Offshore Renewables – Page 91

  • The MEAP has been developed jointly by Government and industry to drive the marine energy sector forward. Photo by Peter Barker.
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    UK launches Marine Energy Action Plan

    2010-03-25T11:38:00Z

    Harnessing the full potential of marine energy could provide enough power for up to 15m homes and save up to 70m tons of C02 by 2050 according to the UK Government’s Marine Energy Action Plan (MEAP), which was released last week.

  • The Sheringham Shoal wind farm will generate enough power for 220,000 homes. Photo: Trude Refsahl/Statoil
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    Work begins on Sheringham Shoal Wind Farm site

    2010-03-18T11:51:00Z

    Construction work on the Sheringham Shoal Offshore Wind Farm site began last week with the arrival of the 164m vessel ''Nordness''.

  • Marine Current Turbines’ SeaGen tidal energy turbine is generating power in Northern Ireland’s Strangford Lough.
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    International funding powers tidal turbines

    2010-03-16T12:41:00Z

    Siemens Energy has invested in British tidal energy company Marine Current Turbines Ltd, alongside the Carbon Trust, High Tide and other private investors.

  • An artist’s impression of MPI Adventure, currently under build in China.
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    Wind turbine installation vessels move to the next generation

    2010-03-16T12:30:00Z

    Offshore installation company MPI, through a wholly owned subsidiary and the Danish company A2SEA, will provide two vessels for the installation of 175 turbines with a combined capacity of 630MW.

  • The cable lay barge ‘UR101’ is seen at Pegwell Bay installing the export cable for the Thanet Offshore Windfarm.
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    Thanet Offshore Windfarm construction forges ahead

    2010-03-16T12:10:00Z

    A milestone has been reached with the installation of the offshore substation at Vattenfall’s Thanet Offshore Windfarm off the UK’s Kent coast.

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    Call for offshore wind farm workboat funding

    2010-03-04T10:57:00Z

    The European Wind Energy Association (EWEA) and the Community of European Shipyards'' Association (CESA) are calling on Europe to support new vessel builds to serve the expanding offshore wind energy market over the coming years.

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    New energy award for ‘Beatrice’ developer

    2010-03-04T10:56:00Z

    SeaEnergy PLC subsidiary SeaEnergy Renewables was named Company of the Year at the Rosenblatt New Energy Awards 2010, which took place at the Natural History Museum in London last week.

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    £22m of new funding for wave and tidal energy

    2010-02-18T11:22:00Z

    Marine energy will be ready for mass scale deployment and an important new commercial UK industry by 2020 said the Carbon Trust earlier this month.

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    Scotland set for massive investment in offshore wind power

    2009-12-10T15:15:00Z

    Scottish Renewables, the voice of the renewables industry in Scotland, has revealed that more than £ 30bn of investment is set to flow from offshore wind power development in Scottish waters.

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    Deep Green flies kite for tidal energy

    2009-12-09T15:15:00Z

    As political leaders gather in Copenhagen this week for COP 15 United Nations Climate Change, Saab spin-off Minesto has revealed another step towards tidal energy commercialisation by producing electricity with the Deep Green concept. Minesto is a Swedish and UK based company founded in 2007, with majority owners including the ...

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    Gifford wind turbine design shortlisted by Carbon Trust

    2009-12-03T15:15:00Z

    A design for a new generation of deep water wind turbine foundations, developed by a British consortium led by independent engineering and environmental consultant Gifford, has been selected in a competition organised by the Carbon Trust.

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    Canada launch 'world's first' offshore wind assessment buoy

    2009-12-03T15:15:00Z

    Canada' s AXYS Technologies Inc has deployed an offshore wind resource assessment buoy, the WindSentinel, off of Race Rocks Island in the coastal waters of British Columbia, Canada.

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    New wave energy device has world as its 'Oyster'

    2009-12-03T15:15:00Z

    Queen’ s University Belfast has launched the world’ s largest working hydro-electric wave energy device in conjunction with Aquamarine Power.

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    Cornwall champions sustainable energy

    2009-12-03T15:15:00Z

    Captain Richard Parkinson, managing director of Mojo Maritime Limited of Cornwall UK has received a top honour at the 2009 South West Green Energy Awards ceremony, which took place in Bath earlier this month.

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    Wave Hub construction underway

    2009-11-23T15:15:00Z

    Construction has started this month on the pioneering Wave Hub project that will put South West England at the forefront of the global marine energy industry.

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    Orkney Islands Council green lights marine renewables

    2009-10-08T12:36:00Z

    Orkney Islands Council ratified plans on Tuesday for the £ 3million redevelopments of the ‘ Golden Wharf’ at Lyness to be included in the Council’ s major works for 2010/2011.

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    Leviathan to work on world's largest wind farm

    2009-10-03T12:36:00Z

    The newbuild 5,500gt jack-up vessel ‘ Seajacks Leviathan’ arrived in Harwich UK at the end of September to begin work installing wind turbines at the Greater Gabbard Wind Farm. Situated some 25km off the Suffolk/Essex coast, it will be the world’ s largest offshore wind farm to date.

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    Heavy lifter 'Svanen' to drive piles for wind turbines

    2009-09-09T12:36:00Z

    Ballast Nedam' s heavy lift vessel Svanen left the port of Rotterdam early this month after being commissioned by Van Oord Dredging and Marine Contractors to drive 56 steel piles for the foundations of the Belwind offshore wind farm off the coast of Zeebrugge (Belgium). This is the first phase ...

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    Thanet on schedule

    2009-09-09T12:36:00Z

    Swedish company Vattenfall is making steady progress with construction of the Thanet Offshore Wind Farm, with over half the foundation and transition pieces now installed and plans in place for the cable laying, turbine installation and longer term maintenance phases of the project. When completed, it will be the world’ ...

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    Van Oord to build wind farm off Belgium

    2009-09-09T12:36:00Z

    Van Oord has been awarded the contract for the engineering, procurement and construction of the first part of the Belwind offshore wind farm project.