The opening day of Oceanology International 2016 will see a conference session exploring some of the steps being taken to achieve cost reduction in marine renewable energy. Co-chairs of the day-long session, Nick Murphy, SeaRoc’s Head of Operations, and Tony Hodgson, Fugro’s Global Business Developm
The recently completed Marine Business Park in the North Quay area of Hayle in Cornwall, England, will be officially opened on February 12. The business park has quayside access to the sea, with plans for a new slipway in the future. There is also expansion land for a further 800m² of buildings. The
Scotland’s wind power output got “off to a flying start” in January, environmental groups said today. Analysis by WWF Scotland of data provided by WeatherEnergy found that for the month of January wind turbines in Scotland alone provided 1,125,544MWh of electricity to the National Grid, enough to su
Representatives of BLG Logistics and bremenports GmbH & Co. KG have signed an agreement for the operation of the 25-hectare offshore Terminal Bremerhaven (OTB). BLG Logistics will operate the OTB for 30 years. The contract is signed as a concession that allows the company to operate the port facilit
Sea Worker Capsizes off Denmark Due to harsh weather, the offshore installation vessel Sea Worker has capsized during the night between Tuesday and Wednesday. VIDEO: How Big is Hornsea Project One? After reaching the Final Investment Decision for the 1.2 GW Hornsea Project One offshore wind farm ear
Trianel Windkraftwerk Borkum II GmbH & Co. KG, the developer of the second phase of the already existing Trianel Windpark Borkum, Manufacturing, has invited tenders for the supply, on- and offshore logistics, and installation of monopiles, transition pieces and scour protection. The offshore wind pr
Third international conference dedicated to floating offshore wind turbines will be held in Marseilles from 10 to 11 March this year. Representatives from a large number of French and international companies and organisations involved in the sector will discuss their activities, present recent resea
Decommissioning is a hot topic within the Offshore Energy industry and will also be a topic during the Offshore Energy 2016 conference. Over the past months a worldwide first has taken place with the dismantling of Yttre Stengrund wind farm owned by Vattenfall. The wind farm had been operational sin
NOF Energy is supporting a cluster of Shetland-based energy sector supply chain businesses access new markets and sectors. The seven companies, which are the first from the Highlands and Islands region of Scotland to join NOF Energy, are all active in the North Sea oil & gas industry and are engagin
In 2000, the offshore wind industry was pioneering ways of installing 2MW turbines in water depths of just 15 meters, only a few miles off the coast. Today, 15 years later, a single turbine can produce a higher output than all the turbines combined in earlier wind farms, the blades are at least 4 ti
Specialist Marine Consultants Ltd (SMC) has completed marine coordination work for Siemens on the Baltic 2 offshore wind farm. SMC’s services included coordination of Siemens personnel movements, planning of daily transfers, conducting site inductions, and safety briefings. SMC also covered the even
Offshore wind marked a record year of activity in 2015 with over 3.7 GW brought online, Navigant Research said. In its Offshore Wind Market Update report, the company reported that preliminary confirmed project commissioning in all global markets shows that offshore wind reached nearly 12 GW of cumu
“It is almost like winning the lottery,” Meewind Director Willem Smelik says when reflecting on how a group of small investors have managed to participate in three major offshore wind farm projects. “We are now investing in a third wind farm ‘Nobelwind’ and raising funding of €25 million a year!” Me
The inaugural Sustainable Energy & Technology Asia exhibition & conference will be held in March in Thailand. The event, hosted by Thai Ministry of Energy and the national Nuclear Society, will take place from 23 to 25 March in Bangkok’s International Trade and Exhibition Centre (BITEC). Thailand ha
