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  • 29 March 2022
    Business & Finance, Vessels

    Danish wind farm installation vessel owner and operator Cadeler A/S said that the company tripled its revenue in 2021 and returned to profitability. The revenue for 2021 totaled EUR 61 million, an increase of 212 per cent against EUR 19.5 million in 2020. The growth reflects a 77 per cent utilization rate of the vessels […]

  • 17 February 2022
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders

    SSE Renewables has called on the Irish Government to expand its renewable energy ambition and increase its current 5 GW target of installed offshore wind energy by 2030. Speaking at the Irish Renewable Energy Summit at Croke Park, Dublin, the company’s Director of Development Maria Ryan said the offshore wind was key to addressing the […]

  • 2 February 2022
    Vessels

    Offshore wind turbines are growing in size as technology advances and demand for renewable energy soars but installing them could be a headache for operators as demand will outpace the supply of capable vessels by 2024, Rystad Energy research shows. Operators will have to invest in new vessels or upgrade existing ones to install the […]

  • 22 December 2022
    Wind Farm Update

    SSE Renewables submitted the application for the 4.1 GW Berwick Bank offshore wind project to Marine Scotland on 9 December, kicking off the consent process with the Scottish Ministers. According to the developer, the project’s site in the Firth of Forth is the only remaining fixed-bottom site in Scotland that could bring forward this kind […]

  • 21 November 2011

    Two new build ‘Seabreeze’ windmill installation vessels shall be equipped with OCTOPUS-Onboard. The vessels shall be operated by NSB (Germany) in order to install windmills in the Nordsee Ost windfarm project for RWE Innogy. RWE Innogy pools the renewable energy expertise and power plants of the RWE Group. The company plans, builds and operates facilities […]

  • 22 April 2020
    Vessels

    Innogy has sold and handed over its offshore installation vessel Seabreeze II and related equipment to SPIC Ronghe International Financial Leasing Co. Ltd. A corresponding agreement between innogy and the Hong Kong-based leasing company had previously been signed in February, the German energy company said. With the sale of Seabreeze I in 2015 and now […]

  • 22 August 2012
    Authorities

    Northern Ireland’s Environment Minister, Alex Attwood MLA, today visited, for the first time, the Siemens-owned SeaGen tidal energy turbine at Strangford Lough. Minister Attwood climbed aboard SeaGen and met members of the SeaGen project team, who explained how the technology operates and the work that has been carried out locally to develop this pioneering green […]

  • 27 February 2014
    Authorities, R&D, Technology

    Greg Barker, the UK Minister of State at the Department for Energy and Climate Change (DECC), payed a visit to Seagen in Northern Ireland on Tuesday, 25th February 2014. “This SeaGen tidal turbine may be a prototype but is grid connected and already powering 1500 NI homes,” Minister Barker posted on Twitter during his visit. […]

  • 11 June 2014
    Authorities, Technology

    On Thursday,25th June Marine Current Turbines (MCT), a Siemens-business hosted a visit from the Minister of State for Northern Ireland Andrew Robathan to its world-leading tidal turbine at Strangford Lough. SeaGen, which has been generating clean energy for 1,400 homes since 2008 is the world’s first and largest commercial scale tidal current turbine. The Minister […]

  • 25 September 2014
    Authorities, Operations & Maintenance, Technology

    According to a notice to mariners for Strangford Narrows area issued yesterday, 24th September, planned operations on the SeaGen tidal turbine system are currently being undertaken and may impact navigation. SeaGen is a tidal turbine comprising of a central pile and crossbeam that holds the turbines at the extremities. When the crossbeam is raised above […]

  • 29 April 2015
    Business & Finance

    Atlantis has reached an agreement to acquire the Bristol based tidal business, Marine Current Turbines Limited (MCT) from Siemens. MCT was the company to installation and commission the world’s first commercial scale tidal turbine in 2008. The SeaGen S 1.2MW turbine, located in Strangford Narrows in Northern Ireland, has generated approximately 10 gigawatt hours of […]

  • 10 December 2014
    Operations & Maintenance, Technology

    Marine Current Turbines’ (MCT) SeaGen tidal turbine, installed in Strangford Narrows, Northern Ireland, will be undergoing scheduled inspection and maintenance from Monday, December 15. SeaGen comprises a central pile and crossbeam that holds the turbines at the extremities. The crossbeam is expected to be raised above the water for inspection and maintenance work for a period of 3 days. SeaGen works by […]

  • 17 January 2012

    As well as being a renewable energy success , SeaGen, the world’s first commercial tidal current energy turbine is also an environmental success. The tidal turbine, designed and deployed by Marine Current Turbines Ltd (MCT) and located in Northern Ireland’s Strangford Lough has had no major impact on the Lough’s marine life. This is the […]

  • 4 December 2012
    Technology

    A model of SeaGen was exhibited in the House of Commons on 3rd December at an event hosted by the SeaBed User Development Group and organised by the Renewable Energy Association.  The event was an opportunity to showcase to parliamentarians Marine Current Turbines’ (MCT) tidal technology as well as the wider work of  the marine […]

  • 25 June 2014
    Authorities, Business & Finance, R&D, Technology

    Nova Scotia’s Minister of Energy and Minister of Communications, Andrew Younger today visited Siemens’ SeaGen tidal energy turbine at Strangford Lough, Northern Ireland.  Siemens-owned Marine Current Turbines (MCT) is pushing ahead with even more ambitious innovation in Canada with the SeaGen-F floating turbine, which forms a backdrop to today’s visit. Minister Younger climbed aboard SeaGen […]

  • 8 April 2013
    Technology

    It’s five years ago that SeaGen was deployed by the “Rambiz” crane barge in Northern Ireland’s Strangford Lough.  As it was a world-first, the event attracted global media interest and a large number of people made the visit to the Lough to see the deployment take place.  SeaGen’s installation was completed six weeks later, the […]

  • 3 February 2014

    Siemens-owned tidal power system specialist Marine Current Turbines (MCT) is conducting an inspection and maintenance work on the SeaGen tidal turbine system. The crossbeam has been raised today and will remain in an upright position for around 28 days. For safety, it is requested that all craft keep a safe distance of at least 50m […]

  • 6 September 2012

    SeaGen, the first commercial-scale tidal stream energy system has achieved a new milestone of 5 gigawatt-hours (GWh) of tidal power generation since starting operation at Strangford Lough in Northern Ireland. That equals the annual power consumption of 1,500 British households. The Siemens-owned system is one of the largest tidal stream power projects today. This latest […]

  • 28 November 2012
    Technology

    Siemens-owned SeaGen, the world-leading tidal current system in Northern Ireland’s Strangford Lough, has achieved three power generation milestones in record time. Since its installation in 2008, the tidal current turbine has fed more than six gigawatt hours of electrical power into the grid and has thus set another record for free stream tidal energy systems. […]

  • 12 September 2013
    R&D, Technology

    Having gotten off to a flying start, the SeaGen 2.0MW test programme at The National Renewable Energy Centre, Narec continues to prove its success. Siemens-owned MCT delivered the prototype powertrain and all associated equipment to the Narec facility in June 2013. Since that time, a large variety of tests have been conducted to rigorously test […]

  • 10 March 2014

    As part of the Wave & Tidal conference, RenewableUK in conjunction with Marine Current Turbines, Minesto, Aquamarine Power and the Queen’s University Belfast (QUB) organised a day trip to Strangford Lough for the conference attendees on Friday 28th February 2014. During the trip participants had the opportunity to take a boat trip to SeaGen and […]

  • 6 March 2014
    Operations & Maintenance, R&D, Technology

    Frazer-Nash is working with Marine Current Turbines to provide engineering and related technical services to help minimise fatigue loads on its next generation SeaGen tidal turbine, and reduce the costs and risks associated with this renewable technology. Marine Current Turbines appointed Frazer-Nash due to its experience in the sector, and the consultancy’s previous work on […]

  • 22 November 2013
    Operations & Maintenance, Technology

    Siemens-owned Marine Current Turbines has announced that it will carry out upkeep activities on its SeaGen tidal turbine system on Monday, 25th November. The system’s crossbeam will be raised for inspection and maintenance work, and it is expected that the crossbeam will be raised for a period of 2 days, the company said in its […]

  • 31 January 2012

    Bristol based Marine Current Turbines (MCT) announced that its 1.2MW SeaGen device has produced more than 3GWh of electricity since its deployment in 2008. SeaGen is located in Northern Ireland’s Strangford Lough and it is the first of its kind to reach this level. The company has been progressing on many fronts. During 2011, two […]

  • 10 April 2013

    Siemens and its subsidiary Marine Current Turbines will be exhibiting at this week’s Thetis MRE exhibition and conference in Brest, France (April 10th and 11th). The Siemens stand (C6) is located in the main exhibition hall at Brest’s International Convention Centre. Thetis MRE provides Siemens the opportunity to tell delegates about the development of its […]

  • 7 October 2014
    Business & Finance, Technology

    After 10 years’ service with the leading tidal developer Marine Current Turbines Ltd, a Siemens Business (MCT) David Ainsworth will now join Kite Power Solutions Ltd. Prior to joining MCT David spent 8 years as part of the management team building Bowman Power Systems, who at that time were developing compact gas turbine cogeneration systems […]