During a festive ceremony in Bremerhaven today, RWE Innogy is naming one of its two offshore installation vessels. The vessel “Victoria Mathias” will build the wind farm “Nordsee Ost” around 30 kilometres north of the island of Heligoland from its base port Bremerhaven. The wind power station with a
Trident Energy, the independent developer of generator solutions for the offshore renewable energy industry, announced that it has been awarded a Scottish Enterprise SMART: SCOTLAND R&D grant to help fund the forthcoming sea trials of its linear generator technology. Together with on-going commitmen
Ipswich based Consense, the UK’s leading provider of online community and stakeholder engagement services, has been invited to present at next week’s prestigious All Energy Exhibition and Conference. The event, which takes place at the Aberdeen Exhibition and Conference Centre from 23rd – 24th May,
HiDef will be exhibiting at the first Global Offshore Wind Show to be held in London’s Excel Centre on 13th and 14th June. Stand 233. HiDef Managing Director John Martin commented: “There are so many nations now contemplating offshore wind that it makes sense to have a global show. HiDef have invest
Since 2006, Vattenfall AB R&D Projects has been investigating the potential for ocean energy to offer a major new renewable energy source. In 2009 Vattenfall established a formal ocean energy programme. Now – six years later – a first annual report has been created for the Ocean Energy Development P
As part of President Obama’s commitment to an all-out, all-of-the-above strategy for American-made energy, the U.S. Energy Department announced $500,000 available this year to test the technical readiness of technologies that can harness energy from waves to supply renewable power to highly-populate
The Marine Designs team will be at the Seawork Commercial Marine Exhibition and Forum from the 22nd – 24th May 2012 at stand no. A275. Marine Designs designs, builds and installs customized pontoons access systems for the operators of offshore wind support vessels. So far it has completed 9 operatio
Finnish renewable technology developer, Wello Ltd, has announced it has started Series B funding. Power Fund II (managed by VNT Management) and Finnvera Venture Capital have agreed on 3 Million euros funding package as part of the Series B funding. Discussions with additional investors to close furt
The year 2012 started with improved performance compared to the same period in 2011. The oil price remained on average around USD 120 per barrel (Brent). The sustained high levels of exploration and production spending by the oil and gas industry result in continued improvement of Fugro’s related ac
KPM Marine, manufacturer of specialist safety products for the marine industry, entered the renewable energy industry by developing a shock mitigation seat for offshore wind farm service boats. As the Birmingham Post informs, the company has increased its annual revenue from GBP 50,000 to GBP 750,00
The installation of the second of the four export cables on London Array Offshore Wind Farm that will connect the onshore substation at Cleve Hill to the two offshore substations in the outer Thames Estuary has been successfully completed. Specialized cable-laying vessel, Stemat Spirit, installed al
EMU Limited will be exhibiting at the Renewable UK Global Offshore Wind exhibition in London on 13th and 14th of June 2012, at stand 263. The company is a marine consultancy, survey and laboratory testing specialist which provides worldwide services in support of infrastructure planning, consenting
On 14 May 2012, the Scientific Advisory Board of the Stiftung OFFSHORE-WINDENERGIE, represented by Joergen Thiele and Phd. Silke Eckardt, held a workshop on the need for further research during the operation of offshore wind farms (OWF). The workshop was held at the House of Science in Bremen. Aroun
Award-winning pontoon specialist Marine Designs Ltd, part of the A&P Group, has completed a trio of commercial projects at opposite ends of the UK demonstrating the strength and diversity of this fast-growing pioneering company. Marine Designs Ltd, based in Falmouth, Cornwall, designs, builds and in
