Bosch Rexroth to launch an industry-wide initiative that aims to solve the problem of converting captured wave energy into electricity by creating…

Manufacturers looking to take advantage of the growth in the offshore wind market have received a £7m windfall of business support and capital funding.