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  • UK: REF Responds to DECC on Offshore Wind Farms’ Costs

    6 February 2013
    Authorities

    Renewable Energy Foundation (REF) has responded to the Department of Energy & Climate Change (DECC) by writing a letter to Rt Hon Ed Davey, Secretary of State for Energy & Climate Change, after the news published a few days ago, where DECC was quoted as saying that REF’s figures regarding the future subsidy income for the […]

  • Britain Overwhelmingly Supports Wind Power

    5 September 2013
    R&D

    RenewableUK has today welcomed an opinion poll carried out by ComRes which once again highlights overwhelming support for wind power among the British public. The opinion poll shows that a massive 67% of people support building wind farms in the area in which they live, making wind one of the most popular forms of energy […]

  • Ireland Consulting on Offshore Wind Grid Development Policy

    10 June 2020
    Authorities, Grid Connection

    Ireland’s Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment (DCCAE) has launched consultation on the country’s grid development policy for offshore wind. The consultation period was opened on 10 June and will close on 1 July. In its Climate Action Plan published in June 2019, the Irish government committed to having at least 3.5 GW of offshore […]

  • US: NREL Outlines New Strategic Vision for Floating Wind

    19 August 2020
    R&D

    The U.S. Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) has recently published a study on floating wind, unveiling a new strategic vision for the sector. NREL researchers have identified barriers that must be overcome to bring down the overall cost of energy produced, and then outlined a vision for an integrated systems approach with […]

  • RenewableUK: Wave, Tidal Energy Industry Offer Huge Economic Benefits

    26 February 2014

    At RenewableUK’s 11th annual wave and tidal energy conference and exhibition, the trade association representing the marine energy industry will highlight the publication of a position paper which puts forward the case for developing the nation’s wave and tidal energy resources to their fullest potential. “Generating Value – Maximising the Value of Marine Energy in […]

  • Narec: GBP 2.8 Million Boost for Offshore Renewables Supply Chain in North East England

    10 July 2013
    Business & Finance, R&D, Technology

    The National Renewable Energy Centre (Narec) has established a £2.8 million public-private initiative to support SMEs in the North East of England to move into the rapidly developing offshore wind and marine renewable energy supply chain. The Renewable Energy Technology Accelerator (RETA) project will launch with three new collaborations, involving companies developing innovative technologies to […]

  • SSE on Ireland’s New Scheme: Too Little Room for Large-Scale Offshore Wind

    25 July 2018

    SSE has welcomed the approval of the new Renewable Electricity Support Scheme (RESS) in Ireland, however, the company said it had concerns that the potential size of the future individual auctions outlined in the RESS design “may be too small to allow large-scale offshore wind projects to commercially progress forward.”

  • Jee to Share Its Knowledge at Marine Renewables Event

    22 January 2015
    Technology

    Jee Ltd, a subsea engineering and training company, will share its experience in the field of offshore renewables and marine energy at the annual Wave & Tidal 2015 conference and exhibition next month. Presenting on day two in the session ‘Next Generation Enabling Technologies for the Wave and Tidal Sector’, Jee’s Business Development Manager for […]

  • ABPmer to Back Scottish Deep Water Renewables Plan

    23 January 2018
    Authorities, Contracts & Tenders

    Marine Scotland has awarded a contract to ABPmer to prepare the necessary scoping documents to support the development of floating wind and/ or other possible deep water technologies in Scottish waters. 

  • Aquamarine Power Secures GBP 7 Million of New Funding (UK)

    27 September 2011
    Business & Finance

      Wave energy company Aquamarine Power took another major step towards the commercialisation of its Oyster technology with the announcement today [27 September 2011] of £7 million of new funding and a commitment of further investment in the company from its existing shareholders over the next two years. The company has closed a funding round […]

  • Minesto CEO Hails Recent Report on Marine Energy

    21 April 2015

    Anders Jansson, CEO of Nordic marine energy technology company Minesto agrees with recently issued report ‘Marine Energy in Wales – Investment, Jobs, Supply Chain’ by Marine Energy Pembrokeshire (MEP). He believes that marine energy can have an even stronger impact on the Welsh economy than it suggest. The report concludes that technology and project developers to […]

  • Ireland Releases Offshore Wind Auction Rules, Expects to Secure 2.5 GW in Capacity

    10 November 2022
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    The Irish Government has approved terms and conditions for the country’s first auction to supply electricity from offshore wind under the Renewable Electricity Support Scheme (ORESS 1) which is expected to secure up to 2.5 GW of offshore wind capacity. The pre-qualification stage will launch next month while the qualification stage and the auction process […]

  • Tocardo to Set Up 5-Turbine Array in Dutch Eastern Scheldt

    16 June 2015
    Technology

    Tocardo Tidal Turbines will install five tidal turbines in the Eastern Scheldt storm surge barrier, the company announced today. This will be both the largest tidal energy project in the Netherlands as well as the world’s largest commercial tidal installation of five turbines in an array. The Eastern Scheldt storm surge barrier is designed to protect […]

  • Floating Tidal Turbine Project to Get NRC-IRAP Funds

    7 October 2015
    Technology

    A collaborative effort between Instream Energy Systems Corp. of Canada and IT Power Consulting Ltd. of the UK has been approved for financial support from the National Research Council of Canada Industrial Research Assistance Program (NRC-IRAP) and been awarded the EUREKA label. Instream Energy Systems, a Canadian hydrokinetic technology company, will work in collaboration with […]

  • 496 MW French Offshore Wind Farm Enters Construction Stage

    6 April 2023
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    The Eoliennes en Mer des îles d’Yeu et de Noirmoutier (EMYN) consortium, comprising Ocean Winds, Sumitomo Corporation, Banque des Territoires and Vendée Energie, has reached the final investment decision for the Îles d’Yeu and Noirmoutier offshore wind farm in France and thus moved the project into the construction stage. The first offshore operations will take […]

  • Scottish Government Extends Scope of Energy Plan to 200 Nautical Miles

    11 July 2011
    Operations & Maintenance, R&D

      The Scottish Government will undertake a scoping exercise to identify further areas of search for the development of offshore wind energy in Scottish Territorial Waters, and out to the 200 nautical mile limit. Since the publication of the Blue seas, Green energy report in March, the Scottish Government has been working closely with The […]

  • Kincardine Offshore Puts Kishorn Dry Dock to Use

    21 April 2017
    Wind Farm Update

    Kincardine Offshore Windfarm Limited (KOWL) has opted to use Kishorn Dry Dock in Strathcarron, Wester Ross, during the construction of the 48MW Kincardine floating wind farm.

  • UK: Crown Estate to Lease Further Wave and Tidal Sites

    22 May 2013
    Authorities, Technology

    The Crown Estate has announced plans to lease further wave and tidal sites in a bid to encourage and accelerate technology development. In line with responses to its recent industry engagement exercise, the leasing will focus on test and demonstration projects to be installed in waters around the UK. The further leasing adds to the […]

  • Rhode Island CRMC Gives Go-Ahead to Block Island OWF

    18 November 2014
    Authorities, Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    The Rhode Island Coastal Resources Management Council (CRMC) unanimously approved the final submerged lands lease and two joint licenses and assents for the five-turbine wind farm project off Block Island at its meeting last week. These were the final permits needed as stipulated by the CRMC in its original decision for Deepwater Wind, the developer […]

  • Pelamis P2 Wave Machines Reach 10,000 Hours of Grid-Connected Operation

    5 June 2014
    Grid Connection, Technology

    Two Pelamis P2 machines, currently deployed at the wave test site of the European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) in Orkney, have this week collectively reached a milestone 10,000 hours of grid connected operations. The machines, which are undergoing a progressive test programme at the Billia Croo wave test site, hit the 10,000th hour on Tuesday […]

  • Linklaters Advises Transmission Capital Partners on First Two Acquisitions of UK Offshore Transmission Assets

    21 July 2011
    Business & Finance

    Linklaters has advised on the first two offshore transmission projects in the UK market to reach financial close to date, reinforcing the firm’s excellent reputation in the renewables and transmission sectors. Linklaters advised a consortium of Transmission Capital Limited, Amber Infrastructure and International Public Partnerships (together, Transmission Capital Partners) in relation to the acquisition and […]

  • MCS Signs Acceptance of MCS Maestro from South Boats (UK)

    30 June 2011

    At RenewableUK Offshore Wind 2011 today in Liverpool Nikki Kuyt of Maritime Craft Services (Clyde) Ltd. signed for the acceptance of their latest vessel, the MCS Maestro, with Ben Colman from South Boats SP. The vessel, their second new build from the Isle of Wight ship yard, is an 18m South  Catamaran built to full […]

  • Ocean Planning Is the Key to Unlock America’s New Blue Economy

    12 May 2016

    Written by Shiva Polefka, Policy Analyst for the Center for American Progress’ Ocean Policy program.  The thin coastal fringe of the United States comprises a tiny proportion of the nation’s total land area but supports a huge share of its business. Coastal and Great Lakes counties alone—just 10 percent of U.S. land area, excluding Alaska—generated more […]

  • Germany: Survey Companies Gardline and GEO Grab 400MW Wind Farm Deal

    31 July 2012

    IBERDROLA, through its UK subsidiary ScottishPower Renewables, has taken the first step towards construction of the Wikinger offshore wind farm in Germany, the largest project of its kind located at such depth (over 40 metres). It has awarded two contracts, worth €18 million, to British company Gardline Group and GEO of Denmark, to conduct a […]

  • GBP 6 Million Available for Wave and Tidal Projects Through WATERS (Scotland)

    13 February 2012
    Authorities, Business & Finance

    The marine and tidal energy sector is to benefit from £6 million in funding to further develop testing of new wave and tidal prototypes in the seas around Scotland. Scottish Enterprise is launching a second round of the remaining competitive funding from the initial WATERS £13 million fund, launched in March 2010. To reduce the […]

  • Improving subsea cable detection

    26 January 2015

    One of the major cost elements in developing an offshore wind farm is to be found in the area of cabling and grid connection. There are significant costs incurred with the production of the inter array and export cables, their installation and the related connection activities ensuring the transfer of the energy produced to the […]