Shortly after the construction work commenced on EDF Energy’s Teesside Wind Farm, they faced a problem. Constant banging of the hydraulic hammer that is driving monopiles into the seabed is bothering locals, reports Gazette Live. Some of residents said that the banging sound could be heard in their
The £1 billion Walney wind farm, which is a joint venture between DONG Energy (50.1%), SSE (25.1%) and OPW ( 24.8%), is being officially opened by Edward Davey, Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change. With 102 turbines and a total capacity of 367.2 MW, Walney can supply up to 320,000 house
Reportlinker announced new addition to its catalog “Renewable Power Generation from Ocean Wave, Tidal Stream, River Hydrokinetic, Ocean Current, and Ocean Thermal Technologies” The marine and hydrokinetic industry is slowly progressing as the technologies are improving, major energy companies and ut
Energy Minister Fergus Ewing today welcomed the decision of the UK Technology Strategy Board to headquarter its ‘Catapult’ innovation centre for offshore renewables in Scotland. Mr Ewing said the choice of Glasgow for the headquarters of the new Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult – with the op
A community-based offshore wind developer, Fishermen’s Energy of Cape May, wants to build a wind farm about 2.8 miles off Atlantic City. It is planning to erect five wind turbines that would produce up to 25 megawatts, thus the powering of about 10,000 homes would be enabled. The company hopes that
Offshore Marine Management (OMM) has announced the completion of a GIS-based data study for the first stage of Forewind’s planned Round 3 Dogger Bank offshore wind farm development. Undertaken by OMM’s Survey and Subsea department, the work utilised the company’s in-house Esri GIS facilities to unde
Partrac will be hosting the “Unique Challenges of Site Characterisation in Wave & Tidal Projects” workshop on 14th March 2012 from 14:00 – 17:00 in the EICC, Edinburgh. This event will take place the day before RenewableUK Wave & Tidal 2012 Conference and Exhibition This free workshop will comprise
The UK Government today confirmed that the UK-wide consortium bid from Ocean Energy Innovation, Carbon Trust and the National Renewable Energy Centre (Narec), has been selected to set up the Offshore Renewable Energy Catapult, a £50 million technology innovation project funded by the Technology Stra
TenneT has entered into a partnership with Mitsubishi Corporation by agreeing to sell a 49% equity stake in two German offshore high-voltage cable projects, BorWin1 and BorWin2. Mitsubishi’s aggregate equity commitment will total EUR 240 million. This partnership represents a milestone transaction i
Companies from the offshore wind sector should adopt health and safety solutions in order to save their costs and time, reports Safety Sign Supplies. Judith Hackitt, Chair of the Health and Safety Executive, who spoke at the Renewable UK Health and Safety conference, stated that safety is more payab
GDF SUEZ continued to report solid results for 2011, with EUR 90.7 billion in revenues, up +7.3% despite highly unfavorable weather conditions and the gas tariff freeze in France. EBITDA grew by +9.5% thanks to the contribution of International Power from February 2011, the commissioning of new asse
TenneT announced that Mr Eelco de Boer (58) has been appointed as CFO of TenneT Holding B.V. He will join the Board of Management as a director under the articles of association. Mr De Boer has been employed by TenneT as interim financial administrator since mid-2010. Eelco de Boer has over 20 years
PMV-TINA is investing 18.7 million euros in High Wind nv via a combination of equity participation and a deferred loan. High Wind nv is a consortium made up of GeoSea nv (DEME Group), Alstom, Iemants, G&G International, SBE and Egemin and is supported by Sirris. High Wind nv is developing a new inst
A HULL shipyard is to build and operate a fleet of vessels to serve giant offshore wind farms planned for the North Sea. MMS Ship Repair will both construct and run the boats, which will transfer technicians and equipment to the wind turbines. Capable of carrying 12 passengers, the vessels would be
