Research & Development
MAKE: Europe to Have 39.2GW Offshore Wind Capacity by 2025
Europe’s commissioned offshore wind capacity will grow at an average rate of 3GW per year between 2017 and 2025 and represent a key driver of growth in Europe, according to MAKE. The offshore market accounted for 21%, or 3GW, of all new grid-connected capacity in Europe in 2015, more than double the
Video: Eco Wave Power tests new floater technology
Eco Wave Power (EWP), an Israeli wave energy developer, has started the testing of its new floater technology in the Jaffa Port, off Israel.
REETEC Unveils Multi Connection Cabinet
German wind energy services provider REETEC has presented the newly developed REETEC Multi Connection Cabinet (RE-MCC) for offshore wind turbines at WindEnergy Hamburg 2016. The system had been developed based on REETEC’s experience in the field service and in the context of aviation obstruction mar
Exceedence fixes up RE financial modelling workshop
Exceedence is organising a workshop on levelised cost of energy (LCOE), internal rate of returns (IRR), and techno-financial modelling for renewable energy projects.
University of Glasgow takes on bioinspired tidal energy generation
College of Science & Engineering at the University of Glasgow is looking for a research assistant who would help investigate the method of tidal power generation using flapping wings.
8.2 Consulting Completes Quality Assessment for Gemini
German renewables specialists 8.2 Consulting AG was contracted to assess the performance of Siemens Wind Power during the assembly of the 150 Siemens 4MW turbines built for the 600MW Gemini offshore wind farm in the Dutch part of the North Sea. The assessment focused on timeliness for assembly of hu
Impact Subsea Launches seaView Hydro Survey
Impact Subsea has released seaView Hydro Survey to provide an easy to use and cost effective hydrographic survey solution. The Hydro Survey application operates with the Impact Subsea ISA500 – using the unit as a single beam echo-sounder. Each range reading is synchronised with a GPS input, allowing
Exeter University seeks postdoc researcher on offshore renewables
University of Exeter’s College of Engineering, Mathematics and Physical Sciences is looking to recruit a postdoctoral research fellow to support the research work related to offshore renewable energy sector.
Wales sets up stakeholder event on marine licensing changes
The Welsh government is organizing a stakeholder event related to the proposed changes on the fees and associated charges for marine licensing.
Shoreline Unveiling Simulation Tools Interface
Shoreline will be launching a new user interface for the cloud based installation, completion, commissioning, trial and O&M simulation tools during WindEnergy held in Hamburg this week. The new user interface has been developed based on input and suggestions from a wide variety of existing SIMSTALL
France joins Ocean Energy Systems
France has become the latest member country of the Ocean Energy Systems Technology Collaboration Programme (OES).
Sabella recruits for site engineer
French tidal energy developer, Sabella, is looking to expand its team with the addition of a new site engineer.
SeaRoc Boosts SeaPlanner Squad
SeaRoc Group has announced the hiring of a new Business Analyst to take the lead on client focused product development. Mark Lawrence has been confirmed as the new Software Business Analyst who will be responsible for building the roadmap of development for the company’s SeaPlanner software solution
Top News of the Week, 19 – 25 September 2016
Horns Rev 3 Mine Goes Out With a Bang (Videos) Vattenfall has shared two videos of a WW2 mine with a 700kg explosive charge being unearthed from the seabed where Denmark’s 400MW Horns Rev 3 offshore wind farm will be constructed, and subsequently detonated. DONG Energy to Set Up UK’s Largest O&M Hub