Since April 2012 the wind farm support vessel industry has experienced success and failure, both large and small. 2012 will be remembered for the number of new vessels built and delivered to operators, but predominantly it will be the collapse of South Boats Special Projects in the autumn that shook
DCNS has developed considerable expertise in maritime safety & security (MSS) software to improve the efficiency of maritime rescue missions, shipping traffic management and pollution prevention and control. DCNS also positions itself as a world leader in marine renewable energies On Thursday 6 June
RenewableUK has launched UK’s largest dedicated offshore wind event today. Check out the event preview. [mappress] Offshore WIND staff, June 12, 2013; Image: renewableuk
RenewableUK and The Crown Estate have published a report highlighting a “once in a generation” chance to attract major companies to the UK to build factories to supply the fast-growing offshore wind energy sector. However, the study warns that unless the UK seizes this unprecedented opportunity, the
Business and Energy Minister, Michael Fallon has announced the creation of an Offshore Wind Investment Organisation (OWIO) to boost levels of inward investment and to further stimulate jobs in the UK offshore wind industry, alongside Government support for three offshore wind innovation projects. En
Scotland’s offshore wind industry has learned of plans to introduce two new bands of financial support which will be provided by the Scottish Government. Responding to the announcement, Lindsay Leask, Senior Policy Manager for Scottish Renewables, said: “Scotland is at the cutting edge of deep water
RenewableUK has heralded new announcements planned today which will bring floating turbines a step closer to UK waters and open up the possibility of further developments. At RenewableUK’s Offshore Wind conference in Manchester, the Crown Estate, the managers of the seabed, will announce a new offsh
Ridgeway Renewables have successfully supplied the first “Kyowa Filter Units” from Japanese manufacturer Sumisho Kyowa Limited for offshore wind turbine monopile scour protection in Europe. Using a combination of the 4 & 8 tonne type units filled with specific aggregate in a circular formation aroun
Prysmian Group will be present at 2013 RenewableUK Offshore Wind in Manchester, from June 12 to 13 (booth 47) with its state-of-the-art range of products and services for the offshore wind power industry. The range on display will include AC and DC high power transmission capacity submarine cable sy
GEO is presently carrying out engineering consultancy for E.ON Vind Sverige AB regarding the installation of ’MPI Discovery’ jack-up vessel at Kårehamn wind farm. The 6 legs vessel, 140 m long and 40 m wide, will be installing the wind turbines over the gravity foundations already present. As the se
German grid operator TenneT said that it is confident that funding for its offshore projects, which would amount to EUR 7 billion for transmission cables, is secured. The company is assured that new legal arrangements regarding risk liability will help get things solved for the offshore transmission
Cape Wind has been faced with a new foe. Namely, a newly formed group called the New England Ratepayers Association has written to the United States Department of Energy to disapprove Cape Wind’s USD 300 million loan guarantee which will, as NERA believes, stop Cape Wind development, writes the Unio
Scottish Government will boost its incentives for innovative offshore wind technology through Renewable Obligation Certificates. Next generation, cutting-edge offshore wind turbine projects will receive 2.5 tradable Renewable Obligation Certificates (ROCs), whilst those test projects that aim to dev
The future of clean, renewable ocean wave energy will be discussed in depth at the Ocean Renewable Energy Conference, held in Astoria, Oregon this year. This is the eighth annual ocean energy conference presented by the Oregon Wave Energy Trust (OWET), which has been held in Coos Bay, Seaside and Po
