Offshore Renewables – Page 60

  • The sea off East Anglia saw heavy military wartime activity and was a prime area for dumping unused munitions
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    Online map explodes onto the offshore wind market

    2016-03-14T15:08:00Z

    The location of unexploded mines and bombs around the UK coastline has been revealed in a new online map designed to aid the developers of offshore energy projects like wind farms and cable laying.

  • Ireland has considerable untapped wave and tidal resources
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    Irish wave and tidal sector surging along

    2016-03-11T17:20:00Z

    Ireland is rapidly emerging as a key player in the development of wave and tidal energy technologies. Late last year, Brian Motherway, the outgoing CEO of the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI), predicted that the country''s marine energy market could be worth €15bn to Ireland''s economy by ...

  • The Rentel windfarm will use Siemens turbines
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    Rentel plugging in

    2016-03-07T11:36:00Z

    Belgian offshore wind company Rentel NV has awarded the EPCI contract for its offshore substation (OSS) to STX France SA. The scope comprises design, fabrication, transport, offshore installation and commissioning of the monopile foundation and topside including high voltage and ancillary equipment.

  • Explosive concentrations of Hydrogen can build up in windfarm pile foundations
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    Solution for exploding piles

    2016-03-04T15:18:00Z

    Germany-based Noske-Kaeser, a provider of systems for air conditioning, ventilation, refrigeration, piping, fire fighting and CBRN protection, has developed a new ventilation system to protect offshore wind turbine foundations from explosive gas mixtures. Several systems are currently in successful long-term tests with a renowned wind turbine operator.

  • The WITT device appears to use a series of gears and connecting rods to harvest random motion to turn a flywheel
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    Marine energy capture device seeks investment

    2016-03-03T12:14:00Z

    UK start-up WITT Ltd, says it is set to change the face of renewable energy forever with its ground-breaking new energy harvesting technology, The WITT.

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    Spanish rebrand

    2016-02-25T16:30:00Z

    German wind turbine service provider Deutsche Windtechnik, is rebranding the company name of its Spanish subsidiary GPS (General Power Services S.L.) to Deutsche Windtechnik S.L. The name change reflects and emphasises the company’s strategic approach to offer European services from a single source.

  • L-r Adam Norris and David Rubie-Todd
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    Wavepower recruitment drive

    2016-02-24T16:38:00Z

    UK Wave energy company Wavepower has revealed plans to recruit 30 more people to its expanding team. The Glastonbury-based renewables firm says it is searching for talented engineers and graduates to play pivotal roles in the next stage of its exciting growth.

  • The SITs have a rotor diameter of four metres and are designed as downstream turbines which are self-aligning to the flow
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    Schottel Hydro sells 16 tidal turbines to SME

    2016-02-22T15:33:00Z

    Over the next two years German tidal turbine specialist Schottel Hydro will deliver 16 Schottel Instream Turbines (SIT) with a capacity of 62 kW each to Sustainable Marine Energy (SME). The British company has signed a long term contract with the European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) and will build a ...

  • Scotmarine’s ‘MV Orcadia II’ workboat was used for all modular anchor deployments
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    Low cost anchoring system for floating tidal generators

    2016-02-19T15:47:00Z

    The UK’s Scotrenewables Tidal Power has completed deployment of its advanced modular anchoring system at EMEC (European Marine Energy Centre), Orkney in preparation for the installation of its SR2000 2MW floating tidal turbine.

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    Offshore wind consultancy contract

    2016-02-17T09:12:00Z

    Semcon in Germany has signed a new framework agreement with the Danish energy company DONG Energy. The agreement covers consultancy services for DONG Energy’s German Offshore Wind Power business activities.

  • Windtracer LiDAR (Photo: Carbon Trust)
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    LiDAR comparison for offshore wind mapping

    2016-02-12T10:10:00Z

    The UK-headquartered Carbon Trust has announced the start of the world’s largest trial of scanning Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR) technology which is taking place in Dublin Bay, Ireland. This is the latest Offshore Wind Accelerator (OWA) project designed to help reduce the cost of energy from offshore wind.

  • The guide clearly defines trench parameters
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    New guide to offshore wind cable burial

    2016-02-08T15:52:00Z

    The UK’s Offshore Wind Accelerator has published a new report to inform industry on how to apply the Cable Burial Risk Assessment Guidance (CBRA) following its launch earlier this year.

  • Scale tank tests of CorPower buoy (Credit CorPower)
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    Corpower at EMEC

    2016-02-08T15:28:00Z

    Swedish wave energy developer, CorPower Ocean, has signed up to test its novel resonant wave energy converter at the European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) in Orkney.

  • DFU vac-blast machine
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    Monopile non-destructive testing breakthrough

    2016-02-05T15:38:00Z

    Greater Gabbard Offshore Winds Ltd (GGOWL), the operators of the Greater Gabbard Offshore Wind Farm (offshore UK) has utilised the latest vacuum blasting techniques from Seawork exhibitor Precision Blast Systems Ltd as part of its maintenance plan.

  • The design features two vertical axis water turbines (VAWTs), which are placed on either side of a patented flow-accelerating body
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    GKinetic Energy launches novel tidal energy device

    2016-02-03T15:30:00Z

    Late last year, Irish company GKinetic Energy deployed its innovative OC1 tidal energy device in Limerick Docks. So how exactly does the new technology work? What challenges do the project team face in deploying the device? And what are the prospects for its future roll out and ...

  • Yashwant Sinha
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    New software tool aims to cut maintenance costs for offshore wind turbines

    2016-02-03T15:10:00Z

    Researchers at Robert Gordon University (RGU) in Aberdeen are developing a software tool that aims to ''dramatically cut maintenance costs for offshore wind turbines.''

  • Sotenäs will be the first ever multiple unit wave power plant
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    Sotenäs wave energy plant reaches grid connection milestone

    2016-02-03T14:59:00Z

    Last December, the innovative Sotenäs Wave Energy Plant was successfully connected to the Swedish National Grid via a subsea cable. So, how exactly does the Sotenäs Plant work? And what plans are there for the future development of the device?

  • Pembroke Port in West Wales where the device is being tested
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    Wave energy convertor milestone

    2016-01-26T10:22:00Z

    Marine Power Systems (MPS), a Swansea, UK-based company that is developing convertor technologies to harness wave energy, has recently completed testing of its prototype pump, a key subsystem of the company’s WaveSub wave energy converter (WEC).

  • Floating wind power test site at BIMEP
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    First Seanergy set for Biarritz

    2016-01-25T16:28:00Z

    Seanergy, an international business convention on Marine Renewable Energy, will take place for the very first time on June 1-2 2016 in Biarritz, France (Halle d’Iraty).

  • The actual mechanical connection of the two GreenLink halves takes less than two hours
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    Sabella GreenLink connection

    2016-01-25T12:41:00Z

    Denmark-headquartered MacArtney Group has provided a connectivity solution to help French marine renewable energy company Sabella connect a tidal turbine to an onshore grid.