Offshore Renewables – Page 66

  • Sheringham Shoal wind farm is one of the world's 10 largest producing offshore wind farms
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    Statoil expands its wind farm portfolio

    2016-09-19T13:46:00Z

    Norwegian oil major Statoil and Statkraft have signed a letter of intent that will see Statoil take over as the operator of the Sheringham Shoal Offshore Wind Farm from January 2017.

  • A visualisation of how the wind farm will look
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    Green light for Vattenfall test centre

    2016-09-13T17:01:00Z

    The Swedish energy company Vattenfall and its partner, the Aberdeen Renewable Energy Group (AREG), have been developing the European Offshore Wind Deployment Centre.

  • The Twisties solution, showing base and adaptors to allow blades to sit down. Image, DNV GL
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    Wind ro-ro - with a twist

    2016-09-12T09:55:00Z

    The wind power industry is getting closer and closer to its goal of producing cost-competitive electricity: “In fact it is predicted that it will reach parity with fossil fuels by 2025,” explained Chris Garrett of DNV GL – Energy “something which only comes with scale.” However, it also stands to ...

  • Oceantec wave buoy deployment
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    Oceantech spar wave generator deployment

    2016-09-02T17:14:00Z

    The deployment of the Oceantec wave energy converter, which has been designed by Oceantec Energy Marinas, as part of the EU-funded OPERA project is planned for September. It will be installed at a prepared site located some 2 miles offshore from Northern Spain in the Bay of Biscay.

  • The 88.4 metre long blade has been designed for Adwen's AD 8-180 wind turbine
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    Adwen produces world's largest blade

    2016-09-02T16:49:00Z

    Offshore wind turbine manufacturer Adwen and turbine rotor blades supplier LM Wind Power have unveiled the world''s longest wind turbine blade. The 88.4 metre long blade has been designed for Adwen''s AD 8-180 wind turbine, an 8 MW wind turbine with a 180 metre rotor diameter. This large blade was ...

  • SWT-8.0-154 will be the new benchmark for gearless offshore wind technology
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    8MW turbine

    2016-09-02T15:55:00Z

    German wind power giant Siemens has upgraded its most powerful offshore wind farm generator unit to 8 MW. Siemens, who has focussed its generator development on direct drive units, stated that its direct drive wind turbine technology for offshore turbines has reached the next development milestone.

  • The barriers have changed the tidal flow in the surrounding waters considerably
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    Churchill Barriers tidal project

    2016-08-31T15:48:00Z

    The Churchill Barriers in Orkney, UK link a series of small islands on the east side of Scapa Flow and they were built during World War II to form a protective barrier against submarine intrusion after the sinking of the battleship Royal Oak by a German submarine in 1939.

  • 'Aeolus' lifting the last blade
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    Last Gemini blade for Van Oord

    2016-08-26T11:49:00Z

    Dutch marine construction major Van Oord reports that its offshore installation vessel ‘Aeolus’ has installed the final wind turbine at the Gemini Offshore Wind Park, completing the installation of all 150 turbines

  • David Latimer, Chief Executive Officer of Magnomatics
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    Magnetic gear turbine project

    2016-08-25T11:52:00Z

    Magnomatics, a specialist in magnetic gear technologies formed in 2006 as a spin out from the UK’s University of Sheffield has announced that it is currently working to develop a marine current turbine using the company’s Pseudo Direct Drive (PDD) generator.

  • The cable integrates with Scotrenewables’ 2MW tidal turbine, the SR2000
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    Tidal cable testing

    2016-08-16T10:23:00Z

    Cabling technology company Tratos has supplied tidal energy R&D Company Scotrenewables with an Italian -manufactured bespoke cable solution for its SR2000 2MW tidal turbine testing programme at the European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC), Orkney.

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    42 Technology helps Trident Energy

    2016-08-11T16:58:00Z

    UK-based Trident Energy has improved the performance of its linear generator concept with the help of a technology optimisation project from 42 Technology.

  • The DEME Group is now taking an active role in the MeyGen Phase 1A installation
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    DEME invests in tidal power

    2016-08-10T17:57:00Z

    DEME Concessions NV, a member of the DEME Group, has completed its purchase of shares in Tidal Power Scotland Limited (TPSL).

  • Rigorous tank testing took place at Plymouth University's COAST laboratory
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    MPS completes scale tank testing

    2016-08-10T15:44:00Z

    Swansea, UK-based Marine Power Systems (MPS) has conducted scaled tank testing of its new WaveSub device.

  • The Dudgeon Field will be located 20 miles off the coast of Norfolk
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    Peterson awarded Statoil Dudgeon windfarm contracts

    2016-08-10T15:35:00Z

    Leading international energy logistics provider, Peterson, has been awarded two long term contracts with Statoil to provide logistics support for the Dudgeon offshore windfarm in the North Sea.

  • Substation Andalucía will become the power core of the offshore wind farm that Iberdrola is constructing in the Baltic Sea
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    Wikinger substation inaugurated

    2016-08-09T11:10:00Z

    Iberdrola, 50 Hertz and Navantia have recently held a delivery celebration for the substation christened as ‘Andalucía’, which was built by Navantia at the Puerto Real shipyard for Wikinger, Iberdrola''s offshore wind farm in Germany, with an overall budget of €1.4 billion.

  • OOC Nerz is first of four
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    OOC expands CTV fleet

    2016-07-19T10:20:00Z

    Three more 36-passenger offshore CTVs will join Germany’s Opielok Offshore Carriers (OOC) in 2017 and 2018 as a result of the “outstanding” performance so far of the first boat in a new high-capability series.

  • Julie Drew-Murphy has over 12 years’ experience in offshore wind farm development
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    New Senior Associate at RCG

    2016-07-11T09:37:00Z

    The UK-based Renewables Consulting Group (RCG) has announced the addition of Julie Drew-Murphy as Senior Associate to the team, bringing valuable offshore wind development, compliance and due diligence skills.

  • Gary McGovern said the removal of State Aid rules could create new opportunities
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    How will Brexit impact the renewables sector?

    2016-07-07T16:07:00Z

    The UK’s vote in favour of leaving the European Union is expected to have a far reaching impact on the renewables sector in terms of investment and legislation.

  • Meygen tidal turbine deployment
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    “World first” wind and tidal power output combination

    2016-07-07T10:00:00Z

    Atlantis Resources, the Singapore-headquartered tidal power developer, has announced that an agreement has been reached between the company’s majority owned MeyGen project (offshore Scotland) and a nearby wind farm development to facilitate access to the distribution grid for other renewable energy projects.

  • ESS will deploy its SCAR 1 seabed system
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    Ecosse Subsea Systems lands first Danish project

    2016-07-06T16:32:00Z

    Ecosse Subsea Systems (ESS) has secured its first subsea trenching contract in Kriegers Flak Offshore Windfarm in the Danish sector.