Energy and Climate Change Secretary Edward Davey will this week highlight the massive benefit for jobs and business the energy sector can bring to the Scottish economy as he visits Shetland, Orkney, Caithness, Edinburgh and Glasgow. Energy and Climate Change Secretary Edward Davey said: “Scotland ha
On October 6th 2012, Siemens Energy has begun field testing of its new 154 m rotor for the 6-megawatt (MW) offshore wind turbine in Østerild, Denmark. The SWT-6.0-154 turbine is equipped with the world’s longest rotor blades – each blade is 75 meters in length. With a record rotor diameter of 154 me
Speaking in Brussels, the Taoiseach Enda Kenny stated that the plans to launch an integrated marine strategy, which will use the Irish vast offshore resources, are progressing well. Energy Minister Pat Rabbitte highlighted the potential the country has in renewable energy sources at the Energy Irela
Chairman of the UK Government’s Offshore Wind Cost Reduction Task Force, Andrew Jamieson, said that he expects the costs of offshore renewable energy to drop over 30% by 2020, thanks to increased collaboration between companies. Mr. Jamieson will be speaking at the Scottish Low Carbon Investment Con
Electranova Capital, the new energy technology fund launched by Idinvest Partners, in partnership with the global utility EDF and the support of Allianz, has invested in the Norwegian company Seatower, which develops the Cranefree technology for offshore wind foundations. Seatower’s Cranefree concep
On 27 September, Offshore WIND was present, along with other press and 250 industry representatives, at the official inauguration of the Large Climate Test Chamber which forms part of the Offshore Wind Infrastructure Application Lab (OWI-Lab), strategically located in a warehouse on the Churchill Do
On 10-11 October 2012, at the Sheraton Hotel in Sopot the Offshore Conference and Exhibition will be held – Poland’s first event of this scale entirely dedicated to offshore wind energy. Offshore Conference and Exhibition is organized by Polish Wind Energy Association in cooperation with the Polish
The worldwide wind capacity reached 254’000 MW by the end of June 2012, out of which 16’546 MW were added in the fi rst six months of 2012. This increase represents 10 % less than in the rst half of 2011, when 18’405 MW were added. The global wind capacity grew by 7% within six months […]
Despite the previous announcements about the Sikka l-Bajda offshore wind farm, the Labour Spokesman on Environment, Sustainable Development and Climate Change Leo Brincat has questioned the Maltese government’s commitment to the renewable energy, reports DI-VE site. He also said that Malta is at the
A research project has commenced to study the potential power of ocean currents in False Pass, Alaska. Two acoustic current Doppler profilers were placed in False Pass last week. They will collect data on the volume and speed of water moving through for about five weeks. The Dutch Harbor Fisherman c
Bechtel and Subsea 7 announced today that they will work together to develop offshore wind and associated transmission projects in Europe, including the UK and Germany. The non-exclusive joint approach provides customers with Bechtel’s unmatched experience designing and building some of the world’s
Tideland Signal will be showing its comprehensive range of aids to navigation (AtoN) equipment and systems for offshore oil and gas platforms, wind farms, ports and harbours on stand 495B at Offshore Energy 12 at the Amsterdam RAI from 23 to 24 October. Tideland Signal has many years’ experience pro
The first CAL 64000-1500 Litronic®, a heavy lift offshore crane developed by Liebherr-Werk Nenzing GmbH, is now ready for operation. The crane is installed on the “Innovation”, a vessel belonging to HGO InfraSea Solutions, which installs offshore wind power stations in the North Sea wind park Global
As a market leader in offshore wind and with all of their offshore wind farms based in the North West European region, DONG Energy has signed up to the new norstec network. The network will enable industry to join forces to set out a long-term vision for the deployment of offshore wind in the northe
