Offshore Renewables – Page 42

  • David Latimer
    News

    Funding enables offshore wind project

    2021-01-26T12:32:00Z

    UK government grant funding has enabled magnetic gear technology firm Magnomatics to work on a project that will de-risk technology required for the manufacture of large generators for offshore wind to the UK.

  • Visualisation of a future Corpower wave energy farm
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    EEA grant for wave energy project

    2021-01-26T12:09:00Z

    CorPower Ocean and OPS Composite Solutions are primed to deliver an ‘industry advancing’ wave energy project after securing close to €500,000 from EEA Grants.

  • Norwegian waters will provide a stern test for an offshore solar farm
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    Viability of floating offshore solar power

    2021-01-21T09:27:00Z

    Equinor and Moss Maritime are joining in a unique test to explore the potential of floating offshore solar panels writes Dag Pike.

  • offshore wind
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    ScotWind Leasing application window opens

    2021-01-20T12:52:00Z

    Crown Estate Scotland has officially opened the application window for ScotWind Leasing, the new offshore wind leasing round for Scottish waters.

  • Palfinger boom crane
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    Palfinger cranes for major wind farm

    2021-01-19T12:29:00Z

    Palfinger Marine transition piece cranes will support what will be Scotland''s largest offshore wind farm.

  • News

    Marine energy developer opportunity

    2021-01-19T10:49:00Z

    The European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC), Orkney, Scotland, is looking to contract a marine energy technology developer to act as an external advisor to the Ocean Energy Scale-up Alliance (OESA).

  • kittiwake
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    Taller Vattenfall turbines protect birds

    2021-01-12T15:03:00Z

    Taller turbines will mitigate against bird collisions for two Vattenfall offshore wind farms.

  • Ichnusa Wind Power
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    Floating wind farm off Sardinia planned

    2021-01-08T12:06:00Z

    A Milan-based floating wind farm project company has applied with the Port Authority of Cagliari for a 30-year concession to build and operate an export cable connection for a €1.4bn floating wind farm off the west coast of Sardinia.

  • floating wind
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    CIP invests in floating wind farm in Italy

    2021-01-05T15:53:00Z

    Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP) has invested in a company developing a 250MW floating wind project off the coast of Italy.

  • Hornsea Project Three
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    Green light for UK offshore wind project

    2021-01-04T18:05:00Z

    Development consent has been granted for a major UK offshore wind farm offering an approximate capacity of up to 2,400MW and a boost for the UK’s net zero ambition.

  • Negotiations are currently ongoing with companies in the offshore wind sector to further develop the ATLAS C-Class platform
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    Giant installation vessel will carry five next generation 20MW+ turbines

    2020-12-14T12:49:00Z

    Danish shipyard Knud E. Hansen continues to build on its portfolio of designs and experience in the offshore wind farm sector with a new platform: The ATLAS C-Class.

  • Saint-Brieuc
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    Saint-Brieuc wind farm consortium named

    2020-12-08T15:24:00Z

    A consortium has been selected to ensure marine coordination activities and implement mission critical communications solutions for Iberdrola’s 496MW Saint-Brieuc offshore wind farm project in France.

  • EuropeWave
    News

    Wave energy development gets a boost

    2020-12-07T16:49:00Z

    A new five-year collaborative programme will boot wave energy technology development by channelling €20m to the most promising wave energy concepts.

  • News

    Vi Maris award winner announced

    2020-12-02T11:26:00Z

    Jason Hayman, CEO of Sustainable Marine Energy, is the winner of this year’s Vi Maris Award, presented during the annual Ocean Energy Europe Conference & Exhibition, held online.

  • Samsoe OWF, offshore Denmark
    News

    EU launches offshore renewable energy strategy

    2020-12-02T10:52:00Z

    The European Union (EU) has launched a bold new strategy on the development of offshore renewable energy writes Andrew Williams.

  • The Port of Mosyn in Flintshire, UK (Photo: Port of Mostyn)
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    Dee estuary tidal lagoon plans

    2020-12-01T09:56:00Z

    Mostyn SeaPower, a subsidiary of The Port of Mostyn, has developed proposals for a tidal lagoon in the outer Dee Estuary, North Wales.

  • The nacelle of the wind turbine is mounted directly on the tower because no yaw bearing is required to allow the rotor mounting to turn
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    Self-aligning floating wind turbine

    2020-11-27T10:54:00Z

    A new concept of floating wind turbine allows the whole floating unit to weathercock to the wind direction thus potentially saving on costs and complexity.

  • SATHScale is an important project for Saitec with a view to industrialising, internationalising and scaling-up
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    EU funding for floating wind scale-up project

    2020-11-26T12:19:00Z

    Spanish engineering concern Saitec Engineering has been awarded a 2.4M€ funding package by the European Commission "Blue Economy Window" call.

  • News

    Vattenfall provides Council Co-Chair

    2020-11-24T12:39:00Z

    A new Offshore Wind Industry Council Co-Chair has been appointed to lead the next phase of job creation in UK’s green economic recovery.

  • The Consortium made 37 recommendations to the EC across 19 topic areas
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    37 recommendations from Wind Harmony

    2020-11-23T11:13:00Z

    A panel commissioned to examine the harmonisation of health and safety standards in the wind power sector has concluded its study and reported its findings to the European Commission.