MacArtney’s new SG 11.0-193 DD Horizontal Single Blade Mounting (HSBM) tool is ready for market after passing a Site Acceptance Test at the Østerild Test Center in Denmark, the company said. Siemens Gamesa recently installed a prototype SG 11.0-193 DD wind turbine at one of the test stands in the Øs
Kobelco Construction Machinery Europe B.V. (KCME) has announced the arrival of the SK140SRLC-7 – a 14-tonne excavator that delivers enhanced efficiency and productivity through harmonization of mechanical power, operation speed and overall machine design. The SK140SRLC-7 is of a new generation of ex
ETIP Ocean and DTOceanPlus project is hosting a webinar to describe the general concepts of the ocean energy systems Structured Innovation Design Tool, its practical implementation, and future work. The tool supports the decision-making of several user types, including technology developers, public
Logistics and Assistance S.A., a dredging contractor from Cotonou, Benin, was awarded a tendered contract by the Ministry of Living Environment and Sustainable Development to help control seasonal flooding in the region. Nearly one-third of the population in West Africa reside in communities that ar
Ireland-Wales cooperation programme, the Selkie project, is inviting wave energy developers to tender their services to validate multi-use engineering tools, templates, standards and models, which can be used across the sector in both Wales and Ireland. The Selkie project is bringing together resear
Tidal energy developer Magallanes Renovables, has been testing its second generation, 2MW tidal platform ATIR at the European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC), since 2018, as part of the Ocean_2G project. The aim of the project was to test, validate and pre-certify Magallanes’ device and this was achieve
The United Arab Emirates is set to launch the first floating solar power plant in the waters of the Arabian Gulf. The small resort island of Nurai in Abu Dhabi will commission the floating solar plant with Dubai-based solar developer Enerwhere. According to reports, the 80kW facility is the pilot ph
Saitec Offshore Technologies has hired Strainstall, part of James Fisher and Sons plc, to supply four bespoke load shackles for the BlueSATH floating wind turbine prototype. Saitec started building the 1:6 version of the SATH (Swinging Around Twin Hull) prototype in January. This scaled-down version
Basque Energy Agency, Ente Vasco de la Energía (EVE), said that Mutriku Wave Energy Plant has generated an accumulated figure of 2GWh. It is the first time it has been achieved by a wave power plant anywhere in the world, EVE said. Opened in 2011, the commercially operative facility generates electr
Scottish engineering company Orbital Marine Power is looking for experts in turbine dynamic controller design as part of the Tidal Stream Industry Energiser Project, known as TIGER. In parallel to its O2-2000 turbine build, Orbital is running an innovations project to identify key innovations and de
RWE Renewables and Saitec Offshore Technologies have joined forces to test new ways to install and operate offshore wind farms in deep waters. In a joint pilot project called “DemoSATH”, the RWE subsidiary specialising in renewable energy and the Spanish engineering company Saitec Offshore Technolog
Ocean Renewable Power Company (ORPC) has recently appointed Stuart Davies as the company’s new CEO. Davis has succeed Chris Sauer, ORPC’s co-founder and CEO since 2006. “I am thrilled to turn over the reins of ORPC to such a passionate, intelligent and intuitive professional,” Sauer said. “Stuart is
German company NEMOS has started its cooperation with Danish service providers Aalborg University (AAU) and DanWEC (Danish Wave Energy Center). In the first phase, AAU will support NEMOS with simulations of its wave energy device, while DanWEC will provide access to historical and live wave data fro
Tractebel is developing a 15-hectare floating photovoltaic plant on the Batalha hydroelectric power plant reservoir in Paracatu, Minas Gerais, Brazil. The basic project is being carried out for Furnas Centrais Elétricas for the implementation of Batalha Photovoltaic Plants (UFVs) I, II and III. The
