Ocean energy test sites spanning Europe, Asia, and North America have committed to coordinate procedures and standards to ensure consistency in testing marine energy converters across the globe. Bringing together operational and planned test sites from around the world for the second time, the Europ
Billions Set to Be Invested in German Offshore Wind Projects A downturn in the German offshore wind industry could soon come to an end. GeoSea Buys HOCHTIEF’s Offshore Assets, Becomes Full Owner of ‘Innovation’ DEME’s marine engineering specialist GeoSea acquires offshore assets of HOCHTIEF, one of
Global wind farm operations and maintenance (O&M) market size had increased progressively year after year during 2008-2013, attaining USD 7.35 billion in 2013, and is predicted to reach USD 9.84 billion in 2016, with China contributing USD 1.77 billion, or 18% of global market. Europe, as the world’
Siemens Appoints New CEO of Wind Power & Renewables Business Siemens Power Generation Services, Wind Power & Renewables business has a new global CEO. Mark Albenze succeeds Tim Holt who is taking over new responsibilities within Siemens. V164-8.0 MW Breaks All Records At the beginning of October, MH
Under the serious pressure of energy shortages and environmental pollution, China has formulated various strategy measures to accelerate the development of renewable energy technologies. Among them the medium and long-term China’s target, increasing the portion of renewable energy in the final primar
Aveillant is set to announce its future plans at this year’s RenewableUK event, following an exciting year for the radar technology company which has seen its radars commercially deployed at a number of sites. Representing a significant breakthrough in radar technology, Aveillant’s 3D Holographic Ra
A joint venture between national construction, asset management and project investment firm GRAHAM and civil engineering and building contractors Lagan Construction Group, has been awarded a £100 million contract to carry out construction at the Green Port Hull site on Alexandra Dock. The work was a
As part of their testing programmes at the European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) in Orkney, Scotland, Alstom’s tidal devices have now generated over 1GWh of electricity, in actual operating conditions, to the Scottish grid. Alstom’s 1MW tidal turbine, deployed in 2013 as part of the ReDAPT project, a
Alicat Workboats Ltd. and sister company South Boat IOW Ltd. will once again be co-exhibiting at next years EWEA Offshore 2015 conference and exhibition in Copenhagen, Denmark. Representatives from both companies will be present, showcasing some of the latest vessel designs and promoting the extensi
Scira Offshore Energy Ltd has chosen 3 MPI Workboats Ltd vessels to work on the Sheringham Shoal Offshore Windfarm on long term charters starting in 2015. The 22m South East Asia Shipyard built vessel, MPI Snowball, will start a 2 year charter in March next year. The following month, April, she will
Ocean Networks Canada (ONC), an initiative of the University of Victoria, has further expanded its footprint across Canada with the launch of a new collaboration with the Fundy Ocean Research Centre for Energy (FORCE). With advanced observatories on the Pacific coast and in the Canadian Arctic, toda
Last night, the 398MW MeyGen project was awarded the first ever ‘Navigator Award’ at the International Conference on Ocean Energy (ICOE), in recognition of the project’s contribution to the global marine renewable industry. The highly prestigious Award was awarded to the MeyGen Project, which is 86
World industry leaders and academic experts in marine renewable energy are gathered in Halifax this week thanks in part to a $150,000 investment from the Government of Canada. The International Conference on Ocean Energy (ICOE), which is welcoming over 600 participants from 40 countries, is focused
A new website has been launched to highlight alternative energy efforts sponsored by the Office of Naval Research (ONR) in Hawaii, which is fast becoming ground zero for the Navy’s push to develop “green” technologies, officials announced Oct. 30. The Asia-Pacific Technology and Education Partnershi
