Offshore Renewables

“Usually, the big vision is there but the technology is lagging, but here it is the paperwork,” Nick Medic of RenewableUK recently told the UKs House of Lords Select Committee on EU…

French company, Open Ocean SAS and Orkney, UK-based Aquatera Ltd. have committed to working together to support the acceleration of marine renewable energy developments in France. This alliance aims to provide a…

Spanish tidal turbine company Magallanes has successfully deployed its floating turbine at the European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC), supported by the EU-funded Marinet project. The 1:10 scale ‘ATIR’ prototype was installed on…

Renewable energy has become Scotland’s main source of power, new independent figures have revealed. Records from the first half of 2014, the most recent period for which data is available, show renewables…

Work has started on extending Vattenfall’s Kentish Flats windfarm in the Thames estuary in a project that will see a 50% increase in capacity.

Development of large custom built offshore wind turbines has taken a step forward with MHI Vestas’ 8MW prototype turbine breaking the world record for wind energy production in a 24 hour period.

Offshore wind turbine foundation designer Norwegian Seatower, along with partners including MT Højgaard and French Eiffage TP are installing a new generation concrete gravity base off Fécamp in France.

The directors of Pelamis regret to announce that they have been unable to secure the additional funding required for further development of the company’s wave energy technology. As a result of this…

Sustainable Marine Energy (SME) has successfully completed its first round of sea trials in the UK with its tidal energy platform, PLAT-O. The tidal energy industry has struggled with high costs for…

Short sighted platform design and a tendency to place short term cost savings over full lifecycle costs are increasingly complicating subsea cable installation projects for offshore wind farms, according to an industry…

According to Sweden’s Minesto, the Holy Grail of extracting usable power from tidal arrays in low current locations could lie in ‘flying’ what appear to be underwater kites.

German propulsion solutions specialist Schottel, has founded a new subsidiary - Schottel Hydro GmbH. The new company will incorporate Schottel’s hydrokinetic energy business. Schottel Hydro comprises activities in three segments: hydrokinetic turbines,…

Building work has started in the UK on the Hayle Marine Renewables Business Park which is being created to strengthen Cornwall’s growing marine renewables sector. The Devon & Cornwall division of Midas…

The UK’s Atlantis Resources Limited has announced that it has signed a 10-year (extendable) seabed Sublease with the Fundy Ocean Research Center for Energy in Nova Scotia, Canada (FORCE).

US-based lidar wind measurement specialist ZephIR claims that an industry ‘landmark’ moment has been confirmed thanks to NREL, Stuttgart University and DNV GL with the control of an operational wind turbine with…

Canadian AXYS Technologies Inc (AXYS) was pleased to announce the EDP Inovação (EDPi) WindSentinel floating LiDAR system survived a major storm that ravaged the coast of Portgual near Viana do Castelo.

The Scottish Government has awarded planning consent for four offshore wind projects with a potential total capacity of 2.28GW.

The UK-based Royal Institute of Naval Architects (RINA) has announced a conference on ‘Design & Operation of Offshore Wind Farm Support Vessels’ from 28-29 January 2015 in London, UK

In the last months, German propulsion giant Schottel, has successfully tested its hydrokinetic turbines in Strangford Lough, Northern Ireland. The full-scale tests included 260 operating hours under realistic conditions.