DONG to Build World’s Biggest Offshore Wind Farm DONG Energy decided to construct the 660MW Walney Extension offshore wind farm, located in the Irish Sea, approximately 19 km off the west coast of Britain. Van Oord: Dredging Companies Venturing into Offshore Wind (Interview) During the Offshore Ener
Offshore Wind Consultants Limited (OWC), part of the Aqualis Offshore group, has completed the supervision and management of the onshore and overwater cable route site investigation for the East Anglia ONE offshore windfarm off the east coast of the UK. The investigation was carried out over the sum
TenneT has signed a contract with the engineering consultancy Witteveen + Bos in consortium with Mott MacDonald, and Altenburg & Wymenga and IMARES Wageningen UR as subcontractors, for the preparation of the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) for the connection of wind farms planned off the south
TenneT has signed a contract with the engineering consultancy Witteveen + Bos in consortium with Mott MacDonald, and Altenburg & Wymenga and IMARES Wageningen UR as subcontractors, for the preparation of the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) for the connection of wind farms planned off the south
Nearly 100 experts from across North West Europe have converged on the Port of Dover at the conclusion of a three-year study into tidal energy generation. The delegates gathered in Dover, UK, for a two day Pro-Tide conference that scrutinised the results of tests and analyses carried out in Dover, t
AXYS Technologies, a Canadian environmental monitoring company, has launched the sales drive of its TRIAXYS wave buoy on the European market. The company will sell its product through its European offices in Belgium and France. The TRIAXYS wave buoy uses a third generation solid state sensor technol
Marine Ecological Surveys has conducted an impact assessment study of a proposed tidal array installation off Torr Head, Northern Ireland, using Saab Seaeye Falcon. The study was performed for Tidal Ventures, a partnership between Brookfield Renewable and OpenHydro, for a proposed 100 MW tidal array
Statkraft and Grantham Research Institute have announced a three-year partnership for low-carbon economy research. According to Statkraft, the new programme of policy analysis will focus on the transition to the low-carbon economy and will contribute independent analysis to support and inform the cl
A 16-foot long radar piece of a new VTS (vessel traffic system) was transferred by helicopter from EMEC’s Billia Croo wave test site to the Black Craig, Orkney. The Black Craig, which the European Marine Energy Center (EMEC) uses as an environmental observation point for its wave test site, stands a
Victor Osu, a PhD student from Robert Gordon University (RGU), is working with Bayelsa State Government in Nigeria to investigate the best way to establish a viable offshore renewable energy industry in the country. Osu has focused his research on how best to foster the transition to offshore renewa
TNEI Services, a UK-based energy and environmental consultancy, has completed a series of studies on behalf of ORE Catapult regarding marine energy electrical architectures. Three reports have been produced that take a detailed look at marine energy converter components and how these place constrain
Offshore Renewables Joint Industry Programme (ORJIP) for Ocean Energy, a UK-wide collaborative programme of environmental research, has launched its website in support for offshore wind and marine energy projects. ORJIP Ocean Energy programme aims to reduce consenting risks for wave, tidal stream an
Offshore wind farms which are to be built in waters around the UK could pose a greater threat to protected populations of gannets than previously thought, research led by the University of Leeds says. It was previously thought that gannets, which breed in the UK between April and September each year
A Marine Scotland Science study investigating the coastal movement of Scottish salmon deployed a number of satellite tags on fish in 2013 to 2014. This work was aimed at determining the potential for marine renewable energy to affect migrating salmon. The satellite tags detach from the salmon at a p
