Offshore Renewables – Page 73
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NewsLong term windfarm contract for Tia Elizabeth
Norfolk UK based Tidal Transit Limited has been awarded an 18 month contract by Scira Offshore Energy Limited for its latest personnel transfer vessel, Tia Elizabeth, to service the Sheringham Shoal Offshore Wind Farm.
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NewsFirst Twin Axe for Danish operator
Northern Offshore Services has taken delivery of its first Damen Twin Axe, just weeks after the order was placed in August. The 26m Fast Crew Supplier is already being deployed at an offshore wind farm in the North Sea.
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Scotland’s renewables meet 40% of demand
New figures from the UK Government have shown that more than 10m tonnes of CO2 emissions were displaced by renewable electricity generation in Scotland, up by almost a quarter from the previous year.
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NewsJob opportunities for windfarm trainees
Local unemployed people are benefiting from free places on a newly developed qualification offered by Maersk Training in Newcastle UK designed to help them take advantage of job opportunities in the thriving offshore wind energy sector.
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NewsWindfarm opportunity is fisherman’s friend
New business venture Knights Offshore Support (KOS) has taken delivery of its first CTruk 20T MPC offshore wind support vessel, Coastal Knight, which will soon join offshore wind industry service provider CWind’s growing charter fleet.
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NewsESS success on Baltic windfarm trenching
Ecosse Subsea Systems (ESS) has completed a £4.7m boulder clearing and pre-lay trenching project which it claims has been one of the most successful ever conducted for the wind energy sector.
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NewsWindfarm SWATH boat christened in Denmark
Sea Storm, the third in the series of SWATH vessels from Danish Yachts was christened on Monday at the shipyard in Skagen Harbour in Denmark.
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NewsTidal power agreement
Alstom is teaming up with GDF Suez in response to the call for expressions of interest for pilot tidal farms by the French President.
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NewsLondon Array’s transmission assets sold
London Array, the world’s largest offshore windfarm have announced the sale of their transmission assets as part of the UK’s Offshore Transmission Owner regime.
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NewsDeep water turbines - the next step
A report from the European Wind Energy Association (EWEA) has looked at the subject of deepwater offshore windfarms, taking wind energy far beyond what the term deepwater means with current projects.
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NewsThree workboat deal
UK boatbuilder South Boats IOW has signed a £10m three windfarm vessel deal with Seacat Services.
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NewsBye-bye to the Severn Barrage
The Severn Barrage proposal has been dismissed – UK ministers say that there is not enough evidence to justify the viability of the project.
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NewsNew Houlder equipment
Houlder has developed new equipment to meet the “challenge of handling offshore wind turbine piles” which it says has grown, along with their size.
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NewsNew windfarm vessel concept from Norway
The first two units of a revolutionary new type of windfarm vessel have been delivered by a Norwegian shipyard.
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NewsKotug sets sites on offshore windfarms
Netherlands based towage operator Kotug is expanding its activities to encompass marine renewable energy through the growth of its offshore vivision.
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Coastline contract for Offshore Cable Corridor
Coastline Surveys has been awarded a contract to undertake offshore geophysical surveys for East Anglia Offshore Wind Limited (EAOW) in support of the development of the Offshore Cable Corridor for East Anglia THREE and East Anglia FOUR.
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NewsFast hands don’t delay fast craft delivery
Two Fast Rescue Craft of type 903 were delivered to the Royal Netherlands Sea Rescue Institution (KNRM) last month.
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NewsUK’s Offshore Wind Industrial Strategy published
HM Government has published its document Offshore Wind Strategy – Business and Government Action, aimed at bringing together government and industry to develop the sector.
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NewsMarine energy technologies have a champion
To ensure that the ocean energy potential in Europe’s seas is realised, the European Ocean Energy Association has united all the key European players behind a common plan for ocean energy technologies.
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NewsOffshore wind platform under build in Dubai
The world’s largest HVDC Offshore Wind Platform, Dolwin Beta, is under construction at the Drydocks World – Dubai shipyard.
