ClusterDesign and DTOC project partners will organize a workshop where the design tools for future offshore wind farms will be revealed. The workshop will take place on Wednesday 24 September 2014 in Amsterdam. The project partners have been working together to make designs more efficient and less d
Scottish Renewables has responded to news that the Carbon Trust’s Offshore Wind Accelerator programme, which aims to cut the cost of offshore wind by at least 10%, has been awarded £2.2 million by the Scottish Government. Lindsay Leask, Senior Policy Manager at Scottish Renewables, said: “Offshore w
A project to cut the cost of offshore wind by at least 10% is being awarded £2.2 million by the Scottish Government, First Minister Alex Salmond has announced. The Carbon Trust’s Offshore Wind Accelerator (OWA) programme, a joint industry and government scheme, brings together nine offshore wind dev
On the 08th of July, the Demowfloat project launched the project’s Dissemination Centre in Póvoa de Varzim, Portugal. At the Diana Bar, Póvoa de Varzim, diverse information about the Demowfloat project and the WindFloat® technology is now available. The exhibition will be open to the public for free
ORE Catapult has a requirement for a Consultancy Service Framework to provide technical assistance and support. The Service will be utilised as and when required, on a call-off basis by ORE Catapult in Glasgow and Blyth relating to all required services, equipment and engineering services associat
Norwegian Ministry of Petroleum and Energy has given the green light to Statkraft for the construction of its planned offshore wind test turbine on the island of Smøla. The turbine will be used to test, qualify and gain operational experience that may be relevant in future offshore wind projects. Th
Subsea specialist Tekmar Energy is holding a series of live events to demonstrate its industry-leading cable protection systems (CPS), installation techniques and engineering developments. The demonstration days are taking place at the Offshore Renewable Energy Catapult’s (ORE Catapult) National Ren
An engineering design study for the Energy Technologies Institute (ETI) by The Glosten Associates, using their innovative tension leg floating platform (TLP) for Offshore Wind demonstrator has shown that UK offshore wind energy costs could fall to below £85/MWh by the mid-2020s, with further reducti
Nanoelectronics research center imec, Ghent University, and their partners in the European FP7 project SMARTFIBER have demonstrated the world’s first miniaturized fiber-optical sensor system than can be fully embedded in a composite material. This achievement paves the way toward smart composites th
DNV GL is offering PhD students from across the globe the chance to enter the 2nd annual ‘PhD Award in Renewable Energy’ competition with the author of the winning thesis receiving a 5000€ prize cash prize. The competition and prize was first initiated in 2012 to support research & development, educ
The European Commission yesterday awarded €1 billion funding to 19 projects to fight climate change under the second call of the so-called NER 300 funding programme. The funding for the projects comes from revenues resulting from the sale of emission allowances in the EU Emissions Trading System. Th
First Minister of Wales, Carwyn Jones, has welcomed an announcement by the Crown Estate, which supports the Welsh Government’s vision of developing a thriving marine renewable energy industry in Wales. The Crown Estate has announced the successful Third Party Managers of two areas of water off the W
Marine Power Systems (MPS), a Swansea-based company that is developing revolutionary technology designed to capture the energy from ocean waves, has raised more than £1 million from a panel of local business angels and the Welsh Government. The company, co-founded by Swansea University graduates Dr
The Crown Estate, manager of the UK seabed, announced today that it has agreed seabed rights for new demonstration zones and project sites around the UK’s coast. The rights include six new wave and tidal current demonstration zones and five tidal current project sites each with the potential to deli
