Offshore Renewables – Page 95
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News£25m for wind turbine drive train test rig
The Energy Technologies Institute (ETI) has announced that it will invest £25m into an open access, wind turbine drive train test rig seen as crucial for the continued success and further expansion of the UK’s offshore wind industry.
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NewsConsultant considers Round 3 challenges
When it comes to UK Round 3 wind farms, it may be better to resolve some of the current issues and benefit from economies of scale, rather than relying on scaling up by using the operational experiences from Round 1 and 2.
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NewsWind farm boats blow over from down under
Following the launch of Austal’s Wind Express series in mid-2010, the Australia based builder has announced the award of a contract for the design and construction of three purpose built 21m offshore support vessels.
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NewsUK renewables support ‘only a drop in the ocean’
An announcement by UK Climate Change Minister Greg Barker that the Government will provide up to £20m to fund new marine power technology has received a lukewarm response from the nation’s largest marine energy trade association.
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NewsFirst commercial wave power plant opens
The Basque seaport of Mutriku made energy generation history last week when utility company Ente Vasco de la Energía (EVE) officially started the Mutriku wave power plant, the first in commercial operation.
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NewsUK Energy White Paper boosts offshore wind
The British Government published its long awaited Electricity Market Reform White Paper on Tuesday, a document pledging to increase the target for offshore wind power from 13GW to 18GW by 2020.
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NewsNational Wind Farm Training Centre
The UK’s National Wind Farm Training Centre (NWFTC) announced its partnership With two colleges on the UK’s east and west coasts, Lowestoft and Barrow-in-Furness, at Offshore Wind 2011.
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NewsRamsgate breakwater for wind farm workboats
Breakwater pontoon specialist Marinetek UK Ltd is celebrating the completion of a £1m project providing a new floating breakwater and sheltered berthing facilities for wind farm offshore support vessels in Ramsgate Royal Harbour.
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NewsMake or break time for offshore wind
An industry wide survey into the offshore wind industry describes the coming few years as a ‘make or break’ time.
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NewsSafe transfers for people and goods
Voith Turbo Marine Engineering has developed the Voith Offshore Shuttle for wind farms with a special feature, the Momac Offshore Transport System installed at the bow.
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NewsSeaEnergy moves over to maintenance
SeaEnergy, faced with the steep bills for wind farm projects, is selling its renewables construction stake and is moving its focus to the maintenance side of the business.
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NewsOrkneys pulling in renewables support
The first company to establish a permanent shore-based facility at Orkney''s new marine renewables base has secured its first client, the European Marine Energy Centre.
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NewsSeafood to wind farms for Tidal Transit
A new offshore wind farm support operation based in Norfolk UK has an interesting history, with its origins in fishing and restaurants.
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NewsUK government commits to fourth carbon budget
In a decision that will be of relevance to the marine renewable industry, the UK government has broadly accepted the recommendations of the independent Committee on Climate Change (CCC) for the fourth carbon budget.
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NewsFloating Wind Turbines – New Developments in a Buoyant Market
In recent years there have been two significant trends in the wind industry - developers are searching for higher quality wind resources and turbines are getting larger and larger.
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NewsFloating hotel for offshore wind farm
The crane vessel Oleg Strashnov has arrived back at the Sheringham Shoal offshore wind farm site from Holland after picking up a further supply of monopoles to resume foundation installations.
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NewsSheerness wind turbine manufacturing base
Following Siemens’ decision to manufacture offshore wind turbines at the UK port of Hull, further evidence of the industry’s desire to establish manufacturing facilities in the UK has arrived.
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NewsUK Government backs MCT for EU funding
An application from the UK''s Marine Current Turbines to secure money from the European Union’s New Entrant Reserve (NER) scheme has been approved by the UK’s Department of Energy & Climate Change.
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NewsTaking the sting out of wind assessment
A new device aims to reduce the major challenge inherent in offshore wind resource assessment, the gathering and validating of data.
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NewsClean energy for Korea
A European company is about to help Korea utilise the enormous potential of clean, CO2-free energy from the oceans.
