Following the launch of Austal’s Wind Express series last year, Austal announces the award of a contract for three purpose-built 21 metre offshore support vessels for Holyhead-based Turbine Transfers Ltd. While Austal had been working with Turbine Transfers for some time to develop a customised wind
The Biodiversity Research Institute will study the risks to sea birds and marine mammals from offshore wind-power development. (mpbn) [mappress] Source: mpbn, September 09, 2011
Bosses of Lowestoft-based OrbisEnergy launched a bid for a slice of £200m of government cash to create a technology innovation centre aimed… By Shaun Lowthorpe (edp24) [mappress] Source: edp24, September 09, 2011;
Tidal Energy Limited announces that Converteam UK Ltd has been awarded the contract for the design, manufacture and supply of the electrical power generation and conversion equipment forming part of the demonstration DeltaStream device. The contractor’s scope of work will include the design and supp
Ocean Power Technologies, Inc. (“OPT” or “the Company”) announces financial results for its fiscal 2012 first quarter ended July 31, 2011. “In the past few months, Ocean Power Technologies has continued to make strides towards the commercialization of its PowerBuoy technology in our target markets a
Wave energy developer Carnegie Wave Energy advises that independent engineering firm, Frazer-Nash, has verified the positive results of its CETO 3 device. The results were unveiled today by Carnegie’s Technology Development Manager, Jonathan Fievez, at the European Wave and Tidal Energy Conference i
U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu today announced $43 million over the next five years to speed technical innovations, lower costs, and shorten the timeline for deploying offshore wind energy systems. The 41 projects across 20 states will advance wind turbine design tools and hardware, improve inform
Now 13 months after DONG Energy was awarded the concession for constructing the offshore wind farm, production of the first supplies has started. Work is progressing to realise Anholt Offshore Wind Farm. Commencement of manufacture of foundations Bladt Industries in Aalborg and their subsuppliers ha
Aegir Wave Power has successfully deployed a second wave measurement buoy off the south west coast of Shetland. The buoy, which floats on the surface of the sea, will measure the wave height, direction and period at its location 2km offshore of Kettle Ness, West Burra. The information will be used b
Top representatives of GDF Suez E&P Nederland, Chevron E&P Netherlands and NAM, the joint venture of Shell and ExxonMobil, share their vision on the future of North Sea gas production during the Offshore Energy conference. The conference will take place on 11 and 12 October in Amsterdam and will run
Those commissioning maritime construction projects will soon be able to assure themselves that their jack-up operators are competent and safe. The International Jack-Up Barge Owners Association (IJUBOA) has published its Code of Practice and set up a scheme to recognise the competence of existing ba
Development of Shipping and Ports Facilities will play significant role in supporting growth of ocean energy industry The Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI) in conjunction with the Irish Maritime Development Office (IMDO) have published the first report on the future shipping and ports r
Statement by Cape Wind Communications Director Mark Rodgers in response to the Massachusetts Attorney General ruling that initiative petition #11-28 is unconstitutional: “We applaud the Attorney General for striking down as unconstitutional a ballot question being pushed by the coal and oil industry
JDR, the leading provider of specialist high performance subsea cables and umbilical systems for the offshore oil, gas and renewables market announces that Andrew J. Norman will join the company as Chief Executive Officer on 19 September 2011. Andrew joins from Dresser Flow Technology Europe, where
