Offshore Wind
The Crown Estate Appoints Legal Advisors to Energy and Infrastructure Portfolio (UK)
The Crown Estate today announced that it has appointed Norton Rose Fulbright and Bond Dickinson to sit on the legal panel for its energy and infrastructure portfolio. The two firms recently emerged from a competitive tender process which aimed to consolidated legal advice across an extremely diverse
USA: North Carolinians Want More Clean Energy, Survey Shows
North Carolinians overwhelmingly oppose fracking, want more clean energy and think state environmental standards should be strengthened or left alone, according to a poll by the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC). “From the mountains to the beaches, it’s clear that North Carolinians take speci
UK: Pharos Modifies Its New Subsea Cable Trencher to Improve Performance
Pharos Offshore Group has acquired an SMD built 1200HP cable burial tool. The Universal Trenching Vehicle (UTV 1200) is a unique low and wide Remotely Operated Vehicle (ROV) specifically designed to bury submarine power cables. Modifications to the 1200HP UTV 1200 are underway. The enhancements will
USA: Experts to Discuss Marine Energy at Upcoming Event
As marine hydrokinetic technologies continue moving from concept to commercial viability, an international panel of experts is convening in Denver, Colo., to discuss this emerging sector of the hydropower industry. With a number of research groups believing hundreds of gigawatts-worth of electricity
USA: Experts to Discuss Marine Energy at Upcoming Event
As marine hydrokinetic technologies continue moving from concept to commercial viability, an international panel of experts is convening in Denver, Colo., to discuss this emerging sector of the hydropower industry. With a number of research groups believing hundreds of gigawatts-worth of electricity
UK: Eyemouth Harbour Trust Eyes Opportunities in Offshore Wind Industry
EYEMOUTH HARBOUR TRUST (EHT) announced the award of a contract to Scottish consultancy Caithness Renewables Ltd for the development of a marketing plan, as part of its strategy to explore potential opportunities for diversification of the port’s activities and so ensure its long-term sustainability
USA: Glosten Announces Completion of PelaStar Model Testing Program
The Glosten Associates (Glosten) announces that scale-model testing of the PelaStar tension-leg platform (TLP) was completed in June 2013. The three-week test program was conducted in support of the Offshore Wind Floating Platform Demonstration Project FEED Study awarded to Glosten by Energy Technol
UK: Lincolnshire County Council Defies Triton Knoll’s Onshore Infrastructure
Following the announcement that the Triton Knoll offshore wind farm had been granted consent, the Lincolnshire County Council voiced its opposition to the onshore electrical infrastructure that would allow the energy to be transmitted from the offshore wind farm to the national grid, This is Licolns
UK: Sure Wind Acquires WFSV from Marineco
GRS German Renewables Shipbrokers, Marineco and Sure Wind announce the Sale of Marineco Shamal to Sure Wind this 1st of July 2013. GRS has developed and arranged the sale of Marineco Shamal from UK based Marineco to UK based Sure Wind Marine. The delivery took place on the 1st of July 2013 and the v
UK: Sure Wind Acquires WFSV from Marineco
GRS German Renewables Shipbrokers, Marineco and Sure Wind announce the Sale of Marineco Shamal to Sure Wind this 1st of July 2013. GRS has developed and arranged the sale of Marineco Shamal from UK based Marineco to UK based Sure Wind Marine. The delivery took place on the 1st of July 2013 and the v
UK: ABPmer to Undertake Physical Process Assessment for 600MW OWF
First Flight Wind Ltd, a consortium made up of B9 Energy, DONG Energy and RES, has appointed ABPmer to undertake physical process studies to support the Environmental Impact Assessment of the first offshore wind farm planned off the coast of County Down in Northern Ireland. The proposed 600MW wind f
USA: National Science Foundation Awards USD 1.97 Million to Massachusetts Research Institutions
United States Senator Elizabeth Warren, U.S. Representative and Senator-Elect Edward Markey, and U.S. Representatives James McGovern and William Keating announced the National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded $1.97 million to Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution,
France: IFREMER Hosts “Round Robin” Testing Programme
A comparative “Round Robin” testing programme is being conducted by MARINET to test an identical tidal energy model at four different tidal test facilities to characterise and verify the performance behaviour of the test facilities. The facilities involved are CNR-INSEAN (Rome), Strathclyde Universi
USA: Cornell University and Verdant Power Sign MOU
Cornell University and Verdant Power Inc., signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the intention of entering into a long-term relationship centered on research and other activities related to Marine & Hydrokinetic (MHK) technologies. Verdant Power’s MHK project on Roosevelt Island in New Yor