Next generation offshore wind farm service vessel will be up for grabs soon as Canadian company ExtremeOcean Innovation Inc. in cooperation with Oceanic Consulting Corporation pushes for commercialization of their TranSPAR craft design. The team announced their new design at the International WorkBo
SDE, which builds and constructs sea wave power plants, lately shipped a second sea wave power plant to China, according to an agreement of $ 0.8 million. Recently a new agreement of $ 1.2 million was signed under which SDE will construct two additional power plants of 500kW each. The partnership re
FOB SWATH AS has taken delivery of the newly built FOB SWATH 2 vessel from Danish Yachts shipyard. The vessel is primarily purposed for offshore wind farm staff transport. FOB SWATH 2 sets new standards, as it overcomes the seasickness and similar discomfort that servicemen experience when sailing w
The European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) Ltd, based in Orkney, Scotland, has announced another major international collaboration agreement, in which the world-leading test facility will assist in the development of a marine energy test centre in Taiwan. Speaking at the inaugural Asian Wave and Tidal
This weekend, the offshore substation for Borkum Riffgrund 1 Offshore Wind Farm arrived at Bladt Industries’ facilities in Aalborg, Denmark. Currently, the substation is merely an empty steel structure that has been prefabricated by a subcontractor in Poland, but during the next months the substatio
FoundOcean, a global leader in subsea and offshore grouting, today announced the opening of its new office in Bremen, Germany. Following exceptional growth in the last two years, the company is now expanding to maintain its presence in one of the key markets for the offshore wind industry. “Germany’
Norway’s first licensed offshore wind farm, Havsul, is on hold until further notice. Vestavind Offshore AS, which owns the project, sees no possibility for investment in offshore wind power in Norway within the current regulatory framework. Chairman of Vestavind Offshore Board Wenche Teigland, said
The International Renewable Energy Alliance held a side event yesterday during the COP18 in Doha “Towards 100 % renewable energy: Case studies and examples from regions and municipalities”. The aim of the side event was to demonstrate that all over the world, effective climate change mitigation is h
Jeff Beyer is representing the Carbon Trust at a number of events taking place alongside the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Doha, Qatar, and reporting back with his own perspective on what is taking place: The production and use of energy are at the heart of the climate challenge. I att
Coastline Surveys Ltd (CSL) have completed three high resolution multi-beam hydrographic surveys in the Southern North Sea, using the latest generation R2SONIC 2024 combined with an IxBlue Octans MKIII Gyro / MRU and C-NAV 3050 RTK GPS positioning. The CSL survey vessel MV FlatHolm managed to comple
Wind energy could soon supply 5 GW annually to fight chronic power shortages in the country, according to the India Wind Energy Outlook, prepared by WISE, IWTMA and GWEC. Officially released at the opening of Wind Power India 2012 by the Hon. Minister of New and Renewable energy Farooq Abdullah, the
Munich Re has become the first insurance group to offer serial loss cover for offshore wind energy units. Corresponding cover for a North Sea wind farm has been signed by Marcus A. Wassenberg, Chief Financial Officer of manufacturer REpower, Dr. Thomas Blunck, member of Munich Re’s Board of Manageme
In recognition of its work to bring forward two tidal farms in UK waters, Siemens’ Marine Current Turbines (MCT) won the Device Developer Business Case Award at last week’s International Tidal Energy Summit. The award, judged by an independent panel, acknowledged MCT’s “solid and applicable business
RenewableUK, the trade and professional body representing the wind and marine energy industries, has welcomed a new report highlighting the economic benefits of wind. The study, by Cambridge Econometrics for WWF and Greenpeace, shows that UK GDP will be £20 billion higher (0.8%) in 2030 if investmen
