Offshore Wind
Germany: NAVALU to Introduce Its WFSV in Frankfurt
NAVALU, French workboat builder, will introduce its new catamaran SeaFox at the EWEA Offshore 2013 in Frankfurt Messe, Germany. NAVALU launched the SeaFox in September. The vessel is an offshore wind farm service vessel (WFSV) with a total length of 24 meters and width of 9.90 meters. The SeaFox is
Vestas to Launch Act on Facts Campaign in UK and Ireland
At tomorrow’s RenewableUK annual conference in Birmingham, Vestas will bring its innovative global campaign to the UK and Ireland, with an aim to separate rhetoric from reality and to channel public support towards actions that help wind energy. “The public debate about wind energy and green levies
Qinetiq Maritime Software to Support Development of Tidal Energy Industry Vessel
Paramarine software has been selected by Mojo Maritime Ltd. to support the design of a new dynamic positioning (DP) offshore construction vessel, the HiFlo-4 (HF4,) which will have applications for the tidal energy industry. The purpose of the HF4 is to reduce the installed cost of marine renewable
Great Yarmouth Becomes Home to Dedicated Business Park (UK)
Great Yarmouth is set to become a home to dedicated business park for firms in the energy industry. The plan is led by Great Yarmouth Development Company, a new joint venture between Great Yarmouth Borough Council and Norfolk County Council, which aims to pool skills and resources to unlock and acce
Great Yarmouth Becomes Home to Dedicated Business Park (UK)
Great Yarmouth is set to become a home to dedicated business park for firms in the energy industry. The plan is led by Great Yarmouth Development Company, a new joint venture between Great Yarmouth Borough Council and Norfolk County Council, which aims to pool skills and resources to unlock and acce
Norway: University of Bergen Hosts Offshore Wind Farm Optimization Workshop
Optimization Group of the Department of Informatics at the University of Bergen, Norway hosted an offshore wind farm optimisation workshop with an aim to identify the best layout in terms of turbine and substation positions and cable layout, given expected wind distributions and some development opt
UK: GMS Receives GBP 450,000 to Complete ROAM Software
Green Marine Solution (GMS), a provider of professional marine services and specialist support to the offshore wind industry, has received GBP 450,000 from Northstar Ventures’ Finance for Business North East Accelerator Fund. “The funding received from Northstar is going to be used primarily to comp
USA: ORPC to Manage RME’s Yakutat Wave Energy Project
Ocean Renewable Power Company (ORPC) announced that its subsidiary, ORPC Solutions will provide project management and regulatory affairs services for a wave energy project in Alaska. Namely, Resolute Marine Energy (RME) plans to deploy SurgeWECTM wave energy device in Yakutat within its Yakutat Wav
USA: ORPC to Manage RME’s Yakutat Wave Energy Project
Ocean Renewable Power Company (ORPC) announced that its subsidiary, ORPC Solutions will provide project management and regulatory affairs services for a wave energy project in Alaska. Namely, Resolute Marine Energy (RME) plans to deploy SurgeWECTM wave energy device in Yakutat within its Yakutat Wav
Mak Industrial Water to Manufacture and Construct Carnegie’s Wave Powered Desalination Plant
Carnegie Wave Energy Limited (CWE) today announced the award of the manufacturing and construction contract for its wave powered Desalination Pilot Plant to Perth-based MAK Industrial Water Solutions. MAK Industrial Water Solutions is an experienced provider of reverse osmosis desalination solutions
Bladt to Exhibit in Frankfurt, Germany
Bladt Industries will exhibit at the EWEA Offshore conference and exhibition from the 19th to the 21st November 2013 in Frankfurt. The company is currently carrying out paint work on Vestas’ 8MW wind turbine at its new facilities, where Bladt has a painting workshop. The wind turbine will be tested
UK: CEOs to Join Forces at Major Tidal Summit
CEOs from Atlantis Resources Corporation, Andritz Hydro Hammerfest, Siemens Marine Current Turbines, Alstom Tidal Generation, and Voith Hydro Ocean Current Technologies, ScotRenewables Ltd, Tidal Energy Ltd among others have again committed in 2013 to help push forward the tidal energy industry by c
GL Garrad Hassan to Validate Tidal Bladed Software with New Data (Germany)
After a successful initial study to validate their tidal turbine design software Tidal Bladed, GL Garrad Hassan are preparing for the next phase of full scale validation, under the Reliable Data Acquisition Project for Tidal (ReDAPT) project. Tidal Bladed is a commercial software package which can b
GL Garrad Hassan to Validate Tidal Bladed Software with New Data (Germany)
After a successful initial study to validate their tidal turbine design software Tidal Bladed, GL Garrad Hassan are preparing for the next phase of full scale validation, under the Reliable Data Acquisition Project for Tidal (ReDAPT) project. Tidal Bladed is a commercial software package which can b