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  • UK: FloWave TT Builds Tidal and Wave Test Center

    31 May 2012
    Technology

    A tidal and wave testing facility that is currently under construction is expected to make testing of tidal prototypes easier. According to Onlinetes.com, the FloWave TT test center is being built at the University of Edinburgh’s King’s Buildings campus. The facility will contain the first water tank in the world capable of simulating waves of […]

  • Orkney Islands Offer View of Renewable Future (UK)

    27 September 2011
    Business & Finance

    Cutting-edge wave and tidal technology is regenerating island communities, bringing new jobs and new skills, says Niall Stuart, chief executive of trade body Scottish Renewables. The winds and stormy seas that dominate the 70 islands that make up the Orkneys has shaped the life of islanders as well as the island itself – most evident […]

  • Carbon Trust: Why Offshore Wind Cost Reduction Must Now Take Precedence (UK)

    8 August 2013
    Business & Finance

    In the following article, Phil de Villiers, Head of Offshore Wind at the Carbon Trust, looks at why the UK offshore wind industry must embrace cost reduction to reduce uncertainty:  It’s been a busy few weeks for the UK’s offshore wind industry. David Cameron provided a welcome boost by generating some long overdue positive headlines […]

  • Scottish Offshore Wind Event Gears Up for Record Number

    26 January 2012

    Scotland’s largest ever Offshore Wind conference will take place in Aberdeen next week bringing together more than 600 of the most influential business leaders in oil & gas and renewable energy from across the UK and Europe. Organised by Scottish Renewables and Scottish Enterprise, the two-day event is established as a key highlight in the […]

  • Ireland to Get 1.4 GW Floating Wind Farm, Green Hub

    9 April 2021
    Business & Finance, Environment, Jobs & Recruitment, Operations & Maintenance, Ports & Logistics, Wind Farm Update

    Irish energy company ESB and Equinor will jointly develop a 1.4 GW Moneypoint floating offshore wind farm off the West Coast of Ireland. The Moneypoint wind farm will be developed off the coast of Counties Clare and Kerry in two phases. Once complete, the wind farm will be capable of powering more than 1.6 million […]

  • Renewables Powering Scotland

    27 November 2014
    Authorities, Business & Finance

    Renewable energy has become Scotland’s main source of power, new independent figures have revealed. Records from the first half of 2014, the most recent period for which data is available, show renewables generated 32% more electricity than any other single source of power in Scotland. In total, the renewables sector generated a record 10.3TWh (terawatt-hours), […]

  • Collaboration Key to Growth, Research Says

    15 April 2015
    Business & Finance

    New research has underlined the need for greater regional cooperation amongst offshore renewables projects. The research was conducted by Invest in Cornwall with 41 industry professionals at Wave & Tidtal 2015, held at the EICC between 25th and 26th February 2015. Acquiring funding is perceived to be the biggest challenge to the industry over the next five […]

  • Maersk Teaching Newcastle College Students about Renewables Industry

    25 February 2016
    Training & Education

    Maersk Training has joined forces with Newcastle College by running its Fundamental Skills for Offshore Technicians course with its students. Newcastle College has provided 55 of its students to undergo the six week course, after Maersk Training secured funding to provide the programme exclusively. The course, which was launched in October last year, has been specifically […]

  • DONG Continues Hornsea Project Three Tour in September

    29 June 2017
    Grid Connection, R&D, Wind Farm Update

    DONG Energy will return to Norfolk in September to exhibit new information and once again seek the community’s views on its proposed offshore wind farm, the 2.4GW Hornsea Project Three.

  • Cofely Fabricom GDF SUEZ and Dalby Join Forces

    11 June 2014
    Business & Finance

    Engineering and project management organisation Cofely Fabricom GDF SUEZ, and marine services and logistics company Dalby Offshore, have signed a co-operation agreement to provide a total offshore solution in the offshore wind market. This agreement comes after the completion of a number of successful projects in which Cofely Fabricom GDF SUEZ and Dalby offshore have […]

  • DONG Continues Hornsea Project Three Tour in September

    29 June 2017
    Environment, Grid Connection, R&D, Wind Farm Update

    DONG Energy will return to Norfolk in September to exhibit new information and once again seek the community’s views on its proposed offshore wind farm, the 2.4GW Hornsea Project Three.

  • Scottish Green Energy Awards 2012 Held in Edinburgh

    7 December 2012

    The eleventh Scottish Green Energy Awards celebrated the successes of the renewables industry last night with its largest ever ceremony. Among the winners were MSP Rob Gibson SNP for Best Politician and Judith Patten, founder of All-Energy for her outstanding contribution to the industry. The Scottish Green Energy Awards, sponsored by RWE npower renewables and […]

  • Scotland Announces Winners of Tenth Green Energy Awards

    7 December 2011

    SCOTLAND’S tenth Green Energy Awards celebrated the successes of the renewables industry on the 1 December 2011 with the largest ever ceremony. Among the winners were First Minister, Alex Salmond, for Best Politician and Richard Yemm, founder of wave power company, Pelamis, for his outstanding contribution to the industry. The Scottish Green Energy Awards, sponsored […]

  • DONG Energy Pitches Hornsea Three Onshore Cable Route

    27 February 2017
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    ​DONG Energy has published an indicative area in which the cables carrying clean electricity from its proposed Hornsea Project Three offshore wind farm could be located, and is seeking feedback from local communities in Norfolk. Hornsea Project Three is a 2.4GW project that if built out to capacity will provide enough power for well over […]

  • UK: Tidal Energy to Test DeltaStream Device in Welsh Waters

    28 March 2013

    Welsh marine energy company Tidal Energy Ltd is preparing to deploy a prototype of its DeltaStream device in the Ramsey Sound off St Davids Head, southwest Wales. Tidal Energy, which is controlled by principal shareholder Eco2, a company committed to financing and developing renewable energy projects throughout the UK and Europe, plans to test the […]

  • Ørsted Streamlines Hornsea Project Three

    12 February 2018
    Environment, Grid Connection, Ports & Logistics, Wind Farm Update

    Ørsted has published updated plans for the proposed Hornsea Project Three offshore wind farm, highlighting the changes that have been made as a result of feedback received through consultation events, one-to-one meetings and wider briefings with statutory bodies and interested parties. 

  • UK: Two New Installation Vessels Bring MPI Extra Capacity

    31 May 2012

    MPI Offshore’s new generation of offshore wind turbine installation vessels are expanding the envelope of the renewables industry, taking it into deeper water and harsher environments. With a new generation of offshore windfarms under construction in more remote locations and harsher environments, MPI Offshore has started operating two new advanced wind turbine installation vessels. These […]

  • UK: Deals Made at Seawork Reflect Commercial Marine Industry Enthusiasm

    19 June 2012
    Business & Finance

    Seawork 2012 saw a number of major deals being done and several high specification craft being officially handed over. Seawork has become not only an efficient one-stop-shop for seeing what’s new on the market, specifying future requirements and placing orders but also the event of choice for exhibitors to showcase the work they have completed […]

  • UK: GBP 30 Million from Regional Growth Fund Available for Humber’s Small Businesses

    11 February 2013
    Business & Finance

    Businesses of all shapes and sizes can now bid for a share of £30 million to boost growth, and build on the Humber’s position as the UK’s energy estuary, Business Minister Michael Fallon announced on February 8. The launch of the Humber local enterprise partnership’s (LEP) scheme came as part of the Minister’s tour of […]

  • UK: Company Relaunches to Tackle Skills Challenge

    18 February 2013

    The search for enough skilled workers to meet the future demands of the East of England energy industry has prompted one recruitment business to rename and relaunch itself ready for the challenges ahead. Inspired by its own slogan, Beccles-based PDS will from this week be known as People With Energy (PWE Recruitment Group Ltd) focusing […]

  • Dogger Bank O&M Base Opens

    15 March 2023
    Operations & Maintenance, Ports & Logistics, Wind Farm Update

    The Operations & Maintenance (O&M) base for the 3.6 GW Dogger Bank Wind Farm, the world’s largest offshore wind farm under construction, has officially been opened at the Port of Tyne, the UK. The O&M base also houses the control room that will monitor and manage five per cent of the UK’s electricity generating capacity, […]

  • UK: James Fisher Announces Acquisition of Osiris Marine Services

    20 August 2013
    Business & Finance

    James Fisher and Sons plc (“James Fisher”) today announces the sale to Hadley Shipping (Ro-Ro) Limited of its 25% shareholding in Foreland Holdings Limited (“Foreland”) for an initial consideration of £11.4m with potential additional consideration on the sale of two vessels owned by Foreland. Foreland was established in 2001 as a Private Finance Initiative to […]

  • Scotland Invites Manufacturers to Homeport at Floating Wind Port Cluster

    2 June 2022
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Jobs & Recruitment, Ports & Logistics

    Scotland’s Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE) has partnered with Scottish Development International (SDI) and the Department for International Trade (DIT) to launch a global initiative to attract overseas manufacturing companies of scale to the Scottish Floating Wind Port Cluster. The main target of this international initiative under the DIT’s High Potential Opportunities (HPO) programme is […]

  • Sottish Renewable Energy Sector Holds Great Potential

    12 December 2011

    The report from Reform Scotland, a well-established and respected think tank, has confirmed what the renewable industry has known for some time – that Scotland have the potential to play an internationally-important role in the development of the sector – and strongly contradicts recent critics. The report assesses renewable energy against the four key criteria […]

  • Hull Based Law Firm Attends Seaworks 2011 (UK)

    13 June 2011

    A Hull UK based law firm whose long involvement with the local maritime industry has evolved to now include services for the offshore wind farm industry is exhibiting at Seawork 2011. Since it was established in the Port of Kingston Upon Hull in 1874, Andrew Jackson has been serving the ever changing and developing needs […]

  • Floating Wind, Green Hydrogen Bring Green Freeport Status to Two Scottish Ports

    13 January 2023
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Ports & Logistics

    The Scottish and UK governments have awarded the Green Freeport status to Inverness and Cromarty Firth Green Freeport and Forth Green Freeport in Scotland. The ports, Scotland’s first Green Freeports, will receive up to GBP 52 million in start-up funding and will benefit from tax reliefs and other incentives. As the governments announced the status awards, […]