Nauta Shiprepair Yard in Gdańsk has held a keel laying ceremony for Havyard Ship Technology’s Service Operation Vessel (SOV) scheduled for operation at Dudgeon wind farm, outside the coast of Norfolk in Great Britain. According to the contract the unit is planned for delivery to the customer in Nove
Seabased Industry AB, in collaboration with TC’s Energy, has set up Africa’s first wave power plant south of Ada, Ghana. The onshore grid connected switchgear was installed one week ago and the first phase of the wave power park was connected on May 8. Comprising 6 wave energy converters and switchg
Havkraft’s floating offshore wave power plant is now fully operational as it started producing its first power yesterday, the Norwegian developer reported on its social media pages. Over the last two years, Kvernevik Engineering AS has been working with Geir Arne Solheim, the founder of Havkraft AS
PNE WIND Group generated sales totaling euro 15.2 million (previous year: euro 32.9 million), an operating result (EBIT) of euro -6.0 million (previous year: euro -0.8 million) in the first three months of 2015. Martin Billhardt CEO of PNE WIND AG, “With our well filled onshore and offshore project
Makai Ocean Engineering, Inc. is enhancing the submarine cable lay software, MakaiLay, and its desktop simulation sister product, MakaiPlan Pro. Specifically, three key features are being integrated into the Power Cable modules for each of these products that are built specifically for power cable i
CWind will hold a drinks reception on 17th June at this year’s Seawork International (berth V25) to celebrate the official naming of its latest vessel to join the fleet. The new MPC22 was conceived with round 3 offshore wind farms in mind and is designed to safely deal with rougher seas, longer tran
Carnegie Wave Energy Limited appointed Jeffrey Harding to the role of Chairman of the Board of Directors. Former Chairman, Mr Grant Mooney, will remain as a Non-Executive Director and continue in the role of joint Company Secretary. On his appointment as Chairman, Harding said: “I am delighted to be
VIDEO: Installation of 6MW Wind Turbine at Westermost Rough A2SEA’s specialist jack-up vessel Sea Challenger has recently installed the last 6MW turbine at Westermost Rough. Siemens Reorganizes Company. 4,500 People to Lose Jobs Siemens announced today that it is on track with the implementation of
Ecosse Subsea Systems (ESS) has acquired MASfab, an English fabrication business, for an undisclosed sum. MASfab provides a range of fabrication, welding and construction services to the oil, gas and renewables sectors. As part of the deal MASfab has been awarded a seven-figure valued contract to ma
Envision Energy aims to install a superconductive generator on one of its most advanced wind turbines. The product named EcoSwing generator is designed for a +3 MW class direct drive turbine, and will provide enough electricity to power 1000 households. Anders Rebsdorf, Head of Envision’s Global Inn
Deepwater Wind, the developer of the first U.S. offshore wind farm, has published videos of the construction phase launch. The kick-off was celebrated on April 27 at Specialty Diving Services, a company in charge of manufacturing components of the wind turbine foundations. The Block Island offshore
The South West Marine Energy Park has released a paper outlining the longer term opportunities and ambition for the development of marine energy in South West England. According to the report, the longer term opportunity for the South West will be through the development of new foundation and instal
With offshore wind farms DanTysk, Nordsee Ost, Borkum and Global Tech I alone, more than 2,000 MW of German offshore wind energy has been installed in the North and Baltic Seas. End of this year will see the installed capacity rise to more than 3,000 MW. This corresponds to the capacity of more than
New occupational training programs “Wind Energy Technology and Management” (wind studies) and “Continuing Studies programs Offshore Wind Energy” (offshore wind studies) start this fall at ForWind. The application period for 24 student admissions is open and runs until the end of June. The wind study
