British politicians have voiced their support for wind farms, however, some prefer them to harness power onshore, while others are in favor of wind energy generation at sea. According to Ed Miliband from the Labour party, onshore wind farms have to be built in places where they can generate high amo
Researchers at the Graduate School of Oceanography and Department of Geosciences at the University of Rhode Island have compared top-down and bottom-up approaches to benthic habitat mapping, as a response to increased interest in ocean renewables in the United States. The research was conducted at t
Siem Offshore Contractors GmbH (SOC), a wholly owned subsidiary of Siem Offshore Inc., announced today that SOC has been awarded the contract for the turnkey supply and installation package of the inner array grid cable system for the Nordsee One Offshore Wind Farm, a project developed by RWE Innogy
Last year, TenneT chose Alstom for the DolWin 3 offshore project. This project, connecting the North Sea wind farms to the continental electricity network, has an investment volume of over one billion euros. Recently, Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP), and TenneT have agreed to make a joint i
The jacket of the HelWin beta HVDC platform has been successfully placed at its position in the German part of the North Sea, Heerema Fabrication Group informed via social media. After Heerema Fabrication Group had finished building the HelWin beta jacket at its yard in Vlissingen, the structure sai
German transmission system operator 50Hertz is responsible for the connection of offshore wind farms in the Baltic Sea to the mainland. Recently, a joint project was announced between 50Hertz and the Danish power utility Energinet.dk. Under the project, funded by the EU, the companies will integrate
Over 130 wind turbines, of total 160, have been installed at the Gwynt y Môr offshore wind farm, according to AWJ Marine. The EUR 2 billion offshore wind farm is on schedule to become fully operational this year, and produce enough clean energy to power up to 400,000 homes. The following video shows
The Isle of Lewis is set to cash in around GBP 350,000 from a renewable energy conference. The Scottish island will host an Environmental Interactions of Marine Renewables (EIMR) conference on Wednesday 30th April and Thursday 1st May. Organised by the University of the Highlands and Islands, and ba
Twenty foundations have been installed so far at the Westermost Rough offshore wind farm, and the installation vessel Innovation is on its way back to the site with the fifth foundation batch loaded. The construction work is carried out according to schedule and with a very good performance, despite
Tidal Energy Ltd will take part in All-Energy 2014, looking for partners to help commercialize the revolutionary DeltaStream Tidal technology. The company will be located at stand H53, at this year’s event to be held on 21-22 May in Aberdeen. Tidal Energy is preparing to install and test a single De
Faced with reduced funds for German offshore wind energy, Dong Energy has been revising its plans in Germany, with a possibility of scaling them back, writes the German manager magazin online edition. The company’s manager for German offshore business, Trine Borum Bojsen, said that ambitious policy
The American Chemical Society has published a paper on a new way to harvest wave energy. Beijing Institute of Nanoenergy and Nanosystems at Chinese Academy of Sciences and School of Materials Science and Engineering at Georgia Institute of Technology gave their contribution to this report, which loo
As part of the 11th Annual Baltimore Green Week, the Business Network for Maryland Offshore Wind (BizMDOSW) will be holding a conference about the offshore wind industry in Maryland. This event, which will update the public and private sector about the latest developments, will be held at the Perdue
Peter Kydd, chairman of the South West Marine Energy Park, claims that tidal lagoons would be a more feasible solution for harnessing tidal power from the Severn Estuary than a barrage, WalesOnline informs. “Having a structured plan to develop the Severn’s tidal power resource in this way could prod
