Offshore Wind
Germany: Test System for Offshore Wind Turbines
The control unit is the “brain” of the wind turbine. It reacts immediately to the wind speed. In stormy weather it switches the turbine off if necessary, or immediately decides how the rotor blades need to be adjusted to achieve the best energy yield. Using a robust simulation system, researchers ar
Germany: Test System for Offshore Wind Turbines
The control unit is the “brain” of the wind turbine. It reacts immediately to the wind speed. In stormy weather it switches the turbine off if necessary, or immediately decides how the rotor blades need to be adjusted to achieve the best energy yield. Using a robust simulation system, researchers ar
UK: Steel Engineering Selects Tymor Marine as Supply Chain Partner
Leading Scottish engineering company, Steel Engineering has selected Tymor Marine as a supply chain partner to support the delivery of major renewable contracts for Samsung at The Energy Park at Methil in Fife and for ScottishPower Renewables and Vattenfall at the East Anglia offshore wind zone off
UK: Neptune Renewable Energy Goes into Liquidation
Neptune was set up in 2005 as a development company for tidal stream power generation, using a new, niche concept and approach. The hope was that following further development of the concept, building and deploying a full-scale experimental demonstrator, followed by testing and evaluation, this woul
Denmark: Changes in Nordic Offshore Marine’s Personnel Department
Due to personal reasons Ulla Kiersgaard has decided to resign from her position as Head of Offshore Personnel at Nordic Offshore Marine. After a handover period Ulla Kiersgaard will leave the company within the next weeks. Nordic Offshore Marine specialises in providing vessels and equipment for the
Denmark: Changes in Nordic Offshore Marine’s Personnel Department
Due to personal reasons Ulla Kiersgaard has decided to resign from her position as Head of Offshore Personnel at Nordic Offshore Marine. After a handover period Ulla Kiersgaard will leave the company within the next weeks. Nordic Offshore Marine specialises in providing vessels and equipment for the
IT Power Releases UK Tidal Energy Market Entry 2013 Report
A new report has been released by UK based marine energy consulting and engineering firm IT Power Limited, to help new companies assess the UK tidal energy market and understand how to develop a project in UK waters. The UK Tidal Energy Market Entry 2013 Report delivers essential insight into every
VIDEO: How WaveRoller Works?
AW-Energy Ltd is a Finnish company developing the patented WaveRoller, which is the first device to utilize the well known form of ocean wave energy – the surge phenomenon. Recently, Memorandum of Understanding of cooperation in the energy sector between Chile and Finland was signed. The agreement i
ROVOP Signs Contracts Worth GBP 3.5 Million in January (UK)
Rapidly growing and award winning subsea specialist ROVOP has made a strong start to 2013 after expanding its management team and signing £3.5 million of contracts in January alone. The company, which provides subsea remotely operated vehicle (ROV) services, has bolstered its management team with th
ROVOP Signs Contracts Worth GBP 3.5 Million in January (UK)
Rapidly growing and award winning subsea specialist ROVOP has made a strong start to 2013 after expanding its management team and signing £3.5 million of contracts in January alone. The company, which provides subsea remotely operated vehicle (ROV) services, has bolstered its management team with th
EU Wind Industry Faces 5,000 Qualified Staff Shortage Per Year
The European wind industry faces a severe skills shortage of around 5,500 appropriately qualified staff per year. This shortfall could climb to 18,000 by 2030 – nearly 5% of the entire wind industry workforce – if numbers of suitable workers don’t increase. The warning comes in a report to be publis
Offshore Wind Farm Coping with Danish Winter
Winter is for real, and in January, massive frost covered Denmark and the installation area at Anholt Offshore Wind Farm. Danish Meteorological Institute, DMI, is making weather forecasts and preparing satellite photos to follow the ice formation in the Danish waters. The prognosis for ice formation
Austria: GL Celebrates Bladed’s 20th Birthday
At the European Wind Energy Association (EWEA) Conference in Vienna, GL Garrad Hassan marked the 20th anniversary of the launch of Bladed, the wind turbine design software trusted and used by manufacturers and certification agencies around the world. Over the last two decades, as commercial wind tur
UK: RWE Announces Local Consultation on Triton Knoll Offshore Wind Farm
The creation of hundreds of jobs and production of huge amounts of home grown renewable energy is one step closer today as RWE npower renewables makes a series of announcements about the Triton Knoll Offshore Wind Farm. The company, one of the UK’s leading renewable energy developers, is announcing