The Jack-up “IB-914” and Transport Barge “IB-924” both departed China earlier mid August on its maiden voyage. The new built process for this SEA-1250 was concluded in less than a year’s time and is a record time for this newly developed design. This is the third GustoMSC SEA-1250 Jack-up built and
Gwynt y Môr Offshore Wind Farm has officially generated and exported its first electricity, on track to become the second largest operational offshore wind farm in the world. The milestone builds on other recent good news for developer RWE npower renewables (RWE), its project partners, and the wider
As part of the Obama Administration’s all-of-the-above strategy to deploy every available source of American energy, the Energy Department today announced $16 million for seventeen projects help sustainably and efficiently capture energy from waves, tides and currents. Together, these projects will
The £1 billion Lincs offshore wind farm was energised and officially opened by Deputy Prime Minister, Nick Clegg in August. The 270MW energy project is a resounding success for SgurrEnergy, whose team provided lender’s engineer advisory services during the pre-financial close and construction monito
Installation of Alstom’s 6MW Haliade 150 offshore wind turbine at the Belwind offshore wind farm has been delayed because of some unexpected problems that occurred during the civil works, the company told Offshore WIND. The wind turbine was scheduled to be completely installed in July, however, pile
Since the summer of 2007, DONG Energy has developed the area ‘The Energy in Denmark’ together with LEGOLAND® at the colourful LEGOLAND® Billund. Today, the miniature version of Anholt Offshore Wind Farm is ready to start spinning its wind turbines. For DONG Energy, the LEGO bricks are not just a gam
Industry trade associations RenewableUK and Scottish Renewables, along with the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC), have commissioned leading consultancy companies TÜV SÜD PMSS (PMSS) and SMRU Marine Ltd with their academic partner the Sea Mammal Research Unit (SMRU) to review the environme
Bruce Provan is the new chairman of the Norfolk and Suffolk Energy Alliance (NSEA), a group created to provide a unified approach to bringing more investment into the region’s energy industry. And he believes they have invaluable work to do over the next few years, particularly as the offshore wind
Swansea councilors have met today to debate the proposal for the Tidal Lagoon Swansea Bay, the South Wales Evening Post writes. Even though the project would generate the equivalent of 9 percent of Wales’ electricity needs, the tidal lagoon has raised a lot of questions. Some of the questions and co
The Final Conference of the SOWFIA project (Streamlining of Ocean Wave Farms Impact Assessment ) will take place on Tuesday 3 September as a side event of the EWTEC 2013 Conference. The SOWFIA conference will provide an opportunity to overview the final findings of the project, and those who are int
With a series of scientific dives conducted by its marine biologist, 40SouthEnergy continues to work hard in order to develop its wave technology south of St Mary’s Airport in the Isles of Scilly, as the company announced on its Facebook page. The company says that it is trying to accelerate the dev
Fistuca has announced that it had finished a series of successful near-shore piling tests with a 2.2m prototype. Two piles have been driven, a Ø2.2 meter open-ended pile and a Ø0.7 meter closed-ended pile. Extensive measurements of underwater sound levels and pile driving properties have been perfor
The first important milestone in the installation of the Borkum Riffgrund 1 Offshore Wind Farm has been achieved: The installation of the offshore substation for the wind farm in the North Sea is completed. “Though we have more than 20 years’ experience in offshore wind, it’s a very special moment,”
Many political leaders have raised their concern over Eyemouth boat building firm going into administration, reports the BBC. Before going into administration, the Coastal Marine Boatbuilders Limited had received an order to build offshore wind support vessels. Lib Dem MP Michael Moore said: “I have
