Mark Shorrock, Chief Executive of Tidal Lagoon Power, wrote a message to the public, after the company submitted an application for a Development Consent Order (DCO) for its Swansea Bay Tidal Lagoon energy project: It’s been three years since we first began work on the proposed Swansea Bay Tidal Lag
The UK Department for Business, Innovation & Skills, along with the Department for Energy & Climate Change, has published a report on capabilities and opportunities of the UK’s offshore wind supply chain. The report, produced by BVG Associates, presents a first ‘map’ of the UK offshore wind supply c
Vattenfall has issued another call for Expression of Interest (EOI), this time for the supply and installation of foundations for the Horns Rev 3 project. The total scope of works includes the manufacturing, transport, supply and installation of foundations. Deadline for expression of interest is Fe
Innovative subsea design and manufacture group has kicked off 2014 with announcement of securing strategic contracts worth more than £2million over the last quarter. The contracts mean the Hydro Group Plc, specialists in design, engineering and manufacturing of underwater cables and connectors for s
The trade fair companies in Hamburg and Husum have now signed the agreement for cooperation as organisers of WindEnergy Hamburg and HUSUM Wind. “That is the formal document setting out what we have been preparing in parallel for many months – the joint industry solution for the arrangement of the wi
A new multi-million pound pontoon has become fully operational at the Gwynt y Môr Offshore Wind Farm base at the Port of Mostyn in North Wales. The 10-berth pontoon will greatly improve the offshore transfer of wind turbine engineers and technicians throughout the construction and operational lifeti
Carnegie Wave Energy Limited has announced two successful UK funding applications to support technology development and environmentally sustainable development of commercial CETO projects. Carnegie recently won EU funding from the MARINETs Transnational Access initiative to support wave tank testing
Global wind power capacity has reached a total of 318,137 MW, Global Wind Energy Council (GWEC) informed in its market statistics released today. Even though this marks an increase of nearly 200,000 MW in the past five years, the annual market dropped by almost 10 GW to 35,467 MW. According to GWEC,
Serdijn Ship Repair and Zwagerman Offshore Services have established a joint company under the name Rotterdam Offshore Group (ROG). The ideas and activities of Serdijn and Zwagerman are complementary, so a complete portfolio can be offered to clients. Existing markets and new market segments will be
Mott MacDonald provided key technical, regulatory and environmental advisory services to Balfour Beatty Investments, facilitating their successful acquisition of the high voltage transmission link for the 504MW Greater Gabbard offshore wind farm located off the coast of Suffolk. Balfour Beatty Inves
ABB, which has over 30 years of wind power experience, released a video that shows its wind power solutions. The company says that it delivers wind economy in every wind energy project it is involved in. ABB developed the world’s first circuit breaker for high voltage direct current (HVDC), which br
Alicat & South Boats IOW, the UK’s manufacturer of state of the art Wind Farm Service Vessels (WFSVs), has received a £5.5 million, two-workboat order from Lowestoft-based operator Iceni Marine Services. With Lowestoft having just been selected as the base for operations and maintenance for the plan
RWE Innogy UK, the developer of Gwynt y Mor Offshore Wind Farm, has established a 14-member advisory group, which is taking forward the views of local people expressed during one of the biggest consultation exercises ever carried out by the renewables sector at the time. The group has taken its firs
Hutton’s Group, a ship supplier based in the UK, is expanding its Renewables Division to better service the growing offshore renewable energy and oil and gas sectors. Hutton’s Renewables has relocated to larger quayside premises in the centre of Great Yarmouth’s vibrant maritime community in order t
