A new £11.3 million innovation centre dedicated to helping Scotland capitalise on the growing market in analytics and ‘big data’ technology is set to open later this year. The investment is projected to return a minimum of 345 new jobs and an additional £155 million of value to the Scottish economy.
The 6th Bristol Tidal Forum, a day full of information about global opportunities for tidal energy, will be held in Geographical Sciences Building of University of Bristol on April 24. There will be a great line up of speakers for the two morning sessions as well as a panel session in the afternoon
Moray Offshore Wind farm Ltd (MORL), a joint venture between EDP Renewables and Repsol Nuevas Energias UK, will hold a supply chain event on May 8 in Wick, Caithness. At the event, EDP Renewables will give a comprehensive review of its offshore wind sector, and in particular its Moray offshore wind
The International Conference on Ocean Energy (ICOE) is the world’s largest and most significant event focused on the industrial development of marine renewable energy. It attracts between 700-900 participants representing utilities, project developers, device suppliers, supply chain companies, finan
Vestas, one of the world’s leading wind turbine producers, has launched the Wind Power Pioneers Club earlier this year. The Wind Power Pioneers Club is a web-based platform where visitors can learn about wind energy through Vestas’ experience. The visitors can discover more about how this wind turbi
Narec has given three youngsters a head start with their careers in the renewable energy sector by recruiting them as apprentices with the help of Northumberland College. Narec, The National Renewable Energy Centre, which is home to world-leading research and testing facilities for the sale-up of of
DONG Energy Wind Power’s Country manager, Benj Sykes, was today announced as the new co-chair of the Offshore Wind Industry Council (OWIC) by Business and Energy Minister, the Rt. Hon Michael Fallon MP, who also co-chairs the group. The Offshore Wind Industry Council (OWIC) is the strategic partners
The Underwater Centre has added a new course to its commercial air diving (CAD) offering, in response to the needs identified by industry. The course, which will be included in all the diving packages – Premium, Construction and Standard – has been made possible by the donation of equipment by The M
British politicians have voiced their support for wind farms, however, some prefer them to harness power onshore, while others are in favor of wind energy generation at sea. According to Ed Miliband from the Labour party, onshore wind farms have to be built in places where they can generate high amo
Researchers at the Graduate School of Oceanography and Department of Geosciences at the University of Rhode Island have compared top-down and bottom-up approaches to benthic habitat mapping, as a response to increased interest in ocean renewables in the United States. The research was conducted at t
Siem Offshore Contractors GmbH (SOC), a wholly owned subsidiary of Siem Offshore Inc., announced today that SOC has been awarded the contract for the turnkey supply and installation package of the inner array grid cable system for the Nordsee One Offshore Wind Farm, a project developed by RWE Innogy
Last year, TenneT chose Alstom for the DolWin 3 offshore project. This project, connecting the North Sea wind farms to the continental electricity network, has an investment volume of over one billion euros. Recently, Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP), and TenneT have agreed to make a joint i
The jacket of the HelWin beta HVDC platform has been successfully placed at its position in the German part of the North Sea, Heerema Fabrication Group informed via social media. After Heerema Fabrication Group had finished building the HelWin beta jacket at its yard in Vlissingen, the structure sai
German transmission system operator 50Hertz is responsible for the connection of offshore wind farms in the Baltic Sea to the mainland. Recently, a joint project was announced between 50Hertz and the Danish power utility Energinet.dk. Under the project, funded by the EU, the companies will integrate
