The Carbon Trust is looking for an offshore wind farm consultancy services to study which gravity base structures could reduce offshore wind cost more, lifted or floated. Gravity Base Structures (GBS), in terms of potential cost reduction, have very promising foundations concepts for wind turbine ge
The Carbon Trust is seeking a contractor to undertake an offshore wind farm R&D study, called ‘The Maximising Lifetime Asset Integrity Study’. It is becoming more apparent within the Offshore Wind industry that several operating offshore wind farms are experiencing a higher level of structural issue
Gwind, the floating gyro stabilized Vertical Axis Wind Turbine (VAWT) for offshore and near-shore applications, was launched this week in the Stavanger Harbor area, Klasaskjer. The project is managed by TTO office Prekubator, while CMR Prototech and the University of Stavanger are partners in execut
The Australian Marine Conservation Society (AMCS) has said while there are positive elements to the Coalition’s Great Barrier Reef policy announced today, it falls short of what’s needed to protect the Reef from rapid industrialisation and has urged the Coalition to go further. Felicity Wishart, the
Many deep-sea animals such as anglerfish use parts of their body as lures to attract prey. Some deep-sea squids may use this strategy as well. In a recent paper, researchers associated with the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI) describe a deep-sea squid that appears to use a different
Woodside advises that the Browse Joint Venture participants have selected the use of floating LNG (FLNG) technology as the development concept to commercialise the three Browse gas fields. This concept involves using Shell’s FLNG technology and Woodside’s offshore development expertise for the Brows
The site of the proposed Dudgeon Offshore Wind Farm is 20 miles off the coast of Cromer, and since acquiring the project late last year, Statoil and Statkraft have undertaken a review of the project design and the seabed characteristics of the consented site. As of the result of this review Dudgeon
As part of the Obama Administration’s all-of-the-above strategy to deploy every available source of American energy, the Energy Department today announced $16 million for seventeen projects help sustainably and efficiently capture energy from waves, tides and currents. Together, these projects will
As part of the Obama Administration’s all-of-the-above strategy to deploy every available source of American energy, the Energy Department today announced $16 million for seventeen projects help sustainably and efficiently capture energy from waves, tides and currents. Together, these projects will
At today’s joint press conference of the German Wind Energy Association (BWE) and VDMA Power Systems held in Berlin, Deutsche WindGuard presented the current data on the status of wind energy development in Germany. In the first half of 2013 there were 406 wind turbines built onshore in Germany, wit
At today’s joint press conference of the German Wind Energy Association (BWE) and VDMA Power Systems held in Berlin, Deutsche WindGuard presented the current data on the status of wind energy development in Germany. In the first half of 2013 there were 406 wind turbines built onshore in Germany, wit
Ophir Energy plc announces the completion of the Pweza-2 appraisal well in Block 4, Tanzania. Ophir holds 40% of Blocks 1, 3 and 4. BG Group operates with 60%. Successful Pweza-2 appraisal well The Pweza-2 well was drilled approximately 2km to the south of the Pweza-1 discovery well in Block 4 and w
Maine Maritime Academy’s Tidal Energy Demonstration and Evaluation Center (TEDEC) in Castine is becoming ever more interesting to overseas companies, which want to test their tidal power technology. TEDEC acquired a sought-after series of permits to test scale models of tidal power projects, which m
Maine Maritime Academy’s Tidal Energy Demonstration and Evaluation Center (TEDEC) in Castine is becoming ever more interesting to overseas companies, which want to test their tidal power technology. TEDEC acquired a sought-after series of permits to test scale models of tidal power projects, which m
