Offshore Wind
UK: Ormonde’s Large Project Award Proves Major Boost for ODE
ODE (Offshore Design Engineering) believes its role in helping Vattenfall’s Ormonde Offshore Wind Farm win a Large Project national award will prove a stepping stone to supporting developers tackling the country’s massive UK Round 3 wind farm projects. The Ormonde triumph came in the inaugural Energ
UK: Ormonde’s Large Project Award Proves Major Boost for ODE
ODE (Offshore Design Engineering) believes its role in helping Vattenfall’s Ormonde Offshore Wind Farm win a Large Project national award will prove a stepping stone to supporting developers tackling the country’s massive UK Round 3 wind farm projects. The Ormonde triumph came in the inaugural Energ
Denmark: SubC Signs Long-Term Agreement with Dong Energy
As a part of its growth strategy, SubC Partner has signed a long-term agreement with Dong Energy. This partnership brings the company even closer in the development of tools and procedures for offshore IRM work, with the common goal to achieve a cost effective way to inspect and repair offshore turb
UK: Offshore Wind Developers Face Workforce’s Competence Issue
As offshore wind projects become larger in size and further offshore the teams involved in their construction will grow significantly. Each project will be phased into separate stages which in turn will create subsets of workers. The issue which arises is the effective management of the entire workf
SubC Opens Branch Office in Lowestoft, UK
In order to secure the best given service regarding IRM work on offshore foundations, SubC Partner has recently started up a branch office in Lowestoft, UK. SubC Anglia will be the company’s local branch office and service centre for offshore wind farms in the East of England region and beyond. SubC
UK: Vattenfall Looks to Expand Its Reach to Tidal Power
With 3.4TWh’s of wind power generated in 2011, Vattenfall is heavily invested in renewable energy. Realising the importance in diversifying into power generation assets, the major utility is looking to expand its reach from wind and wave to tidal power. This provides yet another reason to be positiv
UK: Vattenfall Looks to Expand Its Reach to Tidal Power
With 3.4TWh’s of wind power generated in 2011, Vattenfall is heavily invested in renewable energy. Realising the importance in diversifying into power generation assets, the major utility is looking to expand its reach from wind and wave to tidal power. This provides yet another reason to be positiv
UK: NTA Requests Montages of HVDC Converters’ Locations
In its information update, which includes environmental issues and request for night time visualisation, the No Tiree Array (NTA) points to conflicting wind subsidy policies between Scotland and the UK, as well as the location of the HVDC converters for the Argyll Array offshore wind farm. It says t
NTA Publishes Information Update on Argyll Array, UK
The No Tiree Array (NTA) campaign, which opposes to Argyll Array offshore wind farm, has published an information update on its website regarding basking sharks and night time visualisations of the proposed offshore wind farm. In its update, NTA brings tracking maps of the Scottish Natural Heritage’
UK: Guernsey Electricity Reports Loss on MCT Investment
Guernsey Electricity’s annual report has revealed the company has lost £136,000 on the investment in Bristol-based tidal energy expert, Writes This is Guernsey. Namely, GE did not release the figures earlier this year when the MCT was sold to Siemens. Despite the great loss, Managing director Alan B
UK: Guernsey Electricity Reports Loss on MCT Investment
Guernsey Electricity’s annual report has revealed the company has lost £136,000 on the investment in Bristol-based tidal energy expert, Writes This is Guernsey. Namely, GE did not release the figures earlier this year when the MCT was sold to Siemens. Despite the great loss, Managing director Alan B
UK: New Methods in Building Offshore Wind Turbines Can Double Efficiency
Cambridge University’s site informs that a preliminary study has been undertaken at the Institute for Manufacturing (IfM), which indicates that payback ratios for offshore wind farms could be increased twofold if manufacturers adopted new methods for building the structures that support the turbines
UK: Ramsgate to Benefit from Marine Energy
Harbour Master Rob Brown thinks Ramsgate could benefit from marine energy, reports This is Kent news portal. “This is the most exciting place for Thanet right now. Already this port is serving three of the biggest wind farms in the world and we have the facilities companies need to expand into wave
South Korea Discusses Its Offshore Wind Development with UK
A delegation of leading officials from South Korea visited OrbisEnergy this week, Lowestoft’s flagship hub for offshore renewable energy, to understand the UK market and to discuss opportunities for developing their own offshore wind industry. The UK is the world’s largest market for offshore wind d