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  • Windreich Gets Deadline Extension for MEG 1

    24 June 2014
    Authorities, Business & Finance

    Germany’s wind energy developer, Windreich, got an extension of the deadline for the start of its MEG 1 offshore wind project located in the German North Sea. Windreich now has until 26 February 2016 to start the construction in order to keep the licence for the project. According to the original approval issued in 2009, […]

  • Breheny Bags £1 Mln Galloper Onshore Substation Deal

    11 June 2014
    Grid Connection

    Galloper Wind Farm Limited has signed a contract, worth over £1 million, with East of England based civil engineers Breheny to carry out key preparatory onshore works related to Galloper Offshore Wind Farm. The contract for the ground works will include preparatory works for the onshore substation at Sizewell. Breheny will also establish temporary compound […]

  • VSMC Lands Dudgeon Cable Deal

    3 July 2014
    Grid Connection

    VSMC has been awarded a EUR 110 million contract by Dudgeon Offshore Wind Limited, owned by Norwegian companies Statoil and Statkraft, for the export and inter-array cabling for the Dudgeon Offshore Wind Farm. VSMC will start in 2015 by performing two 1,100-metre horizontal directional drillings at the landfall, followed by the installation of two 42-km […]

  • GBP 13 Million Available Through Energy Catalyst Competition

    19 April 2017
    Business & Finance, R&D

    On 24 April, the Innovate UK Energy Catalyst competition will open, making available up to GBP 13 million for highly innovative, market-focused energy solutions in any technology or sector or international market.

  • Stone Protection Almost Complete at Walney Offshore Wind Farm (UK)

    20 February 2012

    All possible weather windows are used to ensure progress in the commissioning of the wind farm. As of 20 February, 27 turbines in Walney 2 have had first power, and all periods with reasonable weather are used to bring the turbines in operation. Tideway Rollingstone has also used weather windows in installation of armour stones […]

  • Nordsee Ost Foundation Installation Complete

    14 March 2014
    Wind Farm Update

    All foundations of the Nordsee Ost offshore wind farm have been successfully installed some 35 kilometres north of the island of Heligoland. A total of 48 jacket foundations were installed for the wind turbines and one for the substation in water up to 25 metres deep. Each of the foundations for the wind turbines is […]

  • Denmark: Crane Upgrade for Sea Power Completed

    5 April 2012
    Technology

    The upgrade of A2SEA’s wind turbine installation vessel Sea Power is complete. The most substantial upgrade was the installation of a more powerful crane to handle the heavy wind turbine components for Anholt Offshore Wind Farm. The work was carried out in the period from November 2011 to March 2012 and was concluded with the […]

  • Aubin Completes Successful GLS Field Trials (UK)

    6 September 2011
    R&D, Technology

      Aubin, a leading independent supplier of specialist chemicals to the energy industry, has successfully completed offshore sea trials for the recently launched Gel Lift System (GLS). GLS, a potentially game-changing new product that could save millions of pounds when installing offshore renewables infrastructure, was tested off the coast of Orkney. The technology, uses a […]

  • Belgium: FoundOcean Completes Grouting at Thornton Bank Offshore Wind Farm Phase II

    8 March 2012

    FoundOcean has now completed the offshore foundation grouting at Thornton Bank Offshore Wind Farm Phase II, 30km off the coast of Oostende, Belgium. FoundOcean was contracted to Geosea, the specialist piling and jacket installation arm of the DEME group of companies. The wind farm is owned by Cpower.  Jim Bell, Managing Director for FoundOcean commented, […]

  • Husky Completes Work at Sheringham Shoal Offshore Windfarm

    7 May 2012

    Island Shipping’s twin screw Tug, Husky, has returned from Norfolk to her home port of Wicklow following over 300 days of successful charter on Sheringham Shoal Offshore Windfarm. Tug Husky provided logistical support by transporting fuel, water, wastewater, parts and consumables from the shore to and from the Turbines and Sub-Stations. She left two vessels, […]

  • Finland: Mobimar 18 Wind Completes Sea Trials

    11 May 2012

    Transfer /windfarm service vessel Mobimar 18 Wind, after it was launched on February 27th, has passed all the conventional sea trials and in addition extra tests from towing 20m by 50m barge to hanging from a crane test. Mobimar 18 Wind was designed and built by Mobimar Ltd. in Turku, Finland and classed by Bureau Veritas, […]

  • UK: Partrac Completes 2nd Year of Surveys for SSE

    18 September 2012
    Business & Finance

    Partrac Ltd were awarded the framework contract by SSE Renewables to provide metocean survey services in support of wave and tidal energy developments in the Pentland Firth and Orkney Waters, following the award of Agreement for Leases by The Crown Estate in 2010. Now approaching the second year of survey, the Partrac Marine team have […]

  • Finland: Etteplan to Design Wave Energy Testing Facility for AW-Energy

    23 August 2013
    Business & Finance

    AW-Energy Oy has commissioned Etteplan to handle the engineering design for a testing facility for its patented WaveRoller technology. The WaveRoller converts the surge phenomenon that takes place on the shoreline into electrical energy. Finnish-based AW-Energy is a world-leading company in the development of wave energy. Etteplan will be in charge of the engineering for […]

  • WSP to Design Substations for 3 Dong’s Wind Farms

    28 July 2014
    Grid Connection

    WSP has been awarded three contracts to provide civil design support to DONG Energy on the Walney Extension, Burbo Bank Extension and Race Bank Wind Farm projects. The contracts are for the provision of engineering services for all aspects of the civil design of the new onshore substations for the three projects. WSP has been […]

  • TWD Designs Motion Compensated Piling Gripper

    3 September 2014
    R&D, Technology

    Temporary Works Design (TWD) combined their experience with the design of various pile handling tools and motion compensated systems to get to a revolutionary new concept: a motion compensated piling gripper, allowing straight piling of monopiles from a floating vessel or barge. Due to the tight tolerances related to monopile installations, it is for most sea conditions inevitable […]

  • Aquamarine Power and BAE Systems to Develop Cheaper Wind Energy (UK)

    10 January 2011
    R&D

    INTERNATIONAL. BAE Systems has joined forces with wave energy developer Aquamarine Power as part of a project worth almost £1 million (US$… (bi-me) [mappress] Source: bi-me, January 10, 2011

  • EDPR Enters into Partnership with Repsol to Develop 2.4 GW Offshore Wind Capacity in UK

    10 June 2011

      EDP Renováveis, SA (“EDPR”) announces its entry into a partnership with Repsol Nuevas Energias, SA (“Repsol”) to jointly develop up to 2.4 GW of offshore wind projects in the UK. EDPR will lead the partnership with a 60% share in the overall capacity to be developed. Following Repsol’s acquisition of the entire share capital […]

  • UK: SHETL to Develop Subsea Electricity Cable Between Caithness and Moray

    23 March 2012
    Grid Connection

    Scottish Hydro Electric Transmission Limited (SHETL), the licensed transmission owner in the north of Scotland, is planning to develop a 109 km subsea electricity cable between Caithness and Moray to transmit the large volume of existing and planned electricity from renewable sources in the north of Scotland. The proposed subsea cable, which will connect to […]

  • France: AREVA to Develop Saint-Brieuc Wind Farm with Iberdrola and EOLE-RES

    6 April 2012

    As part of the call for tenders for offshore wind power in France, the French government has just awarded a contract to the consortium led by Iberdrola and EOLE-RES for the development of the Saint-Brieuc (Côtes-d’Armor) wind farm, which was the most competitive field with three different technologies proposed. AREVA will build 100 turbines of […]

  • MMT Changes UK Company Name

    4 September 2014

    Since the merger with MMT a couple of years back, MMT´s UK office has been trading first as MMT NetSurvey and more recently as MMT UK. As of the 1st of September, the official company name has been changed to MMT (UK) Limited. Duncan Mallace who runs the UK office comments upon the name change: […]

  • Nordseewerke Files for Bankruptcy

    1 June 2015
    Business & Finance

    Nordseewerke from Emden, Germany, has filed for bankruptcy due to the upcoming imminent insolvency, CEO Thierry Putters told German media. This affects 188 employees, of whom 80 percent have been working short-time since September 2014. The shipyard was founded in 1903 and was taken over by the steel company Siag Stahl in 2010. Following the bankruptcy of […]

  • Offshore Wind Accelerator Competition

    5 November 2010
    R&D

    Solve the problem of accessing far-shore wind farms and you could land a £2 billion market opportunity. The competition closes at 1700 on 26… (lowcarboneconomy) [mappress] Source: lowcarboneconomy, November 05, 2010;

  • Forewind Deploys ZephIR 300 to Collect Wind Data on Dogger Bank (UK)

    14 July 2011
    Operations & Maintenance, Wind Farm Update

      A laser wind-profiling instrument to provide measured wind data for the Dogger Bank offshore wind farm development has been deployed by Forewind on a gas platform 125 kilometres from shore. The ZephIR 300 wind lidar, which will measure wind speeds at heights of up to 200m using an infrared laser, has been installed on […]

  • VIDEO: SAL Offshore Deploys Tidal Turbine

    14 February 2014

    SAL Offshore’s main vessel, the DP Class II MV Lone, equipped with Work Class ROV, successfully installed the VOITH Hytide 1000-13 tidal turbine. Coming directly from her previous employment on the Parbuckling Project (Costa Concordia), the MV Lone proceeded to Stavanger in Norway to mobilize an ROV spread and project equipment. The mobilization was completed […]

  • Nautricity Deploys Its Tidal Device at EMEC

    9 May 2014
    R&D, Technology

    Glasgow-based Nautricity deployed its 500KW CoRMaT device at the European Marine Energy Centre’s (EMEC) Shapinsay Sound test site on Wednesday, May 7th. The installation was carried out by Leask Marine vessels C-Salvor and C-Odyssey. The second generation 500KW device has been put in place alongside the company’s special mooring system. The device features seven 1-shot […]

  • Eneco Releases Draft SOCC on Proposed Navitus Bay Wind Farm (UK)

    9 September 2011

      Eneco has released its draft Statement of Community Consultation (SOCC) for local authority review on the proposed Navitus Bay Wind Park.   By Vincent Woods (islandpulse) [mappress] Source: islandpulse, September 09, 2011