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  • Floating Solar Power Station to Be Tested in India

    19 August 2013
    R&D, Technology

    India could soon see its first prototype of a solar power station floating on water, Hindustan Times informs. The project’s initiator, and the leader of an expert team which is working on the prototype, is SP Gon Choudhury, Director at Development Consultants Private Limited (DCL Group) and Vice Chairman at Calcutta Institute of Technology. The […]

  • Bureau Veritas: Guidelines to Spur Tidal Energy Development

    28 May 2015

    International classification society and certification group Bureau Veritas has published a set of guidelines, NI 603, intended to help the development of current and tidal turbines. The guidelines are backed by a separate guide to certification for marine renewable energy devices including tidal turbines, wave energy converters and ocean thermal energy conversion. Philippe Donche-Gay, Executive […]

  • The Netherlands: CTruk Delivers Multi-Purpose Catamaran to Sima

    2 November 2012

    Dutch-owned Sima Charters has taken delivery of the latest vessel to join its fleet, a CTruk 20T multi-purpose catamaran. Sporting Sima Charters’ eye-catching yellow and blue livery, SC Buzzard is the tenth vessel to be completed at the Brightlingsea yard in two years. The relationship between Sima Charters and CTruk had an interesting start, with […]

  • Offshore Wind Hailed as US Court Vacates Gulf of Mexico Oil & Gas Lease Sale Decision

    28 January 2022
    Authorities

    Jump to: Making the Case for Offshore Wind Lease Sale 257 The District Court in Washington, D.C., has vacated the Department of Interior’s (DOI) decision to hold an offshore oil and gas lease sale following a lawsuit filed by four environmental groups, which argued that the environmental analysis that the administration relied on to hold the […]

  • Newburyport CleanTech Center to Test Green Technology Prototype (USA)

    20 April 2011

    A machine that could one day convert salt water into clean drinking water to help developing and island countries will be powered simply by…   By Bruno Matarazzo Jr. (newburyportnews) [mappress] Source: newburyportnews, April 20, 2011;

  • Taiwan’s Largest Offshore Wind Farm to Come Online Later Than Expected

    11 August 2022
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    The commissioning of the 900 MW Greater Changhua 1 & 2a has been delayed to 2023, according to Ørsted’s interim report for the first half of 2022. The project was initially scheduled to be fully operational by the end of the year, but due to COVID-19-related delays, the commissioning of the wind farm is being […]

  • Germany: Rhenus Ports Prepared for More Wind Energy Projects

    19 September 2012

    The ports in the German state of Lower Saxony and their range of logistics services are crucially important for the successful introduction of the change in energy policy in the country. Matthias Schrell, Managing Director of Rhenus Midgard in Wilhelmshaven, and Björn Wittek, who is responsible for wind energy business development at the logistics services […]

  • Vattenfall Closes In On Norfolk Vanguard Onshore Cable Route

    25 January 2017
    Environment, Grid Connection, R&D, Wind Farm Update

    Swedish offshore wind developer Vattenfall has narrowed the underground onshore cable route for the 1.8GW Norfolk Vanguard offshore wind farm following public consultation.  The potential development area for the proposed 60km underground cable route has narrowed from a 3-7km wide search area to a 700 metre corridor. The narrowing of the search area allows more focused ecological […]

  • Comfort at Sea (USA)

    25 February 2011

    International Shipping Partners Inc./ISP and Blue Water Shipping A/S have signed an agreement to market the ISP fleet of vessels to the offshore industry as floating hotel accommodation under the brand name “Comfort at Sea”. The agreement covers the extensive fleet of 23 ferry, cruise and hotel vessels managed by ISP, but initially Blue Water […]

  • UK: Rolls-Royce to Power Wind Farm Support Vessels

    23 May 2012

    Rolls-Royce, the global power systems company, has secured a contract to supply water jets for four new wind farm support vessels to be built by South Boats for offshore company MPI. The 19 metre long catamarans will be used to transfer people and cargo to the growing number of offshore wind farms around the coast […]

  • Carnegie Prepares Desal Plant to Run on Wave Energy

    27 February 2015
    Technology

    A desalination plant on Garden Island in Western Austratia has been successfully commissioned off electricity and is now supplying freshwater to the Department of Defence, Carnegie Wave Energy Limited (CWE) informed today. The Desalination Pilot Plant has been commissioned off electricity in advance of its connection to the CETO system, where it will be powered […]

  • Two-Bladed Floating Offshore Wind System Attracts Japanese Majors

    8 April 2022
    Business & Finance, R&D, Technology

    Seawind Ocean Technology, the developer of two-bladed floating offshore wind energy systems, has established collaboration with JGC Japan Corporation (JGC) and Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL). Having agreed on the key terms of the relationship in a recently executed MOU, the companies intend on entering into a definitive Joint Development Agreement later this year. Seawind’s CEO, […]

  • Boskalis Harbours EOWDC Foundations at Peterhead Port

    10 August 2017
    Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    Boskalis has awarded Peterhead Port Authority with a contract to harbour the suction bucket jacket foundations for the 11-turbine European Offshore Wind Deployment Centre (EOWDC) in Aberdeen Bay, Scotland.

  • Floating LiDAR Deployed at Stromar Wind Project Site Offshore Scotland

    15 September 2023
    Floating Wind, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    A floating Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR) buoy has been launched at the Stromar floating wind farm site offshore Scotland. The E38 EOLOS LiDAR was deployed at the Stromar site off the coast of Caithness, approximately 50 kilometres from the Port of Wick on 8 September. Equipped with fully independent and remote sensing devices, the […]

  • Colombia’s First Offshore Wind Farm to Power Green Ammonia Production

    4 May 2022
    Wind Farm Update

    Colombian producer of fertilizers, Monómeros, has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Public Lighting of Barranquilla (APBAQ), which plans to build Colombia’s first offshore wind farm in the waters off the city of Barranquilla together with Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP). Under the MoU, Monómeros will build a new plant worth around USD 300 million […]

  • Senvion Setting Stage for Floating Wind Debut

    1 June 2017
    R&D, Technology, Wind Farm Update

    Engineers at Senvion are launching a study in the second quarter of 2017 to identify what technical modifications to the company’s 6.2M152 wind turbine are necessary ahead of its floating wind debut off France. In July 2016, France officially approved the 24MW EolMed floating wind pilot project in the Gruissan area, some 15 kilometres off the Mediterranean […]

  • Damen Refits ‘Cable Innovator’

    16 April 2015
    Vessels

    Global Marine Systems Limited’s vessel Cable Innovator has recently left Damen Shiprepair Dunkerque (part of Damen Shiprepair & Conversion) after extensive work including the installation of a ballast water treatment (BWT) system and items required for the vessel’s 5-year survey. Global Marine Systems has been active on the cable-laying market since the industry’s earliest days […]

  • DNV GL: Wind Power to Aid Oil and Gas Industry

    20 May 2014
    R&D, Technology

    DNV GL studies suggest there are opportunities for a new generation of autonomous injection systems used to increase the reservoir pressure.  There are clear indications that such a wind-powered water injection system could reduce both CAPEX and OPEX and drive innovation of new technology. It could be installed without costly retro-fittings on the platform, provide […]

  • Siemens Energy Leads Offshore Wind Power-to-X Project

    20 August 2021
    Authorities, Business & Finance, R&D, Technology

    Siemens Energy is coordinating a project which aims to couple offshore wind turbines with electrolyzers for direct conversion of the electricity into hydrogen. In addition, the project will also investigate further offshore power-to-X processes. The four-year H2Mare project comprises four joint projects with a total of 35 partners, including the Fraunhofer Gesellschaft institutes. The project […]

  • UK Grants Immigration Rules Concession to Offshore Wind Vessel Workers

    16 June 2017
    Authorities, Operations & Maintenance, Vessels

    The UK Home Secretary has introduced a concession to the Immigration Rules to allow the employment of non-European Economic Area nationals who are joining vessels engaged in the construction and maintenance of offshore wind projects in UK territorial waters.

  • NEDO Launches Japan’s First Offshore Wind Map Demo

    31 March 2016
    Authorities, Business & Finance, R&D

    New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organisation (NEDO) has released a demo version of the first-ever offshore wind map to chart areas suitable for the development of wind farms in waters off Japan. According to NEDO, the goal of the offshore wind map project is to provide developers with a one-stop-shop for all the information necessary for […]

  • BOEM, PNNL Collecting Wind and Metocean Data Offshore Hawaii

    16 February 2023
    Authorities, Research & Development

    The Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) and the US Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) have deployed a floating buoy offshore Hawaii to collect offshore wind resource and meteorological and oceanographic (metocean) data. Jump to: The floating research buoy, owned by the Department of Energy’s Wind Energy Technologies Office (WETO), was installed in December 2022 […]

  • Nova Scotia Moves Forward with Setting Up Offshore Wind Regulations

    23 November 2023
    Authorities, Business development, Planning & Permitting, Research & Development

    Nova Scotia has decided to focus first on building the regulatory framework for offshore wind energy development in areas jointly managed with the federal government before considering waters under solely provincial jurisdiction. The Province, Natural Resources Canada, and the Impact Assessment Agency of Canada are working together on the regional assessment in jointly managed waters. […]

  • GEOMET Metal Coating Gets Double Certification

    1 May 2014
    Technology

    Since the end of 2013, GEOMET® 321 has been used by SIEMENS WIND POWER A/S on fasteners of wind turbine blades. For this application, SIEMENS WIND POWER A/S requires that the coating must be able to exist in a C5-H environment (according to ISO-12944) without corrosion of the substrate material even after a 1440 hours salt spray test. For […]

  • Elia Seeks Subsea Surveyors for Modular Offshore Grid

    4 March 2016
    Grid Connection

    Elia Asset N.V. is looking to appoint contractor(s) who will carry out seabed survey and seasoil sampling off the east Belgian coast, where submarine power cables and an offshore platform are planned to be installed as part of the Modular Offshore Grid project.  Along with the survey design and planning, the work will include marine geophysical, […]

  • UK: Finance Secretary John Swinney Looks into Port of Ardersier Potential

    29 April 2013
    Authorities, Ports & Logistics

    Scottish Finance Secretary John Swinney visited the Port of Ardersier last week to find out how the large deep-water port in the Highlands of Scotland could become a major centre for the UK’s offshore wind industry. The fact-finding mission, hosted [on Monday April 22] by Port of Ardersier Chief Executive Stephen Gobbi, enabled Mr Swinney […]