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  • OPT Gets USD 2.6 Million for Wave Energy Device Development off Japan’s Coast

    31 October 2013
    Business & Finance, R&D, Technology

    Ocean Power Technologies, Inc. (OPT) today announced that the Company has received a $2.6 million contract from Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding Co., Ltd. (MES) to provide the final design and supply of key components of a PowerBuoy system intended for deployment off the coast of Japan to demonstrate its utility application in local sea conditions. […]

  • UK: AREVA Launches Pre-Apprenticeship Programme for Offshore Wind Turbine Technicians

    9 October 2013
    Training & Education

    The Scottish Minister for Energy, Tourism and Enterprise, Fergus Ewing MSP, officially launched the AREVA Wind sponsored Pre-Apprenticeship programme for wind turbine technician training in partnership with Fife College. This programme is specifically designed to provide the training and skills required for the offshore wind industry and serves as a precursor for further training opportunities […]

  • 7MW Offshore Wind Turbine Nearing Completion in Fife, UK

    8 October 2013

     The operation to install the huge two-piece steel structure has been taking place over recent days 50m offshore from Methil’s Energy Park Fife. Once fully assembled and operational, the three blade, 7MW prototype turbine will be the world’s largest and most powerful installed turbine, with the tip of its blades 196m above sea level and […]

  • A Lot of Work Still to Be Done on Principle Power’s WindFloat Project (USA)

    2 October 2013
    Authorities, Technology, Wind Farm Update

    After the announcement that Principle Power’s unsolicited lease request for the WindFloat Pacific project, a proposed 30 MW floating offshore wind project off Coos Bay Oregon, has been determined to be complete by the US Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM), the company said that it is very excited to have reached this milestone. However, […]

  • UK: OSBIT Power’s MaXccess System Receives Innovation Award

    11 December 2012

    NOF Energy, the business support organisation for oil, gas, nuclear and offshore renewables, has named OSBIT Power (OP) as the winner of its Innovation & Technology Award 2012. The award comes in recognition of OP’s development and commercial introduction of its MaXccess offshore access system, an innovative and exceptional product providing safer, more weather tolerant, […]

  • Belgium: 10 Energy Ministers Discuss Potential for Integrated Offshore Grid

    6 December 2012
    Authorities, Grid Connection, R&D

    Energy Ministers from the 10 countries around the North and Irish Seas (Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Luxembourg, The Netherlands, Norway, Sweden and the United Kingdom) and the European Commissioner for Energy gathered on 3rd December to discuss the outcome of the analysis that has been carried out by Government authorities, transmission system operators and […]

  • WWF, Greenpeace: Offshore Wind Better Than Gas for UK Economy

    4 December 2012
    R&D

    Investment in offshore wind would create more jobs and generate higher GDP than reliance on gas-fired power, with only marginal impacts on electricity prices, according to a Cambridge Econometrics report launched today by WWF-UK and Greenpeace. “Much of the debate around the choice between gas-fired and offshore wind electricity generation in the years post-2020 assumes […]

  • DONG Energy Signs Up to UK Government’s Wind Group

    3 December 2012
    Authorities

    Benj Sykes, Head of DONG Energy’s UK Wind business will be one of eleven industry members sitting on the Offshore wind programme board. The board has been set up as recommended in the Offshore Wind Cost Reduction Taskforce’s report this year as part of their action plan to reduce the costs of offshore wind. The […]

  • UK: Technip Offshore Wind Senior Vice President Honored to Join OWPB

    28 November 2012

    Ron Cookson, Technip Offshore Wind’s Senior VP has joined the Board of the OWPB, yesterday.  He stated: ‘It is a great honour to be asked to join the Offshore Wind Programme Board (OWPB). ‘We are tasked with the delivery of solutions which will reduce the cost of energy cost to the consumer and bring benefit […]

  • Denmark: Vestas Negotiates Construction of 8MW Offshore Wind Turbine with MHI

    27 November 2012
    Business & Finance, Technology

    Vestas Wind Systems A/S and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd.(MHI)are negotiating on a plan by Vestas to build an 8MW offshore wind turbine. It would be the largest offshore wind turbine with approximately 30% more power than the current record-holder, Siemens’ 6MW turbine. This information came yesterday from Vestas’ CFO Dag Andresen, right after the company […]

  • UK: Offshore Renewables Business Powers Up with Investment Funding

    26 November 2012
    Business & Finance

    Independent offshore renewables development business, Trident Energy, has secured an investment of £180,000 from the Low Carbon Innovation Fund (LCIF) as part of a total funding package worth more than half a million pounds. The LCIF is managed by green merchant bank Turquoise International and the investment will support the commercialisation of Trident Energy’s PowerPod […]

  • UK: BMT Nigel Gee Launches 3 WFSVs in 10 Days

    23 November 2012

    BMT Nigel Gee Ltd, a subsidiary of BMT Group Ltd, the leading international maritime design, engineering and risk management consultancy, announced that three new Windfarm Support Vessels built to a BMT design have been launched over a period of ten days from three different shipyards, two in Europe and one in Asia. The vessels range […]

  • International Tidal Community Gears Up for Industry Summit (UK)

    22 November 2012

    With over 350 attendees, 45 speakers and 25 exhibitors, ITES2012 remains the biggest and most comprehensive networking forum for the international tidal community. A new focus on project finance has attracted key financiers as well as major stakeholders looking to mitigate the risk of investing in commercial scale tidal energy installations. The 6th Tidal Summit […]

  • Germany: MT Højgaard Speaking at Offshore Wind Construction and Installation Conference

    20 November 2012

    Danish MT Højgaard is speaking at the Offshore Wind Construction and Installation Conference 2012 in Hamburg from 20 to 22 November. MT Højgaard will be sharing their knowledge from the recently completed foundation installation at the Anholt Offshore Wind Farm; Denmark’s largest offshore wind farm with a capacity of 400 MW. The conference is the […]

  • U.S. Army Corps Extends Comment Period on Deepwater Wind’s Offshore Project

    15 November 2012
    Authorities

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has extended the public comment period until Dec. 31, 2012 for those who want to submit comments on the Deepwater Wind proposal to construct five wind turbine generators and do other work off the southeast coast of Block Island, Rhode Island. The original 45-day comment period was scheduled to […]

  • UK: Navitus Bay Organises Information Workshops for Local Businesses

    20 June 2012

    Navitus Bay Development Limited is offering local businesses the chance to attend a series of free workshops and presentations to provide information on the supply chain for the proposed offshore wind park. The sessions will be open to engineering businesses and marine/port services industries in Dorset, Hampshire and the Isle of Wight. These industries will […]

  • UK: Humber Local Enterprise Partnership Becomes Limited Company

    20 June 2012

    The Humber Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP) has become a limited company and relocated to a new office in Hull’s Fruit Market The LEP has moved into the ground floor of 48 Queen Street, the building which is home to the World Trade Centre Hull & Humber. The move was agreed recently by the LEP Board […]

  • UK: Application for Navitus Bay Offshore Meteorological Mast Approved

    19 June 2012

    The marine license application for a meteorological mast to be erected close to the proposed Navitus Bay wind park development area has been approved by the Marine Management Organisation (MMO). The meteorological mast will collect reliable and representative wind data, which will be used to inform the design of the wind farm and provide estimates […]

  • Norway: Kongsberg Group Sets Up Wind Energy Division

    13 June 2012

    The Kongsberg Group (KONGSBERG) has chosen the Kongsberg Maritime facility at Lade in Trondheim, Norway as the home of its new ‘Centre for Optimum Wind Park Operation’. The new wind power division, is a joint venture between global marine technology developer Kongsberg Maritime and parent company KONGSBERG, and has been implemented to develop solutions for […]

  • Germany: Global Tech I Opens Site Office in Bremerhaven

    13 June 2012

    Global Tech I Offshore Wind GmbH opened its site office in Bremerhaven. It is located at the old ferry house at the Geeste, which was built in 1912 by the Weser River Navigation Company to operate a ferry service from Bremerhaven to Nordenham. From this historic building 30-person team will build the North Sea wind farm Global […]

  • UK: CTruk Boats Secures Five Orders at Seawork 2012

    25 May 2012

    CTruk Boats, innovative UK shipyard on the east coast, has secured five new orders at Seawork 2012. The company will build the first CVenture40, which offers year-round utilisation for owner-operators, and four 19m multi-purpose catamarans (MPC).  Andy White, Chairman of CTruk Boats, said, “These orders establish CTruk Boats as the leading, innovative UK shipyard and […]

  • UK: Seajacks Takes Delivery of New Self-Propelled Jack-Up Vessel ‘Seajacks Zaratan’

    24 May 2012

    Seajacks has taken delivery of Seajacks Zaratan, a state-of-the-art jack-up vessel purpose built for the offshore wind industry. The jack-up vessel was built by Lamprell Energy at their Hamriyah facility and increases Seajacks’ fleet to three self-propelled vessels. The contract for the construction of the vessel was signed between Seajacks and Lamprell in May 2010 […]

  • UK: Chemical Specialist Launches Renewables Installation System at All Energy

    24 May 2012

    Aubin, a leading independent supplier of specialist chemicals to the energy industry, is launching a new installation system for the renewables market at this year’s All Energy exhibition. The new Hybrid Gel system, which can be seen in action at stand AB7 in the Aberdeen City & Shire Pavilion at All Energy 2012, evolved from […]

  • East of England Energy Zone Decommissioning Could Provide Wealth of Opportunities

    5 November 2012

    Forecasts for a rise on decommissioning activity worth billions could provide a wealth of opportunities for the region. Supporting the initiative to harness the potential prospects for the region, which could bring jobs, skills and financial gain to the region, is the East of England Energy Zone, which was launched earlier this year to highlight […]

  • Research and Markets Adds Report on German Energy Shift Influence on RWE

    24 October 2012
    R&D

    Research and Markets has announced the addition of the ‘RWE AG Goes Green? The Energiewende and the End of RWE’s Nuclear Ambitions’ report to their offering. RWE is one of Europe’s leading energy utility companies, supplying 17 million customers with electricity and 8 million with gas. The German government’s energy policy reversal forced RWE to withdraw […]

  • ‘Regional Energy, National Solutions’ Report Greatly Supports U.S. Offshore Wind Development

    22 October 2012
    R&D

    As voters contemplate who will occupy the White House and Congress in the years ahead, The Center for the Next Generation and the Center for American Progress released “Regional Energy, National Solutions,” a new report that argues that the United States needs a long-term strategy to achieve climate stability, economic prosperity, and energy security using […]