With advancements in technologies, Americans will soon be able to tap into energy derived from the ocean. Marine and hydrokinetic (MHK) technologies—which generate power from waves, tides or currents in ocean waters—are at an early but promising stage of development. Many coastal areas in the United
A major new research project – lead by the University of Dundee – has been launched with the aim of helping make offshore wave energy a sustainable proposition. Sustainable offshore wave energy has the potential to make a real contribution towards the binding European Union commitment to source 20%
Kongsberg Evotec, a wholly owned subsidiary of Kongsberg Maritime, will deliver its new mobile Launch and Recovery System (E-LARS) for Remote Operated Vehicle (ROV) to Swire Seabed in August 2013. Swire Seabed is an established subsea support company based Near Bergen Norway, whose three vessel flee
Dr Phillip Bratby, retired physicist and energy consultant, claims that wind energy developers are deliberately downgrading wind turbines with less powerful generators in order to gain profit. Turbines capable of carrying big generators are being installed, but only because they have already been bu
SUPRAPOWER (SUPerconducting, Reliable, lightweight, And more POWERful offshore wind turbine) is an EU FP7 founded research project focused on a major innovation in offshore wind turbine technology by developing a new compact superconductor-based generator. The project aims to provide an important br
Belgium is on track to solve issues of storing surplus electricity generated from offshore wind by building an artificial island in the North Sea. It would be located 3 km off the coast near the town of Wenduine and built in shape of a doughnut, where excess energy would be stored by pumping water o
SgurrEnergy’s 2nd generation wind Lidar, the Galion, has produced the first image of multiple offshore wind turbine wakes ever captured by a scanning Lidar device. The unique image was revealed by the wind Lidar research group at the Stuttgart Wind Energy Department (SWE) at Stuttgart University in
Aquamarine Power Ltd. plans to bring its technology to market by adding one or two new investors, who will provide funds and expertise to help the company achieve this goal, Aquamarine’s CEO Martin McAdam revealed to Bloomberg without giving further details on this subject. Aquamarine Power, with AB
The Energy Technologies Institute (ETI) has appointed Blade Dynamics to develop and demonstrate the technologies for constructing what are expected to be the world’s longest wind turbine blades ever built. As part of the £15.5 million project the ETI will become an equity investor in the Isle of Wig
An efficient, robust, and compact wind power plant with a 10 MW superconducting generator is being developed by partners from industry and science within the recently established EU project SUPRAPOWER. Superconduction enables considerable savings of energy and raw materials. Within SUPRAPOWER, resea
Strainstall Marine have undertaken a vessel motion monitoring trial on a transfer vessel operating at an offshore wind-farm off the UK’s east coast. Strainstall’s new Vessel Motion Monitoring System™ (VMMS™) provides accurate motion monitoring for wind turbine transfer vessels to improve safety duri
In its Seasons Greeting’s message to their clients IHC Hydrohammer announced their new IHC Waterhammer. Their new Waterhammer has been create for use in ultra-deep water, as well as an answer on the question to supply a hammer with minimal risk to the environment where it is being used in. The IHC W
The test bench is among the most advanced in the world and besides testing of durability, function and mechanics of the nacelle, the facility can test wind turbine stability and capacity in a wind farm with many turbines and analyse how the entire wind park relates to a specific grid code. The Danis
After the Renewable Energy Foundation (REF) published a study called “The Performance of Wind Farms in the United Kingdom and Denmark”, conducted by Professor Gordon Hughes of the University of Edinburgh, EWEA’s Julian Scola has published a comment on Professor Hughes’s findings on wind turbine life
