Offshore Renewables – Page 82

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    Award winning Offshore Access System

    2012-05-21T17:57:00Z

    Offshore Solutions BV (OSBV), the joint venture between AMEC and Cofely Nederland NV, received a Hart’s Special Meritorious Awards for Engineering at the Offshore Technology Conference (OTC) in Houston earlier this month.

  • At 900 tonnes capacity, the new vessel will have a more powerful crane than its sister ship. Image: A2SEA
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    New turbine installation vessel for A2SEA

    2012-05-21T17:57:00Z

    Danish offshore wind installation and service solutions provider A2SEA recently announced a repeat order for a second newbuilding turbine installation vessel from COSCO Shipyard Group in China.

  • Eden Rose was built in Spain by Mercurio Plastics.
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    Tidal Transit brings Eden Rose to Seawork

    2012-05-21T17:57:00Z

    Norfolk UK based Tidal Transit brings its second wind farm service vessel Eden Rose ’to Seawork 2012, where it will host offshore wind industry visitors and take them for runs on Southampton Water.

  • The Blyth 17m has been designed with the offshore wind energy market in mind.
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    Blyth launches its biggest boat at Seawork

    2012-05-21T17:57:00Z

    Seawork has been chosen as the venue for Blyth Workcats to launch a boat that promotes it into a new league of boatbuilding.

  • Alex Salmond MSP, the First Minister of Scotland, is seen with Edinburgh based Aquamarine Power’s Oyster 800 hydro-electric wave energy converter.
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    Powerful plenary line-up at All-Energy 2012

    2012-05-21T17:57:00Z

    Alex Salmond MSP, the First Minister of Scotland has joined the line-up for the opening plenary conference session at All-Energy 2012.

  • Huub den Rooijen, Head of Offshore Wind at The Crown Estate, gave this exclusive interview to Maritime Journal.
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    The Crown Estate has confidence in the future of offshore wind energy

    2012-05-21T17:56:00Z

    Anyone who assumes The Crown Estate’s (TCE) role in UK offshore wind is simply allocating areas of seabed to developers and waiting for the rent to roll in, is clearly not aware of the organisation’s role and purpose.

  • Marine South East organises regular events to raise awareness of windfarm benefits for business.
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    Local businesses reap windfarm benefit

    2012-05-21T17:56:00Z

    Once the excitement of announcing a major investment in the form of an offshore windfarm has died down, the question that has to be asked is, “Will this create jobs in the local area and what will it do for the local economy?”

  • The Jan Steen will place an armour layer of rocks in an elliptical formation around each wind turbine foundation. Photo: Scira
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    Rock work rolling at Sheringham Shoal

    2012-05-21T17:56:00Z

    Keen observers of offshore activity at the Sheringham Shoal Offshore Wind Farm off North Norfolk UK will notice the arrival of two specialist vessels from Van Oord the over the coming weeks.

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    First transition pieces installed at Anholt

    2012-05-21T17:56:00Z

    Jumbo’s DP2 heavy lift vessel Jumbo Javelin has successfully installed the first transition pieces (TPs) for the Anholt Offshore Wind Farm in Denmark.

  • Cable Enterprise is equipped with a 4,000 tonne carousel, 6 point mooring system, and a single drum winch with pulling force of 18 tonnes.
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    Launch lifts renewables growth potential

    2012-05-18T11:30:00Z

    Global Marine Energy Ltd has invested in the refit and development of Cable Enterprise, a barge built specifically for the installation of power cables for offshore wind farms.

  • News

    Substations contract for CG

    2012-05-16T11:01:00Z

    CG has been awarded the contract for the design, engineering, supply and installation of the onshore and offshore substations at the 219 MW Humber Gateway offshore wind farm in the UK.

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    OWS BV acquires OWPMS

    2012-05-16T10:46:00Z

    Rotterdam based Offshore Wind Services BV (OWS) of the Netherlands has acquired North Wales based offshore wind crew transfer operator Offshore Wind Power Marine Services Ltd. (OWPMS).

  • Front row: Msr Le Grand, Stuart Trought, Charles Hendry, Malcolm Wicks. Back row: Alderney States Members
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    A FAB opportunity for a power trading link

    2012-05-10T15:16:00Z

    The small Channel Island of Alderney has been instrumental in organising an important meeting between members of the British and French governments to discuss the creation of a cable link between the two countries through the island.

  • A technician at work on an NGenTec 1MW prototype
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    Government grant for wind turbine development

    2012-05-03T21:00:00Z

    Edinburgh based generator company NGenTec has secured a second grant from the UK Government’s Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC).

  • A particular finding is the importance of considering both onshore and offshore transmission networks together for the most economic and efficient design. Photo: Peter Barker
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    Coordinated grid could reduce windfarm cost

    2012-04-26T11:17:00Z

    The UK Department of Energy and Climate Change and energy regulator Ofgem have published a report of interest for the offshore wind energy sector.

  • Seen at London Array’s recent opening ceremony are (left to right), Richard Luijendijk (director, Siemens Energy Service Renewables), Matt Britton (commercial and operations manager, London Array), Laura Sandys (MP, South Thanet), Gordon Dobbs (...
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    Activity gathers pace at London Array

    2012-04-26T09:00:00Z

    London Array Ltd recently hosted the opening ceremony for their eco-friendly operations and maintenance base at Ramsgate UK, to become the long term hub for their offshore windfarm in the outer Thames estuary.

  • The Neptune Proteus, located in the Humber estuary, 60m from shore, is pictured with The Deep in the background. Photo: Sean Spencer, Hull News and Pictures
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    Power of Neptune brings light to The Deep

    2012-04-24T09:00:00Z

    In a new advance for marine renewable energy, the Neptune Proteus tidal stream energy device will supply electricity from this month to The Deep, a visitor attraction and research centre in Hull UK.

  • The turbine unit is semi-buoyant and can be easily towed to and from the point of operation.
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    Megawatt milestone for tidal turbine power

    2012-04-23T09:00:00Z

    Harnessing the reliable and predictable energy of tidal streams, Bristol UK based Rolls-Royce subsidiary Tidal Generation Limited has surpassed the 200 megawatt hours (MWh) mark of electrical power generated and fed into the national grid.

  • Seacat Endeavour will be on show at Seawork before heading for its first job off Denmark.
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    Well qualified wind farm boat at Seawork

    2012-04-23T09:00:00Z

    Seacat Services, the Isle of Wight based wind farm support vessel operator, has signed operational contracts for its two 19m DNV class multi-purpose wind farm support vessels, Seacat Endeavour and Seacat Reliance.

  • The project is expected to generate some 2,000 jobs and play a key role in developing an offshore wind industry in France
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    Flying start for French offshore wind

    2012-04-19T16:35:00Z

    The French Government announced its decision last week to award the Iberdrola-Eole-RES consortium exclusive rights to develop a 500 MW offshore wind project in the area of Saint-Brieuc, off the coast of Brittany.