Maryland industrial operations and supply chain leaders will gather in Ocean City from 9:30-11:30am for workshop titled, “Offshore Wind: Opportunities for the Eastern Shore, Ocean City and Maryland’s Maritime Industry”. The workshop will provide business professionals with the ability to learn more
SeaEnergy PLC and Robert Gordon University (RGU) have jointly launched a Knowledge Transfer Partnership (KTP) to develop an operational and economic model for life cycle cost of operations and maintenance (O&M) strategies in offshore wind farms. This KTP is supported by the Technology Strategy Board
Offshore wind power is about as pure as energy generation gets. However, it is frustrating that statutory regulations in a key area, the deployment of novel vessels that service the industry, muddy these crystal waters. While a wind farm is rooted to the seabed, generating clean energy for decades t
Together with the Technical University of Dresden and the University of the Federal Armed Forces in Munich, Siemens has carried out research work into a highly efficient and robust medium-voltage converter for feeding electrical energy into power supply grids. The insights gained were successfully i
Romax Technology’s desire to ‘push the boundaries’ leads to the development of a twin offset gear planet carrier for the wind industry. “The Romax philosophy,” says Romax Technology Founder Dr Poon, “is to look at existing designs and see how we can improve them. As a company, we are constantly look
RES Offshore has recently signed an Operations and Maintenance (O&M) services contract with Forewind for two met masts in the Dogger Bank Round 3 zone. These met masts are the furthest offshore of any in the UK and RES will be delivering scheduled and unscheduled maintenance for the structures and i
DONG Energy has won the European Business Awards in Denmark and is now through to the international competition. Commercial success. Innovation. Business ethics. These are the three criteria that the people behind the European Business Awards base their decision on when they have to select the compa
RenewableUK has welcomed comments made by the Business and Energy Minister Michael Fallon about UK job creation in the offshore wind industry, at the official opening of Greater Gabbard offshore wind farm, off the coast of Suffolk. At the opening ceremony, Mr Fallon said: “The UK leads the world in
International renewable energy consultancy Natural Power has confirmed plans to open a substantial new office in Stirling, Scotland. Opening in Autumn 2013, the office is expected to be the single largest renewable energy consultancy office in Scotland, with capacity for 140 staff. Around 90 staff w
Zanzibar is eyeing independence in terms of electricity supply, which it will try to achieve through focusing on renewable sources, as it currently relies on power from Dar es Salaam and Tanga, Tanzania Daily News informs. Inconsistent power supply of Zanzibar’s islands has led its Government to loo
Leading renewable energy consultancy Natural Power has been appointed by First Flight Wind Ltd, the developers of Northern Ireland’s first offshore wind farm, to provide bird and marine mammal advisory and survey works over the Wind Resource Zone off the Co. Down coast of Northern Ireland. First Fli
EWEA has announced its first offshore Comparative Resource and Energy Yield Assessment Procedure (CREYAP) exercise. Participants will receive wind data and information on turbine layout to assess the expected energy yield for a wind farm and submit their results for comparison. The results will be p
With 140 wind turbines in water depths between 24 and 34 metres and with an installed capacity of 500 megawatts (MW): Greater Gabbard is one of the largest wind farms in the UK. At today’s opening ceremony, the joint venture partners RWE Innogy and SSE inaugurate the power plant together with Michae
Residents of the Channel Islands could save hundreds of pounds a year by turning their homes into energy efficient units as the energy prices are going up, claim green experts. This follows the announcement by States departments in Jersey and Guernsey that the renewable energy will not become a suit
