Offshore Renewables

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.

Portsmouth, UV-based autonomous surface vehicles specialist ASV Ltd, in association with Planet Ocean Ltd, have received funding from the GROW:OffshoreWind initiative to investigate how the use of ASVs could reduce the costs…

Drydocks World, an international service provider to the maritime, oil, gas, and energy sectors, has signed an agreement with Petrofac to build the BorWin3 high voltage direct current (HVDC) converter platform in…

South Boats IOW, a UK-based manufacturer of wind farm service vessels (WFSV), has launched its first of class South Cat 26m named ‘Seacat Intrepid’ for Seacat Services Ltd.

RenewableUK’s Conference & Exhibition, which opens at Manchester Central, UK from 11–13 November 2014 will be the 36th running of this key event, demonstrating considerable longevity in an industry that popular misconception…

Belgium’s FLiDAR has announced it has entered into an exclusive partnership with US-based Renewable NRG Systems for the distribution of FLiDAR’s offshore wind measurement buoys in the Americas.

The UKs Crown Estate has commissioned a study exploring how optimisation of jack-up vessel deployment can improve windfarm performance as projects move into the operations and maintenance phase.

Swedish steel specialist SSAB is entering into an agreement with Hexicon AB to develop far off shore wind farm platforms. The combined technology will offer advantages within the market for renewable energy.…

Sea Tech Week, the international ocean science week held from 13 to 17 October 2014 in Brest, north-west France, is set to showcase marine renewable energies.

2014 brings the seventh edition of Offshore Energy Exhibition and Conference, which will be held on 28 & 29 October 2014 at the Amsterdam RAI, the Netherlands.

MeyGen, which claims to be the world’s largest tidal stream development, has announced that it has agreed terms for a funding package to finance the construction of the first phase of its…

Despite the fact that Bloomberg New Energy Finance (BNEF) has recently revised down its projections for growth in the global wave and tidal sectors, according to the UK industry body the Renewable…

A consortium of banks have agreed financial closure for the Dutch Westermeerwind windfarm, giving a green light to a project taking up the challenge of cost reduction through innovation.

Marubeni Corporation has announced the successful conclusion of project funding for the UK Round 2 Westermost Rough Offshore Wind Power project.