Energy and sustainability advisory company DNV KEMA, the energy arm of DNV, has appointed the former President of Sweco Norway to the post of Scandinavia regional manager. Vibecke Hverven joins DNV KEMA on 1 December with more than seven years of experience as President of Sweco Norge, a leading mul
BOW terminal has unloaded her first barge with 4 foundation piles for the Dan tysk project. It is the 12th offshore energy related project since the establishment in 2010. BOW terminal is very excited to act again as an marchalling yard for this large offshore wind project of 80 turbines, the projec
ABB, the leading power and automation technology group, announced a breakthrough in the ability to interrupt direct current, solving a 100-year-old electrical engineering puzzle and paving the way for a more efficient and reliable electricity supply system. After years of research, ABB has developed
Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE ) promotes access to the 4,150 gigawatts of clean domestic electricity that can be produced by America’s offshore wind energy. EERE supports research, development, and demonstration of larger turbines, components, and floating deepwater platforms needed t
SRM Projects Ltd. has submitted an application to examine the feasibility of tidal power in south Discovery Passage and Seymour Narrows. The engineering company will start with a community meeting in Campbell River on November 22 to get a public response on their planned activities, which will be co
The Offshore Energy Research Association of Nova Scotia was commissioned by the Energy Department to perform a strategic environmental assessment in Cape Breton, which will focus on tidal, offshore wind and wave energy. Commercial tidal power projects there can proceed after the assessment is finish
GES Deutschland GmbH, the European market leader in the domain of wind energy systems services, will take over service operations of the wind energy systems manufacturer PowerWind GmbH seated in Hamburg. In one of the first insolvency proceedings in self-administration under a new law on facilitatin
With support from Flemish Government, a newly launched joint venture, FLiDAR nv, starts product trials in North Sea with aim to deliver tools to drastically reduce costs of offshore wind developments. 3E and OWA (DEME Group) have announced the official launch of FLiDAR N.V. Based in Oostende, FLiDAR
The 1st AWTEC (Asia Wave and Tidal Energy Conference) will be held in Jeju, Korea – Nov. 27 to Nov. 30, 2012. AWTEC is an international technical and scientific conference under EWTEC organization, focused on ocean wave and tidal renewable energies and widely respected for its commitment to maintain
Renewable energy company, Renetec Co., plans to raise around thirty percent of funds for USD 917 million tidal energy project from their equity partners, said Chief Executive Officer Park Jong Seon to Bloomberg. “For the debt portion, we’ll start fundraising in May 2014”, Seon added. The total capac
By relocating the wheel house onto a second upper deck, the company is expecting that the 17-metre High Bridge will be recognised as a practical and economical option for wind farm support vessel operators. The new design will also appeal to other boat users seeking an economical vessel that provide
The number of Danish companies which are discovering opportunities within the offshore industry is rising. CEO of Offshore Center Denmark, Peter Blach, is quoted by the Danish news site Business as saying that the high growth rate of offshore wind industry is contributing very much to this interest.
This week, RWE Innogy and Essent have inaugurated two Repower 6M wind turbines in the Dutch city of Eemshaven. The turbines have each a rated power of 6.15 MW and a hub height of 114 meters. This type will also be used in the wind farm Nordsee Ost in German waters. The two on-shore installed [&helli
Technip Offshore Wind has achieved a significant business milestone with the company’s innovative health, safety and environmental (HSE) management systems being accredited to two international industry benchmarks. The company has been endorsed with the ISO 14001:2004 Environmental Management Standa
