Collin O’Mara, president and CEO of the National Wildlife Federation (NWF), has written a blog post on American Wind Energy Association’s (AWEA) website, in which he discusses offshore wind power in terms of its effect on wildlife. Our treasured wildlife and wild places are sending powerful signals
In connection with the World Bank’s campaign ‘Putting a price on Carbon’, DONG Energy has signed a statement together with more than 1000 companies stipulating that putting a price on CO2 emission at a global level is needed. According to Jakob Askou Bøss, Vice President in DONG Energy, a price on C
Eco Wave Power Presented its wave energy technology to world leaders, signed the Caring for Climate Business Leadership Criteria on Carbon Pricing and made a commitment to the United Nations to establish a wave energy power plant in Gibraltar by the End of 2015, as part of this forum. Eco Wave Power
Chartered Environmentalist Tim Carter has joined Tidal Lagoon Power, the development company behind the proposed Swansea Bay Tidal Lagoon, as Head of Environment to lead a team of environmental and ecology specialists. With more than 20 years of experience, Carter joins Tidal Lagoon Power from Hyder
One of the UK’s leading environmental and engineering consultancies, JBA Consulting, and its Strategic Partner, marine experts Partrac, have been appointed by Natural Resources Wales (NRW) as independent specialists on its Marine and Coastal Casework Framework. The Partnership will provide a range o
Often, new technology doesn’t live up to expectations – and there have been plenty of expectations around second-generation vessels such as SEA INSTALLER. Has this much-awaited vessel delivered on its promises? The first of A2SEA’s second-generation installation vessel designs, SEA INSTALLER incorpo
RenewableUK says comments by Prince Charles to be aired at tomorrow’s UN Climate Summit in New York, following massive turnouts at this weekend’s People’s Climate Marches in cities around the world, demonstrate comprehensive global support for renewable energy. In a video to be shown at the UN summi
DONG Energy has launched a new multimedia campaign to promote the UK offshore wind and its importance for a sustainable and low-carbon future. The offshore wind developer invested in the advertisement of the campaign called “Offshore Wind Works”, which has its own website, Twitter page and posters t
Zero Corrosion B.V. is committed to providing environmentally friendly anti-corrosion solutions to The Netherlands, Belgium and Germany and recently introduced OXIFREE TM198 to The Benelux, an organic and reusable polymeric resin used to protect equipment from corrosion. This anti-corrosion solution
New guidance to protect large marine animals from UK marine renewable energy development has been put forward in a ground-breaking new report. The collaborative report, carried out by the University of Exeter and the Scottish Association for Marine Science, suggests moorings are likely to pose a ‘re
Offshore WIND’s photo of the day: A turtle visiting DONG Energy’s Walney Offshore Wind Farm. During a survey by CMACS, Bill Aspin took a photo of a leatherback turtle swimming near the Walney Offshore Wind Farm, located 14 km west of Walney Island off the coast of Cumbria, in the Irish Sea, England.
The UK Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) has called for tenders for offshore project supervision services to ensure the provision of a new Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) (OESEA3) and to manage the ongoing maintenance of completed SEAs. Because of the specialist nature of the r
Following the Laidlaw Capital Group’s acquisition of the Deutsche Bucht wind farm in the North Sea, around 90 km off Borkum, the UK-based company has now acquired the neighbouring Veja Mate wind farm. The purchase of the wind farm project from the BARD Group was completed yesterday. Once finished, t
Grid operator in Germany, TenneT, is seeking contractor to conduct an unexploded explosive ordnance (UXO) survey, identification and removal on the cable route BorWin3 in the German sector of the North Sea. The planned BorWin3 submarine cable connection is a DC power transmission link with a length
