Nova Scotia and the United Kingdom will work together to advance tidal research to help the future development of the industry. A memorandum of understanding between the province, the Offshore Energy Research Association of Nova Scotia and the United Kingdom’s Technology Strategy Board will encour
On March 4, A2SEA’s SEA INSTALLER installed turbine number 54 on West of Duddon Sands in the Irish Sea. This means that SEA INSTALLER now has installed half of the 108 Siemens 3.6MW turbines on the site. Work is progressing as planned and within the last five days alone, she has installed six turbin
Computer simulations by Professor Mark Z. Jacobson from Stanford University have shown that offshore wind farms with thousands of wind turbines could have sapped the power of three real-life hurricanes, significantly decreasing their winds and accompanying storm surge, and possibly preventing billio
GES (Global Energy Services) will take part in EWEA 2014 from 10th to 13th March in Barcelona. This time GES will have an active role, besides participating in the Exhibition. Thorsten Kramer (CEO) and Jose Luis Sevillano (Business Development & Marketing) will chair the “On- and Offshore installati
Aberdeen Renewable Energy Group (AREG) is to host a pre-briefing event on Thursday, March 6, aimed at providing a strategic insight into how to get the most out of the UK’s largest, annual renewables trade conference and exhibition. All-Energy 2014 takes place on May 21 and 22 at Aberdeen Exhibition
Glacier Energy Services has confirmed its fifth acquisition with the multi-million pound purchase of Professional Testing Services (PTS), the provider of non-destructive testing and inspection services to the oil and gas and offshore renewable sectors. Headquartered in Aberdeen, Glacier’s Offshore d
U.S. President Obama’s fiscal year 2015 budget request, announced yesterday, includes $169.8 million to fund the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM), which is charged with managing the Nation’s offshore energy and mineral resources in a way that promotes efficient and environmentally responsibl
A Sealite Nautilus ocean buoy with 3-5NM+ marine lantern was recently installed at the Scroby Sands Wind Farm, 2.5km off the coast of Great Yarmouth in eastern England. The North Sea has some of the busiest shipping lanes in the world, and with on-going development of energy resources in the area,
GE Power Conversion has announced the successful trials of PassiveBoost™, the technology which will allow remote power networks to go DC. This is an important step in lowering the cost of power delivered from offshore installations and increasing the electrical output delivered from renewable energy
In a newly published report, Greenpeace claims that European energy utilities have spent their efforts on maintaining businesses mainly based on fossil fuels instead of promoting the introduction of renewable sources of energy. “Vattenfall is fully commited to act as a partner of the energy turnarou
Local residents are encouraged to take a look at the view of the proposed Swansea Bay Tidal Lagoon. Swansea-based iCreate has produced visually verified photomontages of the lagoon from 22 locations around Swansea Bay. Accurate and to scale, these have been produced in compliance with best practice
Greenpeace recently published a new report on the European energy situation, investigating the EU renewable energy targets, politics and the energy industry. “As the political battle for 2030 policy heats up, some of Europe’s largest power companies want the EU to drop renewable energy and energy ef
Experts from Bachmann electronic GmbH and Bachmann Monitoring GmbH will be presenting innovative hardware and software solutions for the international wind energy industry at this year’s annual conference of the European Wind Energy Association (EWEA) from 10 to 13 March 2014. At Bachmann electronic
On Thursday evening, March 6, DONG Energy’s Benj Sykes will be part of a panel debate at Durham Energy Institute discussing whether the UK can keep the lights on. Here, he explains part of his opening arguments around offshore wind, one of DONG Energy’s key business areas and how the technology will
