Offshore Renewables – Page 49
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James Fisher Marine Services five-year contract for London Array
The James Fisher Marine Services team has built on previous success delivering complex marine and offshore projects, to win a significant new contract for London Array, the world’s largest operational offshore wind farm situated in the Thames Estuary.
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NewsGhana looks set to become an early adopter of wave power
A Ghanaian renewable energy production company has contracted Swedish wave technology developer Seabased to deliver a 100MW wave energy plant near Ada, the first utility scale wave park in Africa.
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NewsEOLink one tenth scale prototype installed
The prototype of an innovative floating wind turbine has been installed at sea off the coast of France, writes Dag Pike.
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NewsSpanish method to assess early-stage costs of marine energy devices
Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (UPM) has devised a new procedure to obtain more accurate costs for future marine energy parks, reports Andrew Williams.
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NewsRedT Energy selected to provide energy storage technology for large-scale European project
UK based energy company RedT Energy has been selected to be the ''primary energy storage technology provider for a large-scale tidal generation project'' reports Andrew Williams.
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NewsWave generating companies pull the plug on 'economic sinkhole'
Two international companies lined up to produce electricity from UK''s first ever wave farm have pulled out of the project, while another is having second thoughts reports Graeme Ewens.
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NewsRoxtec supplies Scotland’s largest offshore windfarm
International manufacturer Roxtec has supplied a package of specialist cable sealing solutions to Scotland’s largest offshore wind farm.
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NewsReport highlights huge opportunities for UK offshore wind
A new report by the UK Conservative MP and former Energy Minister Sir Michael Fallon shows the possible economic benefits that could be reaped from the offshore wind industry including the potential for exports.
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NewsWindfarm foundation commercial viability testing
Next-generation wind turbine foundations are being viability tested by HR Wallingford at its Oxfordshire Fast Flow Facility prior to being deployed at the Borkum Riffgrund 2 offshore windfarm.
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NewsUK offshore wind industry to conduct supply chain review
A key aim of the offshore wind industry’s vision for 2030 is to foster a world-leading supply chain so it is going to conduct a thorough review to create a concrete development plan for the sector.
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NewsPioneering study finds seabirds avoid offshore wind turbines much more than previously predicted
The Offshore Renewables Joint Industry Programme (ORJIP) has released findings from what it says is the world’s most comprehensive investigation into seabird behaviour and collision risk around offshore wind farms.
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NewsFlintstone Technology sets sights on floating wind
Oil and Gas industry moorings specialist Flintstone Technology Ltd is diversifying its market-leading operations to help drive down costs for the offshore floating wind industry.
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LOC Renewables contracted to deliver MWS for modular offshore grid
The Paris office of LOC Renewables has been contracted by the Belgian transmission system operator, Elia, to provide Marine Warranty Survey (MWS) services for the pioneering Modular Offshore Grid (MOG) project, located 40km off the Belgian coast in the North Sea.
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Greenbyte raises additional funding
Belgian investment firm Korys has invested an additional 5 million Euro in Swedish renewable energy software company Greenbyte which provides a SaaS platform to owners and operators of renewable energy assets around the world.
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NewsEOWDC 8.8MW turbine installation
The world’s most powerful single turbine has been successfully installed at Vattenfall’s European Offshore Wind Deployment Centre (EOWDC).
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NewsFloating wind joint industry partnership for export cables and asset integrity
The Carbon Trust-led Floating Wind Joint Industry Partnership has begun two new studies to investigate critical issues for large scale floating wind farms.
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NewsMagallanes Renovables deployment to EMEC
Spanish tidal energy developer Magallanes Renovables has entered into a berth agreement with the European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) in Orkney, Scotland, where its tidal energy prototype is due to be demonstrated in the next phase of the OCEAN_2G project.
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NewsDutch company could solve ocean solar farm problems
Solar power is an effective way of generating electricity to meet the requirements of green energy but it can occupy valuable land areas reports Dag Pike.
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NewsSeabased Wave Parks teams with Invesdor
Swedish wave energy developer Seabased, has partnered with Nordic equity crowdfunding platform Invesdor to raise up to 15 million SEK (approximately EUR €1.5 million).
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NewsAREG signs MoU to share offshore wind learnings with US organisation
The Aberdeen Renewable Energy Group (AREG) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with The Business Network for Offshore Wind in the United States.
