Offshore Renewables – Page 103

  • A consortium of Interbeton, Six Construct, and Van Oord has been awarded a contract for Phase 3 of Sohar Port in Oman.
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    Dutch Consortium Wins Sohar Phase 3

    2006-07-01T00:00:00Z

    A consortium of Interbeton, Six Construct, and Van Oord has been awarded the 195m contract for the construction of quay walls and dredging (Phase 3) at Sohar Port in Oman. The client is the Ministry of Transport and Communications of the Government of Oman.

  • A Trident Energy wave energy converter platform pilot wave farm is being designed for deployment off Harwich early next year.
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    Simple Wave Generator Powers Forward

    2006-06-01T00:00:00Z

    Essex UK based Trident Energy Ltd has taken a further major step towards the cost effective, flexible and uncomplicated production of energy from sea wave power, with its patented Direct Energy Conversion Method (DECM) successfully completing tests at the UK''s New and Renewable Energy Centre (NaREC) in Northumberland.

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    Severn Tidal Proposals Gain Momentum

    2006-06-01T00:00:00Z

    The Welsh Assembly is urging the British Government to consider building a £ 15bn concrete barrage which would stretch for 10 miles across the Severn Estuary and generate a power output equivalent to at least two nuclear power stations whilst lasting three times longer.

  • UK Energy Minister Malcolm Wicks has extended the existing principles of onshore electricity transmission to offshore.
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    Connection Regime for UK Marine Energy

    2006-05-01T00:00:00Z

    The drive to increase Britain''s offshore wind energy has been given a significant boost as details were announced of how their connection to the electricity network onshore would be funded and operated.

  • UK Government funding will help to develop the Pulse Stream 100 shallow water tidal stream power generator.
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    Funding Flow for Shallow Water Tidal Stream Power Generator

    2006-05-01T00:00:00Z

    BMT Renewables Ltd is part of a consortium that has been awarded a grant of £ 878,000 from the UK''s Department of Trade and Industry for a two year, £ 1.7m research, design and development project known as Pulse Stream 100.

  • Alderney has one of the best and most accessible tidal power resources in Europe.
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    Small Isles, Big Resource as Alderney Explores Tidal Power

    2006-02-01T00:00:00Z

    The States of Alderney, located eight miles from France, is not part of the UK or EU and has its own elected government which passes its own laws.

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    Jobs Magic with Welsh Wave Dragon

    2006-02-01T00:00:00Z

    KP Renewables plc (KPR) of London and Wave Dragon ApS of Copenhagen have entered into a joint development agreement which provides a framework for the two stage development, financing, construction and operation of up to 77MW of wave energy projects in Wales.

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    Approval for Renewables Test Facility

    2006-02-01T00:00:00Z

    The European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) in Orkney has achieved a world first by gaining United Kingdom Accreditation Service (UKAS) accreditation for its unique testing facilities. These provide detailed and highly accurate data on the performance of devices developed to harness wave energy.

  • A Pelamis wave energy device is deployed.
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    First Wave Hub Participants Chosen

    2006-02-01T00:00:00Z

    The South West of England Regional Development Agency (RDA) named three companies this month which it has chosen as development partners for the proposed £ 15m Wave Hub project from 2007.

  • The first SeaGen tidal energy turbine will be connected to the UK National Grid later this year.
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    Tidal Energy Turbine for Northern Ireland

    2006-02-01T00:00:00Z

    Bristol UK based Marine Current Turbines Ltd (MCT) has been granted consent by the Environment & Heritage Service in Northern Ireland to install its next generation tidal energy device, the 1,000kW SeaGen tidal energy turbine, in Northern Ireland''s Strangford Lough. MCT is also investigating the feasibility of building a 12 ...

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    Mott MacDonald to Provide Design Services for Wind Farm

    2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

    Mott MacDonald has been appointed as a sub-consultant by AREVA T&D Systems inStafford in the UK to provide electrical design services for an offshore wind farm to be built 7km off the coast of Walney Island in Cumbria.

  • Many marine contractors in Europe have built dedicated assets to install offshore wind turbines
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    Commitment to Renewable Energy is Good News

    2003-08-01T00:00:00Z

    Marine contractors in the UK have responded positively to news that the UK government plans a major expansion of offshore windfarms in UK waters. Many contractors are already actively involved in the development of offshore windfarms, whether conducting environmental and geotechnical assessments, preparing the seabed for the installation of wind ...

  • HSS and Dredging International used their purpose-built jack-up Vagrant to install the wind turbines on the Samso offshore wind farm.
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    HSS Turns on the Light at Samso Wind Farm

    2003-03-01T00:00:00Z

    Electricity produced by the recently completed offshore wind farm at Samso, Denmark, was connected to the national grid in Denmark for the first time last month, following the official handing over of the new facility by the contractors responsible for building it.