Offshore Renewables – Page 73
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NewsFaBTest results
A cutting-edge wave energy converter device trialled in Falmouth, UK is being deployed to its first commercial site. The Fred Olsen Bolt Lifesaver, the first device tested at the FaBTest site, underwent trials for more than two years and will be shortly arriving in its new location in Hawaii.
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NewsLockheed Martin to build monster tidal turbine
Atlantis Resources, majority owner of the world’s largest tidal stream energy project, MeyGen, has announced that it has executed a construction contract with global defence contractor Lockheed Martin for the delivery of Atlantis’ new 1.5 megawatt AR1500 turbine to fulfil the Company’s MeyGen project turbine supply obligations.
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NewsAll-Energy – all-ready
In a matter of weeks some 450 exhibiting companies from nearly 20 countries are set to arrive at Glasgow’s Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre (SECC) for All-Energy 2015 – the UK’s largest renewable energy exhibition and conference, being held Wednesday 6- Thursday 7 May.
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NewsETI reports paint contrasting pictures for UK wave and tidal energy sectors
Two new reports from the Energy Technologies Institute (ETI) conclude that tidal stream energy ''has the potential to compete with other low carbon sources on cost,'' but that wave energy ''needs radical innovation if it is to be competitive.''
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NewsCorPower completes final phase testing of WEC technology
In early March, Swedish wave energy company CorPower Ocean announced that it had completed the final phase of testing of its advanced compact high-efficiency Wave Energy Converter (WEC) technology - which it claims is capable of delivering a power density ''five times higher than competing technologies'' and a cost of ...
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NewsRace Bank cables
Jan De Nul Group has signed an agreement with Dong Energy for the installation of subsea export cables at the Race Bank offshore wind development project in the UK during 2016 and 2017. Jan De Nul Group is very well known within dredging circles, and has over the last years ...
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FloWave visit
UK event organiser ACI has announced that the 2nd World Ocean Power Summit in Edinburgh on 24th & 25 June 2015, will offer an unique opportunities to visit the FloWave Ocean Energy Research Facility.
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Free component testing for marine renewables
The European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC), in collaboration with the Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult, is offering free component testing to support the development of wave and tidal energy converters.
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NewsLongannet disappointment
The potential early closure of Longannet power station (Scotland, UK) has been blamed on “ludicrously punitive” transmission charges by Scottish Renewables Chief Executive Niall Stuart on the first day of the industry body’s Annual Conference.
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NewsContract extension
UK wind farm support vessel operator Tidal Transit has recently received an extension of the contract for its vessel ‘Ginny Louise’ from Statkraft, the Norwegian company that runs the Sheringham Shoal Offshore Wind Farm. This follows the current extension for its sister vessel, ‘Tia Elizabeth’.
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NewsSealing the deal
Roxtec, a UK-based marine seal manufacturer that is building a client base in the offshore renewables sector, has provided its waterproof sealing solution to the largest and most powerful tidal turbine in the world.
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NewsDouble LiDAR
Canadian AXYS Technologies has announced the deployment of two dual-LiDAR WindSentinel floating LiDAR systems, utilising the Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult’s offshore anemometry mast. In the North Sea offshore Northumberland, UK. According to AXYS, this will be the world’s first deployment of a floating LiDAR system to feature two LiDARs, ...
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NewsRix contract
A Hull (UK) shipping company with more than 140 years’ experience of working on the Humber estuary has won a contract at one of the region’s biggest offshore developments. Rix Sea Shuttle, part of the fifth-generation J.R. Rix & Sons group, is to supply crew transfer vessel the ‘Rix Panther’ ...
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Massive offshore wind expo announced
The first ever joint offshore wind conference organised by EWEA, the European Wind Energy Association, and RenewableUK has been announced. Offshore Wind Energy 2017 will take place in London between 6th and 8th June 2017, and will be instead of the annual event which RenewableUK holds and the biannual EWEA ...
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Budget reaction from the renewables industry
The UK’s 2015 budget statement has been hailed a ''budget for renewable energy'', as the UK’s Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne has unveiled ambitious plans to help subsidise the world’s first commercial scale tidal lagoon power project.
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NewsCost effective installation
Conquest Offshore of The Netherlands, together with Deugro Denmark A/S, has developed a highly efficient installation system for monopiles and transition pieces for offshore wind turbines, supported by the engineering knowledge and experience of Temporary Works Design (TWD) and Barge Master.
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NewsEMEC berth for Nautricity
Scottish tidal turbine developer Nautricity has secured a grid connected tidal test berth at the European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC), following successful sea trials at EMEC’s non-grid connected site last year.
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Subsidies for wind power fourteen times less than people think
A new survey by OnePoll, commissioned by RenewableUK, reveals that the UK public think that subsidies for wind power are over fourteen times the amount they actually are.
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Turbine tower washing
The maintenance and servicing of the growing number of UK offshore wind farms has already created many new business opportunities in the supply chain that has quickly developed around the young offshore wind energy industry.
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NewsSusie S starts work on Greater Gabbard
Windwave Workboats newest vessel, ''Susie S'', has started work on the Greater Gabbard wind farm having undergone modifications and design tweaks.
