A Norfolk-based company has secured a contract to transfer workers between Lowestoft and a proposed Greater Gabbard wind farm offshore Suffolk, reports EDP 24. The five-month contract worth GBP 300.000 will help Tidal Transit create three new jobs. The wind farm, which is located 25 kilometres off t
Ashtead Technology in Aberdeen UK have taken delivery of a further six RESON SeaBat 7125ROV2 systems with FlexMode, fully calibrated and ready for use, less than a week after placing the order. The RESON SeaBat 7125ROV2 is the latest evolution of the SeaBat 7125 Series, and is specifically aimed at
The Scotland’s Coastline saga continues. American tycoon Donald Trump accuses First Minister Alex Salmond of destroying the coastline with the offshore wind power plans. As it is well known, Mr. Trump is going to give up his golf resort plans in case the new wind farm is approved. On the other hand,
Gov. Bev Perdue today released the final report of the Governor’s Scientific Advisory Panel on Offshore Energy providing effective guidance to address North Carolina’s offshore potential energy resources – oil, natural gas, wind, thermal and hydrokinetic technologies. “Our state and nation have crit
Dong Energy has awarded a supply contract for offshore wind farm retractable lifelines/fall protection equipment. Latchways is a group of companies dedicated to protecting the safety of individuals working at height. The Latchways ManSafe fall protection range is used around the world on tall buildi
Blue Water Shipping has just finished a promotion tour in France – focusing on the development of French offshore wind. Blue Water Shipping spent a week visiting several French ports which potentially are going to play a role in future French offshore wind projects. Blue Water Shipping was represent
DanTysk Offshore Wind GmbH, Hamburg, intends to build an offshore windfarm in the North Sea. In the first construction phase they are planning to build 80 wind turbines with a total output of 288 MW, an offshore substation and an offshore accommodation platform. The project is located in the German
In response to a letter sent by Donald Trump to the First Minister regarding offshore wind, Niall Stuart, Chief Executive of Scottish Renewables, said: “Who is Donald Trump to tell Scotland what is good for our economy and our environment? “Offshore wind is already attracting billions of pounds of i
Shortly after the construction work commenced on EDF Energy’s Teesside Wind Farm, they faced a problem. Constant banging of the hydraulic hammer that is driving monopiles into the seabed is bothering locals, reports Gazette Live. Some of residents said that the banging sound could be heard in their
The £1 billion Walney wind farm, which is a joint venture between DONG Energy (50.1%), SSE (25.1%) and OPW ( 24.8%), is being officially opened by Edward Davey, Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change. With 102 turbines and a total capacity of 367.2 MW, Walney can supply up to 320,000 house
Reportlinker announced new addition to its catalog “Renewable Power Generation from Ocean Wave, Tidal Stream, River Hydrokinetic, Ocean Current, and Ocean Thermal Technologies” The marine and hydrokinetic industry is slowly progressing as the technologies are improving, major energy companies and ut
A community-based offshore wind developer, Fishermen’s Energy of Cape May, wants to build a wind farm about 2.8 miles off Atlantic City. It is planning to erect five wind turbines that would produce up to 25 megawatts, thus the powering of about 10,000 homes would be enabled. The company hopes that
Partrac will be hosting the “Unique Challenges of Site Characterisation in Wave & Tidal Projects” workshop on 14th March 2012 from 14:00 – 17:00 in the EICC, Edinburgh. This event will take place the day before RenewableUK Wave & Tidal 2012 Conference and Exhibition This free workshop will comprise
TenneT has entered into a partnership with Mitsubishi Corporation by agreeing to sell a 49% equity stake in two German offshore high-voltage cable projects, BorWin1 and BorWin2. Mitsubishi’s aggregate equity commitment will total EUR 240 million. This partnership represents a milestone transaction i
