Wave Electricity Renewal Power Ocean Ltd (WERPO) was granted official approval for the establishment of a 100MW power plant on the Kenyan coastline by the Ministry of Energy. The installation of the power plant will be executed in cooperation with a local company Sea Wave Gen. To minimize implementa
US-based Renewable NRG Systems and Belgium’s FLiDAR entered an exclusive partnership for the distribution of FLiDAR’s offshore wind measurement buoys in the Americas. Under this agreement, Renewable NRG Systems will provide the WindCube Lidar systems to FLiDAR to equip the floating wind measurement
Snohomish County Public Utility District (PUD) has announced it will no longer pursue its pilot tidal energy research project in Admiralty Inlet, west of Whidbey Island. “The PUD and its funding partners have worked for years to get regulatory clarity regarding the requirements and associated costs
HiDef Aerial Surveying Limited (HiDef) announced the appointment of Kit Hawkins to the Board of Directors as Commercial Director. Kit joins HiDef from international renewable energy consultancy TÜV SÜD PMSS and has a wealth of project management and development experience, having held senior roles o
Last Friday, Johan Sandberg, service line leader for offshore renewable energy at DNV GL, held a presentation about a global vision for floating offshore wind power in 2050 at the University of Maine campus at the Advanced Structures and Composite Center. Sandberg said: “As the industry began in 200
On 22 September, EMS Maritime Offshore GmbH opened the new Vessel Traffic Management System (VTMS) in Berne, Germany. The VTMS was launched by Thomas van der Laan (Head of Marine and Offshore Coordination), Ina Winkler (Team Leader of the control center) and Caspar Spreter (Managing Director of Wind
Chesapeake Biological Laboratory of University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science in cooperation with Marine Scotland Science and Institute of Biological and Environmental Sciences of University of Aberdeen worked on recent publication reviewing the assessments carried out for offshore win
SgurrEnergy was announced as a contender at the Scottish Green Energy Awards, after being shortlisted as a finalist in the export category at a networking reception at the Glasgow Science Centre. Hosted by Scottish Renewables, the awards aim to highlight business development, growth, investment and
The FloWave Ocean Energy Research Facility is in the running for two major awards at this year’s Scottish Renewables Green Energy Awards. The wave and tidal test tank has been shortlisted in the prestigious Engineering Excellence Award and is also a finalist in the Best Innovation Award. In addition
The weather is becoming increasingly important to many of Vattenfall’s operations. Managing the weather is of course impossible, but an R&D programme will aid the company to manage the impact of weather conditions. In 2011, a programme was initiated with the purpose of developing the capability to r
Alstom Taking Big Offshore Wind Steps (Interview Part 1) At the WindEnergy event held last week in Hamburg, Offshore WIND spoke to Markus Rieck, General Manager of ALSTOM Renewable Germany GmbH. The company proves its position as one of the biggest renewable energy players with its latest technology
Sandbank Offshore Wind GmbH has awarded Germanischer Lloyd Industrial Services and TÜV SÜD Industrie Service GmbH a contract for the certification of the Sandbank offshore wind farm. In the first construction phase it is planned to build 72 wind turbines with a total output of 288 MW, inter array ca
During a press conference at WindEnergy Hamburg last week, Vattenfall stated that they will launch the Sandbank project in the summer of 2015, after they complete the DanTysk construction works. Due to their proximity and technical similarity of DanTysk and Sandbank, Vattenfall has come up with the
Pronomar has received an order from A2SEA, a Danish specialist in providing offshore wind transport, installation and service solutions. A2SEA runs a fleet of specially designed vessels and equipment for their many offshore installations. One of them is the jack-up vessel Sea Challenger and it was f
