Offshore Renewables – Page 99
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NewsExtensions for UK wind farms announced
The UK offshore wind farm industry has received a boost with the announcement by The Crown Estate of an offer to three operators to increase capacity.
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NewsHuge potential of UK offshore renewable energy revealed
The Offshore Valuation, published last month by the Offshore Valuation Group, is the first comprehensive valuation of the UK''s offshore renewable energy resource over the long term that explicitly assesses electricity exports to Europe.
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NewsNew wave energy device aims for utility scale output
Scottish marine energy technology developer, AWS Ocean Energy, has started testing its new wave energy device in Loch Ness in the Scottish Highlands.
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NewsNew base is forerunner to planned Weser offshore port
Part of Bremerhaven Container Terminal is being leased to wind energy firm RWE Innogy as an interim construction and assembly base for offshore wind turbines until the Weser can build an offshore port by about 2015.
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NewsSurvey contracts award for Barrow and Burbo Bank
BOWind has awarded the survey inspection and remedial works contract for the Barrow Offshore Wind Farm export cable to subsea cable specialists, Offshore Marine Management (OMM). OMM has also been awarded the cable surveys contract for Burbo Bank by developer DONG Energy.
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NewsWave Hub on course for summer deployment
Wave Hub, the pioneering marine energy project, is on course to be deployed this summer with fabrication of sub-sea cables and the hub itself nearing completion.
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NewsCFPA renews itself with offshore wind
Handling over 150 complete wind turbines units in the last five years, the operator of one of Scotland’s premier deepwater ports, Cromarty Firth Port Authority (CFPA), has established itself as a renewable energy centre for the import, logistics and storage of wind farm components
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NewsIt’s all happening at All Energy 2010
The scene is set for a record-breaking All-Energy 2010. The UK’s largest renewable energy exhibition and conference is being held 19-20 May at Aberdeen Exhibition and Conference Centre (AECC) in Aberdeen, Scotland.
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NewsIndustry answers to energy blowing in the wind
When The Crown Estate in the UK announced in January the successful bidders for nine Zone Development Agreements to develop offshore wind farms under the Round 3 licensing arrangements, it represented a major expansion of an already fast growing maritime industry.
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NewsGE to invest €340m in European offshore wind
GE announced plans last week to invest €110 million to develop offshore wind turbine manufacturing facilities and locate design, application and service engineering resources in the United Kingdom.
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NewsRe-tendering for tidal energy project in Scotland
The Crown Estate, which manages a £6bn property portfolio across the UK, announced yesterday that it is inviting expressions of interest for a tidal energy project in the Inner Sound, which lies between Caithness on the Scottish mainland and the island of Stroma.
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NewsUK launches Marine Energy Action Plan
Harnessing the full potential of marine energy could provide enough power for up to 15m homes and save up to 70m tons of C02 by 2050 according to the UK Government’s Marine Energy Action Plan (MEAP), which was released last week.
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NewsWork begins on Sheringham Shoal Wind Farm site
Construction work on the Sheringham Shoal Offshore Wind Farm site began last week with the arrival of the 164m vessel ''Nordness''.
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NewsInternational funding powers tidal turbines
Siemens Energy has invested in British tidal energy company Marine Current Turbines Ltd, alongside the Carbon Trust, High Tide and other private investors.
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NewsWind turbine installation vessels move to the next generation
Offshore installation company MPI, through a wholly owned subsidiary and the Danish company A2SEA, will provide two vessels for the installation of 175 turbines with a combined capacity of 630MW.
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NewsThanet Offshore Windfarm construction forges ahead
A milestone has been reached with the installation of the offshore substation at Vattenfall’s Thanet Offshore Windfarm off the UK’s Kent coast.
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NewsCall for offshore wind farm workboat funding
The European Wind Energy Association (EWEA) and the Community of European Shipyards'' Association (CESA) are calling on Europe to support new vessel builds to serve the expanding offshore wind energy market over the coming years.
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NewsNew energy award for ‘Beatrice’ developer
SeaEnergy PLC subsidiary SeaEnergy Renewables was named Company of the Year at the Rosenblatt New Energy Awards 2010, which took place at the Natural History Museum in London last week.
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News£22m of new funding for wave and tidal energy
Marine energy will be ready for mass scale deployment and an important new commercial UK industry by 2020 said the Carbon Trust earlier this month.
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NewsScotland set for massive investment in offshore wind power
Scottish Renewables, the voice of the renewables industry in Scotland, has revealed that more than £ 30bn of investment is set to flow from offshore wind power development in Scottish waters.
