Alstom has improved the design of its 1 MW tidal stream turbine and now offers the Oceade™ 18 – 1.4 MW: a turbine even more efficient, cost-effective and easy to maintain. With a rotor diameter of 18 metres, the Oceade tidal stream turbine has a nominal power of 1.4MW and three variable pitching bla
The hearings for the examination of the application for offshore wind developer Forewind’s proposed Dogger Bank Teesside A&B wind farms will start this month (Tuesday, October 14). Dogger Bank Teesside A&B comprises two 1.2 gigawatt (GW) wind farms located 165 kilometres from the UK coast at their c
Havvind Aarhus Bugt (HAB) selected Siemens as a preferred supplier for the wind energy project off east Jutland, Denmark. The German manufacturer confirmed they are in talks with the developer of the 80MW Mejlflak over the possible deal to deliver twenty 4MW offshore wind turbines for the project. T
The weather did not play along the first couple of times EnBW attempted to anchor the offshore substation for its Baltic 2 offshore wind farm, but yesterday’s bright sunshine and a calm sea provided for ideal conditions to fix the substation to the seabed. The 4,400-ton platform had already been tra
Cost reductions are a huge industry focus. I am confident that we can lower the levelized costs of energy by 30 to 40 percent for those projects that will achieve FID in 2020. Of all the possible reductions in CapEx and OpEx, one of the innovations that needs to come forward is standardization of of
Anholt offshore wind farm electricity production has been halted yesterday morning due to a grid connection problem. According to the transmission system operator Energinet.dk the 400MW wind farm has been offline since 8:35 yesterday because of an unknown fault in its export connection. After a nigh
A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for setting up a Joint Venture Company ( JVC) towards undertaking the First Demonstration Offshore Wind Power Project in India along the Gujarat coast has been signed in the presence of Shri Piyush Goyal, Union Minister of State (I/C), Power, Coal and New & Renewa
IBERDROLA has launched the pile testing campaign for its Wikinger offshore wind farm project following the completion of the site’s geotechnical investigation on the Baltic Sea. German engineering and services group Bilfinger and its experienced subcontractors are carrying out the tests in order to
Sumitomo Corporation have completed the purchase of shares in two offshore wind farm projects (Belwind and Northwind) off the coast of Belgium from Parkwind NV (Parkwind). Parkwind is jointly controlled by its shareholders Colruyt Group, Korys, the investment holding of the Colruyt family, and the F
ORPC concluded its RivGen® Power System demonstration project in the Kvichak River at the remote river village of Igiugig, Alaska, 275 miles southwest of Anchorage. ORPC’s RivGen® Power System is a 25 kilowatt system designed to reduce and stabilize the cost of power in remote communities located ne
DCNS is a partner of the Ocean Energy Europe conference, the European forum for the sector, which will take place on 1 and 2 October 2014 in Paris in the presence of the main energy decision-takers and industrialists. DCNS will present its expertise in marine energy, a sector in which the Group has
The European Commission has approved under the EU Merger Regulation the creation of a joint venture by the Areva group of France and the Gamesa group of Spain. Areva and Gamesa will each contribute their activities in offshore wind turbine production to the joint venture. Both groups produce and mar
The classification society ClassNK announced the establishment of a new Renewable Energy Department. This new department which began operations on 1 October 2014 will oversee a diverse range of activities related to renewable energy, including audits and certification of new technologies. While Clas
AXYS Technologies will be exhibiting at the AWEA Offshore Windpower Conference & Exhibition from October 7-8 at the Atlantic City Convention Center in New Jersey, USA. Terry Tarle, CEO of AXYS and Chad MacIsaac, International Accounts Manager at AXYS will be located at booth 406. The company recentl
