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  • Cloudberry and Downing Sign Sale Deal for Swedish Lake Wind Farm

    15 January 2021
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    Cloudberry Clean Energy and Downing LLP have signed the share purchase agreement (SPA) for the construction and ownership of a 100 MW nearshore, shallow-water wind farm in Lake Vänern in southern Sweden. In September 2020, Cloudberry acquired Scanvind2 AS, the holding company of the Rewind Vänern offshore wind project. A few months later, the Norwegian company entered […]

  • Floating Wind Project in California’s State Waters Lays Foundation for Power Purchase Agreement

    3 May 2024
    Business & Finance, Floating Wind, Project Updates

    CADEMO Corporation, established by Floventis Energy, and California Community Power (CC Power) have entered a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to advance the 60 MW CADEMO floating wind project off the California coast. The collaborative engagement under the MOU could ultimately lead to the two parties entering a power purchase agreement (PPA). The project, proposed to […]

  • SeaGen Celebrates Its 5th Birthday in Northern Ireland

    8 April 2013
    Technology

    It’s five years ago that SeaGen was deployed by the “Rambiz” crane barge in Northern Ireland’s Strangford Lough.  As it was a world-first, the event attracted global media interest and a large number of people made the visit to the Lough to see the deployment take place.  SeaGen’s installation was completed six weeks later, the […]

  • U.S. Coast Guard Studies Boat Traffic in Proposed Wind Farm Areas

    29 December 2011

    In part to determine how planned offshore wind farms could affect maritime navigation, the U.S. Coast Guard is undertaking a large-scale study of government, commercial and pleasure boat traffic up and down the Atlantic coast. While the Coast Guard routinely looks at vessel traffic on a port-by-port basis, the study that’s now under way is […]

  • Oxifree – A guarantee seal

    16 April 2012

    Rust, the corrosive effect of water and oxygen on iron and its alloys, such as steel, is well documented. When the water is contaminated with salt, such as with seawater, or when dissimilar metals are in contact with each other, the effect is even faster. Take one of these elements away from the metal and […]

  • Blue Water Enters 5-Year Deal to Handle Vestas Wind Turbine Components

    13 March 2023
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Ports & Logistics

    Vestas has signed a five-year agreement with Blue Water for handling wind turbine components at Blue Water’s terminals in Denmark and Germany. The agreement covers terminal handling of the heavy wind turbine components, stevedoring, storage and service for five years on all Vestas’ components which are shipped to and from all over the world via […]

  • Two-Thirds of NC Waters Off Limit to Offshore Wind Turbine Development (USA)

    18 May 2011

    About two-thirds of offshore ocean areas eyed for potential wind farm development are off limits for the spinning turbines,… By Johnmurawski (newsobserver) [mappress] Source: newsobserver, May 18, 2011;

  • Industry Hypes Clean Monopile Removal

    27 March 2019
    R&D

    A new research project is looking into ways to remove monopile foundations in a sustainable way. Currently, offshore monopiles are removed by cutting them off several metres below the seabed, which leaves behind tonnes of steel buried in the seabed. The Hydraulic Pile Extraction Scale Tests (HyPE-ST) project aims at developing innovative and smart technology […]

  • Windsurfer Gets in Trouble near Teesside OWF, Dies in Hospital

    12 May 2014

    A 72-year old windsurfer passed away on Saturday in a hospital in Middlesbrough, after  he had been found floating helplessly in the water near the Teesside offshore wind farm the day before. The Royal National Lifeboat Institution’s (RNLI) lifeboats and vessels serving the Teesside offshore wind farm engaged in a search and rescue operation of […]

  • Tidal Energy Fence Planned for Bristol Channel

    23 June 2015
    Technology

    Kepler Energy is bringing forward plans for a 30MW tidal energy fence that will be located in the Bristol Channel. The tidal energy technology, which will use the very latest carbon composite technology, has been developed by Oxford University’s Department of Engineering Science for deployment in shallower, lower velocity tidal waters around the UK coastline […]

  • T1200 Trenching Unit Building Successful Track Record in North Sea

    14 March 2013

    Operated by Helix Energy Solution Group Inc.’s subsea UK robotics subsidiary Canyon Offshore Limited, the T1200 burial and trenching unit is building a successful track record in the North Sea after launching into service in 2012. Delivered by Forum Energy Technologies’ Perry Slingsby Systems ROV manufacturer, the 1200hp water-jet trencher is well suited for both […]

  • Pfisterer Unveils Size 6 CONNEX Cast Resin Joint

    12 October 2016
    Grid Connection, Technology

    Pfisterer has expanded its line of gas-free joints with the dry, pluggable CONNEX size 6 cast resin joint. The new cable connection for voltages of up to 170 kV is particularly well suited to offshore assembly operations on ocean platforms, the company said. Pfisterer’s new cast resin joints are currently being used in offshore projects […]

  • VIDEO: First Fully Autonomous Flight of Airborne Wind Generation System

    24 May 2013
    R&D, Technology

    On May 3rd, 2012, Makani drafted specifications for a ground station from which its 30 kW airborne wind turbine could be deployed. On May 9th, 2013, after a year of mechanical design, fabrication and testing, the team completed the first-ever fully autonomous flight of a kite power system. The airborne wind turbine eliminates 90% of […]

  • New Project Proposed in Taranto Waters, Home of Italy’s First Offshore Wind Farm

    1 August 2023
    Authorities, Floating Wind, Wind Farm Update

    The Italian authorities are currently processing a concession application for a wind energy project in the waters off Taranto, where the country’s first offshore wind farm was built. While the wind turbines now spinning near the Port of Taranto stand on fixed-bottom foundations, the new application is for a project that would be built farther […]

  • BW Ideol’s Floating Wind Substructures Suitable for Japan’s Offshore Waters, Study Finds

    9 January 2023
    R&D, Technology

    Sumitomo Mitsui Construction has participated in a feasibility study that concluded that the serial fabrication and delivery of floating concrete substructures can meet the ambitious expectations of Japan’s offshore wind market. The study was performed within the framework of a commercial-scale floating offshore wind farm using 15MW+ wind turbines co-developed by BW Ideol and a […]

  • RWE Building ‘World’s First’ Amphibious Vessel for Shallow Water Offshore Wind Farms

    3 March 2022
    Vessels

    German renewable energy company RWE has joined forces with Commercial Rib Charters (CRC) to build an amphibious crew transfer vessel (CTV) for reaching offshore wind farms in shallow waters, for which RWE said was a world-first. The vessel, currently being built by Diverse Marine and set to be operated by CRC for RWE under a […]

  • 20 MW Big Cajun Targets Slow-Moving Water and Wind to Produce Electricity

    2 March 2022
    R&D, Technology

    Canada-headquartered Waterotor International Corp., a hydrokinetic energy company, has unveiled its Megarotor system design called “The Big Cajun” at the Floating Wind Solutions 2022 convention in Houston, Texas. The 20-megawatt Big Cajun is said to be the first hybrid ocean system that simultaneously extracts energy from slow-moving water and wind. According to Wateroror, the patented […]

  • Blue Water Shipping Loads First Gwynt Y Mor Turbine on Seatruck Pace

    4 February 2013

    In January, Blue Water Shipping loaded the ro/ro vessel “Seatruck Pace” at the Port of Esbjerg with the first turbines for the Offshore Wind Farm Gwynt Y Mor in Great Britain where a total of 160 turbines are to be installed. Blue Water has been awarded the transport contract of 130 turbines from Esbjerg to […]

  • MHI Vestas Picks Swancor Blade Materials in Taiwan

    3 July 2019
    Contracts & Tenders

    MHI Vestas has signed a conditional contract with Swancor for the supply of blade materials for offshore wind projects in Taiwan. The scope of the contract covers more than 50% of the direct materials value of blade manufacturing, including carbon tow and pultrusion, resin, and bonding glue, MHI Vestas said. The agreement also includes the possibility […]

  • Granada Material Handling Nets New Galloper Contract

    29 August 2018
    Contracts & Tenders, Operations & Maintenance

    Galloper Wind Farm Limited Ltd has awarded a contract to Granada Material Handling Ltd for service and maintenance of all 58 davit crane units installed on the 353MW project, 56 on wind turbine foundations and two on the offshore substation. 

  • RES, OffshoreMW Win Two Locations Offshore Massachusetts

    30 January 2015
    Authorities

    The Interior Department’s Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) yesterday held the nation’s fourth competitive lease sale for renewable energy in federal waters offshore Massachusetts for potential wind energy development. The auction consisted of two rounds before determining RES America Developments, Inc. and Offshore MW LLC as the provisional winners of Lease Area OCS-A 0500 (187,523 […]

  • Floating Wind Not Only Deepwater Option – Enterprize Energy

    20 April 2021
    Technology

    The acceleration of deepwater offshore wind development is being held back by a singular focus on floating wind, while innovative fixed-bottom or buoyant foundations provide an immediate route to large-scale, cost-effective deployment at many high resource sites, Enterprize Energy said in its latest press release. The company, which is behind one of the largest offshore […]

  • A&P Falmouth to Start Building Seatricity’s Wave Energy Device

    17 February 2014
    R&D, Technology

    A&P Falmouth informed that the work on Seatricity’s wave energy device will start this week. At the beginning of this month, Seatricity contracted A&P to build a wave energy device Oceanus 2, which will be deployed at Wave Hub. Oceanus 2 will be built in the fabrications workshops, assembled on the quayside and deployed from […]

  • DNV GL Issues Recommendations for Novel Materials in Renewable Energy

    15 February 2016

    DNV GL’s Materials Research Programme has published a new position paper that looks at the latest developments in materials and shows the need for establishing long term reliability of novel materials deployed in renewable energy systems. Attention has focused to a large extent on cost and efficiency and to a lesser extent on the key […]

  • USA: Water Power Program Hosts Webinar for Potential Wave Energy Converter Prize

    22 July 2013
    Authorities

    The Water Power Program hosted a webinar on Thursday, July 18, 2013 at 2:00 PM EST to gather public input regarding possible approaches to structuring a prize competition for wave energy converters (WEC). The program is considering sponsoring a WEC Prize, to be administered by a third party that may have involvement in defining, developing, […]

  • Carnegie Completes Study of Proposed 5MW CETO Commercial Demonstration Project in Irish Waters

    5 August 2011
    Operations & Maintenance, R&D

      Wave energy developer Carnegie Wave Energy Limited  has completed its detailed site evaluation and conceptual design study of a proposed 5MW CETO commercial demonstration project in Irish waters. The conceptual design and site project study was 50% funded by the Irish Government’s Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI) under the Ocean Energy Prototype Research […]