Offshore Renewables – Page 52
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UK wave and tidal letter
91 Members of Parliament from all the main UK parties have signed a letter to the Energy Minister Claire Perry, urging her to put measures in place to ensure that the country capitalises on its role as a world leader in wave and tidal power.
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NewsSubsea power cable repair habitat
Aersub, an innovative subsea power cable repair habitat has been launched by Co. Wexford based Irish Sea Contractors.
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NewsItalian energy company activates wave converter
The Italian energy company Eni recently announced the successful activation of its Inertial Sea Wave Energy Converter (ISWEC).
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NewsMegaRoller project reaches key milestone
The MegaRoller project team has completed an ''advanced custom structure interaction Wave Energy Converter (WEC) model.''
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Drones and helicopters for Round III windfarms
According to industry body Renewable UK, the offshore wind industry is gearing up for growing use of helicopters and drones.
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NewsCornish cash for ocean thermal energy project
Last September, Global OTEC Resources received a £140,000 grant from Marine-i which enabled the company to establish its operation in Cornwall, UK.
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NewsNew platform for wind as well as wave energy
Swansea-based wave energy technology developer Marine Power Systems (MPS) has revealed plans to develop floating offshore devices to be used to generate both wind and wave energy.
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NewsGermans open door for new offshore test field
The Berlin Parliament has opened the way for the creation of a new national offshore wind farm test field off the German Baltic coast, reports Tom Todd.
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NewsFloating wind instrument supply
PSM Instrumentation are part of an innovative floating wind platform project which allows the exploitation of wind potential at sea in depths of more than 40 metres.
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NewsDen Helder Airport benefits from booming offshore wind
Den Helder Airport in the Netherlands will facilitate helicopter flights for the maintenance of the Deutsche Bucht offshore wind farm for Vestas.
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NewsMUPs can offer lower cost development
New research has identified three areas of innovation that could significantly reduce the development costs of Multi-Use Platforms at Sea (MUPs) to make them more economically attractive.
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NewsCall for more CTV performance transparency
CTV operators are calling for more transparency around vessel performance as the market seeks to “level the playing field” in offshore wind support, a marine engineering company has said.
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NewsFirst call for ocean energy demonstration
An ocean energy technology demonstration programme encouraging longer-term demonstration and technology de-risking across the Atlantic Area regions has announced its first call for applications.
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NewsAiP for wind turbine shuttle
DNV GL has presented China Merchants Heavy Industry (CMHI) with an Approval in Principle (AiP) certificate for a wind turbine shuttle (WTS) developed to install offshore wind turbines (OWT) at wind farms.
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Ocean Power Innovation Network
The Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI) is leading a new pan-European project, Ocean Power Innovation Network (OPIN), which aims to accelerate the development of the ocean energy sector.
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National revenue support a must for ocean energy
Dedicated revenue support at national level is essential to attract investment for ocean energy farms, according to a new report from sectoral advisory body ETIP Ocean.
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Co-President for Ocean Energy Europe
Industry body Ocean Energy Europe (OEE) has elected Dr. Jochen Weilepp, representing Sustainable Marine Energy, as co-President of the association.
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NewsDual Sub combines wind and waves
A Swansea, UK-based wave energy company has unveiled plans to combine a floating wave energy device to make it suitable as a base for a floating wind generator.
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NewsPivotBuoy floater funding secured
A new single point mooring system platform for floating wind turbines that features many unique properties has received funding from the EU Commission Horizon 2020 writes Dag Pike.
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NewsAcoustic buoys to protect whales
Equinor Wind US, the Wildlife Conservation Society’s New York Aquarium, and the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) have launched a joint project to deploy two new near real-time acoustic buoys designed to expand the detection and monitoring of whale species found in the waters of New York Bight.
