Offshore Renewables – Page 72
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NewsMaking floating wind a reality
A new report has been launched by Carbon Trust that sets out the current state of the floating wind industry and identifies key technical barriers that need to be addressed to make it a commercial reality.
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NewsUnderwater noise appointment
Matt Simpson, a Member of the Institute of Acoustics with over fifteen years’ experience, has joined Baker Consultants as Senior Underwater Noise Consultant.
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CWind wins crew transfer vessel contract
UK-based CWind has announced that it has won a six month contract to provide crew transfer services to the Greater Gabbard Offshore wind farm.
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NewsRenewables industry offers renewed job hope
The UK renewables industry could provide new opportunities for employees suffering from the recent downturn in the oil and gas industry according to an engineering recruitment specialist.
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EMEC restructure
EMEC (European Marine Energy Centre), best known for its Scottish marine renewables test site, has announced that it will be restructuring to ensure that its facilities can continue to respond to the wave and tidal industry’s changing landscape and market demands.
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NewsCurrent and tidal guidelines
International classification society and certification group Bureau Veritas has published a set of guidelines which it says will help the development of current and tidal turbines. The guidelines are backed by a separate guide to certification for marine renewable energy devices including tidal turbines, wave energy converters and ocean thermal ...
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NewsWave Energy Scotland 'open for business'
In mid-March, the new research and development organisation Wave Energy Scotland declared that it is now ''open for business'' - and announced the launch of a £7 million technology innovation competition.
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NewsNew project aims to improve protection against subsea cable faults
A new project to design a system that detects and prevents high voltage insulation faults in subsea power cables for offshore wind farms has been awarded funding by the UK Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) Offshore Wind Component Technologies Development and Demonstration Scheme.
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NewsDual doppler radar project aims to provide 'step change' in wind resource measurement
In mid-March, the Carbon Trust - via its Offshore Wind Accelerator Programme (OWA) - announced plans to support a state of the art technology trial to understand the viability of using dual doppler radar to produce ''high resolution dynamic maps of the wind flow through and around a wind farm.''
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NewsCombined wind and wave unit ready to go
After 17 years of development and testing the Danish company, Floating Power Plant is ready to offer a tried and tested combined wind and wave power generator. Over the years the concept has grown from a small 2.4 metre unit through to a full scale unit 37 metres in size ...
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NewsMulti Cat for wave and tidal
Marine operations company Green Marine Energy Support Services, based in Stromness, Orkney (UK), recently took delivery of a Damen Multi Cat 2712 workboat for its offshore wave and tidal activities.
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NewsVan Oord cable-layer joins their windfarm fleet
Offshore contractor Van Oord has taken delivery of the first of class Damen Offshore Carrier Nexus, configured as a cable-laying vessel for installation of subsea cables at offshore windfarms.
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NewsRound 3 moves forwards – a little leaner
It is two years now since ''Maritime Journal'' took an in-depth look at the UK’s Round 3 offshore wind programme, two years on and with ups and downs with progress, time for another look.
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Ricardo rotates for a longer life
The Ricardo MultiLife wind turbine bearing system has been successfully installed and commissioned on a 600 kW turbine at the Barnesmore wind farm operated by ScottishPower Renewables in County Donegal, Ireland.
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Penguin extended
Finnish wave energy developer Wello Oy is extending the testing programme of its Penguin wave energy convertor at the European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) in Orkney having signed a one year extension to their original contract.
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NewsOsiris delivers key ROV and cable pull-in
Osiris, part of James Fisher and Sons plc, has successfully completed a long-term UK project started in spring 2014, carrying out a wide-range of services with cross-trained personnel on the 219MW wind farm, Humber Gateway, based 8km off the Holderness coast in East Yorkshire.
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NewsSwedes welcome Welsh report
Marine energy has a positive impact on the Welsh economy, according to the new report ‘Marine Energy in Wales – Investment, Jobs, Supply Chain’ by Marine Energy Pembrokeshire (MEP). Anders Jansson, CEO of Nordic marine energy technology company Minesto with plans for a marine energy array in Wales, agrees with ...
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NewsFive PLAT-Os for Scotland
Sustainable Marine Energy (SME) Ltd is making a strategic move into the Scottish tidal energy sector having signed a long term testing contract with the European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) Ltd.
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NewsEvopod completes trials
The Evopod is a device for generating electricity from coastal tidal streams, tidal estuaries, rivers and ocean currents and rather than being attached to the seabed it offers a unique floating solution for tidal energy generation. The designers, Oceanflow claim that this type of solution offers a much cheaper and ...
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NewsModular tidal platform
The the first BlueTEC Tidal Energy platform has been formally named by the Mayor of Texel, the Netherlands. The floating platform, which holds tidal turbines below the sea surface, will soon be positioned near the island of Texel – supplying clean electricity to the Dutch grid.
