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  • Seacat to Deploy ‘Vigilant’ in Denmark

    5 October 2012
    Operations & Maintenance

    It’s been a busy month for Seacat Services Ltd, as it starts to deploy an increasing number of vessels to European offshore wind projects. The two 19metre vessels, ‘Endeavour’ and ‘Reliance’, are three months into a five-month contract on the Anholt offshore wind farm in Denmark. Contracted to Nexans, the boats are tasked with crew […]

  • Finland: Repeat Order from G&G International to Pemamek

    11 February 2013

    A successful delivery of PEMA Windmill Tower Sections Assembly Lines of last year is now followed by an order for PEMA Offshore Foundation Welding Line. The previously delivered versatile PEMA assembly line has been in heavy use also in welding pressure vessels and extremely heavy jack-up legs. A new outcome of co-operation between G & […]

  • UK: Gannets and Offshore Renewables

    2 November 2012
    Environment

    With European member states committed to obtaining 20% of their energy from renewables by 2020, the number of offshore wind, wave and tidal developments is increasing, potentially putting pressure on marine life. Seabirds could be affected in many ways, including through loss of foraging habitat, and collision with wind turbines. In a new study by […]

  • Canada: Land Use Controversy Resolved

    20 November 2012

    OrcaLab, a whale research station on Hanson Island, B.C., and SRM Projects Ltd., a renewable energy engineering firm from Nanaimo, B.C., has jointly announced that they have found common ground after SRM Project’s tidal energy investigative license application for Blackney Passage raised concerns with OrcaLab and others because the site is located within Critical Habitat […]

  • Australia: BioPower to Employ Locals for bioWave Project

    15 November 2012

    Australian wave and tidal energy developer, BioPower Systems, has completed the designs for its bioWAVE Pilot Demonstration Project off the coast of Victoria and will begin contracting for the project over the next few months. Local businesses and people will be contracted as much as possible, Tim Finnigan from BioPower Systems is cited by the ABC […]

  • Germany: Q3 Strongest for Nordex

    14 November 2012
    Business & Finance

    In the first nine months of the current year, the Nordex Group posted a 7 percent increase in sales to EUR 715.5 million (2011: EUR 668.2 million). Business in Europe, which is the company’s most important region, rose in particular, with sales climbing by 16 percent. With business volume EUR 294.4 million, the third quarter […]

  • Germany Expects Grid Breakthrough

    4 June 2012
    Grid Connection

    Last week an initial breakthrough was made to further accelerate Germany’s shift to renewable energy. The country’s four major grid operators provided the German government with a new plan for a major grid expansion. The government is reviewing the plan and has recently intensified high-level meetings among national and state-level players. Germany Trade & Invest […]

  • UK: SRTP Completes Deployment of SR250

    25 May 2012

    Continuing on from the successful grid connection last month, Scotrenewables Tidal Power Ltd. has forged ahead with their testing plan and have just completed a 4 day deployment of the SR250. Using the locally owned multi-cat ‘MV Orcadia’, the device was towed to site on Thursday morning and connected to their mooring at The Fall […]

  • MPSC Approves REP for Detroit Edison Company (USA)

    21 December 2011

    The Michigan Public Service Commission (MPSC) today approved an amended renewable energy plan (REP) for The Detroit Edison Company. The utility on June 2 filed an application seeking, among other things, approval of an amended REP that includes a portfolio of about 1,000 megawatts (MW) of nameplate capacity of renewable and advanced cleaner energy generating […]

  • Datawell Teams up with CoastalObsTechServices for US Market

    21 October 2011

    Datawell, the manufacturer of precision wave buoys celebrating its 50th anniversary this year, has teamed with CoastalObsTechServices LLC… (seadiscovery) [mappress] Source: seadiscovery, October 21, 2011

  • Floating Lessons at DeepCwind (USA)

    19 July 2011
    Business & Finance

      The DeepCwind Consortium reviewed dozens of applications and placed 12 students around Maine and Washington, D.C. for eight-week-long summer internships. Follow this series to hear from the mouths of interns what it’s like to work for companies that are launching the floating deepwater offshore wind industry.  Dustin Jalbert, Masters Candidate International Finance and Economics […]

  • Critics Accuse Nicolas Sarkozy of ‘Grave Attack on Collective Memory’ of Second World War (France)

    18 July 2011
    Authorities

    Critics, including British veterans’ families, have slammed the decision to proceed with erecting more than 100 turbines more than 525ft … By Henry Samuel (telegraph) [mappress] Source: telegraph, July 18, 2011;

  • Clearing Hurdles for Offshore Wind Development (USA)

    2 June 2011
    Authorities, Business & Finance

    Today the House Natural Resources Committee will convene a hearing on identifying roadblocks to wind and solar energy on public lands and… (enewspf) [mappress] Source: enewspf, June 02, 2011;

  • Importance of Offshore Wind Cables (UK)

    30 May 2011

    The recent UK announcements on offshore wind construction have focused on the connecting cables between an offshore wind farm and the shore. “British energy regulator Ofgem has awarded a consortium of Balfour Beatty and investors AMP Capital and Equitix the right to own and operate a high-voltage transmission link to a UK offshore wind farm” […]

  • The Netherlands: Fairmount to Take Part in Offshore Energy 2011

    3 October 2011

    Fairmount, a world class marine contractor for ocean towage and heavy lift transportation by (submersible) barge, parallel to activities in the field of sales & purchase, brokerage and other related services, confirmed that it will participate at Offshore Energy 2011 Exhibition and Conference. The event takes place in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, between the 11th and […]

  • Fluidmecanica and Sagres S.L to Get Energy from Tidal Currents (Spain)

    16 September 2011

      Fluidmecanica I+D+i team, in cooperation with Sagres, S.L, is involved in the design and implementation, of the hydraulic drive, to get energy from tidal currents.  “The Magallanes Project started in 2007 with the challenge of developing a technology able to extract power from tidal currents and it has become, with the years, a reality […]

  • GL Registers Office in the Netherlands

    29 April 2011

      GL Garrad Hassan is now registered in the Netherlands as a B.V. (Dutch Limited). The name of the new entity is “GL Garrad Hassan Nederland B.V.”. The renewable consultancy has offices in Heerenveen, Leiden and Sint Maarten to accommodate the demand for consulting, design, project management services and training courses for renewable energy projects. […]

  • CarboCAT Goes Online (Sweden)

    25 November 2011

    Kockums launched new website for CarboCAT multipurpose service vessels and fast ferries. They’ve posted the next generation of commercial vessels online. At their site you can use the fuel cost calculator and learn how carbon fibre can boost performance while cutting costs. About CarboCAT CarboCAT is part of Kockums, a Swedish shipyard that has been […]

  • Norway: INTPOW Wins ONS Press Award

    31 August 2012

    INTPOW won the ONS 2012 Roger Vielvoye Memorial Award on Thursday, August 30, 2012. Managing Director Geir Elsebutangen accepted the award from Darius Snieckus, technology editor of Recharge. “The Vielvoye committee was impressed by INTPOW’s spearheading this year of two high-level seminars: one looking at development of the offshore wind power sector based on technology […]

  • UK: Ginny Louise Contract Extended

    23 August 2012

    Leo Hambro from Tidal Transit announced that the developers of the 140-turbine Greater Gabbard Offshore Wind Farm off the Suffolk coast, the SSE and RWE npower renewables partnership, has extended the contract for the company’s crew transfer vessel Ginny Louise. The Ginny Louise and its sister vessel Eden Rose, are state-of-the-art, high specification and purpose-designed […]

  • Breckland Council to Re-Examine Electricity Substation Decision

    5 April 2012

    According to EDP 24, the High Court ordered the Breckland Council to re-examine the decision to reject planning application for construction of a huge electricity substation, to be located 0.5km south of Little Dunham. As a result of resolute protests of the villagers, in October 2010 the Breckland councillors supported the voice of the people […]

  • UK: Hartlepool Remains Optimistic

    28 March 2012

    In the aftermath of the decision made by Spanish company Gamesa not to award an 800-job contract to the Tees Valley, but to assign a £125m worth deal for construction of wind turbines to Leith near Edinburgh, Damien Wilson, the assistant director of regeneration and planning at Hartlepool Borough Council remains optimistic. “We always knew […]

  • USA: ORPC Starts Installation of TidGen™ Power System

    28 February 2012
    Grid Connection, Technology

    ORPC recently announced that it will begin the installation of its first grid-connected, Commercial TidGen™ Power System at a 60-acre site in Cobscook Bay near Seward Neck, Lubec. The Company hopes to begin on-water deployment of its Cobscook Bay Tidal Energy Project around March 7 following issuance of a license by the Federal Energy Regulatory […]

  • The Netherlands: Demand Increases for Amarcon’s OCTOPUS-Office

    16 February 2012

    This year Amarcon noticed an increase in orders for her hydrodynamic analysis software: OCTOPUS-Office. In the last few months major companies within the maritime industry like Shanghai Zhenhua Heavy Industry Co., Ltd. (ZPMC), Mammoet and RWE Innogy placed an order for the software. Newcomer within the industry Hansa Heavy Lift GmbH and maritime consultants like […]

  • Germany: HOCHTIEF to Exhibit at IdeenPark

    10 August 2012

    HOCHTIEF will be exhibiting at IdeenPark, the largest technology exhibition experience in the Ruhr area in Germany, from 11 to 23 of August 2012. HOCHTIEF will present on energy infrastructure in the IdeenPark’s energy park at Messe Essen, Hall 3, booth 22. Solutions for development of renewable energies will be presented under the motto “On […]

  • UK: Seaworks 2013 Taking Shape

    8 August 2012

    Bookings for next year’s Seawork (11-13 June) are already coming in thick and fast, with the positive experience of this year’s exhibition and conference motivating exhibitors to book stands in prime locations early. The extended 253 metres of pontoons, providing the opportunity for on-the-water trials, will once again be a major attraction for exhibitors and […]