The carbon content of electricity generation in Ireland fell to a record low last year, half the level it was in 1990, according to figures published by the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI). Renewable electricity helped Ireland avoid 2.6 million tonnes of CO2 emissions in 2014, and is
DONG Energy has released project details for its offshore wind farm proposed to be built off Massachusetts, USA. DONG Energy’s first project in the U.S. has been named Bay State Wind and will be located 15 miles off the coast of Martha’s Vineyard, with turbines installed in water depths of 130-165 f
Members of the Galloper Wind Farm Ltd (GWFL) project team will be in the Leiston area on Friday the 20th and Saturday the 21st of November to host three drop-in sessions about the Galloper Offshore Wind Farm project. Members of the public and interested parties will be able to find out more about th
Race Bank In July, A2SEA won a contract to provide the SEA CHALLENGER offshore installation vessel for the installation of wind turbines at DONG Energy’s Race Bank offshore wind farm from early 2017. Also, MMT has been contracted to carry out unexploded ordnance (UXO) inspections and removal MMT alo
Ideol and Group China Steel Corporation (CSC) have agreed to collaborate on floating offshore wind projects in Taiwan. The collaboration includes designing, engineering and constructing floating offshore wind turbines by using the Damping Pool technology, developed by the French floating foundation
A £2.5 million complex of offices and warehouses aiming to house offshore wind businesses has opened in Birkenhead, Wirral. Called the Lightbox, the site has been developed by Capital and Centric Plc, and funded with £895,000 from Wirral Council after they secured £5 million from the Government’s Re
The Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Apple to promote the development of ocean energy in Ireland. Apple has committed a €1 million fund that will help developers who receive an SEAI grant to test their ocean energy prototypes in the Galway
RWE Innogy, EDP Renewables and Macquarie Capital have formed a consortium to participate in the forthcoming Dutch offshore wind tender for Borssele I and II projects, each with a 350MW capacity. Macquarie Capital will also act as the consortium’s financial adviser. The tendering procedure for Borsse
Swedish wave energy technology company, Seabased, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Seafaradays Energy Pte Ltd, a New Delhi-based energy project developer. The MoU involves plans for a wave energy plant off the Andaman and Nicobar Islands in the Indian Ocean. The wave energy plant
RenewableUK today highlighted new official Government statistics which show that more than three-quarters of the British public support using renewable energy. The Public Attitudes Tracking Survey published by the Department of Energy and Climate Change shows an increase in the percentage of people
Fire Breaks Out on WFSV at Borkum Riffgrund 1 One of the engine rooms of the Beaumaris Bay wind farm service vessel, deployed at the Borkum Riffgrund 1 offshore wind farm, caught fire on Saturday, 31 October. Scotland Greenlights World’s Largest Floating Wind Project The Scottish Government has gran
Graham Hacon, CEO of 3sun Group, has been named Director of the Year at this year’s EDP Business Awards. The awards celebrate the best of the south east of England’s business community and have been honouring the achievements and successes of local companies for 25 years. Winners were announced at a
UTEC NCS Survey, part of UTEC Survey, an Acteon company, was recently awarded a contract for heavy-lift support services for Wikinger offshore wind farm in the Baltic Sea. Partnering with LDD, the contract covers the delivery of a pile guide frame monitoring system, which will be used for the instal
Louisiana-based Keystone Engineering Inc. has been named the winner of this year’s Be Inspired Award for offshore innovation for its role in the Block Island Wind Farm. The award honors the work of organizations advancing infrastructure design, construction, and operations throughout the world. This
