Blue Water Shipping has been appointed as an agent for A2SEA for offshore projects Borkum Riffgrund and Westermost Rough. A2SEA will load Siemens turbines in Esbjerg and install them respectively in German and UK waters. “At the moment, our agency team is preparing the mobilisation scopes and variou
Romax Technology and E.ON Climate & Renewables are working to develop a joint programme to predict the life and maintenance needs of wind turbine driveline components. Operations and maintenance can account for up to 25 per cent of the cost of a wind energy project, and with the number of these proj
Thomas Pringle, Donegal Independent Deputy, raised a question on the potential of job creation through the supply of tender vessels and crews for Irish offshore wind projects. During Question Time session at the Dáil Éireann (Irish House of Deputies), Mr. Pringle asked Minister for Communications, E
Ventnor residents have raised concern regarding the announced tidal energy development in the area. The proposed Perpetuus Tidal Energy Centre (PTEC) would be located around 2.5km south of St Catherine’s Point, near Ventnor on the Isle of Wight. ”The site in St Catherine’s Deep is on the brown crab
Tom Delay, CEO of the Carbon Trust, presented a diagnose of renewable energy sector’s weaknesses and proposed solutions to overcome them, in an article published at the organization’s official website. Here’s a thought. If necessity is the motherhood of invention how come we are so far away from the
Dalby Offshore Limited has secured a long term charter to supply one of its 21m crew transfer vessels (CTVs) to Siemens Energy Service. The 2013 built Dalby Trent will be working on the Lynn and Inner Dowsing wind farm, which is approximately 5km off the Lincolnshire coast, east of Skegness. Operati
EMEC’s Max Carcas will be speaking at the Scottish Renewables Annual Conference and Exhibition taking this week, 18-19th March 2014 in Edinburgh. Max is speaking on Day 2 in the Finance Conference in the Wave and Tidal plenary (parallel 3B) alongside Cameron Johnston (Nautricity), Chris Stark (Scott
United States District Judge Reggie B. Walton last week issued rulings against Cape Wind’s opponents in their four lawsuits that had challenged the project’s permitting approval by the U.S. Department of Interior. In his rulings, Judge Walton upheld the Department of the Interior’s review and approv
The Netherlands: New O&M System to Cut Down Offshore Wind Costs A new system for wind farm operations and maintenance is set to significantly reduce the maintenance costs. The system has been developed by the Energy Research Centre of the Netherlands (ECN) using data from energy company Essent/RWE.
Vince Cable, Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, told an audience of senior stakeholders and academics from across the renewable energy sector that “Britain has the opportunity to be the world leader in offshore renewables bar none.” Dr Cable was speaking as he formally opened th
All foundations of the Nordsee Ost offshore wind farm have been successfully installed some 35 kilometres north of the island of Heligoland. A total of 48 jacket foundations were installed for the wind turbines and one for the substation in water up to 25 metres deep. Each of the foundations for the
DONG Energy will boost the capacity of its German offshore wind farm, Borkum Riffgrund 1, by upgrading the 3.6MW turbines to produce more power and by installing an additional turbine. Initially planned 77 Siemens’ turbines would have produced 277MW of electricity, but with the optimization of turbi
A new poll by Ipsos MORI shows that young people are among the strongest supporters of offshore wind – and the majority aren’t in favour of fracking. According to the survey, commissioned by the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills and the Economic and Social Research Council, 85% of 16-24
Ocean Power Technologies, Inc. announced financial results for its Fiscal 2014 third quarter and the nine months ended January 31, 2014.
