Wave Energy Scotland’s (WES) second competitive project call is now underway with the search for novel wave energy converter devices. The national research and development body for the wave energy sector in Scotland is inviting applications for project costs via a contract for research and developme
Canadian offshore wind developer Trillium Power has filed a spoliation motion with the Ontario Superior Court, scheduled to be heard by a Master of the Court on June 18th, the company’s CEO John Kourtoff confirmed to Offshore WIND. The latest legal action, added to their $500 million legal action, c
ABPmer has welcomed the decision by the energy and climate change secretary to grant planning permission to the Swansea Bay Tidal Lagoon project in South Wales. ABPmer has been providing marine environmental advice and support to the Swansea Bay Tidal Lagoon project since 2012; one of a series of ti
Germany’s wind power output in January-May rose 34% year on year and the country is on track for a third successive record year for new turbine installations, with the first wave of offshore wind farms finally coming online, a Platts analysis of the latest available data show. Wind turbines in Germa
Chilean Minister of Energy Maximo Pacheco, DCNS president Hervé Guillou, and executive vice president of Chilean governmental organization for economic growth (Corfo) Eduardo Bitran, have signed a joint declaration to set up Marine Energy Research and Innovation Center (MERIC). The declration has be
After a several months of preparation, Northwest Energy Innovations (NWEI) has deployed its Azura™ wave energy device at the United States Navy’s Wave Energy Test Site (WETS) near Kaneohe Bay, Oahu, Hawai’i. The device will be deployed for 12 months of grid-connected testing as part of a rigorous pr
Tidal Transit’s windfarm service vessels, Eden Rose, has recently been chartered by Great Yarmouth based Dawson Energy, part of the 3Sun Group, to undertake the first 500 hour service of a number of Siemens wind turbines at the Westermost Rough Offshore Wind Farm. Situated 8km off the Yorkshire Coas
Babcock has won a contract to deliver the engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) of the 2500 tonne offshore sub-station platform (OSP) topside and jacket for the Rampion offshore wind farm. From its base in Rosyth, the company will fabricate and load-out the components for the UK’s Round 3
Today, the offshore demonstration wind farm in the Dutch Borssele offshore wind zone was launched. The objective is to accelerate cost reduction of offshore wind energy in the long term and to stimulate innovation in the Dutch offshore wind sector. Peter Terium, Chair of the Executive Board of the T
The Local Planning Authority has today given the green light for outline planning for the onshore elements of the Perpetuus Tidal Energy Centre (PTEC). A planning application was submitted to the Isle of Wight Council in November last year for a substation and associated infrastructure in Ventnor. T
DONG Energy has selected MHI Vestas Offshore Wind as preferred supplier for the proposed delivery of the V164-8.0MW wind turbine for the Borkum Riffgrund 2 Offshore Wind Farm in Germany. Borkum Riffgrund 2 with an awarded grid capacity of 450MW is located in the North Sea, approximately 57km off the
E.ON is encouraging local people to come along to a drop-in exhibition that the company is holding next Tuesday in Lancing, to share details of the final design and construction plans for the 400MW 116 turbine Rampion Offshore Wind Farm. Last month the project was given the green light by E.ON and p
Monday afternoon, Bladt Industries started the loadout of the first four finished transition pieces for the Sandbank offshore wind farm project in cooperation with Bilfinger. During Monday night, the first two of the transition pieces were lifted from the harbour to the awaiting barge, and Tuesday m
AW-Energy hosted prominent guests at the installation site in Peniche, Portugal last week. The Portuguese Minister of Environment, Spatial Planning and Energy, Mr Jorge Moreira da Silva, and the Secretary of State of Energy, Mr Artur Trinidade, visited both the WaveRoller in Peniche, and the install
