Electricity has been generated for the first time from the West of Duddon Sands Offshore Windfarm, a major renewable energy project being developed by ScottishPower Renewables and DONG Energy in the Irish Sea. Engineers have now installed 42 of the 108 turbines that will make up the overall project.
Through its Offshore Wind Accelerator programme (OWA ), the Carbon Trust has awarded DONG Energy GBP 6 million (DKK 54 million) to co-fund full scale demonstration of a new offshore wind turbine foundation called the Suction Bucket Jacket. If the demonstration is successful, it could be implemented
Singaporean tidal energy firm, Atlantis Resources is looking to cash in GBP 20 million on the London stock exchange, writes Green Wise news site. This would raise the total value of the company to GBP 80 million. The company recently appointed John Neill CBE as Non-Executive Chairman, on which occas
HitecVision has announced the acquisition of GC Rieber Shipping ASA (GCR) shares in Reef Subsea. Through this share purchase HitecVision secures 100% of the shares in the company and enables Reef Subsea to move forward with a strategy to develop Reef along two main business areas – dredging and exca
After succesful cable installation for Northwind offshore wind project, vessel Olympic Taurus started demobilization at BOW Teminal. Olympic Taurus was also the first ship to call at BOW Terminal in 2014, when it collected the last cable reels for installation on the Northwind offshore wind farm. Th
Vestas’ first V164-8.0 MW prototype wind turbine has successfully produced its first kWh of electricity, making it the world’s most powerful turbine in operation. “We have now completed the production, testing, and installation of the V164-8.0 MW as planned, thanks to the team’s intense effort durin
Damen recently said that it was building the FCS 2610 for stock to keep up with demand and that the company would soon have 40 of these vessels built in just three years. The first of two Sure Wind Marine’s Damen FCS 2610 vessels was handed over on January 8th 2014 and was named ‘Sure […]
Fred. Olsen Windcarrier International Ltd. has been awarded an extended contract with the German company Global Tech I Offshore Wind GmbH for the work that will be performed using the jack-up vessel Brave Tern. The contract is a direct continuation of the current work on the German North Sea project
In 2013 FoundOcean played a key role in numerous foundation installations within the renewables industry. Contracted to Offshore Wind Force (OWF), FoundOcean completed grouting operations at the West of Duddon Sands 108-monopile wind farm. The DONG Energy project took just 5 months to complete, aver
Carnegie Wave Energy Limited (CWE) has shortlisted four sites for its CETO 6 project that will follow the Perth Wave Energy Project. The company announced that two possible sites have been identified in Australia and two more internationally: one in France and one in the UK. Carnegie is now in discu
The Scottish offshore wind industry could be threatened by an investment gap after major developers have more than halved their spending in Scotland. Scottish Renewables, which represents more than 330 companies working in the renewable energy sector, obtained figures from offshore wind developers w
ABPmer, in association with The Crown Estate and DECC, has today launched an online survey to support a further update to the Atlas of UK Marine Renewable Energy. The survey invites users to nominate their preferences for extending the Atlas with a wider range of free thematic information that descr
Scottish Enterprise’s new £10 million industry engagement building, called inovo, based at the heart of Glasgow’s International Technology and Renewable Energy Zone (ITREZ), has been officially opened today, 27 January 2014, bringing new jobs and investment opportunities to Scotland. Built to suppor
North Sea Systems and Kongsberg Maritime Ltd have teamed up for the project at an Isle of Wight tidal renewables energy site. The two companies conducted a passive acoustic monitoring programme located just off Yarmouth, which is regarded as one of the prime locations in the South for potential tida
