The Energy Institute (EI), the professional body for the energy industry, delivering good practice and professionalism, has had new additions to its team. The EI Council is composed of volunteers representing all aspects of energy and works on the strategic direction of the EI. The newest additions
The Met Office is supplying new modelled datasets for the UK’s offshore wind resource to The Crown Estate. The Met Office said the new data is more accurate than previous modelled datasets and backed up by 30 years of historic data. It provides a higher resolution picture of the UK’s offshore wind r
BvL, a joint venture between BAM Nelis De Ruiter bv and Gebr. van Leeuwen Boringen B.V, finalized the 2nd and last horizontal directional drilling (HDD) work at the Gemini offshore wind farm site in February. After the finalisation of the HDD, BvL has been awarded extra scope to assist Van Oord with
An Taoiseach Enda Kenny T.D. has officially opened the UCC Beaufort Building in Ringaskiddy, which will provide Ireland with infrastructure for renewable energy and maritime research to power the ‘blue economy’. The 4,700m squared five storey building features wave simulators, test tanks, workshops
Lessons learned from the prolific increase in building workboats for the offshore wind farm sector can benefit the military user, according to CTruk CEO Andy White. White told the audience at a Royal Institute of Naval Architects conference entitled Warships 2015: Future Surface Vessels that develop
Tidal Lagoon Swansea Bay, along with Welsh Government, Business Wales and Construction Futures Wales, are holding a series of Supply Chain Awareness Sessions across the Swansea Bay City Region. At the Awareness Sessions, attendees will have an opportunity to gain more information about the sub-contr
Last week, Danish wind turbines hit a new record by producing enough electricity to cover not only Danish needs but to supply three more countries with wind power. Thanks to strong winds blowing from Thursday night to Friday morning, wind farms in Denmark produced 140% of the country’s electricity d
A joint initiative of wind energy cluster organizations and industry partners in Poland, Germany, Norway and Denmark have invited suppliers to the offshore wind industry from the four countries to a delegation trip to China with a focus on offshore topics from October 12 to 25, 2015. The objective i
International Energy Agency’s (IEA) Wind unit issued a proposal for a new task called “Wind Energy Systems Engineering: Integrated RD&D” in May, which was approved by the IEA Wind Executive Committee. The task consists of three parts: Developing a framework for multi-disciplinary design and evaluati
Wave energy enthusiasts from industry and academia have formed 92 teams to move toward the first milestone of the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Wave Energy Prize. The design-build-test competition is encouraging the development of wave energy conversion (WEC) devices that will achieve the DOE’s
K2 Management has appointed Simon Luby as its Global Director, Due Diligence & Country Manager, MD (UK & Ireland). K2 Management currently has an office close to London, but with Simon Luby joining, the local staff distributed across the UK & Ireland and expectations for the future, the company plan
Race Bank DONG Energy signed a contract with Belgian contractor Jan de Nul during the EWA OFFSHORE event in March for the installation of the export cables for the 580MW Race Bank offshore wind farm. The full scope includes around 148km of cables to interconnect the 2 offshore substations and to con
Allswater has started working on the detailed design of the semi-submersible Triton Tidal Platform for Black Rock Tidal Power (BRTP), the company said Friday. The Triton Platform will host an array of Schottel Hydro turbines generating up to 2.5 MW of power. The first platform is planned for install
U.S. Senators Tom Carper (D-Del.) and Susan Collins (R-Maine) have introduced the Incentivizing Offshore Wind Power Act, which would provide critical financial incentives to encourage investment in offshore wind energy. The legislation would create an investment tax credit that is redeemable for the
