Gordon Steele QC, one of Scotland’s leading counsels on planning issues, will be fighting the legal battle on behalf of the Trump Organisation against the European Offshore Wind Deployment Centre (EOWDC), the Trump Organisation announced today. Donald Trump is expected to file a complaint against th
With guests from politics and industry, AREVA Wind celebrated the pouring of concrete for the foundation intended for the wind turbine prototype M5000-135. The event took place close to the motorway A27 in Bremerhaven. M5000-135 is the new version of the M5000, which has already proven itself at Ger
Leading UK consultancy, KGAL, has been appointed as the M&E design specialist for the proposed £650m state-of –the-art Swansea Bay tidal lagoon – the first of its kind in the world. KGAL will provide the detailed design and coordinate all the mechanical and electrical works, forming an integral part
The latest statistical data released by BTM of Denmark shows that, as of the end of 2012, China Longyuan Power continued to be the world’s second largest wind power operator with the installed capacity of 10,544MW, further narrowing the gap with the top wind power operator in the world. Iberdrola Re
Stakeholders are invited to attend an information session intended to bring together community, government, industry and academia to discuss tidal energy development in Nova Scotia and in particular Digby County. The presentations will provide an overview of current tidal energy development prioriti
Ecosse Subsea Systems (ESS) has reported a successful start to a 10-week boulder clearing and trenching campaign on the Baltic 2 offshore wind farm project. Mobilised onboard the Siem Topaz anchor handling vessel, Ecosse Subsea’s SCAR subsea plough system is engaged on route clearing and pre-lay tre
When Mantsbrite became the sole UK distributor of the David Clark Marine Wireless Headset Communications Systems in 2012, one of the first users was Tidal Transit, a fast growing North Norfolk company providing a new generation of personnel transfer vessels for use by offshore wind farm developers.
3sun Group, a specialist provider of products and services to the energy industry, has been shortlisted for two categories in the British Renewable Energy Awards 2013. 3sun Group has been shortlisted in the Innovation category, in recognition of their ground-breaking electronic 3D visually based ins
HVPD have over 8 years of experience in the insulation condition monitoring of land-sea export cables, offshore wind farm subsea cable arrays and offshore platform interconnection cables. Over this period we have carried out insulation condition testing of these assets using the following condition
Thanks to experience gained in the building of 100 aluminium crew boats ranging in length from 18 to 53 metres delivered in the last 25 years to the offshore oil and gas sector, Piriou is now moving into the offshore wind farm support ship market. So as to respond rapidly to the growing needs of [&h
The offshore wind turbine industry will benefit from this new and innovative, user-friendly software solution including dynamic simulations, advanced fatigue calculation and code check in one complete analysis package. The new module for coupled analysis is powered by FEDEM Windpower, and is well in
The Brave Tern, Fred. Olsen Windcarrier’s 132 metre long and 39 metres wide jack-up installation vessel, berthed alongside the Wagenborg quay in Eemshaven last week, 11th of April 2013. On the Wagenborg Stevedoring terminal mobilisation will take place before the vessel will start with the installat
The Oyster wave energy device, developed by Aquamarine Power, has returned to the right track having met various development challenges on the way and “will get there” after achieving an uninterrupted 24 hours of electricity generation, 18 months after installation in the Pentland Firth, the Herald
Andrew Jamieson, Chief Executive of the newly established Offshore Renewable Energy Catapult (ORECAT), visited EMEC earlier this week along with his colleagues David Currie and David Arnold. Whilst in Orkney they met with representatives of EMEC, Orkney Renewable Energy Forum (OREF), and Orkney Isla
