Bord Gais Eireann, on behalf of Tidal Ventures Ltd, a joint venture between Bord Gais and OpenHydro, is seeking a contractor to undertake hydrographic survey services for a tidal energy project. Tidal Ventures wishes to procure an offshore geophysical survey for a tidal energy development at Torr He
Deutsche Offshore-Testfeld- und Infrastruktur GmbH & Co. KG (DOTI) is inviting tenders for vessel chartering services relating to offshore wind projects in the German North Sea. The subject of the contract to be awarded is the charter of maximum two suitable passenger vessels, capable of carrying at
The Department of Energy announced that they will fund projects to advance marine and hydrokinetic (MHK) renewable energy technologies. Those topics receiving support from this funding announcement include: Advanced Controls Next-Gen Power Take-Off Projects Advanced Structures Projects Marine & Hydr
BLG and EUROGATE have jointly with AREVA Wind developed a logistics concept for handling, storage and assembly of rotor stars for the Global Tech I offshore wind park approximately 110 km off Germany’s North Sea coast. Overall responsibility for this project lies with BLG, which today signed the con
UK based company JECS Access Limited which also operates from an office in GERMANY have been delivering professional advice, design and supply of scaffolding access solutions & encapsulation enclosures since 2009 specialising in the offshore wind industry. They have a team that specialises servicing
Today, the last three foundations are out-loaded from Bladt Industries, Aalborg, and setting sails towards Belfast. The West of Duddon Sands (WoDS) project has been in motion for almost a year, as Bladt have manufactured the 108 monopiles and 108 transition pieces, which were ready this July. The cl
Tideland Signal, the international specialist in aids to navigation, has launched a comprehensive integrated package of warning systems specifically designed to mark meteorological masts in offshore windfarms. The complete package includes both aids to navigation (AtoN) to warn shipping in the vicin
Ocean Power Technologies, Inc. (OPT) today announced that the Company has been awarded a U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I grant of approximately $150,000 to study advanced control methods for maximizing the wave energy harvesting capability of its Pow
Together with the city of Emden and the Maritime Competence Centre (MARIKO) in Leer, the Offshore Wind Energy Foundation is presenting their traveling exhibition “Fascination Offshore” at the 3rd Emden Offshore Days taking place from 4th to 5th September 2013. The exhibition was opened at 3:00 p.m.
RenewableUK has today welcomed an opinion poll carried out by ComRes which once again highlights overwhelming support for wind power among the British public. The opinion poll shows that a massive 67% of people support building wind farms in the area in which they live, making wind one of the most p
Increasing safety and reducing costs – two aspects that play a major role in offshore wind farms. The achievement of these goals has been coordinated by the Oldenburg-based OFFIS computer science institute project group SOOP – Safe Offshore Operations. A recently published study on behalf of the Off
The Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult, the Glasgow-based UK innovation centre established by the UK Government’s Technology Strategy Board to accelerate the growth and commercialisation of offshore wind, wave and tidal technologies, has strengthened its Board with the appointment of leading f
In a step forward for offshore wind energy development, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Department of Interior auctioned approximately 113,000 acres off the coast of Virginia for commercial wind energy development for over $1.1 million. The wind energy area, around 23.5 nautical miles off of
On Tuesday, August 27, the system of the Cobscook Tidal Energy Project, developed by Ocean Renewable Power Company (ORPC), was taken out of the water and put on show in Eastport, Machias Valley News Observer informs. The project’s development, environmental impact and engineering facts were presente
