AXYS Technologies Inc. has announced the appointment of GeoSystem Research Corporation (GeoSR) as its new agent for the Republic of Korea. The agreement includes representation of AXYS’ marine product line and the WindSentinel™ wind resource assessment buoy. GeoSR has been busy, already securing two
Construction works on Alstom’s two offshore wind turbine factories in Saint-Nazaire, France, are gaining momentum, the company said via social media. A year ago, Alstom started building these factories for the production of generators and assembly of nacelles for its Haliade™ 150-6MW offshore wind t
A few days ago, Vestas’ first V164-8.0 MW prototype wind turbine has successfully produced its first kWh of electricity, making it the world’s most powerful turbine in operation. The turbine is now operational at the Danish National Test Centre for Large Wind Turbines in Østerild, where it will be c
Oscilla Power, Inc. (OPI) has successfully completed its 2013 open ocean testing, conducted at Isle of Shoals, NH. OPI’s prototype system was deployed in mid-July and recovered in mid-September, 2013. For nine weeks, two of OPI’s “Gen 1” magnetostrictive power generators operated according to plan,
Assistant professor Reza Alam, an expert in wave mechanics, proposes the seafloor “carpet” which will convert ocean waves into usable energy. “There is a vast amount of untapped energy in the oceans, and with increasing worldwide demand for power, the need to find cleaner alternatives to fossil fuel
Efforts to lower the cost of offshore wind energy have taken a step forward with the SPARTA (System Performance, Availability and Reliability Trend Analysis) project, which will create a database for sharing anonymised offshore wind farm performance and maintenance data. The project was launched tod
Electricity has been generated for the first time from the West of Duddon Sands Offshore Windfarm, a major renewable energy project being developed by ScottishPower Renewables and DONG Energy in the Irish Sea. Engineers have now installed 42 of the 108 turbines that will make up the overall project.
Through its Offshore Wind Accelerator programme (OWA ), the Carbon Trust has awarded DONG Energy GBP 6 million (DKK 54 million) to co-fund full scale demonstration of a new offshore wind turbine foundation called the Suction Bucket Jacket. If the demonstration is successful, it could be implemented
Vestas’ first V164-8.0 MW prototype wind turbine has successfully produced its first kWh of electricity, making it the world’s most powerful turbine in operation. “We have now completed the production, testing, and installation of the V164-8.0 MW as planned, thanks to the team’s intense effort durin
Damen recently said that it was building the FCS 2610 for stock to keep up with demand and that the company would soon have 40 of these vessels built in just three years. The first of two Sure Wind Marine’s Damen FCS 2610 vessels was handed over on January 8th 2014 and was named ‘Sure […]
Carnegie Wave Energy Limited (CWE) has shortlisted four sites for its CETO 6 project that will follow the Perth Wave Energy Project. The company announced that two possible sites have been identified in Australia and two more internationally: one in France and one in the UK. Carnegie is now in discu
Scottish Enterprise’s new £10 million industry engagement building, called inovo, based at the heart of Glasgow’s International Technology and Renewable Energy Zone (ITREZ), has been officially opened today, 27 January 2014, bringing new jobs and investment opportunities to Scotland. Built to suppor
Ocean Power Technologies, Inc. (OPT) today announced that it recently received approximately $1.75 million through the State of New Jersey’s Business Tax Certificate Transfer Program. The Program enables companies to raise cash to finance their growth and operations and is administered by the New Je
SeaRoc have been shortlisted for the 2014 renewableUK Health & Safety Awards for their innovation and delivery of a ‘minimal human intervention’ lattice tower installation methodology, recently deployed at Dogger Bank. SeaRoc, working on behalf of contracting company Fred. Olsen United (FOU) designe
