Atlantis Resources reported yesterday that all of the horizontal directional drilling (HDD) works for MeyGen Phase 1A tidal project have now been completed on time for the cable installation. Four bore holes were drilled at a distance of 570 meters underground to within 2m of their exit target offsh
Tocardo International B.V, producer of tidal and free-flow water turbines, has reached an agreement with Mosscliff Environmental to create a new company in the renewable energy market – MT Tidal Ltd. MT Tidal involves the merger of Tocardo International’s UK business, Tocardo Tidal Energy Ltd, with
Mike Unsworth is to join Tidal Lagoon Power in August as Delivery Director for the Swansea Bay Tidal Lagoon. He will support Andrew McNaughton in bringing the world’s first tidal lagoon power plant into service by leading the construction and commissioning activities of the project’s contractors. Mi
The boundaries of Anglesey Enterprise Zone are to be extended to maximise economic benefits for the region and will include a new marine renewable energy zone and the Menai Science Park site. The new sites include the West Anglesey Demonstration Zone, a 37 square kilometre of seabed off the west coa
Teco Electric & Machinery has officially established a joint venture with China Steel (CSC) in order to produce offshore wind turbines. The joint venture is to tackle Taiwan’s 4,000 MW installed offshore wind capacity target by 2030. According to Taiwanese media, Teco will contribute by integrating
Associated British Ports (ABP) has invested £4.5 million in the reconstruction of Town Quay at the Port of Lowestoft, ensuring it is fit for purpose for at least the next 50 years. Town Quay was officially re-opened by Lieutenant Commander Gavin Dawe, Commanding Officer of the Royal Australian Navy
A further delay in providing much-needed clarity on support for renewables could “cause damage to Scotland’s offshore wind and islands renewable energy projects” according to Scotland’s Energy Minister Fergus Ewing. The Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) has postponed announcements on Co
Sabella has chosen Metocean Analytics for the analysis of currents on its new sites. Developed by Open Ocean, Metocean Analytics simplifies and accelerates the search and analysis process for potential sites thanks to a large catalogue of currents, waves and wind data, coupled with statistical tools
China Huaneng Group’s first offshore wind project entered construction phase when the 105-tonne monopile foundation was installed offshore Baxianjiao, Rudong late last month. The 300MW Rudong offshore wind farm will comprise 50 turbines of 4MW and 20 turbines of 5MW covering an area of 82 square kil
With members from the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) and Sandia National Laboratories (SNL), the US Department of Energy-funded wave energy converter (WEC) modeling team won the Center for Ocean Energy Research (COER) Hydrodynamic Modeling Competition. Through the competition, researche
Ofgem has decided to grant the FAB Link, IFA2 and Viking Link interconnectors a cap and floor regime in principle and subject to no material escalation in the costs as submitted to us to date by the project developers. This follows Ofgem’s March 2015 consultation on their proposals. Their March 2015
Five British companies are celebrating today after they have received grant funding from the Government’s innovation experts at Innovate UK to develop tidal energy projects with Canadian businesses and universities. Split across two projects, worth a combined £700,000, the projects will help governm
Following a tender process, Taylor Hopkinson Associates, a renewable energy and clean technology human resources consultancy, will be working in collaboration with TenneT over the next four years for the supply of high-level supervision services. Taylor Hopkinson will ensure TenneT is supplied with
In the first half of 2015, another 422 offshore wind turbines, with a combined capacity of 1,765.3 megawatts went on line. Up to 30 June 2015 a total of 668 offshore turbines with an overall capacity of 2,777.8 megawatts fed power into the German grid. With the current offshore wind energy output th
