With its 1.4 GW portfolio of renewable energy power plants under contract, including 30% growth in 2013, EDF Energies Nouvelles through EDF EN Services, its subsidiary dedicated to the Operations & Maintenance activities, has become utilities’ key partner for such services in the French market. At t
Central Industry Group (CIG) announced a new repositioning and rebranding. The group has renamed Vuyk Engineering Groningen to CIG Maritime Technology, Shipkits to CIG Shipbuilding and their German subsidiary Shippipe continues as CIG Piping Technology. This reflects their position within the supply
RWE Innogy has issued a new tender for the supply of 54 turbines for the Nordsee One offshore wind farm in German part of the North Sea. The tender follows a recent discovery of a technical issue on Senvion’s 5M and 6XM offshore turbines. In an email statement, Jagna Jera, RWE Innogy spokeswoman, sa
Thetis MRE, the International Convention for Marine Renewable Energy, saw over 3,500 attendees at its 2014 edition in Cherbourg, France. The event hosted 262 exhibitors, with 35% international participants, representing 15 countries. Thirty world experts in marine renewable energy held their speeche
A new paper, released by AIP Publishing, has been looking into the possibility of developing offshore wind power in the North Aegean Sea, Greece. The study found that the Greek archipelago, and especially the island of Limnos, has the sufficient offshore wind potential at low depths and at relativel
Energy Ocean will be the host to the United States Congressman for New Jersey, Frank Pallone, Jr., who will deliver the closing Keynote session at 12:15 p.m. EST on Thursday, June 5th. The Energy Ocean Conference and Exhibition, which will be held June 3-5, 2014 at the Sheraton Hotel in Atlantic Cit
Offshore WIND’s photo of the day: first turbines installed at Vattenfall’s DanTysk offshore wind farm. At the beginning of April, Vattenfall commenced the installation of wind turbines at its DanTysk offshore wind farm site. Now, a couple of them are up and waiting to fulfill their duty of powering
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) this week selected two additional projects, which will get funds to demonstrate wave energy converter component technologies. Dresser-Rand will develop and test a power take-off component that converts pneumatic power into electricity for oscillating water columns
The European Parliament endorsed on April 17th a Directive for Maritime Spatial Planning which should help Member States develop plans to better coordinate the various activities that take place at sea, ensuring they are as efficient and sustainable as possible. In coastal and maritime areas, many a
Since the construction on Vattenfall’s DanTysk offshore wind farm kicked off at the beginning of this month, the site has been crowded with vessels, massive components and workers. Vattenfall’s Holger Grubel wrote an update on the company’s blog, saying that the heavy lift vessel Oleg Strashnov, acc
Senvion, one of the world’s largest manufacturers of wind turbines, has detected anomalies in the rotor bearings of their offshore turbines in 5M and 6XM series. Unusual rise in temperature in the bearings was a result of inadequate lubrication, which also caused wear, said Verena Puth, Senvion spok
The High Court of London has found MT Højgaard liable for the grouted connections on E.ON’s 180MW Robin Rigg Wind Farm. The company will seek permission to appeal the ruling, but the ruling will have a negative effect on the financial result for 2014. In 2007-2008, MT Højgaard designed, manufactured
Three large offshore wind players, DONG Energy, E.ON and Strabag have established a joint venture company to perform an environmental study in waters off Borkum in the German North Sea. The joint venture aims at not only reducing the project costs of offshore wind farms, but also at mitigating their
Inch Cape Offshore Limited, the developer of the proposed Inch Cape Offshore Wind Farm, will hold community consultations on its onshore electrical infrastructure, which is planned to be set up in Cockenzie, East Lothian News informs. Residents of East Lothian are invited to attend these events in o
