Tidal blade test facility at National Composites Centre was awarded £1 million as part of £86 million of new Government money awarded to the West of England LEP to boost economic growth and create jobs. Located in Bristol & Bath Science Park, it will be the first of its kind as the industry is insuf
Ocean Energy Europe has called for a new EU funding programme for technology demonstration following the NER300 programme, in a joint letter with Europe’s renewable energy associations to the Commissioner Connie Hedegaard. This follows the second and final round of NER300 awards today, in which ESB’
As the UK strives to meet its EU target of 15% renewable energy consumption by 2020, the government has taken several steps to reduce the country’s carbon emissions by 34% and 80% by 2020 and 2050, respectively, compared with 1990 levels, according to a report by research and consulting firm GlobalD
A serious accident occurred in the night of Sunday, 6 July at the Butendiek offshore wind farm in German waters. The victim, a Danish employee hired by Ballast Nedam, was admitted to the hospital in critical condition. “Our compassion is with the victim and his family. We wish them a lot of strength
RWE Innogy UK’s North Hoyle offshore wind farm celebrates 10 years in operation this month – the first large scale offshore wind farm in the UK to reach such milestone! It’s a double celebration for the offshore energy leader, as it also marks the installation of all 160 turbines at Gwynt y Môr – it
Scottish Renewables has welcomed an announcement by the Crown Estate that two new wave and tidal demonstration zones, and two new project sites, are set to be leased in Scottish waters. This announcement means that local organisations will be able to manage and sub-let parts of the seabed to wave an
The European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC), in collaboration with local partners, has been awarded rights to areas of seabed in Harris, Islay and Orkney by The Crown Estate. The Crown Estate has awarded EMEC the rights to manage two seabed zones: one for the development of tidal stream, and the other
The Crown Estate confirmed plans to run a leasing process for projects that capture tidal range energy which will start later in summer 2014. Dr Ian Selby, Head of Minerals and Infrastructure at The Crown Estate said: “We have tested the market appetite for tidal range energy in England and Wales an
On 1 July Marianne Girardin and Mogens Nielsen from Blue Water France was a host for the French delegation of some 25 companies lead by EDF EN, WPD, and DONG Energy in the Blue Water headquarter in Esbjerg. The purpose of the visit was to show the clients how Blue Water handle large and complex [&he
Yesterday morning (July 7), sea rescuers from List medevaced a severely injured worker from the heavy lift vessel Svanen, working at the Butendiek offshore wind farm. Using the PIDDER LÜNG lifeboat, owned by the German Society for Sea Rescue (DGzRS), they brought him to the List harbour for furthe
Manager of the UK seabed, The Crown Estate, agreed seabed rights for six new wave and tidal current demonstration zones, which for the first time will enable locally-based organisations to manage and sub-let parts of the seabed to a range of wave and tidal stream developers, and for five new wave an
New figures revealed at the EEEG2014 Conference in Norwich underlined the ever-increasing significance of the East of England region’s role in the global energy industry. Johnathan Reynolds, director of Nautilus Associates, said the region was unique in having every source of energy available, apart
The Crown Estate has invited the Round 3 offshore wind development partners to revise the terms of their agreements, in recognition of the progress made in zone appraisal and the transition to the project development phase of Round 3. This could see the replacement of the zone development agreements
“Rem Ocean,” the IMR (Inspection Maintenance Repair) vessel is scheduled to arrive at the Sheringham Shoal wind farm to undertake some essential retrofit operations throughout the site on 9th July 2014. Subject to weather condition, the arrival date may be delayed. The vessel is expected to remain o
