YORKSHIRE businesses that have already won work in the offshore wind power industry have been lined up to present at a supply chain conference. Delegates at the event will hear how companies in the region have been successful in securing contracts in the emerging sector and the type of requirements
Any activity underwater and on or under the seabed in the various offshore energy sectors can usually be prefixed by the word “subsea”. Subsea activities began in earnest in the 30’s and 40’s of the last century with the first offshore oil wells. It was, however, the Victorian engineers laying commu
Last year, Vestas increased turbine capacity of V164 platform to 8 MW. The platform was developed with a possible potential of increasing the turbine size from the very beginning. In December 2012, DONG Energy and Vestas entered into a cooperation agreement on the testing of the V164-8.0 MW wind tur
Claims that independent Scotland would not be able to achieve its target on energy being produced fully from renewable sources were rejected by the Scottish Government, the Blue & Green Tomorrow news site reports. A report, made by researchers from Birmingham, Cardiff, Robert Gordon and Queens in Be
Offshore Turbine Services owns three CTruk 20T multi-purpose catamarans, achieving the aim to enter and make their mark on an increasingly competitive offshore wind support market. The third vessel, Admiral P, joined sister workboats Cardinal P and Captain P in September 2012. The following is a vid
In the framework of the Marinet program, IMDC, in a partnership with HR Wallingford, University of Ghent and the Faculty of Engineering of the University of Porto, finalised the physical model tests at the University of Aalborg (DK) at the end of December 2012. The test program was set-up to investi
Scotland is unlikely to achieve its target of having all electricity produced from renewable sources, if the country becomes independent, a team of academics, specialized in energy, has warned in a report. The group, membered by researchers from Birmingham, Cardiff, Robert Gordon and Queens in Belfa
Avanti Wind Systems was one of the around 400 exhibitors at Europe’s premier wind energy event EWEA in Vienna, Austria. The number of exhibitors was slightly less than last year’s EWEA in Copenhagen, and so was the number of visitors – a little over 8000 in Vienna. The visitors came from 62 countrie
Norway and Sweden seem to be good places for E.ON’s wind energy plans, as the company intends to develop onshore and offshore wind farms with the capacity to generate hundreds of megawatts of electricity. In Norway, the company has proposals for nine onshore farms with a total capacity of 1,500 MW,
Offshore renewable energy is evolving rapidly, with offshore wind being one of the pioneer sectors. Energy generated from offshore wind farms needs an efficient transmission system of subsea power cables to connect to the onshore network. Energy transmission networks can form the most expensive comp
Japanese Government has announced that it will start a transmission grid project in April, which will boost the country’s current wind energy capacity by approximately 600%, Oilprice.com news site informs. The project will be carried out over 10 years, throughout which the necessary funds will be pr
Siem Offshore Contractors GmbH (“SOC”), a wholly owned subsidiary of Siem Offshore Inc., announced that SOC has been awarded the contract for the installation of the inner array grid cables for the Baltic 2 Offshore Wind Farm (“OWF”) project by EnBW Baltic 2 GmbH (“EnBW”), a subsidiary of EnBW Erneu
The Global Wind Energy Council (GWEC) has released its 2012 market statistics, showing continued expansion of the market, with annual market growth of almost 10%, and cumulative capacity growth of about 19%. A record year for US installations and a slower market in China mean that the two countries
A Canadian pension fund Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec is planning to acquire half of Dong Energy’s 50% stake in the London Array offshore wind farm, The Sunday Times reports. This 25% stake in the world’s largest offshore wind farm would cost the pension fund GBP 500 million. Besides Dong E
