Van Oord, one of the world’s leading contractors for dredging, marine engineering and offshore energy sectors, is considering the possibility of dredging the Russian rivers. The company’s branch manager for Russia, Anko Bos said today at the II International Forum of Dredging Companies that Van Oord
Residents of the Isle of Wight have expressed their worries regarding the proposed PTEC tidal project and the visual impact it could have on the scenery of the island. The residents are particularly concerned over the fact that not all tidal energy generating units are fully submerged – there are va
Following recent media writings about Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) canceling further development and giving up on the name of its 7MW “SeaAngel” turbine, Offshore WIND spoke with Tadashi Asahina, MHI’s Deputy General Manager in charge of the offshore wind business development. He firmly denied
Aerial footage of the assembly process of D10 tidal turbine that’s currently underway in the port of Brest. The base is 20 by 20 meters in size, and it will carry a turbine of 10 meters in diameter. The turbine will have the capacity of up to 1 MW. The deployment of the turbine is […]
GE and Andritz Hydro consortium is the preferred bidder for supplying Swansea tidal lagoon with 16 turbines with the combined capacity of 320 MW. Flow is created by gravity through the difference in tidal height between the inside and outside of the lagoon walls. The high power output of 320 MW prod
AW Energy’s WaveRoller is a device that creates electricity by moving and absorbing the energy from the ocean waves. The single WaveRoller unit, consisting of one panel, has the capacity of 500 kW up to 1000 kW depending on wave conditions at the deployment site. Device works when the back and forth
Today the crane vessel Rambiz, towed by the Multratug 4, arrived at the Dutch port of IJmuiden. Here it will pick up the OHVS for installation at the Eneco Luchterduinen offshore wind farm, some 23 kilometres off the coast. Installation will take place in the next few days depending on suitable weat
The City Council and the Port Authority of Trondheim in Norway have awarded its port basin rehabilitation project to Envisan, the environmental subsidiary of Jan De Nul Group. With this contract Trondheim wants to restore the port basin to its desired depth and aims at stopping the further spread of
SCHOTTEL HYDRO has launched a new turbine generation, SIT SCHOTTEL Instream Turbine, which allows the harvesting of hydrokinetic energy for commercial projects. SIT features passive-adaptive composite blades with no need for any active pitch mechanism. Its drive train is standardized with a two-stag
DEME, the Belgian dredging, hydraulic engineering and environmental solutions group, has secured a number of new contracts worldwide. The total value of these orders is approximately 1.6 billion EUR. Foremost important is a Letter of Award received in Singapore. The Maritime and Port Authority of Si
It is too easy to conclude that the closure of the Haringvliet inlet is the only factor explaining the erosion pits in the Old Meuse and Dordtse Kil rivers, said Kees Sloff, a river morphologist with Deltares, at the ‘Deltawater now and later’ conference. “It would have happened anyway, albeit sligh
Komatsu Europe International N.V. has introduced the PC490/LC-11 hydraulic excavator to the European market. With an environmentally friendly EU Stage IV Komatsu engine, up to 11% improved fuel efficiency, an upgraded cab design and enhanced safety and serviceability, this new excavator further leve
Wave for Energy, a Turin-based wave energy developer, has designed and built ISWEC wave energy converter that uses a gyroscopic system which exploits wave’s slopes to produce energy. ISWEC device is designed as a sealed hull, that acts as home to all technological parts of the device. The system wor
GEV Wind Power has been named as a finalist for two categories in the prestigious UK Energy Innovation Awards, which recognise the projects, technologies and talent at the forefront of innovation within the energy sector. The company has been shortlisted for the Best Offshore Renewable Energy Innova
