Offshore Renewables – Page 40
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RCG reshuffle
Specialised expert services firm, The Renewables Consulting Group has announced a number of changes to its executive team, with Daniel Pearson taking up the newly created role of Chief Strategy Officer, the promotion of Andrew Cole as Managing Director, EMEA (Europe, Middle East, Africa), and Peter Yearsley appointed as Chief ...
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NewsDigitalisation aids offshore wind development
A new project aims to demonstrate the impact of sensing and remote monitoring in the optimisation of the design, the increase of the performance and the reduction of maintenance costs of critical subsystems in offshore wind turbines.
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NewsOffshore wind record for Europe in 2019
Europe installed 3.6GW of new offshore wind capacity in 2019, a new record in annual installations.
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NewsMonopile sling connector
A special sling connector can take the human element out of the handling, transport and installation of monopiles writes Dag Pike.
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Wind turbine oil monitoring
A leading provider of predictive maintenance to the wind industry, is working with Castrol, one of the leading experts in industrial lubricants, on a multi-phase study designed to uncover the potential of combining oil and vibration data on the accuracy of wind turbine health monitoring.
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NewsTurbine bearing and gearbox longevity project
INNTERESTING consortium at the launch meetingThe INNTERESTING project will develop innovative virtual and hybrid testing methods for prototype validation of pitch bearing and gearbox components.Coordinated by the Technological Research Centre IKERLAN, the INNTERESTING project has a budget of €4.75M and it is financed by the European Union´s H2020 Research and ...
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NewsVan Oord joins Estonian offshore wind project
Van Oord has partnered with an Estonian developer to develop an offshore wind farm in the country.
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News60kW turbine turns kinetic energy to electric
An Irish renewables company has completed the deployment and testing of its 60kW (DPR60) turbine which will convert kinetic energy within rivers, estuaries and tidal flows into clean, predictable electrical power.
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NewsNew wind analysis offering
An international energy consultancy has expanded its renewables capabilities with the addition of a new wind analysis team.
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Floatgen output increases
Following very encouraging initial results communicated last July, the 2MW Floatgen floating wind turbine, equipped with Ideol’s patented floating foundation and installed on the Sem-Rev test site (Atlantic Coast of France), exceeded production and availability expectations in the second half of 2019.
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NewsJV offers complete tidal package
A new European tidal energy joint venture (JV) aims to provide an end to end service for developers and customers.
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NewsOffshore wind development project progresses
Participants in a project which aims to continue to promote the collaborative research and development of technologies and solutions for the foundations, towers and auxiliary systems of high-power offshore wind turbines have held their second meeting.
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NewsCombined renewable energy to transform market
Combined wind, wave and solar arrays will transform the marine renewable energy market driving ‘higher capacity’ and ‘seasonally consistent’ energy generation, delegates at a conference have been told.
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NewsMajor tidal energy project given go-ahead
A UK-based tidal energy company has been given the go-ahead for a major Canadian project in Nova Scotia.
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NewsFloating wind prototype faces toughest test
A medium scale prototype of a new floating wind concept is scheduled to start sea trials off the Spanish coast early in 2020 in order to validate the concept writes Dag Pike.
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North Sea wind assessment sensitivity study
Following analysis by leading industry experts AXYS claims its WindSentinelTM Floating LiDAR can produce data sets that reduce cost of energy for offshore wind developers.
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NewsWave energy development wins Cleantech award
An innovative wave energy technology to supply people worldwide with clean and reliable energy has won this year’s Cleantech Open (CTO) Global Ideas Challenge Award.
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NewsOffshore wind supply chain ‘wish list’
A ‘wish list’ for closer and earlier working between the smallest and biggest businesses in the offshore wind supply chain to ensure better procurement will be shared across the industry by an energy group.
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NewsNew deal to meet Drops prevention demand
A new distribution deal has been signed in response to rising demand for Drops prevention solutions from the European offshore wind market.
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NewsHutchinson to build SIPs for Hornsea Two
EEW Group has contracted Hutchinson Engineering for the fabrication and onsite assembly of 30 suspended internal platforms (SIPs) for Hornsea Two offshore wind farm, located 55 miles off the UK coast in the North Sea.
