Environment News – Page 85
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NewsFrench tidal demonstrator being installed
Plans are well advanced to install a prototype tidal generator off the French coast in the Raz Blanchard, the channel between the Cherbourg Peninsular and the Island of Alderney.
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NewsPLAT-O powers up
Sustainable Marine Energy says its PLAT-O system has become the first tidal energy system to generate power off the south coast of England. In doing so, SME has demonstrated that the cost of tidal energy is rapidly coming down with systems like PLAT-O coming on stream.
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NewsSchottel supplies to MeyGen
German specialist Schottel Hydro has announced that it will manufacture and deliver the variable pitch hub for the AR1500 turbine for Phase 1a of the Scotland-based MeyGen tidal energy project under contract to Lockheed Martin.
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European regions lead the charge on ocean energy
The EU’s Commission for the Environment, Climate Change and Energy of the Committee of the Regions (CoR) has adopted a report confirming that the ocean energy sector will make an “important contribution...to meeting the future energy needs of the European Union”.
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NewsFast flow for firmer foundations
UK engineering hydraulics specialist HR Wallingford is working with offshore wind heavyweight DONG Energy as part of a project to develop what it firmly hopes will be the next-generation of wind turbine foundations.
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News5 gigawatt milestone
RenewableUK, the trade association for the wind and marine energy industries, has recently highlighted the fact that the UK’s offshore wind capacity has surpassed five gigawatts (GW), a significant milestone in the sector.
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NewsDeme and Windreich join forces
Deme Concessions Wind and the Windreich Group of companies have announced a joint venture between Deme and Windreich concerning the offshore wind project Merkur Offshore (formerly MEG I).
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NewsMaking floating wind a reality
A new report has been launched by Carbon Trust that sets out the current state of the floating wind industry and identifies key technical barriers that need to be addressed to make it a commercial reality.
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NewsUnderwater noise appointment
Matt Simpson, a Member of the Institute of Acoustics with over fifteen years’ experience, has joined Baker Consultants as Senior Underwater Noise Consultant.
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CWind wins crew transfer vessel contract
UK-based CWind has announced that it has won a six month contract to provide crew transfer services to the Greater Gabbard Offshore wind farm.
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NewsRenewables industry offers renewed job hope
The UK renewables industry could provide new opportunities for employees suffering from the recent downturn in the oil and gas industry according to an engineering recruitment specialist.
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EMEC restructure
EMEC (European Marine Energy Centre), best known for its Scottish marine renewables test site, has announced that it will be restructuring to ensure that its facilities can continue to respond to the wave and tidal industry’s changing landscape and market demands.
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NewsCurrent and tidal guidelines
International classification society and certification group Bureau Veritas has published a set of guidelines which it says will 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 ...
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NewsWave Energy Scotland 'open for business'
In mid-March, the new research and development organisation Wave Energy Scotland declared that it is now ''open for business'' - and announced the launch of a £7 million technology innovation competition.
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NewsNew project aims to improve protection against subsea cable faults
A new project to design a system that detects and prevents high voltage insulation faults in subsea power cables for offshore wind farms has been awarded funding by the UK Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) Offshore Wind Component Technologies Development and Demonstration Scheme.
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NewsDual doppler radar project aims to provide 'step change' in wind resource measurement
In mid-March, the Carbon Trust - via its Offshore Wind Accelerator Programme (OWA) - announced plans to support a state of the art technology trial to understand the viability of using dual doppler radar to produce ''high resolution dynamic maps of the wind flow through and around a wind farm.''
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NewsCombined wind and wave unit ready to go
After 17 years of development and testing the Danish company, Floating Power Plant is ready to offer a tried and tested combined wind and wave power generator. Over the years the concept has grown from a small 2.4 metre unit through to a full scale unit 37 metres in size ...
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NewsMulti Cat for wave and tidal
Marine operations company Green Marine Energy Support Services, based in Stromness, Orkney (UK), recently took delivery of a Damen Multi Cat 2712 workboat for its offshore wave and tidal activities.
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NewsVan Oord cable-layer joins their windfarm fleet
Offshore contractor Van Oord has taken delivery of the first of class Damen Offshore Carrier Nexus, configured as a cable-laying vessel for installation of subsea cables at offshore windfarms.
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NewsRound 3 moves forwards – a little leaner
It is two years now since ''Maritime Journal'' took an in-depth look at the UK’s Round 3 offshore wind programme, two years on and with ups and downs with progress, time for another look.
