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  • EDF, Dong to Conduct Soil Investigation Offshore France

    25 July 2014
    Wind Farm Update

    Eolien Maritime France, a consortium of EDF EN and DONG Energy, is seeking contractors for geotechnical investigations at three wind farm locations off French coast. Up to six contractors will collect information which will be used for detailed design of wind turbine and potentially substation foundations. Wind farms included in the design work are the […]

  • CFS Takes On Offshore Wind Wave

    24 July 2014
    Business & Finance

    South Shields-based company has seen its turnover triple in one year. Due to offshore wind expansion and support from GROW: OffshoreWind programme, Complete Fabrication Services (CFS) increased its sales from GBP 1.1 million to GBP 3.5 million in just 12 months. The company is now focused on creating centralized 10,000-square foot facility to cope with […]

  • ABB Shows Strong Q2 Results

    23 July 2014
    Business & Finance

    ABB reported strong order growth, stable revenues and a significant increase in cash from operations for the second quarter of 2014. The lower operational EBITDA margin mainly reflects ongoing project-related challenges in the Power Systems (PS) division. Orders of $10.6 billion were 14 percent higher (13 percent on a like-for-like basis) compared with the same […]

  • EDF Supports Unique Redcar Coastwatch Scheme

    16 July 2014
    Business & Finance

    EDF Energy Renewables is supporting a unique Redcar community scheme to continue to monitor activities along the coast. Launched in 1996, Coastwatch Redcar trains volunteers to assist the HM Coastguard and search and rescue services in the event of an emergency or unusual incident at sea. The team is based at the Lookout watch tower […]

  • Fist Stage of Public Engagement PhD Completed

    15 July 2014
    R&D

    Bouke Wiersma, the University of Exeter PhD student undertaking research into public opinions in Guernsey on marine renewable energy, has completed the first part of his research. The PhD researches the meanings and values associated with Guernsey’s coastal and sea areas and with specific forms of offshore renewables (wind, tidal and wave) in order to […]

  • Govt to Make Decision on Rampion this Week

    15 July 2014
    Authorities

    UK Secretary of State has until Thursday to make a decision regarding the Rampion offshore wind farm project. The Planning Inspectorate issued its recommendation to the Secretary of State on 17 April 2014, after which the government was given three months to make its final say. The wind farm located around 13 kilometers off the […]

  • OPT Terminates Wave Energy Project in Australia

    15 July 2014
    Business & Finance

    USA company, Ocean Power Technologies (OPT), announced it is terminating its plans to develop a wave energy project in Australia, writes Bloomberg. OPT, a developer of wave energy generators, stated that the project off the coast of Victoria near the city of Portland, developed by its unit Victorian Wave Partners (VWP) is not “commercially viable.” […]

  • Siemens to Revolutionize Offshore Wind Turbine Service

    9 July 2014
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Technology

    Siemens has announced that, as of 2015, it will revolutionize the offshore wind turbine service with its new service operation vessels (SOVs). Equipped with state-of-the-art features and technology, the SOVs will bring the next generation of offshore wind service, which will be safer, faster, and more reliable. When Siemens’ new SOVs begin operation in 2015, wind turbine technicians will be living and […]

  • Crown Estate to Revise Round 3

    8 July 2014
    Authorities

    The Crown Estate has invited the Round 3 offshore wind development partners to revise the terms of their agreements, in recognition of the progress made in zone appraisal and the transition to the project development phase of Round 3. This could see the replacement of the zone development agreements with new project specific contractual arrangements. […]

  • Innovatum Adds Saab’s ROV to Its Fleet

    7 July 2014
    Technology

    Demand from the offshore wind industry has led Innovatum to add a second Saab Seaeye Cougar XT Compact to its ROV fleet. This comes as Innovatum’s reputation grows in the offshore wind industry for cutting the cost of inshore survey work. They have achieved this by creating the world’s smallest system of compact and rapidly […]

  • NOF Energy to Hold ‘Energy: A Balanced Future’ Conference

    7 July 2014

    NOF Energy, the business development organisation for oil, gas, nuclear, offshore renewables sectors, has announced its 2015 national conference, ‘Energy: A Balanced Future’, will take place at Sage Gateshead to meet growing interest in the event. Taking place on 10 and 11 March 2015, the fifth-annual conference and exhibition will also include, for the first […]

  • Boskalis ‘Ndurance’ Equipped with Caley A-Frame Handling System

    26 March 2014
    Technology

    Offshore handling systems specialist, Caley Ocean Systems has supplied a high performance, A-frame handling system to Boskalis Offshore for launching trenching vehicles and ploughs from the company’s first ‘N Class’ cable-laying vessel Ndurance. Mounted on the stern of the Ndurance, the Caley A-frame is capable of handling loads of 70 tonne with a maximum lift […]

  • WWII Bomb Detonated at Gwynt y Môr OWF

    25 March 2014
    Wind Farm Update

    Ramora UK and 6Alpha have detonated the first of three unexploded WWII bombs which were found on the seabed within the construction area of the Gwynt y Môr Offshore Wind Farm, writes the Daily Post. RWE Innogy UK first discovered the bombs in January and they acquired licenses for disposals earlier this month. Toby Edmonds, […]

  • Report on Wind Turbine Blades Available

    21 March 2014
    R&D, Technology

    Research and Markets has announced the addition of the “Wind Turbine Rotor Blades Trends” report to their offering. “Wind Turbine Rotor Blades are one of the most essential components of wind turbines. These blades are used for absorbing the wind’s kinetic power and subsequently converting the power into a rotational motion (or mechanical energy) about […]

  • Carnegie Releases 1MW CETO 6 Design

    21 March 2014

    Carnegie Wave Energy Limited released the design of its commercial generation CETO 6 unit to be used following the current Perth Wave Energy Project (Perth Project) as the company’s first production unit for sale. The CETO 6 unit will have a 1MW (1000kW) power capacity, some four times of the current CETO 5 generation being […]

  • Flensburg University to Host Offshore Wind Symposium

    19 March 2014

    Offshore wind farms will be an important option for the future of renewable energy supply. Their further development, even in busy transport routes  as it is the case with the German Bight, is justified both in terms of energy efficiency and logistics. However, as a result, this poses a challenge to the safety of shipping […]

  • OPT Publishes Fiscal 2014 Results

    14 March 2014

    Ocean Power Technologies, Inc. announced financial results for its Fiscal 2014 third quarter and the nine months ended January 31, 2014.

  • EWEA Presents Health and Safety Video

    13 March 2014

    EWEA has produced an industry-leading health and safety video, which was premièred at the EWEA Annual Event in Barcelona. “This video is intended to complement national health and safety guidelines and act as an induction for wind energy workers,” said Angeliki Koulouri, environment and planning analyst at EWEA. “We hope it will be used alongside […]

  • OMM, Geofabrics to Develop Scour Protection Solution

    11 March 2014

    Offshore Marine Management (OMM) has teamed up with Geofabrics Australasia, a provider of geotextiles and geosynthetic engineering solutions to create a new and effective, environmentally sensitive and sustainable solution for scour protection at the base of wind turbines. OMM will be using Geofabrics ELCOROCK System, a robust sand filled container made from the highest durability […]

  • BLG: Technology Leadership trough Innovation

    7 March 2014
    R&D

    The construction of the first offshore wind farms in the German North Sea represents pioneering achievements. In addition to a suitable port infrastructure, handling equipment, specialized ships and technical personnel, new logistics concepts were needed. The dimensions and weight of the components, as well as the large distances of the wind farms from the shore […]

  • European Energy Industry Locked in the Past, Says Greenpeace

    5 March 2014
    Authorities, Business & Finance, R&D

    Greenpeace recently published a new report on the European energy situation, investigating the EU renewable energy targets, politics and the energy industry. “As the political battle for 2030 policy heats up, some of Europe’s largest power companies want the EU to drop renewable energy and energy efficiency targets and instead restrict measures to a single […]

  • Maersk Organizes Offshore Energy Helideck Trainings

    4 March 2014
    Operations & Maintenance, Training & Education

    Maersk Training is about to launch two new offshore emergency courses, the OPITO Helideck Emergency Response Team Member Training and the OPITO 6 Day Combined Helideck and Team Member Training. These two OPITO Accredited courses will kick start this month at the company’s training centre in the North-East of Scotland and be delivered using a […]

  • HelWin Beta Topside Ready to Go

    9 June 2014
    Grid Connection, Technology

    Heerema has successfully loaded the HVDC topside of Siemens’ HelWin beta platform onto a seagoing barge. On Saturday, the HelWin beta topside was loaded onto the H-542 barge, operated by Heerema Marine Contractors, a sister division of Heerema Fabrication Group, which built the platform. In October 2012, Heerema started the construction of the 10,200-ton HVDC […]

  • SgurrEnergy to Attend WINDFORCE 2014

    5 June 2014

    SgurrEnergy will share its offshore wind expertise at the WINDFORCE 2014 exhibition and conference in Bremen, Germany. Key personnel from the company’s Hamburg office will deliver presentations to the key players and leaders of the offshore wind industry, and will be showcasing SgurrEnergy’s Galion Lidar, from stand B41 on 17-19 June 2014. Raya Peterson, principal […]

  • Dacon Rescue Scoop Gaining Momentum in Offshore Wind Industry

    5 June 2014

    Dacon has delivered its Dacon Rescue Scoop to a service vessel in the offshore wind industry. This is the 5th vessel in a series of carbon fibre SWATH designs that Odfjell Wind AS are building at Danish Yachts, all of which have been equipped with this state-of-the-art MOB rescue system. These systems have traditionally been in use […]

  • FAU to Test Ocean Current Turbines off Florida

    3 June 2014
    Authorities, R&D, Technology

    The U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has issued a lease to Florida Atlantic University (FAU) for marine hydrokinetic technology testing offshore Florida to evaluate the use of turbines powered by ocean currents. “This is the first time a lease has been issued to test ocean current energy equipment in Federal waters,” said BOEM […]