Offshore Renewables – Page 47
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NewsGreen grows in many ways for SSE Renewables
Scottish and Southern Electricity (SSE) is splitting off its renewables business in order to expand it beyond the UK’s borders.
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NewsPSM system keeps wind power platforms stable
PSM Instrumentation has developed a detection and control system for monitoring and warning of water entry into the dry area compartments of a 2MW floating wind turbine demonstrator that is believed to be the first of its kind.
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News“Most powerful” tidal turbine will have 600sqm rotor area
Orbital Marine Power’s upcoming commercial production tidal turbine will comprise of a 73m long floating superstructure, supporting two 1MW turbines at either side for a nameplate power output of 2MW, at a tidal current speed of 2.5 m/s.
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Wind energy to beat 2030 target
Wind energy is set overtake coal, nuclear and gas to become the EU’s largest power source well before 2030. This is according to the International Energy Agency’s (IEA) 2018 World Energy Outlook released in November.
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Poland re-commits to offshore wind
Polish State Secretary for Energy, Grzegorz Tobiszowski, has announced plans to develop 8GW of offshore wind by 2035. Poland will soon pass a law to this effect, spelling out the annual volumes up to this date.
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NewsGo-ahead for major French wind farm
The developers of a major offshore wind farm in the Bay of Biscay have received approval allowing the detail work to begin.
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NewsEU tidal project moves onto next stage
A European Union-backed tidal energy project has received approval from the European Commission to proceed to its next stage after a successful first full year reports Andrew Williams.
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24 hours of power
A new renewable energy system on the Scottish island of Fair Isle went live in October allowing the community to celebrate reliable 24 hour power for the first time.
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NewsUpdate to OWA Floating LiDAR Roadmap
The Carbon Trust’s Offshore Wind Accelerator has published an update of the Floating LiDAR (light detection and ranging) Roadmap.
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NewsFish spawning mapping for offshore efficiency
A revised technique for mapping the spawning sites of Atlantic herring in the UK has been developed to protect fish during offshore wind farm construction, which could lead to a more efficient and low-cost development process.
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NewsMonitoring Blyth offshore windfarm efficiency
A predictive maintenance provider has signed a three-year contract with EDF Renewables at Blyth Offshore Demonstrator windfarm to monitor the largest operational wind turbines.
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NewsOffshore tests for subsea cable shells
The third round of offshore tests for a new type of subsea electrical cable ballast have been undertaken at a depth of 30 metres on the Centrale Nantes SEM-REV offshore test site.
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NewsMaRINET2 to host offshore renewables training
Two new free-of-charge training courses will take place in November as part of the MaRINET2 project''s marine sector training programme.
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World’s most powerful offshore turbines
The 11 turbines recently unveiled at Vattenfall’s European Offshore Wind Deployment Centre offshore wind farm in Aberdeen Bay include two 8.8 megawatt (MW) turbines standing 191 meters tall, which are the most powerful operating anywhere in the world.
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NewsRentel finishes installing North Sea turbines
Rentel has finished the installation of its last two wind turbines in the Belgian North Sea with the help of the marine engineering expert DEME.
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NewsBoat landing cutting transfer bottlenecks
The offshore wind industry’s largest floatel has cut an operational bottleneck with its new boat landing facility that is capable of transferring up to 150 turbine technicians into the field each day.
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News‘Understanding Fatigue’ campaign
The UK’s National Workboat Association is launching an ‘Understanding Fatigue’ campaign to combat crewmember fatigue on offshore energy support vessels.
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NewsRecord power for tidal stream turbine
Scotrenewables Tidal Power’s first 2MW floating tidal stream turbine has clocked up over 3GWh of renewable electricity in its first year of testing at the European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) in Orkney, Scotland.
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NewsNew rotor blade access system
Wind turbine rotor blade access systems specialist, Gebr. Käufer GmbH Befahrtechnik has introduced its new K-BP-4 BAS system at WindEnergy Hamburg.
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NewsCanary Islands wave energy
Swedish renewable energy company Seabased has joined in a venture with the United Arab Emirates’ company Infocom Connect to develop a wave energy projects in the Canary Islands.
