Orion Energy Centre (OEC) has recently completed a project for one of its first commercial customers, Resolute Marine Energy, Inc. (RME), a US-based wave technology developer with headquarters in Boston, Massachusetts. OECs facilities and expertise will be used to carry out scale model wave tank tes
Offshore WIND’s photo of the day: Sylwin Alpha jacket leaving Eemshaven on Eide Barge 33. The Sylwin Alpha jacket will be installed by Seaway Heavy Lifting’s vessel Oleg Strashnov. The jacket structure is a part of the Sylwin Alpha transformer platform, which will transform and transmit up to 864 MW
Mammoet, specialized in Engineered Heavy Lifting and Transport, is currently employing its Liebherr LR13000, the biggest crawler crane in the world, to install four platform legs on Van Oord’s newest wind turbine installation vessel, the Aeolus. In 12 days the giant crane has been assembled at Lloyd
Mainstream Renewable Power have kicked off Phase 2 of their floating LiDAR campaign by deploying a floating LiDAR on its 450MW Neart na Gaoithe offshore wind farm. Technology providers FLiDAR NV (a joint venture between DEME and 3E), deployed the device almost 21km off the Fife coast on April 20th.
The Dolwin Beta project is now entering its final phase of construction at the Drydocks World yard in Dubai, with 2.5 million man hours without lost time incidents. This outstanding HSE result has been celebrated at Aibel’s subcontractor Drydocks World. “Behind the result is a lot of hard work. But
Sustainable Marine Energy (SME) is the newest member of Ocean Energy Europe. Based in the Isle of Wight, Sustainable Marine Energy is a developer of an integrated support structure for tidal energy convertors – PLAT-O. PLAT-O, addresses the sectors two biggest challenges: Dramatically reducing insta
The installation work on HelWin beta jacket is nearing completion, after all six piles had been driven into the seabed. Heerema Fabrication Group (HFG) said that the levelling of the piles and welding them to the jacket is about to start soon. The 4,500-tonne jacket took its position last week. HFG’
A new roadmap developed by the UK Energy Research Centre (UKERC) and the Energy Technologies Institute (ETI) has identified the research and development areas that need to be addressed to make marine energy cost competitive with other energy technologies. Marine energy resources, consisting of wave
The European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) is attending the Environmental Interactions of Marine Renewable Energy Technologies (EIMR) Conference in Stornoway on 30th April – 1st May 2014. Jennifer Norris (Research Director), Christina Bristow (Research and Consents Officer) and Michael Butler (Acousti
UK Subsea Cable Specialists Engineering Technology Applications Ltd have received a Queen’s Award for Enterprise in the International Trade category for their global success, particularly in relation to offshore renewables. The award recognises that in the last three years ETA has seen an increase o
Nautilus Floating Solutions SL, a consortium established last year with an aim of becoming the world leader in the development of floating platforms for the offshore wind power market, is presenting its Nautilus floating structures at significant European energy events. The Nautilus floating structu
The inaugural meeting of the Irish Wave Energy Developers Association (IWEDA) took place on 18 April,2014 at NUI Maynooth. The organisation is made up of 11 Irish companies who are all developing different Ocean Energy Technologies. The association’s aims are: To promote the establishment a viable O
Transparency Market Research has introduced an upcoming report on wave and tidal market in its offering. The research report called ‘Wave & Tidal Energy Market – Global Industry Analysis, Size, Share, Trends, Analysis, Growth and Forecast, 2013 – 2019′ analyzes this market depending on its market se
3DW technologies has delivered an interactive 3d offshore model for Navitus Bay offshore wind farm. The Navitus Bay team turned to 3DW as it faced a challenge to effectively communicate the appearance of the development when viewed from different locations along the coastline. The resulting 3D model
