Enel Green Power (EGP), part of Enel Group has became a member of Ocean Energy Europe. EGP operates around 750 plants in 16 countries in Europe and the American continent with an annual production of 29 billion kWh from water, sun, wind and the Earth’s heat – enough to meet the energy needs of appro
Global Marine Systems (GMS) has extended its subsea capability with the acquisition of a powerful jet trenching ROV. The new addition is the Q1000 Jet Trencher, whose modular design allows it to be easily mobilised onto vessels. With 1000hp of total installed and variable jetting power, the ROV is s
Robert J. Burger was elected to the Ocean Power Technologies’ Board of Directors effective May 8, 2015. Most recently, Burger was President and CEO of MAN Diesel & Turbo North America Inc., a German manufacturer and the provider of large diesel engines for use in ships and power stations. Prior to t
The Swedish tidal energy developer, Minesto, is to hold a public consultation event about its plans for 1.5MW project off the coast of Holy Island, Anglesey next week. The tidal energy project will feature underwater ‘kite’ technology. “The DG Holyhead Deep project design and environmental impact as
The DEME group has decided to concentrate all its German activities at the Bremen headquarters. This operation has already started with the move of the Baltic 2 Project Team from Rostock to Bremen. DEME will have up to 100 people in the Bremen offices as from the next months. For almost 50 years, di
Grupo Euskal Forging has delivered flanges for jackets to be installed on Wikinger. This delivery started 2 weeks ago for Navantia and Euskal will begin delivering to Bladt in the near future. Wikinger windfarm has consent authorised and is scheduled to start construction in January 2016, and fully
Anders Monrad Rendtorff, currently Senior Vice President and Head of Communications and Human Resources at Coloplast, will join Vestas in his new position starting on September 1, 2015. He succeeds Morten Albæk, who will remain with Vestas until June 30, 2015. Vestas CEO Anders Runevad says, “I am d
In connection with the planning of the upcoming Dudgeon Offshore Wind Farm for Statoil, A2SEA has selected Exeter based Longitude Ltd to provide design support. This is the latest step in A2SEAs drive to engage with suppliers from the experienced UK offshore sector. “We are delighted to be able to w
EOLOS LiDAR, one of KIC InnoEnergy’s start-up projects, won the EIT Innovators Award at last weeks’ InnovEIT conference being held in Budapest. This award recognises teams made up from across the KIC communities that have developed a product that has the potential to have a significant societal and
Servicing around 2,200 wind turbines and 56 substations under fixed maintenance contracts, as well as repairs and assessments for a further 1,500 plants, Deutsche Windtechnik AG has experienced rapid growth since being established in 2007. Last year, the company experienced a near 40% in turnover, w
VIDEO: Installation of 6MW Wind Turbine at Westermost Rough A2SEA’s specialist jack-up vessel Sea Challenger has recently installed the last 6MW turbine at Westermost Rough. Siemens Reorganizes Company. 4,500 People to Lose Jobs Siemens announced today that it is on track with the implementation of
Deepwater Wind, the developer of the first U.S. offshore wind farm, has published videos of the construction phase launch. The kick-off was celebrated on April 27 at Specialty Diving Services, a company in charge of manufacturing components of the wind turbine foundations. The Block Island offshore
The South West Marine Energy Park has released a paper outlining the longer term opportunities and ambition for the development of marine energy in South West England. According to the report, the longer term opportunity for the South West will be through the development of new foundation and instal
Vattenfall has awarded the EPCI contract to Geosea NV to supply manpower for the secondary works on the monopile foundations for the Kentish Flats Extension. After securing the contract from Vattenfall, Geosea selected GEOEXO from a tender bid of among over 20 companies to supply three teams of Rope
