As the first anniversary of the creation of MHI Vestas Offshore Wind approaches the company looks back on a pretty good year as it lands its first commercial order for the much heralded V164-8.0 MW® and is named the preferred supplier for the Walney Extension project. The company has already seen em
Germany Halts Farshore Wind Energy Projects Germany’s Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency BSH has halted licensing procedures for offshore wind projects until further notice. Offshore Wind in Spotlight of Van Oord’s Success Van Oord has published its annual report for 2014, which was an excepti
On the occasion of tomorrow’s day of renewable energy in Germany, German Wind Energy Association (BWE) issued a press release today, saying that the country has already secured nearly 30 percent of renewables in national power demand and that wind energy, which makes 10 percent, is the main driver o
Fortum Corporation, headquartered in Espoo, Finland, is now the newest member of Ocean Energy Europe. Fortum is participating in three strategically diverse wave power demo projects. The first one, implemented in France, uses AW Energy’s WaveRoller™ technology. Fortum will be responsible for the pro
As of 1 May, Thijs Aarten will be interim Managing Director of Ecofys. He will be replacing Manon Janssen, who has tendered her resignation after being CEO and Managing Director with Ecofys for five years. Thijs Aarten has over 33 years in the energy sector. He has worked for Shell, Vopak and was CE
When NAM/Shell UK decided to invest in a ‘Walk-to-Work’ (WTW) offshore vessel for use with unmanned gas platforms, they requested Royal Niestern Sander (RNS) to make the preliminary design. The challenge was to design and build a stable platform for the transfer of personnel and equipment, to effici
The German Accreditation Body (DAkkS) has renewed the accreditation of Deutsche WindGuard for inspection of wind turbines. Every five years, an accreditation must be renewed based on a fundamental re-examination by the DAkkS. “We see ourselves confirmed in our work,” said Jan Wallasch, Deutsche Wind
Aquamarine Power has appointed Dr Paddy O’Kane as the company’s Chief Executive Officer, replacing interim CEO John Malcolm who has stepped down after six months in the role. O’Kane has been Aquamarine Power’s Chief Technical Officer since 2010. Prior to this he was Head of Engineering and Wind Reso
The German Wind Energy Association (BWE), the Global Wind Energy Council (GWEC), the German Engineering Association (VDMA) and Schleswig-Holstein’s network agency Windcomm are once again working closely with HUSUM Wind. Important industry associations and clusters in the German and international win
Black Rock Tidal Power (BRTP), a SCHOTTEL HYDRO company, has brought Dr. Sue Molloy on board as General Manager. Dr. Molloy, who received her doctorate in Naval Architectural and Ocean Engineering from Memorial University of Newfoundland, is a Canadian expert in tidal power representing Canada on a
Anders Jansson, CEO of Nordic marine energy technology company Minesto agrees with recently issued report ‘Marine Energy in Wales – Investment, Jobs, Supply Chain’ by Marine Energy Pembrokeshire (MEP). He believes that marine energy can have an even stronger impact on the Welsh economy than it sugge
AXYS Technologies has achieved a world-first dual ZephIR 300 arrangement on the WindSentinel buoy that could become the new standard in floating LiDAR devices. The WindSentinel ‘floating laboratory’ delivers a customized full suite of meteorological and metocean data, in addition to the wind speed &
In our first edition of 2015 you could read all about the developments regarding renewable energy. One point in matter that was not yet touched upon is how classification companies are involved in renewable energy. Maritime Holland speaks to DNV GL and ClassNK on their involvement. On 1 October 2014
Since research into the impact of offshore wind farms on the marine life started more than 15 years ago at Denmark’s Horns Rev 1, there have been several multi-year research and monitoring programmes in Denmark, Germany, Belgium and the Netherlands. A large part of it funded by the wind farm develop
