Anyone wishing to register a relevant representation for Dogger Bank Teesside A&B now has one month to go until the registration is due. Having accepted Forewind’s development consent application for the 1.2GW offshore wind proposal, the Planning Inspectorate has started its pre-examination phase
The Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources today launched the Energy Policy Green Paper for Ireland marking the beginning of a ten week public consultation on the future shape of Ireland’s energy policy. Ireland faces significant inter-related challenges in relation to climate cha
Najjar & Najjar Architects, a design company based in Beirut and Vienna, has developed IRIS pods ‒ eye-like kinematic structures that would be installed along the coast of Beirut, at the very line where the land ends and the Mediterranean Sea begins. The IRIS pods would generate wave energy via buoy
Avantha Group Company CG installed its transformer substation at the Amrumbank West offshore wind farm. The renewable energy unit consists of 80 multi-megawatt wind turbines located 100 km off the German coast in the North Sea. The Amrumbank West offshore wind farm (which was completed along with CG
Siemens has appointed Finbarr Dowling as Project Director for the new wind turbine manufacturing facilities at Green Port Hull and Paull in the East Riding of Yorkshire, effective from 1st July 2014. Mr. Dowling joined Siemens in 1989 and worked in the Metering Manufacturing business based in London
The German government will not intervene in the Siemens-Alstom negotiation process, said German Chancellor Angela Merkel at a press conference on Saturday, reported the Associated Press. Chancellor Merkel met with French President Francois Hollande this weekend to discuss a possible tie-up between t
A 72-year old windsurfer passed away on Saturday in a hospital in Middlesbrough, after he had been found floating helplessly in the water near the Teesside offshore wind farm the day before. The Royal National Lifeboat Institution’s (RNLI) lifeboats and vessels serving the Teesside offshore wind far
In early July, Van Oord will commence the offshore installation of the 43 foundation piles for the Eneco Luchterduinen Wind Farm, the third Dutch offshore wind farm, which will be utilizing innovative new design elements with regard to its foundation piles. While the tower and foundation components
SSAB is entering into an agreement with Hexicon AB to develop far off shore platforms. The combined technology will offer advantages within the market for renewable energy. A first demonstration unit is planned for Swedish waters in 2017. Hexicon will together with SSAB optimize the steel material i
Heavy engineering specialists Sheffield Forgemasters have joined a body of senior business owners and directors in Wales working to maximise the potential of a new tidal lagoon industry in the UK. The Wales Tidal Industry Advisory Group was established in January 2014 to realise the commercial benef
The Newport Chapter of the Surfrider Foundation will hold its monthly meeting this week at the Newport Visual Arts Center on the Nye Beach Turnaround. Kaety Hildenbrand, extension marine fisheries educator from the Oregon State University’s (OSU) Sea Grant program, will deliver a speech during the m
Boralex, a Canadian renewable energy company, plans to enter the European offshore wind market by developing projects of 100 to 300 MW capacity. The projects would be installed in France, and the company is already negotiating with a potential European partner, the Global Post writes. Boralex has un
Offshore WIND’s photo of the day: The first monopile foundation for Eneco Luchterduinen Wind Farm offshore wind project on its way to the construction site. Sif Group in the city of Roermond is manufacturing 43 steel foundation piles for the Eneco Luchterduinen Wind Farm, located 23 kilometers off t
To reduce the levelized cost of offshore wind farm installations, a wind turbine substructure is needed that will provide significant project benefits over today’s conventional tubular steel XXL monopiles and cross-member jackets. Dallas-based Offshore Wind Power Systems of Texas, LLC, believes they
