Environment News – Page 87
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NewsContract extension
UK wind farm support vessel operator Tidal Transit has recently received an extension of the contract for its vessel ‘Ginny Louise’ from Statkraft, the Norwegian company that runs the Sheringham Shoal Offshore Wind Farm. This follows the current extension for its sister vessel, ‘Tia Elizabeth’.
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NewsSealing the deal
Roxtec, a UK-based marine seal manufacturer that is building a client base in the offshore renewables sector, has provided its waterproof sealing solution to the largest and most powerful tidal turbine in the world.
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NewsDouble LiDAR
Canadian AXYS Technologies has announced the deployment of two dual-LiDAR WindSentinel floating LiDAR systems, utilising the Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult’s offshore anemometry mast. In the North Sea offshore Northumberland, UK. According to AXYS, this will be the world’s first deployment of a floating LiDAR system to feature two LiDARs, ...
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NewsRix contract
A Hull (UK) shipping company with more than 140 years’ experience of working on the Humber estuary has won a contract at one of the region’s biggest offshore developments. Rix Sea Shuttle, part of the fifth-generation J.R. Rix & Sons group, is to supply crew transfer vessel the ‘Rix Panther’ ...
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Massive offshore wind expo announced
The first ever joint offshore wind conference organised by EWEA, the European Wind Energy Association, and RenewableUK has been announced. Offshore Wind Energy 2017 will take place in London between 6th and 8th June 2017, and will be instead of the annual event which RenewableUK holds and the biannual EWEA ...
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Budget reaction from the renewables industry
The UK’s 2015 budget statement has been hailed a ''budget for renewable energy'', as the UK’s Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne has unveiled ambitious plans to help subsidise the world’s first commercial scale tidal lagoon power project.
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NewsCost effective installation
Conquest Offshore of The Netherlands, together with Deugro Denmark A/S, has developed a highly efficient installation system for monopiles and transition pieces for offshore wind turbines, supported by the engineering knowledge and experience of Temporary Works Design (TWD) and Barge Master.
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NewsEMEC berth for Nautricity
Scottish tidal turbine developer Nautricity has secured a grid connected tidal test berth at the European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC), following successful sea trials at EMEC’s non-grid connected site last year.
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Subsidies for wind power fourteen times less than people think
A new survey by OnePoll, commissioned by RenewableUK, reveals that the UK public think that subsidies for wind power are over fourteen times the amount they actually are.
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Turbine tower washing
The maintenance and servicing of the growing number of UK offshore wind farms has already created many new business opportunities in the supply chain that has quickly developed around the young offshore wind energy industry.
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NewsSusie S starts work on Greater Gabbard
Windwave Workboats newest vessel, ''Susie S'', has started work on the Greater Gabbard wind farm having undergone modifications and design tweaks.
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NewsGermans develop emergency ship
A leading German towage and salvage operator and one of the country’s best known small ship builders are joining forces to develop a special emergency response and rescue vessel (ERRV) for the offshore wind farm sector.
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NewsSeaZip deliveries double their FCS fleet
The decision by Netherlands-based SeaZip Offshore Services to increase their crew transfer vessel fleet has reaffirmed their faith in Damen’s Twin Axe Fast Crew Supplier.
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ABPmer to assess habitats for renewables plan
UK-based ABPmer is to carry out Habitats Regulations Appraisal (HRA) for Highlands and Islands Enterprise’s (HIE) Marine Renewables Infrastructure Plan (MRIP)
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NewsHi Flo ROV development
Tidal energy installations are located in areas of very strong tides and this makes their installation and maintenance a challenging task. British company Mojo Maritime together with German ship owner Hammonia Reederi have joined forces to develop the design of the Hi Flo 4 (HF4).
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NewsFull scale trials for Sabella tide turbine
French company Sabella has now secured funding to establish a full scale prototype of their tide turbine. This follows 10 years of work on tide turbine design and prototype trials which have been focussed on both the efficient design of the turbine blades and structure and also on the problem ...
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NewsNorth Sea grid hookups
Italy’s Prysmian Group, a telecom cable systems industry specialist has announced the successful commissioning of the High Voltage Direct Current (HVDC) offshore grid connection projects BorWin2 and HelWin1 which have both been realised off the North Sea coast of Germany.
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NewsWTIVs in demand
With ‘MPI Adventure’ currently installing the first of the Siemens 3.6MW turbines for the E.On Renewables Amrumbank offshore wind farm, and ‘MPI Discovery’ only a few miles away closing out the foundation installation campaign on the same project, these two WTIVs (Wind Turbine Installation Vessels) are, according to MPI, demonstrating ...
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Offshore Marine Academy receives recognition
An operational offshore energy course, providing training in the efficient running and successful delivery of offshore renewables projects, has received industry recognition from the Renewables Training Network (RTN).
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NewsPiet Brouwer wins WSV order
Piet Brouwer Electrotechnology is to supply the diesel-electric propulsion system and electrical system for a new 108m windfarm support vessel (WSV).
