Offshore Renewables – Page 85
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NewsContinuing growth for European offshore wind
Recently released statistics illustrate the steady growth of the European offshore wind industry, while also pointing out that EU Member States are lagging behind their offshore wind energy targets.
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NewsUK Renewable energy roadmap updated
The UK Department of Energy & Climate Change (DECC) has updated its Renewable Energy Roadmap with the UK on track to meet its European target of sourcing 15% of all energy from renewable sources by 2020.
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NewsLeaderSHIP 2000 to boost European maritime
The European Ships and Maritime Equipment Association (SEA Europe) has welcomed the launch of LeaderSHIP 2020, the strategy to increase the competitiveness of the European maritime technology industry.
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NewsUK Marine Energy Parks agree collaboration
The UK''s two Marine Energy Parks (MEP) have signed a milestone agreement to work together to support the development of the wave and tidal industry in the United Kingdom.
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NewsEastern promise of European WFSV strategy
Strategic Marine, the specialist shipbuilder operating in Singapore and Vietnam, delivered a new crew transfer and service vessel for UK fleet operator Njord Offshore on Tuesday.
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NewsKentish Flats offshore windfarm extension approved
The Department of Energy & Climate Change has given the go-ahead for the Kentish Flats offshore windfarm extension, part of the UK Rounds 1 or 2 extension programme, aimed at maintaining momentum between Rounds 2 and 3.
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NewsFloating vessel to crane barge lift trials
Offshore lifting trials with the crane barge Conquest MB1 and the cargo/supply vessel Abis Dublin have been successfully completed.
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NewsWind turbine potential for emergency ladder
A new development in emergency ladders, which has just been granted the SOLAS Certificate of Type Approval SAS S120038 by Lloyd’s Register, could be fitted to offshore wind turbines, providing a means of disembarking following damage to fixed ladders.
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NewsArtificial island for wind energy storage
Belgian authorities have developed plans to create an artificial island off their coastline as a scheme to store wind energy power.
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DONG to build windfarm off Yorkshire coast
DONG Energy has announced plans build the Westermost Rough offshore wind farm off the Holderness UK coast.
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MMT awarded a cable route survey contract
Scottish Hydro Electric Transmission plc (SHE Transmission) has awarded MMT Sweden the HVDC cable re-route survey from Shetland to the Caithness landfall.
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NewsMotion compensation test at windfarm site
Barge Master and GeoSea have recently completed their final offshore test as part of a series of tests designed to prove innovative motion compensated supply and installation solutions.
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NewsO&M base opens on Wind Farm Place in Norfolk
The final piece of the jigsaw of the Sheringham Shoal Offshore Windfarm has been put in place with Scira Offshore Energy''s move to a purpose built Operation and Maintenance base at Wind Farm Place in Egmere near Walsingham UK on Monday.
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NewsExploring energy potential in the Bristol Channel
A discussion document has been published addressing the challenges for offshore wind, wave and tidal energy in the Bristol Channel, described as the single largest resource area for renewable energy in the UK.
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NewsSuccessful trials for Sea Installer
Denmark based A2SEA’s new second generation installation vessel Sea Installer successfully installed two Siemens 6MW test turbines last month at the Gunfleet Sands windfarm off the Essex UK coast in the North Thames Estuary.
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Sandbag scour protection for windfarms
Denmark’s Peter Madsen Rederi has just passed an early milestone, production of the first 15,000 sand bags for the Amrumbank Offshore Wind Farm in the North Sea.
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NewsBanking on renewables for jobs and growth
The UK Port of Tyne is stepping up the pace in the race to provide clean, green renewable fuels for the future with £180m investment plans for its south bank estate in South Tyneside.
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NewsA safe pair of hand for CWind’s latest vessel
A new Kent UK based venture has taken delivery of the latest windfarm support vessel from Brightlingsea based CTruk Boats Ltd, the ninth example of their innovative 20T MPC design.
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NewsWindfarm installation vessels come under scrutiny
Classification society DNV has highlighted the importance of considering class and flag state requirements when designing jack-up systems for increasing numbers of dedicated turbine installation vessels emerging globally.
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NewsConcrete gravity foundations, the future for windfarms?
A recent conference has looked at concrete gravity based foundations (CGBF) for the UK offshore wind programme as the industry prepares for the challenges of projects in deeper, more hostile waters further offshore.
