Offshore Wind
Prontoport Adds RUK/GWO Training to Its Offering
Prontoport, a provider of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering Support Services to the Renewable and Oil & Gas sectors has added RUK/GWO Training to its portfolio. The company is now a fully accredited and approved training provider for RUK/GWO wind turbine technician training courses and has recen
Hughes SSE Launches New Corporate Brand
Hughes Sub Surface Engineering (Hughes SSE), specialized in subsea construction and recently innovating emergency response solutions, officially launched its new corporate brand, including a new logo, tagline and customer materials today at EWEA Offshore 2015 in Copenhagen. A new website will launch
Hughes SSE Launches New Corporate Brand
Hughes Sub Surface Engineering (Hughes SSE), specialized in subsea construction and recently innovating emergency response solutions, officially launched its new corporate brand, including a new logo, tagline and customer materials today at EWEA Offshore 2015 in Copenhagen. A new website will launch
Dong, Jan De Nul Ink Race Bank Cabling Deal
Dong Energy has signed an agreement with the Jan De Nul Group for the installation of subsea export cables at the Race Bank offshore wind development project in the UK. Jan De Nul Group has experience within dredging, and has now extended its business into cable installation. Race Bank offshore wind
MAKE: Global Wind Power Market Shifts East over Next Decade
MAKE has released its Q1/2015 Global Wind Power Market Outlook Update, where the consultancy company presents an analysis of global and regional wind power installation forecasts through 2024. MAKE projects more than 25% reduction in wind energy LCOE for some regions by 2025. The combination of inno
Dong Selects Siemens’ Turbines for 2nd Phase of Walney Extension
Dong Energy has chosen Siemens as preferred supplier for delivery of their 7.0MW wind turbine for the second phase of the Walney Extension Offshore Wind Farm. The second phase of the Walney Extension Offshore Wind Farm will have a total capacity of 330MW. Mats Vikholm, Senior Vice President for Dong
DNV GL Awards Best 2015 PhD Thesis in Renewable Energy
DNV GL today announced Nikola Vasiljević, Ph.D from DTU Wind Energy, the Technical University of Denmark, as the winner of the 2015 PhD Award in Renewable Energy. He was awarded a €5000 cash prize for his winning thesis, “A time-space synchronisation of coherent Doppler scanning lidars for 3D measur
DNV GL Awards Best 2015 PhD Thesis in Renewable Energy
DNV GL today announced Nikola Vasiljević, Ph.D from DTU Wind Energy, the Technical University of Denmark, as the winner of the 2015 PhD Award in Renewable Energy. He was awarded a €5000 cash prize for his winning thesis, “A time-space synchronisation of coherent Doppler scanning lidars for 3D measur
Hull and Humber’s Renewables Sector Promoted across Europe
Hull and Humber’s emerging renewable energy sector is being promoted across Europe through a series of international exhibitions that are being supported by the Green Port Growth Programme (GPGP). Under the Humber Renewables brand, the Humber Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP), local authority partn
OPT to Deploy Next Generation PowerBuoy in Summer
Ocean Power Technologies, Inc. (OPT) will deploy its ABP-350 type of PowerBuoy in the summer of this year, the company’s President and Chief Executive, George H. Kirby, confirmed in the announcement of OPT’s third quarter results. OPT’s PB40 wave energy system that is currently in New Jersey will be
Evopod Survives 6-Month Trials
Since the 7th of August 2014 E35 has successfully completed six months of continuous deployment in Sanda Sound. The trials have demonstrated Evopod’s low motions and survivability characteristics in the moderately fast flowing (4 to 5 knots) tidal site, which in the winter months is also exposed to
GeoSea Uses New Crane System for Wind Turbine Installation
High Wind NV has started the commercialisation of its Boom Lock© allowing the safe installation of all wind turbine components in winds of up to 15 m/s. The first Boom Lock© was completed in January, consequently installed on GeoSea’s Neptune, and has undergone its final performance trials last week
GeoSea Uses New Crane System for Wind Turbine Installation
High Wind NV has started the commercialisation of its Boom Lock© allowing the safe installation of all wind turbine components in winds of up to 15 m/s. The first Boom Lock© was completed in January, consequently installed on GeoSea’s Neptune, and has undergone its final performance trials last week
Carnegie Installs All CETO 5 Units Off Western Australia
Carnegie Wave Energy Limited’s (CWE) third and final CETO 5 wave energy unit has been successfully installed and is operating at its Perth Wave Energy Project site off Garden Island, Western Australia. The third CETO 5 unit was installed successfully at the project site last Saturday and has since b