Addressing the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Lima, Peru, Minister for Energy Alex White, TD, said Ireland was accelerating its actions to combat climate change. He said Ireland was playing an active part in meeting collective EU targets and global aspirations for reduced carbon emissio
The Crown Estate has welcomed the news that the consortium SMart Wind has been granted development consent for Hornsea Project One by the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change. The project is scheduled to commence operation by 2020 when it will become the world’s first gigawatt scale far
Technology service provider HiDef Aerial Surveying Limited (HiDef) announced results of their latest audited accounts for year ending 30 October 2014 to coincide with their reselection as one of UK Trade and Investment’s (UKTI) Export Champions for 2015. Within the financial year, HiDef tripled the
Construction of the 15 foundation structures for the Kentish Flats Extension project is underway. The boat landing sections which will provide access to the turbine and external working platforms are being completed. One of the external working platforms has just received its third coating of corros
RenewableUK says the Government’s announcement on the go-ahead for a major new offshore wind project shows that the sector is developing robustly. Hornsea 1, which will be located 64 miles (103 km) off the East Yorkshire coast, will have an installed capacity of 1.2 gigawatts (GW) – enough to power
Ocean Power Technologies, Inc. announced financial results for its Fiscal 2015 second quarter ended October 31, 2014 (“fiscal 2015”). David L. Keller, Interim Chief Executive of OPT stated, “I am pleased to report that during the second quarter we completed the site remediation and removal of equipm
Norwegian wave power developer Havkraft recently launched its first prototype of a wave power system. One and a half year after Havkraft received NOK 4.5 million (approximately EUR 506,015) in funding from Innovation Norway, the prototype of the wave power device was installed off the Norwegian muni
The global market value for offshore wind turbine and foundation installation vessels will increase more than fivefold, from an estimated $0.56 billion in 2014 to approximately $2.93 billion by 2020, representing an impressive Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) of 30%, says research and consulting f
MPI Workboats, a purpose-built wind farm support aluminium catamarans, are featuring ZF gearboxes in six of its latest vessels. The boats are less than 12 months old and have already proved their worth in supplying installations in British and European waters and further afield. Andrew Wragg, Superi
UK Energy Secretary Ed Davey has granted the development consent for the Hornsea Project One offshore wind farm located 103 kilometers off the Yorkshire coast. On 10 September the Planning Inspectorate submitted recommendations to the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change after which the
On the way from the generator to converter, a wind system generates substantial losses in the transmission of electrical energy. In order to reduce these losses, especially in offshore wind turbines, scientists at the Technical University Dresden want to increase the electricity voltage. If the gene
The G9 has developed two good practice guidelines for working at height and the management of small service vessels used in the offshore wind industry. Together with Energy Institute, the guidelines were published at an Stakeholder Forum event on 2 December. Benj Sykes, Head of Asset Management, DON
The Met Office and WindSim AS have announced a new partnership with the objective of generating more accurate Wind Resource Assessments and Wind Power forecasts to meet increasing industry demand for improved short term power forecasting and longer term power yield analysis. Accurate short term powe
The Aerogenerator Project is the latest company to be awarded funding from the Supply Chain Innovation for Offshore Renewable Energy (SCORE) programme. The Aerogenerator Project, which is developing next generation 10MW+ wind turbine technology, has been awarded a £45,000 grant to assist in the deve
