The directors of Pelamis Wave Power have announced that they have been unable to secure the additional funding required for further development of the Company’s market leading wave energy technology. As a result of this, the board has moved to appoint an administrator to assess the options for secur
Ships Electronic Services (SES) are working with the Humber’s premier shipyard, MMS Ship Repair, to supply and install comprehensive electronics systems on the yards new OSV “MMS Crusader” which has been designed to service offshore windfarms in the North Sea and other European waters. MMS has also
Dong Energy has awarded a contract for one of the largest seabed investigation campaigns in the history of the offshore wind industry to Fugro GeoConsulting. Worth £13 million, it covers geotechnical investigation work in preparation for Hornsea Project One, scheduled to go into operation by 2020 wh
The German steel fabricator EEW Special Pipe Constructions GmbH and the Danish steel construction company Bladt Industries A/S have invested in a new joint company based by the River Tees in the UK to manufacture offshore steel structures. The new joint company, Offshore Structures (Britain) Limited
Earlier this month, DNV GL hosted a three-day customer seminar on wind farm certification in Paris for the first time after the merger. France staged the premiere of this new seminar due to the French Government’s commitment to offshore wind and the recent public commitment to IEC standards. The sem
Over the summer, several hands contributed to put Siemens’ service operation vessels (SOVs) into shape. The first SOV hull has been built at the Cemre shipyard in Turkey. It arrived at the Havyard shipyard in Norway in August – its final building site. Soon, the first SOV will be ready for docking o
Last month, tidal energy developer, Minesto, gave a presentation about their technology at this year’s the Ocean Exchange Event. The event was held in Savannah Georgia, 5-7 of October, where Minesto won The WWL Orcelle Award and $100,000. Anders Jansson, CEO of the company said: “It is rewarding to
Deltares will be testing the design for the planned tidal lagoon in Swansea Bay, South Wales. Incorporating sixteen turbines that can deliver 320 MW, the tidal lagoon will be the world’s largest. It will be built to scale in the facilities hall in Delft so that the hydrodynamic efficiency of the des
Great Britain is the world’s premier pioneer when it comes to offshore wind energy. In the North Sea, in the Irish Sea and in the English Channel there are several zones designated for the installation of offshore wind farms. In the third round of site allocations alone, so-called Round 3 of the UK’
RSK continued to work for E.ON during the pre-construction period after having completed the environmental impact assessment for the project off the Sussex coast. The Planning Inspectorate has reported that the Department for Energy and Climate Change gave the Rampion offshore wind farm development
TenneT is seeking a company for the work on high-voltage subsea cable in German waters. The scope of work consists of rock dumping, remedial and burial work in water depth of up to 40 meters. The height or rock covering layer is required to be in the range of 0.5-1 meter. TenneT will accept bids [&h
The Carbon Trust, through its Offshore Wind Accelerator (OWA) programme, has issued a call for entries from companies interested to undertake a study aimed to assess the benefits of Integrated Design in a FEED level ‒ Front End Engineering and Integrated Design (FEEDID). The primary objectives of th
The planned DolWin3 offshore submarine cable connection is a DC power transmission link of approximately 42 km. The starting point will be north of the island of Borkum, Germany. The route is within the German EEZ with the final destination at substation DolWin Gamma. The grid operator is inviting t
Tribute Resources Inc. has established a new corporation called International Marine Energy Inc. (IME). IME has acquired the interests of Tribute in Western Tidal Holdings (WTH). It is the intent of Tribute to develop all further tidal power projects in Canada and internationally within IME. IME is
