Offshore Renewables – Page 57

  • Tidal demonstrator to be built by HydroQuest and the CMN group
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    Tidal demonstrator set to be built

    2016-11-24T10:47:00Z

    HydroQuest and CMN (Constructions Mécaniques de Normandie) are set to launch an innovate demonstration project for the tidal energy sector.

  • 26m Typhoon Class SWATH (Photo: LTS)
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    26m Typhoon Class SWATH

    2016-11-18T10:56:00Z

    The 26m Typhoon Class SWATH ordered by UK-based Renewable Energy Support Ltd (RES Ltd) has been successfully delivered to operators Maritime Craft Services (Clyde) Ltd (MCS) after completing final sea trials.

  • The BEACon radar emits radio waves in a narrow beam, which is scanned across the wind farm area
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    Air flow radar

    2016-11-17T17:12:00Z

    A new radar system has been installed to help build up a picture of the complex flow patterns of wind through an offshore wind farm. DONG Energy and SmartWind Technologies have announced that the world’s first radar for offshore wind power is now delivering three-dimensional data on the wind flow ...

  • Ocean Wave Rower will convert the natural motion of the waves into clean energy
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    Innovative wave energy converter scheme

    2016-11-16T14:13:00Z

    Mainstay Marine Solutions, the British designer, builder and maintainer of workboats and marine energy devices, has won a contract to build a new energy device for a £5.8m scheme in South Wales.

  • BiMEP is located 1.7 km off the coast of Armintza in Spain
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    Marmok A-5 wave energy device installed

    2016-11-15T15:21:00Z

    Spain’s Oceantec Energy­as Marinas and CDA Bilbao Co. working with a team from the UK-based University of Exeter have successfully completed the final part of the commissioning of the Oceantec Marmok-A-5 wave energy device.

  • It’s good news for the UK offshore wind market, but what about solar and wave?
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    Government backing for British offshore wind

    2016-11-10T17:09:00Z

    RenewableUK says the UK Government''s planned next round of competitive auctions to support offshore wind will provide a boost for British industry, but there is less certainty if Scottish renewables and other sectors such as solar and wave will also benefit.

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    Low cost satellite modem

    2016-11-08T15:57:00Z

    The UK''s Ocean Scientific International Ltd has added a new low-cost, low-power satellite modem to its range of telemetry equipment.

  • CorPower Ocean claims to bring a new class of high efficiency Wave Energy Converter to market
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    CorPower grant

    2016-11-07T11:48:00Z

    CorPower Ocean AB, a Swedish developer of high efficiency wave energy converters, has been awarded a €4m grant by the European Commission (EC) for its WaveBoost project.

  • All of the foundations for the turbines have been installed in the relatively shallow waters
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    Nordergrunde progress and investment

    2016-10-10T15:36:00Z

    While news comes of the installation of the first turbine tower at the German Nordergrunde wind farm, London, UK-based John Laing has acquired a 30% stake in the wind farm. The Nordergrunde project is John Laing''s second German wind investment and its first investment in offshore wind.

  • When erected, the turbines will be the largest thus far in the Belgian North Sea Photo: Siemens
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    Financial close for offshore wind project

    2016-10-06T13:35:00Z

    Rentel NV has reached financial close for the construction of a new 309MW offshore windfarm off the Belgian coast.

  • Global Marine Systems Limited's carousel at Portland
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    Carousels galore

    2016-10-03T15:34:00Z

    The various offshore transmission developments underway in northern European waters, primarily related to wind farms, have led to the recent announcement of new onshore cable storage carousels on both the Northeast and South coasts of the UK.

  • One of AXYS's TRIAXYS wave buoys
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    AXYS Italian distribution

    2016-10-03T14:53:00Z

    AXYS Technologies, a Canadian manufacturer of surface condition monitoring buoys popular in the offshore renewables industry, has announced the appointment of Geomarine as its new Value Added Reseller in Italy.

  • East Anglia One will comprise up to 102 turbines and foundations each rated at
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    East Anglia One contracts

    2016-09-26T16:41:00Z

    Scottish Power Renewables is progressing the East Anglia One Offshore Wind farm (offshore UK) with the award of design and construction contracts. This £2.5 billion project is a 50:50 joint venture partnership with Vattenfall Wind Power and was awarded rights to develop wind farms off the coast of East Anglia ...

  • SCAR2 has a 15-metre wide capacity compared to earlier 10-metre models
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    Seabed plough completes £5m Race Bank wind farm project

    2016-09-19T14:57:00Z

    Scotland-based Ecosse Subsea Systems has completed a second major seabed clearance project on behalf of DONG Energy on what will be one of the world’s largest offshore windfarms.

  • Sheringham Shoal wind farm is one of the world's 10 largest producing offshore wind farms
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    Statoil expands its wind farm portfolio

    2016-09-19T13:46:00Z

    Norwegian oil major Statoil and Statkraft have signed a letter of intent that will see Statoil take over as the operator of the Sheringham Shoal Offshore Wind Farm from January 2017.

  • A visualisation of how the wind farm will look
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    Green light for Vattenfall test centre

    2016-09-13T17:01:00Z

    The Swedish energy company Vattenfall and its partner, the Aberdeen Renewable Energy Group (AREG), have been developing the European Offshore Wind Deployment Centre.

  • The Twisties solution, showing base and adaptors to allow blades to sit down. Image, DNV GL
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    Wind ro-ro - with a twist

    2016-09-12T09:55:00Z

    The wind power industry is getting closer and closer to its goal of producing cost-competitive electricity: “In fact it is predicted that it will reach parity with fossil fuels by 2025,” explained Chris Garrett of DNV GL – Energy “something which only comes with scale.” However, it also stands to ...

  • Oceantec wave buoy deployment
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    Oceantech spar wave generator deployment

    2016-09-02T17:14:00Z

    The deployment of the Oceantec wave energy converter, which has been designed by Oceantec Energy Marinas, as part of the EU-funded OPERA project is planned for September. It will be installed at a prepared site located some 2 miles offshore from Northern Spain in the Bay of Biscay.

  • The 88.4 metre long blade has been designed for Adwen's AD 8-180 wind turbine
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    Adwen produces world's largest blade

    2016-09-02T16:49:00Z

    Offshore wind turbine manufacturer Adwen and turbine rotor blades supplier LM Wind Power have unveiled the world''s longest wind turbine blade. The 88.4 metre long blade has been designed for Adwen''s AD 8-180 wind turbine, an 8 MW wind turbine with a 180 metre rotor diameter. This large blade was ...

  • SWT-8.0-154 will be the new benchmark for gearless offshore wind technology
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    8MW turbine

    2016-09-02T15:55:00Z

    German wind power giant Siemens has upgraded its most powerful offshore wind farm generator unit to 8 MW. Siemens, who has focussed its generator development on direct drive units, stated that its direct drive wind turbine technology for offshore turbines has reached the next development milestone.