Since the construction on Vattenfall’s DanTysk offshore wind farm kicked off at the beginning of this month, the site has been crowded with vessels, massive components and workers. Vattenfall’s Holger Grubel wrote an update on the company’s blog, saying that the heavy lift vessel Oleg Strashnov, acc
Senvion, one of the world’s largest manufacturers of wind turbines, has detected anomalies in the rotor bearings of their offshore turbines in 5M and 6XM series. Unusual rise in temperature in the bearings was a result of inadequate lubrication, which also caused wear, said Verena Puth, Senvion spok
The High Court of London has found MT Højgaard liable for the grouted connections on E.ON’s 180MW Robin Rigg Wind Farm. The company will seek permission to appeal the ruling, but the ruling will have a negative effect on the financial result for 2014. In 2007-2008, MT Højgaard designed, manufactured
Three large offshore wind players, DONG Energy, E.ON and Strabag have established a joint venture company to perform an environmental study in waters off Borkum in the German North Sea. The joint venture aims at not only reducing the project costs of offshore wind farms, but also at mitigating their
Inch Cape Offshore Limited, the developer of the proposed Inch Cape Offshore Wind Farm, will hold community consultations on its onshore electrical infrastructure, which is planned to be set up in Cockenzie, East Lothian News informs. Residents of East Lothian are invited to attend these events in o
A multidisciplinary consortium of six private and public organisations from five European countries, led by the French wind power specialist ASAH LM, will develop an innovative concept of floating wind turbine on GustoMSC’s Tri-Floater. Other members include: SSP Technology the Danish leading blade
The Energy Technologies Institute (ETI) has welcomed the latest Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s (IPCC) Report on Mitigation of Climate Change. The IPCC report highlights that whilst there are many pathways to emissions reduction the specific circumstances of individual countries and pref
In support of the Administration’s all of the above energy strategy, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has issued a draft loan guarantee solicitation for innovative renewable energy and energy efficiency projects located in the U.S. that avoid, reduce, or sequester greenhouse gases. When finalized
In the field of wave energy conversion, IFP Energies nouvelles (IFPEN) has launched a project focusing on the control of wave energy conversion systems, aimed at increasing energy production via the appropriate control strategies. To this end, IFPEN is working with various technological solution dev
Based on the outcome of four years of extensive discussions with wind farm developers, operators and maintenance companies, OSD-IMT has developed a range of innovative designs of offshore wind farm service operation vessels (SOV’s). These designs fulfill the operational demands of the wind farm main
First Flight Wind has released results of the survey of public views on offshore wind turbines. Recently, they completed a second round of public consultation, during which they held a variety of community consultation events and used them to administer a questionnaire surveying the views of the pub
Drawing on its considerable experience in the field of offshore oil production, which resulted in bringing to market numerous innovations, in 2011, IFP Energies nouvelles turned its attention to research aimed at coming up with technologies enabling the development of offshore wind power, along with
Renewable UK has announced the programme for the 13th Annual Global Offshore Wind 2014, which will take place over two days, 11th – 12th June, in Glasgow. This time with a truly global focus, this event is designed to showcase the UK ofvfshore expertise. It offers a forum for over 3500 delegates and
LongBay SeaPower, a company based in Devon, has revealed its plans to set up a tidal lagoon worth GBP 2.4 billion between Minehead and West Quantoxhead, as reported by Western Morning News. The company announced the plans at yesterday’s tidal power conference hosted by West Somerset Council. The lag
