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  • 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;

  • 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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • 23 August 2024
    Vessels

    Norway’s Integrated Wind Solutions has taken delivery of its third Commissioning Service Operation Vessel (CSOV) in the Skywalker class series, named IWS Seawalker. IWS Fleet, a fully owned subsidiary of IWS, signed newbuild contracts with China Merchants Heavy Industry (CMHI) for two purpose-built, walk-to-work CSOVs in March 2021 through IWS’s then subsidiary Awind. In March 2022, IWS […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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, […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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. 

  • 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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • 3 July 2024
    Business development, Cables, Grid Connection, Outlook & Strategy, Vessels

    Norwegian Vard has held the steel cutting ceremony for the highly customised hybrid power cable lay and construction vessel it is building for the Japanese offshore wind market. The steel-cutting ceremony for NB 980 was held on 1 July in Vard Shipyards Romania – Braila, marking a milestone in the construction of the cable laying […]

  • 2 July 2024
    Authorities, Fixed-Bottom, Planning & Permitting, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    Avangrid, a US renewable energy company majority-owned by Spanish Iberdrola, has received the authorisation to build and operate its New England Wind offshore wind farms from the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM). This is the final approval needed from BOEM for the two projects offshore Massachusetts totalling 2.6 GW, following the federal agency’s Record […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • 29 April 2016
    Operations & Maintenance, Technology, Wind Farm Update

    Seabed levels around the five turbines fitted with Tyre Filled Net (TFN) scour remediation system units at the 60MW Scroby Sands offshore wind farm have risen, Norfolk Marine Ltd, the developer of the system, reports. Monitoring has shown that pile stability has increased as the scour pits have filled with naturally occurring sediments trapped within the TFN […]

  • 22 March 2016
    Authorities, Wind Farm Update

    The U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management will soon issue a Federal Register Notice to determine if there is competitive interest in developing offshore wind projects off Morro Bay, California. BOEM announced this yesterday, after wrapping up an initial review of an unsolicited lease request from Trident Winds, LLC for a floating wind energy project in the […]