Offshore Renewables – Page 101
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NewsStrong winds in EU power sector
Statistics released by the European Wind Energy Association (EWEA) this month show that 43% of all new electricity generating capacity built in the European Union last year was wind energy, exceeding all other electricity generating technologies including gas, coal and nuclear power.
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NewsSea Jack takes king of the wind farms
Fluor Limited has awarded a contract to Danish offshore construction company A2SEA A/S for the installation of Siemens turbines at the Greater Gabbard Wind Farm project off the UK east coast.
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NewsPelamis P-2 powers on in Orkney
Edinburgh based Pelamis Wave Power (PWP) has won an order from UK renewable energy generator E.on for the next generation Pelamis Wave Energy Converter, known as the P-2.
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NewsFive projects make Severn tidal power shortlist
A proposed shortlist of schemes to generate clean, green electricity from the power of the tides in the Severn Estuary has been unveiled by the British Government''s Department of Energy and Climate Change. The shortlist includes a mixture of barrages and innovative lagoon schemes.
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NewsChange needed says European Environment Agency
Some 80% of the greenhouse gas emissions in Europe still come from the energy sector, warns a report from the European Environment Agency (EEA) released recently.
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Progress with Thanet Offshore Wind Farm
Progress with the Thanet Offshore Wind Farm is continuing with two separate recent announcements concerning the awarding of a project management contract and the selection of Ramsgate Port as the operations and maintenance base for the works.
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NewsTidal turbine proposal for Pentland Firth
Bristol UK based tidal energy company Marine Current Turbines Ltd (MCT) confirmed last month that it intends to apply for a lease from the Crown Estate to deploy its tidal technology in Scotland’ s Pentland Firth.
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NewsWave Hub managing contractor appointed
The South West Regional Development Agency (RDA) in the UK has selected JP Kenny, part of international energy services company John Wood Group PLC, as its engineering and management contractor for the design, procurement and construction of the ‘ Wave Hub’ renewable energy project off the coast of South West ...
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NewsPlanning Approval for Wave Hub
The UK Government gave planning approval earlier this month for the world''s first large scale wave farm off the coast of Cornwall in South West England.
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NewsREDS on Renewables Seabeds
REDS Ltd (Reach Engineering & Diving Services Ltd) have this summer taken their first steps into the offshore renewable energy sector. In late June the Midlands UK based company were contracted to carry out works on the Barrow Offshore Wind Farm (BOWF) currently owned and operated by DONG Energy / ...
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NewsOffshore Renewables Boost Ports Industry
The 25 turbine Burbo Bank Offshore Windfarm was completed this summer on behalf of the Danish Company Dong Energy, culminating a hectic but successful installation period.
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NewsProgress on objections to offshore wind
A landmark agreement has been reached between the UK Government and industry which aims to remove aviation and radar barriers to the major expansion of wind energy that has been outlined by Business Secretary John Hutton.
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NewsDeeper water wind farms under development
The challenge of generating increasing amounts of clean and sustainable energy is leading energy producers to investigate building bigger offshore wind farms in deeper waters. A major technical challenge is installing the foundations for such structures.
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NewsThe tide turns for nuclear giant
French power group EDF is planning build three to six turbines along the northern coast of Brittany to produce electricity from the energy in tidal currents.
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NewsWave power follows in wake of wind
A new wave power station on the Isle of Lewis, one of the first in the world, moved a step closer last month as npower renewables submitted a planning application for the ground-breaking scheme.
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NewsBuoy reporters at Wave Hub site
The Peninsula Research Institute for Marine Renewable Energy (PRIMaRE) has ordered eight Fugro Oceanor Seawatch Mini II buoys to form the core of an instrumentation network at the Wave Hub site off the South West of England.
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NewsFunding for Oscillating Water Column development
A partnership between Cornwall based wave energy developer Orecon; Peter Brotherhood Ltd, a leader in the design and manufacture of turbines; Converteam, the UK’ s largest supplier of electrical systems to the renewable market and Cranfield University, is to receive a £ 500,000 grant from the Technology Strategy Board to ...
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NewsREDS dive into New Year with renewables
Rugby UK based Reach Engineering & Diving Services (REDS) has started off the New Year as they finished 2007, winning a contract for a diving project on N-Power' s Rhyl Flats Wind Farm, off the North Wales coast.
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NewsSeaGen successfully installed in Northern Ireland
Pioneering renewable energy developer Marine Current Turbines successfully completed the first installation phase of the 1.2MW SeaGen Tidal System into the fast flowing waters of Strangford Narrows of Northern Ireland last month. It is the world' s first commercial scale tidal energy turbine.
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NewsLunar lands largest tidal power deal
Further evidence that UK renewable energy developers are far ahead of their government comes with news that tidal power company Lunar Energy has signed an agreement with Korean Midland Power Co which will create a giant 300 turbine field in the Wando Hoenggan Water Way off the South Korean coast.
