Offshore Wind
Norstec Academy Takes Students on Offshore Wind Tour
Today, students from universities around the UK and one from the Netherlands will kick off their tour of the offshore wind industry as part of the Norstec Academy skills pilot. Launched in May this year through a student competition, winners will participate in a one week tailored tour visiting site
Atlantis Expects Financial Closure of MeyGen Project
Atlantis, a vertically integrated equipment supplier and project owner in the tidal power industry, noted report regarding the Department of Energy & Climate Change’s likely participation in the MeyGen Project. The MeyGen project, which is 100% owned by Atlantis, is located in the Pentland Firth in
Guardian Powers Maintenance Work at Borkum Riffgrund 1
Providing power for offshore operations on a transition piece in the construction phase is an essential service when working on the lifeless transition piece. Recently GeoSea chartered the Guardian, Braveheart Shipping’s survey vessel, to provide power by cable to the transition piece in the Borkum
Better Cooperation across Industry to Help Reduce Offshore Wind Costs
Thorsten Jalk, Chief Executive Officer of DBB Jack-Up Services A/S, has written an article on reducing costs of offshore wind energy. The article was published by OffshoreWindOM.com, a new online platform for operations and maintenance professionals in the offshore wind industry, powered by DBB Jack
Better Cooperation across Industry to Help Reduce Offshore Wind Costs
Thorsten Jalk, Chief Executive Officer of DBB Jack-Up Services A/S, has written an article on reducing costs of offshore wind energy. The article was published by OffshoreWindOM.com, a new online platform for operations and maintenance professionals in the offshore wind industry, powered by DBB Jack
Swedes Installing Massive Wave Energy Park
The installation of a wave energy park off Sotenäs Municipality in Sweden started on July 1. The generator is placed on the seabed and connected to the buoys on the surface that capture the wave motion energy, transforming this into electrical energy. The wave devices are connected through a switch
Mixed Feelings over Navitus Bay Project
The deadline to register as an interested party with the Planning Inspectorate for the Navitus Bay wind farm proposal has passed. According to Daily Echo, the majority of 2,700 participants who applied have a negative opinion about the project. “What is striking when you look at the comments is that
Sif Scores Dudgeon Foundation Contract
The Dudgeon Wind Farm Limited has awarded the contract for the Monopile Foundation Fabrication for its Dudgeon Offshore Wind Farm to Sif Group B.V. The contract covers the procurement, fabrication and assembly of 67 monopiles (MPs) and 67 transition pieces (TPs), including transportation to the Dudg
TenneT Receives Planning Approval for NordLink Interconnector
The Office for Energy Planning Approval of the German state of Schleswig-Holstein has issued a planning approval decision for the first section of NordLink interconnector, a planned submarine cable from Norway to Germany. “With this decision, the next important component of the future power system h
TenneT Receives Planning Approval for NordLink Interconnector
The Office for Energy Planning Approval of the German state of Schleswig-Holstein has issued a planning approval decision for the first section of NordLink interconnector, a planned submarine cable from Norway to Germany. “With this decision, the next important component of the future power system h
VIDEO: UPC Tests Wind Turbine Floating Platform
Hydrodynamic test at UPC wave flume has been conducted on a scaled model of a monolithic floating concrete offshore platform for wind turbines. Alternative floating offshore substructures for offshore wind farms (AFOST) project, under the KIC-InnoEnergy (EIT), is currently in the prototype verificat
Osbit Secures Safe Crew Transfer on Japan’s First OWF
UK’s North East engineering firm Osbit Power, part of the Energi Coast steering group, is helping Japan to reinvigorate one of its regions, following a natural disaster in 2011, after signing a contract to supply a key piece of safety equipment to a project to build the country’s first offshore wind
Photo of the Day: Ramsey Sound Tidal Project Kicks Off
Offshore WIND’s photo of the day: Tidal Energy Ltd (TEL) commenced work in Ramsey Sound, Wales’ first tidal energy test site. The company will install a single DeltaStream unit off the coast of Pembrokeshire. The project will be used to demonstrate the capability of DeltaStream as a tidal stream gen
Photo of the Day: Ramsey Sound Tidal Project Kicks Off
Offshore WIND’s photo of the day: Tidal Energy Ltd (TEL) commenced work in Ramsey Sound, Wales’ first tidal energy test site. The company will install a single DeltaStream unit off the coast of Pembrokeshire. The project will be used to demonstrate the capability of DeltaStream as a tidal stream gen