Gamesa has begun the task of assembling its prototype G132-5.0 MW turbine, which will be equipped with one of the world’s largest onshore rotors. To this end it has replaced the blades of the G128-5.0 MW, which has been in operation at the R&D facility in Alaiz (Navarre, Spain) for a year, with thos
Offshore wind turbines are connected to the grid via subsea cables, through which they transmit electricity. In order to protect the cables, they are usually buried in the seabed. An international offshore and subsea shipping company, Siem Offshore, has demonstrated a typical offshore wind farm arra
Incat Crowther has opened an office in Southampton, United Kingdom, to support a growing European client base and meet the demand for Incat Crowther’s products and services in the region. The company said that this is a result of a strong track record, robust and innovative vessel designs and consul
Researchers from Thailand and Canada have published a paper on offshore wind potential in Thailand. The paper presents offshore wind resource maps of the Gulf of Thailand. The offshore wind resource maps are validated using measured wind speeds obtained from 28 meteorological towers installed along
South Boats IOW has delivered its second of class South Cat 26m, ‘Seacat Courageous’ to Seacat Services Ltd., also of Cowes, Isle of Wight. With the first of class, ‘Seacat Intrepid’, currently working in the German North Sea, the qualities and capabilities of the vessel design have been very appare
Global investment in clean energy was $50.5bn in the first quarter of 2015, down 15% from Q1 2014. According to Bloomberg New Energy Finance, the Q1 figures show that investment in Europe slipped 30% compared to first quarter 2014, to $9.7bn, while that in China fell 24% to $11bn. Investment in the
China Ming Yang Wind Power Group Limited (Ming Yang), has appointed Jianren Wen to its board of directors. He will replace Song Wang who had served as an executive director since September 2010. Wang resigned as a member of the board and a senior vice president and left the Company in April for pers
Dong Enters US Offshore Wind Market DONG Energy has taken over RES Americas Developments Inc.’s (RES) more than 1000MW newly assigned development project rights off the coast of Massachusetts. First 8 Eneco Luchterduinen Turbines Onboard ‘Aeolus’ With the first days of April, Van Oord’s Aeolus arriv
Research and Markets has added the “Tidal Energy: Current Status and Future Outlook” report to its offering. This study provides a technology overview of the different tidal energy technologies currently available in the market and also technologies which are being developed currently. The study dis
Offshore WIND’s photo of the day: Tidal Transit’s personnel transfer vessels (PTVs) Katie Louise, Eden Rose and Ginny Louise at the Sheringham Shoal offshore wind farm. Ginny Louise and Eden Rose have been in permanent use on the Greater Gabbard and Sheringham Shoal offshore wind farms since their a
Gardline has merged both the geotechnical and geophysical services into one company, Gardline Geosurvey Limited. This streamlining will better enable Gardline to provide more cost-effective and rapid-response services to the offshore energy sectors. This integration will affect commercial, operation
Fundy Ocean Research Centre for Energy (FORCE) is holding a meeting next Thursday where they will discuss a proposed safety zone around the cables installed in the Minas Passage. As a follow up to the December meeting, the tidal energy test centre has completed mapping the seabed location of the rec
TenneT has issued two invitations to tender for the DolWin3 offshore grid connection. The first one is for the manufacture, supply and installation of an AC submarine cable system (including compensation, fibre optic cable, secondary equipment, cable performance, etc.) between an offshore wind farm
A team of students from Brighton school got an opportunity to work with Mott MacDonald on a project in Newhaven. Namely, 12 students together with engineers from Mott MacDonald have been working to assess the power and energy potential at Newhaven Harbour, reports Brighton and Hove News. The company
