Burges Salmon has advised renewable electricity supplier Good Energy Group PLC on its first tidal energy project investment, the Tidal Lagoon in Swansea Bay, Wales. It is anticipated that the Swansea Bay project being developed by Tidal Lagoon (Swansea Bay) Plc will deliver renewable power to approx
GROW:OffshoreWind, supported by the Knowledge Transfer Network (KTN), has launched a £3m boost for companies looking to accelerate innovation in offshore Operation and Maintenance (O&M) technologies. The new funding call aims to support development of technologies that would strengthen the UK’s long
Bladt Industries, an international steel contractor, has erected the first out of 41 Baltic 2 offshore wind farm jackets at its Lindoe construction site. Last year, the company received an order from ARGE Baltic 2 Foundations, a joint venture between HOCHTIEF Offshore Crewing, HOCHTIEF Solutions AG
DONG Energy is well on its way with the construction of the Borkum Riffgrund 1 offshore wind farm in the North Sea. After nine months of construction work, things are now moving fast. On Friday, 16th May 2014, the team completed the first half of the foundation installation when they installed monop
EDF EN France, Dong Energy and WPD Offshore have issued a call for bids for the Engineering, Procurement, Construction and Installation (EPCI) of up to 83 gravity-based foundations for the Fécamp offshore wind farm. The contract also includes the supply of additional equipment for the gravity-based
Harland and Wolff have performed the World’s heaviest single point WaterLoad test at the shipyard facility in Belfast, United Kingdom. The massive Samson gantry crane lifted 774 tonne load in order to certify Harland and Wolff’s latest spreader beam arrangement. The spreader beam has been a strategi
International renewable energy consultancy Natural Power has recently undertaken an industry first use of Drop Down Video (DDV) surveys at Robin Rigg Offshore Wind Farm. E.ON’s Robin Rigg Wind Farm, located in the Solway Firth is the first commercial wind farm in Scottish waters. The technology, des
The construction work at the offshore wind farm Borkum Riffgrund 1 is progressing rapidly. On 21st April 2014, the first cable was connected between the offshore substation and the first foundation. By the end of 2014, approximately 80 kilometers of cables will be installed connecting the foundation
Osiris Projects, part of Bibby Marine Survey Services, have issued an updated timeline with the latest time lapse footage of the ‘Bibby Athena’ build so far. Since the original video was made available the build has progressed substantially. Fabrication of the hull is now complete and the updated ti
Nautricity, the renewable energy company, has been given the go-ahead to develop one of the UK’s first ‘next generation’ tidal energy schemes in waters off the Mull of Kintyre. Marine Scotland has given consent for the deployment of the first Contra Rotating Marine Turbine (CoRMaT) device, capable o
The wind industry worldwide will be watching very closely what happens in Hamburg in almost exactly four months’ time – WindEnergy Hamburg has its premiere at the Hamburg Fair site from 23 to 26 September. “Sigmar Gabriel, Federal Minister for Economic Affairs and Energy, will open WindEnergy Hambur
Aberdeen City Council is disappointed that the All-Energy conference is moving out of the city, but remains confident that the Granite City continues to be the home of the renewables and broader energy industry. The council, working in partnership with the Aberdeen Renewable Energy Group (AREG) plan
Deepwater Wind, a Rhode Island-based offshore wind developer, is conducting a study of marine life on the seafloor off Block Island that is paving the way for future harvesting of not only the fish but also of clean wind energy. As the company is planning to develop similar projects to the Block Isl
India’s new Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who will swear into office on May 26, will push the country toward renewable energy production, especially offshore wind and solar power, according to industry officials. Modi’s government could set up a policy for offshore wind power separately, thus pavi
