Sabella will try to connect its D10 tidal turbine with French Ushant island again next week, the company told Tidal Energy Today news site. At the end of June, Sabella reported issues with the cable connection since the MV Palembang was unsuitable for the work. Now, the company said it will give it
Carmanah Technologies Corporation’s (Carmanah) subsidiary Sabik GmbH (Sabik Offshore), which was acquired on July 2, 2015, has been awarded a contract to provide a marking system for the Nordergründe offshore wind project. The company will provide marine lights, monitoring and control for all 18 tur
DeepOcean 1 UK Ltd., a subsidiary of DeepOcean Group Holding BV (DeepOcean), has been awarded the inter array cable installation contract for the Bligh Bank Phase II Offshore Wind Farm offshore Belgium. Nobelwind NV is developing the Bligh Bank Phase II Offshore Wind Farm with fifty 3.3MW wind turbi
The developer of the Trianel Wind Farm Borkum has reported that the offshore wind farm is now operational, with all 40 turbines feeding power to the grid. The 40 wind turbines have a joint output of 200 MW and are located around 45 kilometers off the coast of the island of Borkum in the North Sea. T
Shanghai Zhenhua Heavy Industry (ZPMC) has been contracted to carry out offshore wind installation work in Taiwan. The company has signed a framework cooperation deal with an offshore wind developer SWE Green & Sustainable, which plans to erect more than 30 wind turbines off the Taiwanese coast by 2
SmartBuoy, an integrated marine data acquisition platform developed and operated by the Centre for Environment Fisheries and Aquaculture Science (Cefas, UK), is celebrating 30,000 cumulative days of deployment in its 15th year of operation. In addition to providing essential calibration and verifica
Yesterday, ScottishPower Renewables (SPR) and Siemens discussed contract opportunities on the £2bn East Anglia ONE offshore wind farm, to be built off the Norfolk and Suffolk coast. East Anglia ONE project director Charlie Jordan spoke to an audience of over 300, which included local businesses and
Marine Power Systems (MPS) has welcomed the European Commission’s proposal for an Innovation Fund, which aims to strengthen the Emission Trading Scheme and support emerging renewable technologies. The company said that its wave energy technology, the WaveSub, has huge potential to contribute to ener
As part of the Energy Union strategy, the European Commission yesterday presented proposals to deliver a new deal for energy consumers, to launch a redesign of the European electricity market, to update energy efficiency labelling and to revise the EU Emissions Trading System. The package is an impo
The Danish Energy Agency (DEA) has offered to hold meetings with economic operators interested in the prequalification for the tender of Krigers Flak offshore wind farm. The DEA has invited all economic operators, who are interested in submitting a request to be prequalified for the tender of Kriger
Seajacks UK has entered into contract with DONG Energy for the transportation and installation of all 87 wind turbines at the Walney Extension offshore wind farm. The Walney Extension offshore wind farm is made up of two 330MW phases and located in the Irish Sea, around 19km from the UK’s West Coast
Siemens had appointed UK contractor VolkerFitzpatrick to build its wind turbine blade factory in Hull. Siemens said VolkerFitzpatrick’s bid was the most competitive and robust proposal for construction of the 40,000sqm facility. Construction will begin next month (August), with the factory scheduled
Two jacket foundations for the offshore substations to be installed at the Gemini wind farm site are on their way, the developer reported via social media. A joint venture between Cofely Fabricom, CG and Iemants, is in charge of the two offshore substations and one onshore station for the project. E
Turbine Transfers has supplied a further vessel to support E.On at the Robin Rigg Wind Farm in the Solway Firth. The company’s 19m CTV ABERDARON BAY is the fifth Turbine Transfer vessel now working at the site. Meanwhile, in the Netherlands, Turbine Transfers has commenced work for Van Oord on proje
