A precision sheet metal specialist is exploiting the growth in offshore wind after it secured £8m of new contracts for two of the world’s largest manufacturing names. Mec Com, which employs 120 people at its Hixon base, has beat off international competition to deliver assembly and testing for Sieme
Indications that Public Service Enterprise Group Long Island (PSEG-LI) and the Long Island Power Authority (LIPA) Board of Trustees could delay a much anticipated clean energy purchasing commitment is drawing criticism from groups who say the purchase is already long overdue. The LIPA Board, in coor
The International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) has published a series of technology papers exploring the potential for power generation and other sustainable applications from ocean energy. The papers cover the main features and current status of four technology types: tidal energy; wave energy;
Wave energy developer Carnegie Wave Energy Limited (CWE) has received its first payment from the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) for completion of the first milestone of the CETO 6 Project. Carnegie has received $50,000 for the first milestone of the CETO 6 Project, the completion of a Kn
VIDEO: Installation of Borkum Riffgrund Foundations Last week, all 77 monopile foundations were installed at the offshore wind farm Borkum Riffgrund 1 in the German North Sea. Ballast Nedam to Install Amrumbank West Monopiles Ballast Nedam has signed a contract for the installation of monopiles at t
EnBW has extended the time for prequalification process for the design of wind turbine with foundations and an offshore substation for the EnBW Hohe See wind farm located in the German part of the North Sea. Instead of August 20, the deadline for submission of proposals is now September 15. The wind
Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) has announced $770,000 funding for Swinburne University of Technology to develop modelling on the performance of wave energy farms. The wave energy industry is emerging world-wide and there are few multiple device installations operating today. Predicting t
Residents from Fleurieu Peninsula were updated on the status of a stranded wave energy device in Carrickalinga waters. Last month representatives of the District Council of Yankalilla; the Department of Planning, Transport and Infrastructure (DPTI); the Department of Environment, Water and Natural R
L-3 SAM Electronics supplied and installed the extensive drive equipment, as well as automation, navigation and positioning systems, on board the Heavy-Lift Jack-Up Vessel (HLJV) Vidar, which is operated by HOCHTIEF Infrastructure GmbH for construction and service support of offshore wind farms. The
US Department of Energy’s grant for the development of an offshore wind farm off New Jersey’s coast was celebrated yesterday on Steel Pier in Atlantic City. In May, Fishermen’s Energy Atlantic City Windfarm (FACW) project was selected by the US Department of Energy (DOE) as one of three projects tha
Lifting and handling products manufactured by the J D Neuhaus company are engineered for performance, reliability and longevity when operating in extreme environments of dirt, dust, high humidity, and even potentially explosive atmospheres. Some of the toughest and more unusual conditions are curren
Blackbird International Corporation announced that it has finalized the procedures for the acquisition of SDE Ltd. It had previously released news that it had exchanged a Letter of Intent with SDE Ltd for purposes of a merger. Blackbird shall acquire 100% of the shares of the target company in excha
DONG Energy is working on a solution to avoid damaging the Sutton Bridge marsh and the sea wall when cable connection works start on its Race Bank offshore wind farm. Councillors of the Sutton Bridge Parish Council voiced their concern over DONG’s cable work having the same effect as Centrica’s when
Energy Minister Fergus Ewing has today announced a £4 million grant from Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE) for the development of a new deepwater quayside at the Port of Cromarty Firth – bringing the total redevelopment project to £25 million. The 35 acre Invergordon Service Base, operated by t
