Eco Wave Power (EWP) installed its improved wave energy power plant in Jaffa Port, Israel, earlier this month. The upgraded power plant will be working with two floaters. One is “the 1st Generation Floater” and the other is the new and improved “2nd Generation Floater” , which will be tested by EWP,
Blue Water Shipping Brest has assisted French company Sabella SAS with installing their D10 tidal turbine on the seabed off Ushant Island, which is located 30 kilometers off the western tip of Bretagne, France. The installation of the tidal turbine took place during May and June and Blue Water Brest
RWE Innogy has commissioned the Dutch company Fabricom Offshore Services BV to maintain the inter-array substation of the Nordsee Ost offshore wind farm for the next five years. The contract covers the inspection as well as the structural and mechanical maintenance of the auxiliary systems and the m
Dudgeon Offshore Wind Ltd has awarded the contract to build its onshore operations and maintenance (O&M) base to East Anglian construction company R G Carter. The company has been contracted to build the wind farm’s new O&M base at Berth 9 located next to the River Yare within the Great Yarmouth por
Siemens completed the Westermeerwind onshore substation yesterday. Now the electricity from turbines will be transported to the substation via electrical wires where it will be converted to a high voltage and feed into the national grid to TenneT, explained Willie Wienholts, Siemens project manager.
Fabrication has been completed on the operational model of the Subhub at Pentland Precision Engineering, allowing QED Naval to begin the pre-testing setup of the device. The Subhub is a foundation structure for wave and tidal turbines, which commissions, tests, transports, installs, and secures a mi
Marine Renewable Energy Ireland’s (MaREI) new headquarters at University College Cork’s (UCC) Beaufort Building in Ringaskiddy, Co. Cork, will officially open on the 11th July 2015, representing an investment of €15.2 million from the Irish State and private investment. The building covers some 4700
DONG Energy has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) which could see a new major operational hub for DONG Energy at the Able Marine Energy Park (AMEP) for the construction and installation of offshore wind farms. Able Executive Chairman Peter Stephenson described this as “a major leap forward
A new study from Totaro & Associates identifies a total investment of US$424.8B required to develop the first 80GW of utility-scale offshore wind in the US. However, there are three critical path areas which will be essential to future growth including foundation production, port infrastructure, and
Floating Power Plant (FPP) has been awarded EUR 1.14 million for the 2 year project “Market maturation of Floating Power Plant’s Floating Wind- Wave- Energy Device – POSEIDON” under the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 673976 (SME program). “Th
SgurrEnergy, a Wood Group company, has appointed David Blunt as Senior Advisor to the business at their headquarters office in Glasgow, Scotland. David has been appointed, with immediate effect, in a newly created position and will support the development of new markets for the growing business, the
Pile driving of the monopile “SB 62” at Sandbank offshore wind site has begun, marking the start of construction of the wind farm 90 km off the coast of Sylt. Seventy two Siemens 4 MW wind turbines will be set up, providing an installed capacity of 288 MW. The offshore wind farm is planned to be ful
A major international collaborative project involving 12 partners from eight countries and worth €7.3 million is set to drive forward development of the next generation of floating wind substructures. The European Horizon2020-funded programme LIFES50+, led by Norway’s MARINTEK (and involving Politec
Arup has been appointed by Laing O’Rourke as its lead design and engineering partner to deliver the lagoon’s 410 metre turbine house and sluice structure block for the Swansea Bay tidal lagoon. Arup will provide a variety of services on the project, including Structural and Geotechnical design, Proj
