Offshore Renewables – Page 61
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NewsConsortium to build Portuguese floating wind farm
An international consortium has been formed to fund and develop a commercial floating wind farm in the Atlantic waters off the coast of Portugal near Porto. This development follows the successful trials of a prototype floating generator unit developed by WindFloat which has been operating for the past four years.
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NewsMet mast removal contract
MPI Offshore, a subsidiary of Netherlands-headquartered Vroon Groop, has announced that wind-turbine-installation vessel ‘MPI Resolution’ has been contracted by RWE for the removal of the IJmuiden Met Mast.
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NewsAtlantis Resources building UK tidal power portfolio
ScottishPower Renewables has joined forces with Singapore-headquartered Atlantis Resources to establish the largest tidal stream portfolio in the UK.
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NewsDEME’s offshore wind road show
After December’s closing event in London, DEME, the Belgian dredging and marine construction giant is looking back on a very successful series of nationwide supply chain events in the UK to strengthen its local involvement in the offshore wind industry.
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NewsNordsee One construction commenced
GeoSea, part of the Belgian dredging, environmental and marine engineering group, DEME, has announced that it has begun the construction works for the offshore windfarm Nordsee One in the German North Sea.
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NewsTrumped on windfarm appeal
It’s not often that ‘Maritime Journal’ gets to comment on such world news as US presidential candidates, but Scottish offshore wind made the international headlines today, due to Donald Trump, the leading Republican candidate for the US presidency losing a court appeal over permission for an offshore windfarm.
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NewsEMEC berth for Laminaria
Belgian wave energy developer Laminaria has signed up for a position at EMEC’s grid-connected wave test site at Billia Croo, off the west coast of Orkney, UK.
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NewsWelsh company secures EU funds for novel wave energy technology
In late October, Swansea, UK-based wave energy company Marine Power Systems (MPS) announced that it had secured £2 million of European Union (EU) funds for the development and testing of a scaled prototype of its innovative WaveSub device.
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NewsMOREDATAS Project
Five companies based at locations in Ireland, France and the UK have announced plans to collaborate on an innovative project to help limit the risks faced by developers of tidal and wave energy initiatives around the north western European coast.
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NewsCorPower commences third round testing of wave energy device
Swedish wave energy company CorPower Ocean has successfully completed a €6.5m funding round for the further development and testing of its novel wave energy converters.
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Baltic heavy lift support
Global independent offshore and onshore survey company UTEC NCS Survey, was recently awarded a contract for heavy lift support services for a major windfarm project in the Baltic Sea.
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NewsDutch pipe curing technology enables offshore OTEC
Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion (OTEC) is scaling up. This summer, the largest power plant to date was connected to the grid at Big Island of Hawaii, producing 100 kilowatts.
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NewsWind Energy Link earns quality label
Wind Energy Link B.V., the Netherlands-headquartered global asset management, wind and logistics joint venture, has become the first in its field to receive the AMC ISO 55 001 quality certificate of product approval.
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NewsThunderstorm detector for offshore wind industry
For the offshore industries, thunderstorms can play a significant part in disrupting operations. A new thunderstorm detector from UK meteorological instrument manufacturer Biral is claimed to be able to provide early warning of a nearby thunderstorm and so ensure the safety of operating personnel and minimise downtime.
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Baltic heavy lift contract
UK-headquartered UTEC NCS Survey has been awarded a contract for heavy lift support services for a major windfarm project in the Baltic Sea.
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NewsEco wave power in Gibraltar
Eco Wave Power (EWP) is an Israeli company that has developed a unique form of electricity generation using wave power. Rather than have a wave generator moored in the open ocean where complex moorings and connection systems are required, the EWP system utilises existing land structures as the attachment point ...
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NewsRentel chooses Siemens direct drive turbines
Belgian windfarm concession holder Rentel NV has chosen Siemens NV as its preferred bidder for the supply and installation of 42 of its offshore wind turbines, also involving a 15-year maintenance agreement.
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NewsCooperative design for renewables service vessel
Netherlands-headquartered Damen Shipyards Group has produced a new vessel design in consultation with the UK’s Delta Marine – called the Damen Renewables Service Vessel 3315.
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NewsFirst commercially financed project in the tidal energy industry
Black Rock Tidal Power (BRTP), a subsidiary of Germany-headquartered Schottel Hydro, has set up a project company (Special Purpose Vehicle, SPV) which will take over its Triton tidal energy platform once fully commissioned for 15 million Canadian Dollars. The private equity investment into the project company amounts to 10.5 million ...
