The OWDIn (Offshore Wind Drivetrain Innovation) project was announced today by the Rt Hon Edward Davey MP, Secretary of State for Energy and Climate, speaking at the annual RenewableUK conference in Birmingham. The Ricardo-led project takes a broad drivetrain approach to improving reliability throug
Optimization Group of the Department of Informatics at the University of Bergen, Norway hosted an offshore wind farm optimisation workshop with an aim to identify the best layout in terms of turbine and substation positions and cable layout, given expected wind distributions and some development opt
Green Marine Solution (GMS), a provider of professional marine services and specialist support to the offshore wind industry, has received GBP 450,000 from Northstar Ventures’ Finance for Business North East Accelerator Fund. “The funding received from Northstar is going to be used primarily to comp
Gwynt y Mor offshore wind farm project has advanced considerably from the last update and now it comprises four new wind turbines and an additional transition piece. In the last 15 days installation vessels Sea Jack and Sea Worker (with assistance of Sea Golf, Sea Bravo, Sea Echo & Bever) were in ch
Ocean Renewable Power Company (ORPC) announced that its subsidiary, ORPC Solutions will provide project management and regulatory affairs services for a wave energy project in Alaska. Namely, Resolute Marine Energy (RME) plans to deploy SurgeWECTM wave energy device in Yakutat within its Yakutat Wav
This Friday (November 8) is the deadline for two submissions in relation to Forewind’s Dogger Bank Creyke Beck development consent order application. The first deadline is for anyone who wishes to become an “interested party” and to take part in the examination of the development consent order appli
Carnegie Wave Energy Limited (CWE) today announced the award of the manufacturing and construction contract for its wave powered Desalination Pilot Plant to Perth-based MAK Industrial Water Solutions. MAK Industrial Water Solutions is an experienced provider of reverse osmosis desalination solutions
Bladt Industries will exhibit at the EWEA Offshore conference and exhibition from the 19th to the 21st November 2013 in Frankfurt. The company is currently carrying out paint work on Vestas’ 8MW wind turbine at its new facilities, where Bladt has a painting workshop. The wind turbine will be tested
CEOs from Atlantis Resources Corporation, Andritz Hydro Hammerfest, Siemens Marine Current Turbines, Alstom Tidal Generation, and Voith Hydro Ocean Current Technologies, ScotRenewables Ltd, Tidal Energy Ltd among others have again committed in 2013 to help push forward the tidal energy industry by c
After a successful initial study to validate their tidal turbine design software Tidal Bladed, GL Garrad Hassan are preparing for the next phase of full scale validation, under the Reliable Data Acquisition Project for Tidal (ReDAPT) project. Tidal Bladed is a commercial software package which can b
Damen’s focus at EWEA Offshore 2013 will be on the introduction of their new offshore wind vessel providing in field accommodation and work space for engineers working on all phaes of wind farm projects. Strong coastal winds make offshore turbines the natural choice for wind-powered energy productio
On October 31, China Longyuan Power announced the unaudited consolidated results for the first three quarters of 2013. On the evening of the announcement of results, Jia Nansong, Board Secretary of China Longyuan Power held the videophone conference of global investors, and a total of 96 internation
Ireland could generate EUR 10 billion a year from wind power, estimates the National Offshore Wind Association spokesman Grattan Healy, reports the Irish Times. The offshore wind electricity is the best option for export to Britain since “planning offshore is easier, there’s nobody living there and
The Government Minister in the middle of the current debate between energy suppliers and consumers has agreed to be a keynote speaker at a major Norwich conference next year. Energy Minister Michael Fallon will take part in the SNS2014 Sea of Opportunity Conference being staged by EEEGR (the East of
