Offshore Renewables – Page 70
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NewsThunderstorm detector for offshore wind industry
For the offshore industries, thunderstorms can play a significant part in disrupting operations. A new thunderstorm detector from UK meteorological instrument manufacturer Biral is claimed to be able to provide early warning of a nearby thunderstorm and so ensure the safety of operating personnel and minimise downtime.
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Baltic heavy lift contract
UK-headquartered UTEC NCS Survey has been awarded a contract for heavy lift support services for a major windfarm project in the Baltic Sea.
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NewsEco wave power in Gibraltar
Eco Wave Power (EWP) is an Israeli company that has developed a unique form of electricity generation using wave power. Rather than have a wave generator moored in the open ocean where complex moorings and connection systems are required, the EWP system utilises existing land structures as the attachment point ...
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NewsRentel chooses Siemens direct drive turbines
Belgian windfarm concession holder Rentel NV has chosen Siemens NV as its preferred bidder for the supply and installation of 42 of its offshore wind turbines, also involving a 15-year maintenance agreement.
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NewsCooperative design for renewables service vessel
Netherlands-headquartered Damen Shipyards Group has produced a new vessel design in consultation with the UK’s Delta Marine – called the Damen Renewables Service Vessel 3315.
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NewsFirst commercially financed project in the tidal energy industry
Black Rock Tidal Power (BRTP), a subsidiary of Germany-headquartered Schottel Hydro, has set up a project company (Special Purpose Vehicle, SPV) which will take over its Triton tidal energy platform once fully commissioned for 15 million Canadian Dollars. The private equity investment into the project company amounts to 10.5 million ...
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News‘Porth Nefyn’ delivered
Pembroke Dock, UK-based boat building specialist Mainstay Marine Solutions has delivered the 20m vessel ‘Porth Nefyn’ to UK transfer vessel operator Turbine Transfers.
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NewsInstallation and trenching deal
DeepOcean 1 UK Ltd., a subsidiary of Netherlands-based DeepOcean Group Holding BV (DeepOcean), has announced that the company has been awarded a contract by DONG Energy for the provision of installation and trenching works for the Walney Extension offshore wind project in The Irish Sea, offshore UK.
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NewsMet mast maintenance
As part of an ongoing remit as a technical advisor to Forewind Limited, The Renewables Consulting Group (RCG) team in the UK provided support for an operations and maintenance trip to the two meteorological masts on Dogger Bank.
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NewsExtreme current Jack-up
GeoSea, part of the Belgian dredging, marine engineering and environmental group DEME has announced what it calls a ‘major break-through’ in the tidal energy sector. As a specialist in complex offshore marine engineering projects, the company has successfully completed trials of a jack-up vessel in extreme current flows.
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NewsDrawing board to grid-connected in 6 months
The BlueTEC Texel Tidal partnership in Holland has announced that the first months of operating the BlueTEC tidal energy platform have been a success. With every tidal flow, the platform now supplies electricity into the Dutch national grid.
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NewsMinesto 'Deep Green' technology rides the waves of progress
Hot on the heels of the recent news that Swedish tidal energy outfit Minesto has received an additional €3.5M from KIC InnoEnergy, late last month the company''s board has also revealed that it has decided to apply to list shares in the company on First North at NASDAQ Stockholm ''and ...
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NewsOcean Energy Europe 2015
Ocean Energy Europe 2015 will take place in Dublin, Ireland on 20 - 21 October. Each year, Ocean Energy Europe produces its annual conference in strategically important Member States and it describes itself as the key political event on the ocean energy (principally wave and tidal power) calendar.
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News‘MPI Adventure’ installs final blade for Amrumbank
Dutch-owned MPI Offshore announced in September that its wind-turbine-installation vessel ‘MPI Adventure’ had just installed the final blade of the 80-turbine Amrumbank West Offshore Wind Farm in the German North Sea.
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NewsJack-up heavy lift vessel
Belgian Jan De Nul Group has signed the taking-over of the offshore jack-up crane vessel ‘Vidar’, from the German company Hochtief. “With the ‘Vidar’ in our fleet we considerably extend our specialised services for the installation of offshore windparks,” said Peter De Pooter, Manager, Offshore Renewables.
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NewsWind energy back in focus
The EWEA 2015 Annual Event taking place from 17 - 20 November 2015 at Paris Expo, France presents an international platform for the wind energy industry to showcase and demonstrate its latest products and services. The event features a broad conference programme, extensive networking opportunities and a large exhibition.
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Navitus Bay refused consent
The UK’s Energy Minister Lord Bourne has today refused planning approval for Navitus Bay offshore wind farm off the south coast of England.
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NewsWikinger cabling
The Italian Prysmian Group has chartered Global Marine Systems Limited’s cable-laying vessel, ‘C.S. Sovereign’, from mid-2016 into early 2017. The vessel’s remit will be to install inter array cables at the German Offshore wind farm that is currently estimated to be providing power for nearly a quarter of a ...
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NewsPaimpol–Bréhat agreement
Natural Power and sister company SeaRoc have joined forces to develop their offshore energy capabilities in France.
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NewsFrench port out to catch the wind
St Nazaire is laying foundations, quite literally, for its future role as an offshore wind hub – but it’s not without its challenges, including politics, investment and last but not least: scale.
