Allard van Hoeken, Head of New Energy at Bluewater Energy Services, has been elected Engineer of the Year. The Prince Friso Engineers Prize at the University of Twente was handed to Van Hoeken by Martin van Pernis, President of the Royal Institute of Engineers (KIVI), in the presence of Princess Bea
Fugro has introduced a high accuracy G2+ service, designed to benefit offshore operators around the globe who require positioning and measurement accuracy at centimetre level. G2+ is an enhancement of Fugro’s highly regarded G2 service (based on GPS and GLONASS) and utilises highly advanced GNSS aug
DemoWind, the Offshore Wind European Research Area Network (ERA-NET) Cofund, funded by the European Union’s Horizon 2020 programme, launched a Joint Call 2015 on 25th February 2015. DemoWind offers the opportunity for project consortia to participate in its first Joint Call this year for collaborati
The final phase of testing the HiWave technology is complete and the HiWave project can now focus on tackling the deployment of the technology at a full scale, KIC InnoEnergy informed. The HiWave project aims to industrialise a wave energy converter with five times higher energy density compared to
New time lapse radar imaging at FORCE has shown flow features in western Minas Passage over two tide cycles (approximately 25 hours) in December 2014. While they appear to derive from a satellite, these images were created using FORCE’s marine radar system, perched atop its visitor centre. Typical m
KymoGen is moving forward with the development of a device that will harness the energy of waves. Research and design work has been ongoing, while the first unit should be complete by July of 2015 immediately followed by in water testing. Production units are expected to be built for the public in S
UK-based company, OSBIT Power, the developer of an innovative offshore wind access system released a footage of its MaXccess in operation at Fukushima offshore wind farm. The system completed its Lloyds witnessed factory acceptance tests in late 2012. Owned by Maubeni, the offshore wind farm is loca
ABB has signed a deal for 201MW Xiangshui offshore wind farm located 10 kilometers off the coast of Xiangshui County. Namely, the Swiss company will supply full range of power equipment for project’s 220 kV offshore substation which delivers wind power to onshore transformer stations. It includes 22
Chinese wind farm developer has connected its super compact drive (SCD) 6.5WM wind turbine to the grid. Installed in late 2014 by Zhenhua Heavy, the turbine is located in Jiangsu province at Longyuan Rudong Intertidal wind farm where it will undergo testing over the course of two years. Chuanwei Zha
The Netherlands Enterprise Agency (RVO) has announced that on April 1, 2015, a new tender for the Demonstration of Energy Innovation (DEI) will be open. With DEI, applicants have the chance to get funding for demonstrations (investment projects) of products, processes or services. The funding is ava
HiDef Aerial Surveying has signed an exclusive deal with BioConsult SH GmbH & Co. KG of Germany to operate HiDef’s technology and infrastructure within Denmark and its territorial waters. The five year contract allows BioConsult SH to provide digital video surveys to German wind farm developers, gov
RES Offshore has designed a new rating method for export power cables set to vastly improve power transportation from offshore wind farms, with currents improved by up to 22%. The new cable rating method, developed in cooperation with University of Southampton, has moved away from the traditional po
EnBW and CWind announced today at EWEA 2015 in Copenhagen that their joint implementation of the first satellite communication system in remote management of temporary power supply in the offshore wind industry is successfully passing its test. The system is proving a resilient and effective means o
Ocean Power Technologies, Inc. (OPT) will deploy its ABP-350 type of PowerBuoy in the summer of this year, the company’s President and Chief Executive, George H. Kirby, confirmed in the announcement of OPT’s third quarter results. OPT’s PB40 wave energy system that is currently in New Jersey will be
