Scotrenewables’ SR250 tidal turbine resumed operation in September following redeployment to a site with more powerful tidal currents in the Fall of Warness. The device is now consistently exporting electricity to the national grid at the new site at its rated capacity of 250kW. Check out this video
The Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency (BSH) has presented a study, according to which wind farms can benefit biodiversity. The data have been collected from the demonstration offshore wind farm Alpha Ventus. The foundations of the wind turbines have become “artificial reefs” at which shells,
During the quarter Carnegie Wave Energy Limited focused on progressing its Perth Wave Energy Project (the Perth Project) with all key elements of the Project ordered, components being manufactured, and commencement of onshore site works. Highlights from the quarter include: Completed manufacture and
Recent political messaging risks undermining the new jobs and investments the renewable energy industry stands poised to deliver, the Renewable Energy Association (REA) warns. The REA’s latest twice-yearly members’ business confidence survey reveals that businesses are more confident now that they w
RenewableUK has welcomed comments made by Energy Minister Baroness Verma in the House of Lords debate this week on the Energy Bill. Addressing concerns about the support for renewables Baroness Verma said no-one in Government is “talking about changing support for large-scale renewables or feed-in-t
A floating wind turbine of 2MW capacity started generating power near Nagasaki prefecture on Monday (October 28), Bloomberg informs. This is a demonstration project, which is carried out by a group led by Toda Corporation for the Japanese Ministry of the Environment. Last year, the group installed a
Robin Radar Systems BV, a leading supplier of bird detection systems for bird impact prevention, ecological research and environmental impact assessments, tested a trailer based bird-radar system in OWI-Lab’s large climatic test chamber last month. More and more, bird radars are used for bird migrat
The final phase of pre-application consultation for Forewind’s second stage of offshore wind energy development, Dogger Bank Teesside A & B begins on Monday (November 4). The consultation, which starts with the publication of documents, plans and maps about the proposed development, will run for sev
UBIFRANCE, the French export-support agency, will present an array of leading companies during the EWEA Offshore 2013 trade show, in Frankfurt (Germany), from 19 to 21 November 2013. The companies will be exhibiting on the 200m² French Pavilion, in co-operation with the Renewable Energies Trade Asso
Seaway Heavy Lifting’s vessel, Stanislav Yudin, has successfully completed a record run of foundation installation works at Gwynt y Mor Offshore Wind Farm. The vessel, operating over eight miles off the North Wales coast, installed 80 monopiles and 32 transition pieces in 77 days, ensuring all 160 w
Members of the Aberdeenshire Council’s Formartine area committee have given a hard blow to the Aberdeen Bay offshore wind farm proposal. Specifically, the committee has voted against the application to place an European Offshore Wind Deployment Centre (EOWDC) electricity substation at Blackdog, repo
Recent graduate Katie Musgrave is playing a leading role in a young company’s pioneering scour protection technology thanks to the direct support of her university. Katie became product engineer with Scour Prevention Systems only a month after graduating with distinction from her Masters in Energy E
Businesses developing innovative solutions for wave, tidal and offshore wind technologies are to get extra help from the UK’s innovation agency, it was announced today. Speaking at the European Ocean Energy Conference in Edinburgh, Energy and Climate Change Minister Greg Barker revealed that up to £
OutSmart will officially open the first offshore wind Operations Control Centre in Emden, Germany, on the 31st of October. The operations centre will be staffed 24/7 to operate offshore wind farms in the German North Sea and coordinate all maintenance and logistic activities. Launching customer is T
