The University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC) and the Maryland Energy Administration (MEA) have announced a new partnership to advance research for the strategic planning and development of offshore wind energy projects. Under this partnership, UMBC will draw on its expertise with light detect
The ScottishPower Renewables (SPR) owned Pelamis P2 wave energy converter has this week completed its first year of a robust testing programme at the European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) in Orkney. The combined P2 test programme has now accumulated 7500 grid connected operating hours, and exported 1
The Carbon Trust today unveiled their latest research project designed to help cut the cost of offshore wind power by increasing the energy yields from Round 3 wind farms that will be located up to 290km from the UK coast. The new £2m wake effects measurement project will provide detailed measuremen
Geotechnical investigation work for the proposed tidal lagoon in Swansea Bay is about to begin as Tidal Lagoon Power Plc starts the process of determining seabed conditions in the area. Undertaken by contractor ESG, Environmental Scientifics Group, the seabed investigation work will be carried out o
Dr Kevin Black will present a paper at All Energy, titled “Scour Prediction at Offshore Structures: Utility of the DNV (2011) Guidance and the Way Forward for Scour Prediction”. All Energy takes place 22-23 May 2013 in Aberdeen Exhibition and Conference Centre. Scour occurs at the seabed due to flow
SeaEnergy PLC undertakes a study on behalf of Scottish Enterprise and Marine Scotland, into the potential demand for and use of converted fishing vessels to support the offshore wind industry. In support of the Scottish Government’s policy of developing the offshore renewable energy capacity in Scot
On Wednesday, May 8, the University of Maine presented the base for its 1/8 scale prototype of a 6MW VolturnUS wind turbine, which is planned for a project off Maine’s coast by 2030. The floating wind turbine platform will be disassembled and transported to Cianbro in Brewer by the end of the month.
HiDef Aerial Surveying have strengthened their position in the European market with two new German offshore contracts. New orders include consenting surveys for Dong Energy consultant, BioConsult, as well as baseline data acquisition for the University of Kiel. Both contracts will provide marine bir
Sea Wave Energy Ltd. (SWEL) is a new-entrant renewable energy business, focused on the marine sector. It was established to exploit the intellectual property of its Waveline Magnet device, a wave energy converter that is the culmination of eight years’ research and development. In March 2013, the la
In their new study entitled “Offshore Wind Toward 2020 – On the Pathway to Cost Competitiveness“, the experts at Roland Berger Strategy Consultants state that they expect Europe to have installed offshore wind capacity of 40 GW by 2020. In the same year, global investment to ramp up offshore wind po
Scottish Enterprise has awarded Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) £6.04million POWERS funding to support the development of its latest 7MW Offshore Wind Turbine prototype at the Energy Park in Fife. This award will support an intended total investment of £100 million in Scotland, which SHI announced la
Lockheed Martin is progressing with Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion.The company has recently signed a memorandum of agreement with Reignwood Group to develop an Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion (OTEC) pilot power plant off the coast of southern China. Known as OTEC, this technology generates electric
The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) published a patent of a combined offshore power generation structure on May 2, designed by a South Korean inventor Hwal Jin Jang. The summary of the invention says: In recent years, offshore wind power generation structures, offshore tidal power ge
MMT Group AB (Gothenburg, Sweden) and Reach Subsea AS, an integrated Subsea Service Provider (Haugesund, Norway), have signed a Letter of Intent for the purpose of establishing a new Joint Venture within Offshore Survey Operations. The Parties have for some time, together with the engineering compan
