OWI-Lab has been accepted as an additional partner in the European project WIFI JIP. The Joint Industry Project WIFI will investigate wave run-up on fixed foundations for offshore wind turbines by numerical modeling, model testing, offshore measurements and design and classification methods. The obj
The decision of energy giant Centrica to pull out of a windfarm project 17 miles off the North Norfolk coast could prove to be good news for the area. James Gray, inward investment director for the East of England Energy Zone (EEEZ), said he was delighted to see Danish company DONG Energy Power (UK)
Neart na Gaoithe Offshore Wind Limited will be deploying two metocean buoys at the National Renewable Energy Centre (Narec) Blyth. The buoys will be deployed within 565m of the location below to measure wind speed and direction and waves and currents. Both buoys will be deployed alongside each other
Industry experts from Aquatic Engineering & Construction Ltd, an Acteon company, have presented the company’s work and subsea operations to support DeepOcean UK’s graduate training programme and new conversion engineering programme. Martyn Conroy, Aquatic EMEA and Americas business development manag
Maine-based Cianbro Corporation has been subcontracted for the Cape Wind offshore project, after Cape Wind and Siemens entered into a Technical Services Agreement (TSA) contract for the project. Cianbro will be designing and building the electrical service platform (ESP) for the project at the compa
In the early part of the new year, a geotechnical ground investigation will commence at the site of a proposed extension of Burbo Bank offshore wind farm. This survey consists of a combination of Deep Boreholes with Cone Penetration Testing (CPT’s) at selected positions, as well as shallow Vibracore
Two waverider buoys are deployed 9km off the north coast of Scotland at Farr Point to support the development of Pelamis wave power farm project. The buoys are 0.9m in diameter, yellow and fitted with a flashing light. They are moored by a slack line and can move in a 200m radius watch circle. The [
Siemens and Cape Wind have signed a major contract for the construction of the United States’ first utility-scale offshore wind farm. Once the contract becomes effective later next year, Siemens will supply Cape Wind with its industry-leading 3.6-megawatt offshore wind turbines, an offshore Electric
A rock placement vessel ‘Seahorse’ is now at the West of Duddon Sands offshore wind farm site and will start to lay rocks as a scour protection around all of the turbine bases. ‘Maersk Responder’ is currently in Liverpool for mobilisation and can be expected to arrive on site early next week to carr
From now on, the jack-up vessel Brave Tern from Fred. Olsen Windcarrier will work on the installation of wind turbines in the Global Tech I wind farm. This means, according to plan, a second vessel will supplement the installation work of towers and nacelles in addition to HOCHTIEF’s vessel Thor at
As part of the Dudgeon offshore wind farm development, Fugro GEOS deployed a wave buoy in April on behalf of Statoil for a period of 12 months. The buoy will measure waves, currents and water level and will transmit the data to shore via satellite telemetry, according to KIS-ORCA’s website. The wave
The managing director of the world’s leading marine energy test facility has been recognised for his outstanding contribution to the renewable energy industry at the Scottish Green Energy Awards, held on December 6. Neil Kermode, managing director of the European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) in Orkne
Ports of Normandy Authority (PNA) has issued a call for tenders for the production and installation of foundations for marine renewable energies at the Port of Cherbourg. With an aim to make Cherbourg a major offshore renewables hub, the PNA is now strengthening the infrastructure of the port by con
Electricity Supply Board (ESB), Ireland’s electricity utility, has invited Expressions of Interest in building a 5MW wave energy array at a potential location off the west coast of Ireland. The contract award relates to supply and installation of the wave energy array, including all ancillary requir
