DBB Jack-Up’s newbuild WIND SERVER was awarded the Offshore Renewables Award 2015 at the Annual Offshore Support Journal’s conference held on Wednesday in London. The award was given to J/U WIND SERVER as the vessel provides a new way to service and maintain offshore wind turbines and fills a gap in
Dong Energy has invested GBP 5.5 billion into the UK since 2004, with over GBP 4 billion committed to offshore wind. The company released these figures in today’s “Dong Energy in the UK“ report. Dong built its first UK offshore wind farm in 2004. By now, wind turbines installed by the company could
SMart Wind’s application for Hornsea Project Two has been accepted for examination by the UK Planning Inspectorate. The Inspectorate now has approximately three months to prepare for the examination, during which residents will be able to register to become an interested party on the application. Th
Ten new digital aerial bird and marine mammal surveys will be delivered by APEM for offshore windfarms in the German North Sea over the next year. The surveys will take place between February 2015 and March 2016 in order to report the abundance and distribution of seabirds and marine mammals at diff
Ecosse Subsea Systems (ESS) has completed client-witnessed trials of its Ambient Lifting technology at a research and development facility in Aberdeenshire. Banchory-based ESS is a subsea technology company which designs and manufactures a number of pioneering technologies which are deployed in the
Following the UK Government’s consent given for Forewind’s Dogger Bank offshore wind farm in the North Sea, law firm Eversheds has announced that it successfully advised the Forewind consortium on the largest renewable energy development ever to receive planning consent in the UK. The consent is the
Carnegie Wave Energy Limited (CWE) has reached financial close on the Clean Energy Finance Corporation’s (CEFC) five-year, $20 million loan facility which will partly fund the CETO 6 Project off Garden Island, Western Australia. The CEFC facility will be used to part fund the construction of the pro
Scaldis Salvage & Marine Contractors NV has ordered a self-propelled DP2 crane ship from Royal IHC. The vessel will be operated by Scaldis. The design was drawn up in-house in cooperation with Vuyk Engineering Rotterdam, part of Royal IHC on the basis of the extensive experience that Scaldis has acc
Centrica renewables operating profit for 2014 took a dive of 60 per cent comparing to the previous year. The company named a reduced contribution from the disposal of assets and increased costs associated with writing down developments as the reason for the profit drop. After reviewing the economic
People who want to put forward their views on the application from Perpetuus Tidal Energy Centre Limited (PTEC) should do so by emailing Marine Management Organisation (MMO) before midnight on Friday 20 February 2015. They should include the reasoning and rationale for their views in their consultat
ABPmer has been contracted by Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE) to undertake a Habitats Regulations Appraisal (HRA) for their Marine Renewables Infrastructure Plan (MRIP). This will build on the previous HRA undertaken by ABPmer for the National Renewables Infrastructure Plan (N-RIP) prepared b
Boa Bison, an offshore support vessel, has just completed her work at the Fecamp offshore wind farm. During the installation of a met mast at the Fecamp offshore site, the vessel was in charge of the pre-lay of anchors for a gravity base structure and ROV work during submerging. Supplementing the da
Dong Energy has chosen SmartWind Technologies for the supply of a dual-Doppler radar system for offshore wind measurement. The two radars are to be installed in 2016 on the coast near the Westermost Rough Offshore Wind Farm. They will produce high-resolution dynamic maps of the wind flow through an
Expanding WindMade to embrace all renewable energy sources equally is one step closer to reality, as the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) task force, Coalition for Action, explores incorporating the consumer label into IRENA. Founded in 2011, WindMade was the world’s first consumer labe
