Carnegie Wave Energy Limited has been named as one Australia’s 50 Most Innovative Companies by Business Review Weekly (BRW). Carnegie was selected from over 500 entries by a panel of industry experts. Other companies selected in the top 50 included:- financial management software firm MYOB, sporting
The Carbon Trust’s Offshore Wind Accelerator (OWA) has completed the analysis of the data gathered from the pioneering £2 million measurement campaign at E.ON’s Rødsand 2 wind farm, and has now launched a call for Expressions of Interest from other organisations who want to access and continue resea
DNV GL has issued a Statement of Feasibility for Alstom’s Oceade™ tidal turbine, which is the first milestone in the process of achieving Prototype Certification of the tidal turbine Oceade™ 18 – 1.4 MW. Alstom has been selected to supply four Oceade™ 18 – 1.4 MW tidal turbines to one of the world’s
50Hertz has received an approval for its Ostwind 1 offshore cable project within the EEZ from Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency of Germany (BSH). “We are greatly pleased with the permit for this last 20 kilometre section in the EEZ. This means that the entire cable route is now approved,” sai
CWind is now providing corrosion protection, latch-way inspections and snagging to Dong Energy at Borkum Riffgrund 1 offshore wind farm, in addition to the temporary power services it supplied earlier this year, the company reported today. CWind initially commenced work on site back in March this ye
Twenty teams have successfully navigated the first technology gate of the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Wave Energy Prize to become official qualified teams. The 20 qualified teams, selected from the field of 92 official registered teams announced on July 6, will continue their quest to double t
During the 3rd Offshore Summit in the Port of Sassnitz, the Sassnitz-Mukran site was celebrated for being a focal point of offshore wind farm projects in the Baltic Sea. Major players in the energy industry, representatives from politics, industry and associations exchanged views on projects and pot
Xiamen Shipbuilding Industry (XSI) has signed a shipbuilding order with local investment firm Xiamen Fuchuan Investment. According to Chinese media, this would be XSI’s first wind turbine installation vessel. The contract also includes an option for additional vessel. With a total length of 108.5 me
The FICG consortium of Cofely Fabricom, Iemants and CG, which was selected by Van Oord for the Gemini offshore wind project in the Netherlands, has finalized the construction of the two HV offshore substations and has shipped them out to their final destination. Both substations Buitengaats (300MW)
Wave energy developer Eco Wave Power has closed the first round of fundraising led by Pirveli Ventures, the company has reported. Following the investment, a representative of the investment fund will join Eco Wave Power’s board of directors. This follows the announcement made last month that a “Sec
The German marine energy developer, Nemos, started the fully automated operation of its wave energy device at Nissum Bredning in Denmark last week. “With an advanced developed operation`s software and optimised hardware the device already feeds in electricity into the Danish grid,” said the company
ABB Installs World’s Most Powerful Substation ABB has installed DolWin beta, the world’s most powerful offshore converter station in the North Sea. Vattenfall Hiring for Horns Rev 3 Installation Vattenfall, a Swedish power company, is seeking a contractor for the transport and installation of turbin
Following the 2011 disaster at a nuclear plant in Fukushima, Japan reduced its reliance on nuclear energy and now depends heavily on expensive and imported energy, mainly deriving from finite sources. A group of students has came up with solution for offshore production, storage and transportation o
New Jersey Board of Public Utilities (BPU) is planning to hire an outside consultant to advise on offshore wind development. The expert would consult on state regulation, four year in delay from being adopted, needed for offshore wind development, writes New Jersey Spotlight. The regulation would de
