Through the combined effort of the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI), the Marine Institute and Commissioners of Irish Lights, the final piece of equipment has been deployed to give researchers and ocean energy developers unique insight into the Galway bay marine environment. The Galway
ABB has installed the world’s most powerful offshore converter station in the North Sea, which has a 916 MW power transmission capacity,enough to power more than 1,000,000 households. The offshore converter station is part of the DolWin2 project, which will be operated by transmission system operato
CWind has been awarded a contract for the supply of two crew transfer vessels to the London Array offshore wind farm supporting operation and maintenance activities. London Array is located 20 km off the Kent coast in the outer Thames Estuary. Both workboats, the CWind Alliance and CWind Artimus, wi
Wave for Energy s.r.l. (W4E), a spin-off of the Polytechnic University of Turin, has deployed the first wave energy converter with gyroscopic architecture, supported by Enea and IAMC-CNR. On August 7, the first Italian 1:1 scale device for the production of electricity from sea waves was moored 800
QED Naval has launched the Subhub Operational model last week at Forth Estuary Engineering’s (FEE) dock in Leith. Within the last few weeks the company completed the setup of the ballast systems, instrumentation, and the dock access and testing arrangements. FEE have provided support during the prep
Vattenfall has completed the installation of the final turbine at the Kentish Flats Extension offshore wind farm site. Turbine installation was completed on schedule by GeoSea’s jack up vessel ‘Neptune’ which is now leaving the construction site. “Although a relatively small offshore project, we hav
International Marine Contractors Association (IMCA) has published Renewables Contracting Principles, along with a variety of guides, templates and discussion documents aimed at raising awareness on contracting issues and providing tools that may be useful for its contractor members, their clients an
Navitus Bay has reached an agreement with The Crown Estate to hand back the remaining, unused parts of the original wind farm development zone. This means that the parts of the seabed in the zone that have not been used for the application submitted to the Planning Inspectorate for consent will no l
Last month saw the first steel in the water for the 30 MW wind energy project offshore Block Island. The project developer, Deepwater Wind, organised a boat tour event to mark this milestone for USA’s first offshore wind farm. Among others, the event was attended by Sally Jewell, US Interior Secreta
Only four months after introduction of the new bulk supplied offshore grout MasterFlow 9800 from BASF, the material is being used during the installation of the offshore foundations at the 600 MW Gemini Offshore Windpark. The specialized grouting equipment of FoundOcean and BASF’s MasterFlow 9800 wa
Gwynt y Môr The 576MW Gwynt y Môr wind farm, located 8 miles offshore in Liverpool Bay in water depths of over 28 metres, was officially inaugurated by Carwyn Jones, First Minister of Wales on 18 June. The offshore wind farm is the world’s second largest, with 160 Siemens 3.6MW wind turbines on mono
On August 8, SEA CHALLENGER installed the first turbine on DONG Energy’s Gode Wind Offshore Wind Farm in the German part of the North Sea. The installation went according to plan and SEA CHALLENGER will continue to install the rest of the 97 Siemens 6MW turbines. The vessel carries 4 turbines at a t
ABB has installed DolWin beta, the world’s most powerful offshore converter station in the North Sea. The 320-kilovolt converter station, housed on an offshore platform, has a 916 megawatts (MW) power transmission capacity, making it the world’s most powerful installation of its kind, enough to powe
Scour Prevention Systems Ltd has developed a scour prevention mat based on recycled car tyres, which was trialed on a wind farm off the Norfolk coast and then used in a recent major North Sea project. The scour prevention mat uses end-of-life tyres fastened together to make matrixes, used in single
