Wirral Council has launched a new campaign aimed at securing major, global investment into the borough from two growing sectors. The campaign, “Wirral – Ready, Now”, is targeting key businesses within the supply chains of the automotive and offshore wind and renewable energy sectors. The automotive
Offshore WIND’s photo of the day: Sunset at Westermost Rough offshore wind farm. The photo was posted by Tekmar Energy on their social media page, celebrating the installation of the first Teklink cable protection system at Westermost Rough offshore wind farm Tekmar was awarded a cable protection co
China’s National Energy Administration (NEA) has been working with the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) tariff department for months to determine the feed-in tariff for offshore wind, and the discussions between the two agencies are nearly finalised. It is said that inter-tidal proj
CorPower Ocean AB was founded in 2009 by Dr. Stig Lundbäck, after he had spent about 30 years of his life imagining and designing various kinds of high efficiency pumping systems. Contrary to what might be expected, Dr. Lundbäck is not an engineer, but a medical doctor with a deep passion for the pu
DNV GL is celebrating both its 150th anniversary as well as the first anniversary since forming the world’s leading certification body in June. To mark this occasion, DNV GL is inviting those interested in the issues shaping the future to its Innovation Day, taking place on 25 June 2014 at DNV GL’s
RenewableUK says today’s announcement that East Anglia ONE offshore wind farm has gained planning consent from the Department of Energy and Climate Change is a boost for the UK’s offshore wind sector. The joint venture between ScottishPower Renewables and Vattenfall has the capacity to generate clea
James Fisher Marine Services Ltd, part of James Fisher and Sons plc – the UK’s leading marine services provider, today announces the signing of an exclusive market entry agreement with Canadian company ExtremeOcean Innovation Inc. (EOI), the designers of the TranSPAR craft. The arrangement will last
Statoil’s floating wind turbine concept – is designed to capture wind energy offshore with minimal environmental impact. To make Hywind available in more markets and even more cost efficient, the company would like to improve assembly and installation. Through the Hywind installation challenge, Stat
Scottish First Minister yesterday made a speech in Kirkwall outlining his proposals to empower the Islands – Orkney, Shetland, the Western Isles – if Scotland becomes independent. The section on harnessing islands resources includes proposals relating to The Crown Estate such as devolving foreshore
The East Anglia One offshore wind farm that is expected to support almost 2,900 jobs and bring over £520 million of investment into the UK’s economy has today been given consent from the government to go ahead. This is an important milestone for what could be one of the largest wind farms in the wor
On June 23 and 24, the Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs (EEA) and the Clean Energy Center will host officials from the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) for two public meeting regarding the commercial offshore renewable wind energy leasing process on the Outer Continental
Export Development Canada (EDC) today announced financing of EUR 125 million for Toronto-based clean energy company Northland Power, the largest loan EDC has ever provided in the wind power sector. The financing will be used by Northland to purchase a 60 per cent ownership stake in Project Gemini, a
Barge Master has obtained ISO 9001 certification for the development and exploitation of its offshore motion compensation systems. Barge Master’s integrated QASHE system is in compliance with legal, industry, and Barge Master standards, for the quality part we recently received the ISO 9001 certific
All 160 wind turbines at the Gwynt y Môr offshore wind farm are now installed. A2SEA’s jack-up vessel Sea Worker, supported by Sea Bravo and Sea Echo, was deployed to install Siemens’s 3.6 MW turbines. Now, the work is underway on the last wind turbine to fit the blades. Cable laying vessel Sia, own
