AXYS Technologies has recently completed manufacturing of a newly designed Instrumentation Buoy. The buoy was developed by AXYS in conjunction with the Northwest National Marine Renewable Energy Center (NNMREC) for the testing of wave energy converters (WECs). NNMREC is a U.S. Department of Energy s
As Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung reported, the German government might acquire stake in a new grid operator, planned to bring offshore wind power to shore. The government could realize its plans through KfW Group state development bank. This news comes after grid operator TenneT announced delay in
As it was announced earlier this month, the Polish government has awarded PGE SA three permits to build offshore wind farms, according to Bloomberg. These will be the first of their kind in Poland. The government has awarded five permits with a total capacity of 4,500 MW. Ministry of Transport, Cons
Despite the ongoing financial crisis, emerging wind energy markets in Europe are expected to significantly increase installed wind power capacity by 2020, a panel session at the EWEA 2012 Annual Event in Copenhagen heard on Thursday. Peter Brun, of Vestas, told people attending the session — Emergin
The first wave device installed in the waters at Cornwall’s marine energy test site has been manufactured by A&P Falmouth. Fred Olsen’s “BOLT Lifesaver” project, which is capable of operating and producing electricity, is now being tested in the sheltered FabTest site off Falmouth Bay, with easy acc
On Wednesday, business plans for wave energy were presented by UMD (University of Massachusetts Dartmouth) graduate students Jonathan Christie and Linnhardt Hilfer. For development of their business, they plan to raise up to USD 2.0 million, according to Brian Boyd from SouthCoastToday. At UMass Dar
The Cabinet Secretary for Finance, Employment and Sustainable Growth, John Swinney, today announced the re-appointment of Crawford Gillies as Chair of Scottish Enterprise. Scottish Enterprise is the Scottish Government’s main agency for economic development in North East, Central and Lowland Scotlan
Enova and METCentre have signed a collaborative agreement whose purpose is to facilitate an increase in technological development within marine energy production in Norway. – We wish to facilitate the implementation of full scale testing of new technology in Norway, both for Norwegian and foreign te
GEO will participate in the Offshore Technology Conference (OTC-2012, 30 April-4 May) in Houston Texas, USA. The Company will present their article “Design of Gravel Banks – A Way to Avoid Jack-Up Spudcan Punch-Through Type of Failure” at the conference. Founded in 1943 as a traditional soil and fou
Marine South East is to run a second event in a series of three planed between April and June to inform local businesses of the opportunities that exist to supply products and services to Offshore Wind Farms being developed off the South Coast. Today’s event will be held in Newhaven, Enterprise Cent
Following the official announcement by the French government of the results of Round 1 of the tender concerning the building of wind farms off the coasts of France, Nass&Wind Offshore is proud to report that the consortium comprising EDF Energies Nouvelles, DONG Energy, Alstom, WPD Offshore and Nass
PLANNING applications for a new £230 million Siemens wind turbine factory in Hull will go before councillors on May 9. Being jointly promoted by Associated British Ports and the German engineering giant, the scheme earmarked for Alexandra Dock in east Hull will be presented to Hull City Council’s pl
Oceanteam Shipping ASA announced that its new OTS 1250t modular carousel systems has completed its trials and is mobilized for Visser & Smit Marine Contractors (VSMC) in The Netherlands for a minimum of 200 days onboard Solstad Offshore ASA’s CSV Normand Flower for Offshore Renewables Operations in
Colruyt Group is seeking co-investors for several offshore wind projects. The company aims to reduce financial burdens of the investments, reported De Standaard. Colruyt currently owns two offshore wind farms, Belwind and Northwind. Northwind NV, formerly known as the Eldepasco, requires 760 million
