Wave energy developer Carnegie Wave Energy Limited has been selected as a semi-finalist in the Australian Technologies Cleantech Competition. Carnegie is one of only two ASX-listed companies to be selected as a semi-finalist among 228 entries. The Australian Technologies Competition (ATC) shortliste
Blue Offshore has built its second basket carousel for subsea cable installation. Blue Offshore’s cable storage and installation system includes a modular basket carousel, a loading tower and loading arm, a 10 tonnes tower tensioner, a 10 tonnes aft deck tensioner, chute, roller guides and control c
The Offshore Energy Research Association of Nova Scotia (OERA) has announced the release of the Update to the Bay of Fundy Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) and the Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) Community Response Report for the Cape Breton Region. A Strategic Environmental Assessm
GROW:OffshoreWind, which recently provided a GBP 3 million funding for UK’s offshore wind operations and maintenance sector, provides intelligence and live data to target real offshore wind component manufacturing and maintenance opportunities. In the following video, Richard Ousey, Funding Advisor
Twice a day, like clockwork, the moon’s gravity makes the seas ebb and flow. For Baker, a marine renewables business manager at GE Power Conversion, the tides are the perfect source of energy, more predictable and reliable than wind or solar power. “Some U.K. locations have significant tidal head ra
Areva would be more interested in Alstom’s offshore wind contracts than its technology, writes Reuters. Recently, Areva said it will consider acquiring Alstom’s wind energy business if the bid from the U.S. company General Electric gets approved. After making a bid of EUR 12.35 billion bid for Alsto
Massive offshore platforms, which convert and transmit power from offshore wind farms, got a leading role in Siemens’ latest video called Giants of the North Sea. HelWin alpha, BorWin beta and SylWin alpha transformer platforms are built at Nordic Yards’ facilities in Wismar and Warnemünde. These st
Dr. Christoph Vogel has been appointed new Group Senior Vice President of Vestas and President of Vestas Central Europe. Christoph, who comes from a position as Vice President & General Manager at Johnson Controls, enters into his new position on 1 June. Christoph has extensive global experiences ac
Last week, the Northwest National Marine Renewable Energy Center (NNMREC) held a public meeting at the Hatfield Marine Science Center Visitor Center regarding the Pacific Marine Energy Center, a new ocean testing facility. NNMREC, which is a partnership between Oregon State University (OSU) and the
Offshore WIND’s photo of the day: Heavy lifting and site transport work at the base port for Butendiek offshore wind farm in Esbjerg, Denmark. Modulift, a specialist in lifting engineering services, is part of the Butendiek offshore wind farm development, providing its expertise in heavy lifting and
The Navitus Bay offshore wind farm could have a negative impact on the protected area of Dorset and East Devon Coast (Jurassic Coast), which is England’s only natural world heritage site. UNESCO’s International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) has examined the case and concluded that the deve
The American giant General Electric has prolonged its deadline for the Alstom bid by three more weeks. The deadline was moved to 23rd of June after the French government requested more time to address its concerns over the €12.4 billion bid for Alstom’s energy businesses through discussion with othe
Siemens to Use ‘Wind Server’ Jack-Up Vessel for Three Years Siemens Energy has entered into a charter agreement with DBB Jack-Up Services A/S for the use of a new purpose-built jack-up vessel, the Wind Server, designed for the service and maintenance of the rising number of large scaled offshore win
DEME’s marine engineering specialist GeoSea has consolidated its position in the renewable energy market by securing geotechnical site investigation works for the Fécamp offshore wind farm site in France, along with G-tec SAS. Works will be executed during summer 2014 for the account of WPD Offshore
