Fugro has been awarded a contract by Navitus Bay Development Ltd to provide real-time bankable wind profile data for a twelve month period using the Seawatch Wind LiDAR Buoy. The LiDAR buoy has achieved close to 100% data availability despite experiencing several storms since its deployment at the b
ELA Container Offshore GmbH delivered seven Living Quarters and two Stairway Containers to TAGU Tiefbau GmbH Unterweser in Oldenburg. The containers will be used for the Gemini offshore wind project located 55 kilometers north of the island of Schiermonnikoog in the Dutch North Sea. Each ELA Living
Moffatt & Nichol has hired Daniel K. Dolan, PE, a principal engineer with over 30 years of experience in the design and analysis of marine structures. Dolan’s particular area of expertise focuses on the assessment of existing marine structures and the development of innovative concepts for the const
Neart na Gaoithe to Use Two Newly Developed Technologies Mainstream Renewable Power said today that its 448 megawatt Neart na Gaoithe offshore wind farm in Scotland will use two recently launched technologies. Eneco to Pay Multi-Million Bill for Princess Amalia Wind Farm Eneco will pay tens of milli
The G9 Offshore Wind Health and Safety Association (G9) held a Safer by Design workshop last month in Oslo, Norway, on the subject of emergency escape from a turbine nacelle in the event of a fire. The workshop was attended by a range of industry representatives with engineering and HSE backgrounds
Herbert Aly has been appointed as the new Chairman of the Board of Management of the Nordic Yards Group. He succeeds Vitaly Yusufov, who will preserve his links with the company as a member. “I am extremely pleased that we have been able to gain the services of Dr Aly for the company. We now [&helli
In September 2013, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) held a commercial lease sale for an area of 112,799 acres 23.5 nautical miles from the Virginia Beach coastline. Dominion Virginia Power was the highest bidders for this area with USD 1.6 million. Now, archaeologists and scientific divers f
ZephIR Lidar has installed a turbine-mounted ZephIR DM wind lidar on the 270 MW Lincs Offshore Wind Farm located five miles off the Skegness coast It is anticipated that the installation of the lidar unit will help to identify opportunities where a possible improvement to production from the install
The Netherlands’ largest near shore wind power plant Westermeerwind is to be erected in lake IJssel along the dikes of the Dutch municipality of Noordoostpolder. The 48 Siemens wind turbines will supply approximately 160,000 Dutch homes with climate-friendly electric power. The construction work is
KIC InnoEnergy, the European company for innovation, education and business creation in sustainable energy, has nominated five innovators for the 2015 European Institute of Innovation & Technology (EIT) Awards. The winners will be announced at INNOVEIT 2015 in Budapest, Hungary on 6th May. “Our goal
POWER-GEN Europe and its co-located event Renewable Energy World Europe launched the POWER-GEN Confidence Index – a pan European study of the region’s power market which will allow power generation industry practitioners from across Europe to have their say on the industry. The results will be launc
GreenWAVE wave energy device, developed by Oceanlinx, is still in water approximately one kilometre off Carrickalinga Beach in the Encounter Marine Park, South Australia, Victor Harbor Times writes. A year ago, the structure got stranded in Yankalilla Bay after difficulties arose while it was being
The port of Eemshaven, on the mouth of the Eems River estuary, is a vast area in the North East of the Netherlands with a huge potential for development. This potential has been recently recognised by Google who have chosen the area to invest hundreds of millions of Euros in building their new data
ECOWindS (European Clusters for Offshore Wind Servicing) project has published the first iteration of its Joint Action Plan outlining key research and innovation activities for the cost effective progression of the offshore wind servicing industry. ECOWindS is a collaborative project involving partn
