A specialist company for the provision of personnel exclusively in the offshore wind industry has been launched in Oldenburg. Convent offshore GmbH yesterday said that it wants to set new standards in personnel service for the installation, repair and maintenance of offshore wind farms. The concept
Canadian government has announced investments totaling over CAD 8 million for two clean technology projects in Nova Scotia, which will support jobs, economic growth and the environment. The funding was provided though Sustainable Development Technology Canada’s (SDTC) SD Tech Fund. The funding was a
ZephIR Lidar has installed a turbine-mounted ZephIR DM wind lidar on the 270 MW Lincs Offshore Wind Farm located five miles off the Skegness coast It is anticipated that the installation of the lidar unit will help to identify opportunities where a possible improvement to production from the install
The first foundation was successfully installed at the Gode Wind Offshore Wind Farm in the German North Sea yesterday. With this project, DONG Energy is building Germany’s biggest offshore wind farm 45km from the mainland and around 33km from the islands Juist and Norderney. Trine Borum Bojsen, Mana
New research has underlined the need for greater regional cooperation amongst offshore renewables projects. The research was conducted by Invest in Cornwall with 41 industry professionals at Wave & Tidtal 2015, held at the EICC between 25th and 26th February 2015. Acquiring funding is perceived to b
Eneco will pay tens of millions of Euros in repair costs for its Princess Amalia Wind Farm (Prinses Amaliawindpark), according to Dutch media. In 2013, it was found that the wind farm’s turbines are no longer standing firmly, which created the risk that they would fall over. Eneco hired the company
Eneco Luchterduinen offshore wind farm has reached another milestone in its construction phase. Following a successful installation of the first turbine tower 23 kilometers off the coast of Noordwijk and Zandvoort, Van Oord had installed the first wind turbine last week. Van Oord’s new transport and
The Netherlands’ largest near shore wind power plant Westermeerwind is to be erected in lake IJssel along the dikes of the Dutch municipality of Noordoostpolder. The 48 Siemens wind turbines will supply approximately 160,000 Dutch homes with climate-friendly electric power. The construction work is
Fugro has been contracted by the Netherlands Enterprise Agency, part of the Ministry of Economic Affairs, to execute the geotechnical site investigation and geological modelling of sites I and II of the future Borssele wind farm zone. The 1,400MW wind farm zone is located off the Zealand coast at th
AXYS Technologies has brought its WindSentinel buoy to Ocean Business, held from April 14-16 at the National Oceanography Centre (NOC) in Southampton, UK. The company said that it wants to give a chance to those attending the event to see the buoy in real life. Primarily used for precise wind resour
Carnegie Wave Energy Limited (CWE) has signed a Collaboration Agreement with Fundación Chile (FCH) to assess the potential for commercial wave energy plants capable of producing electrical power and desalinated water in Chile and Peru. Additionally, Carnegie is now a partner with Fundación Chile in
KIC InnoEnergy, the European company for innovation, education and business creation in sustainable energy, has nominated five innovators for the 2015 European Institute of Innovation & Technology (EIT) Awards. The winners will be announced at INNOVEIT 2015 in Budapest, Hungary on 6th May. “Our goal
POWER-GEN Europe and its co-located event Renewable Energy World Europe launched the POWER-GEN Confidence Index – a pan European study of the region’s power market which will allow power generation industry practitioners from across Europe to have their say on the industry. The results will be launc
Following today’s launch of the UK Conservative Party’s election manifesto, RenewableUK released a response to its content. RenewableUK’s Deputy Chief Executive Maf Smith said: “The Conservatives’ manifesto spectacularly fails to recognise the high level of support among ordinary voters for onshore
