EUROS Company has completed a full scale test campaign of its 81.6m offshore wind turbine blade. The final step of the test campaign, the so-called post fatigue static test, was successfully completed according to IEC and GL standards. Last week, IWES performed all Flapwise and Edgewise tests under
Bethan Martin, Project Manager at North West Energy Squared – supported by the North West Business Leadership Team (NWBLT) – presents the NWBLT tidal power model showcase on the IFB Hub Trading Floor. The model shows plans for a series of tidal gateways across the estuaries on the North West coast w
German business network, Wind Energy Agency WAB, has established a working group on Investment and Financing. The working group will present itself and its goals today at 2pm for the first time at WINDFORCE 2014 in Bremen, at the booth of Wind Energy Agency WAB (Hall 5 Stand K 50). The working group
City Councils of Bristol, Sedgemoor, West Somerset and Cardiff will submit an application for a GBP 3 million grant to the European Union, which would allow financing the development of a tidal lagoon in Severn Estuary. Specifically, the EU funds would be used to finance a feasibility research. So f
Sembmarine SLP Limited has signed an Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the China Shipbuilding Corporation, Zhengzhou Institute of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, with a view to cooperate and promote products and services for use in offshore construction projects, specifically in regard t
DNV GL is celebrating both its 150th anniversary as well as the first anniversary since forming the world’s leading certification body in June. To mark this occasion, DNV GL is inviting those interested in the issues shaping the future to its Innovation Day, taking place on 25 June 2014 at DNV GL’s
Statoil’s floating wind turbine concept – is designed to capture wind energy offshore with minimal environmental impact. To make Hywind available in more markets and even more cost efficient, the company would like to improve assembly and installation. Through the Hywind installation challenge, Stat
DNV GL, the world’s largest resource of independent energy experts (uniting Garrad Hassan, KEMA, DNV, GL Certification), will be participating at the WINDFORCE conference 2014 in Bremen between the 17th-19th June 2014 (stand C51 in Hall 5). As the topic of cost reduction continues to define the offs
Following the successful deployment of the world’s first community owned tidal turbine in Shetland, Nova Innovation (Scotland) and ELSA (Belgium) have secured funding to build the Shetland Tidal Array – potentially the world’s first in-sea tidal array. The £3.75M investment package supported by Scot
One of OWI-Lab’s researchers Dr. Ir. Jan Helsen has became a member of the TP Wind Platform, Working Group 2 – Wind Power Systems. This Working Group focuses on aspects enabling costs reductions on the wind turbine side (onshore and offshore). Key areas in this subject may include: materials, drive-
Despite an overall slump in installations in 2013, the global cumulative wind power capacity will more than double from 319.6 Gigawatts (GW) at the end of 2013 to 678.5 GW by 2020, says research and consulting firm GlobalData. The company’s latest repor states that China, the largest single wind pow
Glasgow-based control engineering company, SgurrControl, has this week kicked off an offshore wind reliability project, supported by a £667k grant under the Department for Energy and Climate Change’s (DECC) Offshore Wind Components Technology Scheme. SgurrControl, part of the renewable energy consul
An EU scheme pioneering collaborative research projects in marine science between business and universities has been given a £1m EU boost, Welsh Finance Minister Jane Hutt has announced. Bangor University’s £23.6m SEACAMS project, delivered in partnership with Aberystwyth and Swansea Universities, i
Mocean/DBD Systems/Ewind was selected by Maritime Research Institute Netherlands (MARIN) to conduct a 2 week long wave tank tests on a unique TLP foundation for deep water sites suitable for the Siemens SWT 6.0-154 6MW offshore wind turbine generators (WTG) and other similar WTGs. The results of the
