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  • Fugro Completes Viking Link Seabed Survey

    10 March 2017
    Grid Connection, R&D, Vessels

    Fugro has completed a seabed survey for the Viking Link, one of the longest DC electricity interconnectors that will link the UK and Danish electricity transmission systems. The Viking Link, a joint venture between the UK’s National Grid and Denmark’s Energinet, is a proposed 1,400-megawatt high voltage direct current electricity link, which passes under the […]

  • Red7Marine Invests £5m in First Major Vessel (UK)

    10 May 2011

      Red7Marine’s newly-acquired offshore support vessel DP Reel has sailed into Great Yarmouth port to mark a milestone moment for the rapidly growing company. The £5m investment means the highly versatile vessel will be available to support work for clients in the renewable energy and oil & gas sectors. It comes less than three years […]

  • USA: BOEM Issues Determination of No Competitive Interest for Transmission Project

    8 August 2012
    Authorities, Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has announced a determination of no competitive interest for the construction of a transmission system between the Rhode Island coastline and Block Island, an important step in evaluating the transmission project proposed by Deepwater Wind that would deliver electrical power from its proposed 30 megawatt Block Island Wind […]

  • Virginia Offshore Wind Development Authority to Meet for the First Time (USA)

    8 December 2010
    Authorities

    An authority created to promote development of wind power in waters off Virginia is scheduled to meet for the first time. The Virginia… (wavy) [mappress] Source: wavy, December 08, 2010

  • New Wave Energy Device to Showcase at ‘Our Ocean Challenge’

    28 May 2015
    R&D, Technology

    The OCEAN WAVE POWER STATION (OWPS) will be presented at “Our Ocean Challenge” demo day in Dordrecht, the Netherlands today. OWPS consists of two large vessels that support a framework with floating standard 45 foot container-sized pontoons. Continuous long ocean waves (so-called swell) move the pontoons that activate huge wing pumps. The pumps circulate a […]

  • DOE to Fund Two Wave Energy Projects (VIDEO)

    18 April 2014
    Authorities, Business & Finance, R&D, Technology

    The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) this week selected two additional projects, which will get funds to demonstrate wave energy converter component technologies. Dresser-Rand will develop and test a power take-off component that converts pneumatic power into electricity for oscillating water columns, which are devices that generate energy from ocean waves. Columbia Power Technologies will […]

  • Cardiff University Explores Severn’s Tidal Power (UK)

    3 October 2011
    R&D

    It boasts the second highest tidal range in the world – now the speed and strength of the waters in the Severn Estuary are being examined… Read more (BBC) [mappress] Source: bbc, October 03, 2011

  • Deepwater Applies for Permit to Build Wind Farm Offshore RI (USA)

    5 October 2011

    In response to a request from the federal government for proposals to develop offshore wind energy in waters between Rhode Island and… By Alex Kuffner (projo) [mappress] Source: projo, October 05, 2011

  • Offshore Wind Power Developers Should Buy from UK Firms, Says Stockton North MP

    19 August 2011

    FIRMS developing offshore windfarms in British waters should be encouraged by the Government to create “a level playing field” by buying…   By Owen McAteer (thenorthernecho) [mappress] Source: thenorthernecho, August 19, 2011

  • New Report Proposes Measures for Nature-Inclusive Design of Scottish Offshore Wind Projects

    8 August 2024
    Authorities, Environment, Industry, Planning & Permitting

    A new report published in Scotland has put forward several recommendations for a nature-inclusive design framework for offshore wind projects. The report was commissioned by Crown Estate Scotland and prepared by the global consultancy company Xodus and the Dutch nature enhancement initiative The Rich North Sea as part of the Collaboration for Environmental Mitigation & […]

  • Prysmian to Add Two More Vessels to Its CLV Fleet

    21 December 2023
    Contracts & Tenders, Supply Chain, Vessels

    Italy-based Prysmian Group announced today, on 21 December, an investment of approximately EUR 350 million for two new cable-laying vessels (CLV) that the company says will reinforce Prysmian’s submarine project execution capabilities. “The market is tremendously growing, and we are facing an increasing demand for submarine cable systems for interconnections and offshore wind farm projects […]

  • Study: Jack-Up Free Turbine Installation and Maintenance Makes SENSE

    7 June 2017
    Business & Finance, R&D, Technology

    A new wind turbine installation and maintenance technology being developed by SENSE Offshore Limited could cut the cost of energy from future deepwater sites by around 9% and from nearshore sites by 4%, the Innovate UK Energy Catalyst study shows.

  • German Researchers Start Testing Offshore Wind Energy Storage System

    14 November 2016
    Grid Connection, R&D, Technology, Training & Education

    German researchers have started trialing a 1:10 scale model of the StEnSea (Stored Energy in the Sea) undersea compressed air energy storage system designed to temporarily store electricity generated by offshore wind turbines. After several years’ research work, the StEnSea project, funded by Germany’s Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy, has now entered the test phase. In the framework […]

  • Bloomberg: Shell Applies for Massachusetts Offshore Wind Lease Sale

    23 July 2018
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    Oil & gas giant Shell has filed the required documents to qualify for bidding at an upcoming offshore wind lease sale in Massachusetts, due to take place this fall, according to Bloomberg Environment. 

  • French TSO Preparing to Launch Offshore Survey Tenders for New Grid Connections

    26 July 2024
    Cables, Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection, Offshore Platforms, Supply Chain

    French transmission system operator (TSO) RTE Réseau Transport d’Electricité plans to issue calls for tenders for geophysical, geotechnical and UXO surveys for multiple projects from 2025 to 2026. RTE, responsible for developing, implementing and operating offshore wind farm connections to the French public power transmission system, issued early information notices about the tenders on 23 […]

  • The Netherlands: IADC Presents Facts About Subsea Rock Installation

    4 September 2012
    R&D

    Rock has been used for ports and coastal protection purposes for centuries – for dikes and breakwaters, groins and scour protection. Yet in the past several decades the uses of rock have taken on new dimensions in the execution of maritime infrastructure construction. Previously referred to as rock dumping, today the term Subsea Rock Installation […]

  • HIE: MeyGen’s Progress Exiting Time for Local Economy in Caithness

    25 August 2014
    Business & Finance, Technology

    The world’s largest tidal power development, which will be installed in the Inner Sound of the Pentland Firth, secured a funding package of over £50m and the construction of the first phase will now begin. Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE) is backing the MeyGen project with a £3.3m grant.  Calum Davidson, HIE Director of Energy and Low […]

  • EnBW Baltic 2 Put into Operation

    21 September 2015
    Wind Farm Update

    In the presence of the Minister President of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Erwin Sellering, and numerous guests from the worlds of business and politics, EnBW Energie Baden-Württemberg AG has officially put its second offshore wind farm in the Baltic Sea into operation. Following a construction period of around two years, EnBW Baltic 2 with its 80 wind turbines […]

  • Global Offshore Wind Market Expected to Reach USD 57.2 Billion in 2022

    5 December 2017
    Business & Finance

    According to a report at Zion Market Research, global offshore wind energy market size was valued at USD 20.3 billion in 2016 and is expected to reach USD 57.2 billion in 2022, growing at a CAGR of 16.2% between 2017 and 2022. 

  • Orgs to Conduct Marine Wildlife Surveys for MassCEC (USA)

    27 July 2011
    Environment, R&D

    The Massachusetts Clean Energy Center (MassCEC), in partnership with the Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs (EEA), announced today that it is awarding contracts to the New England Aquarium and the College of Staten Island to collect migratory and habitat usage data on marine wildlife to help the Commonwealth and federal agencies evaluate sites […]

  • DCNS to Showcase NEMO Project at CREF

    7 October 2014

    DCNS will participate in the Caribbean Renewable Energy forum in Miami (USA) from October 6 to 8. CREF is the hub for the Caribbean energy markets. It represents an opportunity for DCNS to meet Caribbean decision-takers and industrialists to develop future ocean energy solutions in the region, in particular in the Ocean Thermal Energy Convertors […]

  • Research to Protect Dolphins from Offshore Wind Turbines (UK)

    21 April 2011
    Environment

    A RESEARCH project has been launched to ensure that dolphins are not harmed by marine energy developments in Scottish waters.   By John Ross (scotsman) [mappress] Source: scotsman, April 21, 2011;

  • MPs Warn That Green Bank Needs Real Power (UK)

    14 March 2011
    Business & Finance

    The Government’s green energy revolution could be undermined if ministers water-down plans for a £1 billion investment “bank”, a committee…   (thisiscornwall) [mappress] Source: thisiscornwall, March 14, 2011  

  • University of Delaware and the National Renewable Energy Lab to Study Offshore Wind Turbines (USA)

    16 December 2010
    R&D

    Delaware researchers are turning to the water for some answers about wind power. The University of Delaware and the National Renewable… By Michael Lopardi (wboc) [mappress] Source: wboc, December 16, 2010

  • Google Investment Boosts Offshore Wind Indursty (USA)

    28 October 2010
    Business & Finance

    Offshore renewable energy could kick off the next billion-dollar “gold rush” in the continent’s coastal waters, and that could be good news… (cnbc) [mappress] Source: cnbc, October 28, 2010;

  • Wind turbines will be Taller than the Cape Hatteras Lighthouse

    22 March 2010
    Environment

    The towers would stand 260 feet over the water. The blades would be 150 feet long. The footprint on the Pamlico Sound: 3 square miles. [mappress] Source: outerbanksvoice, March 18, 2010;