Osiris Marine Services, a division of James Fisher and Sons plc, has achieved the International Marine Contractors Association (IMCA) accreditation for the Remote Systems and ROV Division. IMCA is the internationally respected trade association representing offshore, marine and underwater engineerin
The UK offshore wind sector is set to benefit from a new European FP7 project, LEANWIND, through the participation of Lloyd’s Register Energy, the industry’s foremost authority on managing risk. The project seeks to address inefficiencies in logistics and transport issues for offshore wind installat
Gram & Juhl has announced the opening of a state-of-the art Diagnostic & Monitoring Service at the end of 2014. With this new service, Denmark-based company will be offering the full Turbine Condition Monitoring package i.e. TCM® hardware, software, and installation services for both factory and ret
LEINE LINDE SYSTEMS will present the new ADSR in detail at EWEA 2014 in Barcelona from March 10 to 13, 2014. The ADSR is the first slip ring with a diagnostic system for analyzing condition and predicting remaining service life. Service planning made more efficient Wind turbines, both onshore and of
The Acclaimed Software Company Ltd has developed EPOCH, a ground-breaking marine management system on behalf of Offshore Marine Management Limited (OMM). EPOCH is an ESRI-GIS, web-based management system, providing reporting from offshore sites to onshore bases. For example, OMM’s German subsidiary
A pilot project in Smøla will examine whether ultraviolet (UV) light can reduce the risk of birds colliding with wind turbines. Researchers are currently conducting a pilot project to test brand new solutions for reducing the negative impact on birdlife in the area. With its 68 wind turbines, Smøla
WaveFarmer and TidalFarmer, DNV GL’s array planning tools were launched yesterday at the RenewableUK Wave and Tidal Conference in Belfast. These are the world’s first marine energy planning tools to be made commercially available, which allow users to model wave and tidal energy converters when oper
The Scottish Energy Minister Fergus Ewing has announced that the Scottish Government’s Marine Renewables Commercialisation Fund (MRCF) Array Technology Innovation Programme has made an award to a team of marine experts – to undertake a research project on Turbulence in Marine Environments (TIME) for
The Scottish Government has awarded a share of the Marine Renewables Commercialisation Fund (MRCF) to the European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) to support the further development of an integrated site characterisation and measurement platform for high energy marine environments. The support of the MR
Mojo Maritime Ltd, the Falmouth-based marine renewable energy experts, has secured funding to develop, build and test their low motion floating platform for offshore LiDAR measurements at sea. Concept development and tank testing of the platform performed during 2013 has resulted in a solid design,
At the biggest gathering of its kind in the world, RenewableUK’s wave and tidal energy conference, Ministers from Scotland and Northern Ireland have re-affirmed their commitment to developing the UK’s massive marine energy resources to their full potential – and there’s been a major announcement on
Greg Barker, the UK Minister of State at the Department for Energy and Climate Change (DECC), payed a visit to Seagen in Northern Ireland on Tuesday, 25th February 2014. “This SeaGen tidal turbine may be a prototype but is grid connected and already powering 1500 NI homes,” Minister Barker posted on
DNV GL yesterday released WaveFarmer and TidalFarmer; the world’s first marine energy planning tools to be made commercially available. A major barrier to the growth of the marine energy industry is the risk associated with projects and the accompanying uncertainty of return on investment. Engineers
AXYS Technologies Inc. has deployed one of its WindSentinel Land Stations on a man-made island at the entrance to the Chesapeake Bay as part of a project headed by WeatherFlow Inc. The project is funded by the Virginia Commonwealth Research Commercialization Fund (CRCF) with the objective, “Developi
