PMV-TINA is investing 18.7 million euros in High Wind nv via a combination of equity participation and a deferred loan. High Wind nv is a consortium made up of GeoSea nv (DEME Group), Alstom, Iemants, G&G International, SBE and Egemin and is supported by Sirris. High Wind nv is developing a new inst
A HULL shipyard is to build and operate a fleet of vessels to serve giant offshore wind farms planned for the North Sea. MMS Ship Repair will both construct and run the boats, which will transfer technicians and equipment to the wind turbines. Capable of carrying 12 passengers, the vessels would be
Lib Dem MP Ed Davey, the new energy secretary, will today inaugurate the world’s biggest offshore wind farm, reports Bloomberg. The launch will reportedly mark the start of a £33 billion push to expand the sea-based generation of electricity. Walney offshore wind farm consists of 102 Siemens’ 3.6MW
In the future, operators of offshore wind farms will have one point of contact for all technical and service issues: Voith and the SCHRAMM group will pool their vessel design expertise and will jointly develop special vessels for the transfer of staff and material to wind farms in the North and Balt
In the future, operators of offshore wind farms will have one point of contact for all technical and service issues: Voith and the SCHRAMM group will pool their vessel design expertise and will jointly develop special vessels for the transfer of staff and material to wind farms in the North and Balt
A newly developed hydraulic lifting yoke from Danish based Fyns Kran Udstyr has been tested in the world’s largest offshore wind turbine park, London Array. The new way of handling offshore wind turbine foundations is much faster, cheaper and more secure. It no longer needs to take an hour to get re
Ocean Energy Limited, Ireland’s leading wave energy company, is working with Wave Hub, the world’s largest grid connected offshore marine energy test site, to deploy its technology at the site later this year. Cork-based Ocean Energy, in collaboration with its partner Dresser-Rand, one of the larges
GL Renewables Certification appointed Rüdiger Urhahn as Vice President Project Management & Sales, with responsibility for worldwide customer management in the area of certification services, in January 2012. In addition to sales duties, Mr Urhahn has been given the task of overseeing all customer p
Donald Trump, a USA billionaire businessman, has criticized the Aberdeenshire councilor Peter Argyle for not voting against the wind farm offshore his luxury golf resort, STV reports. He said that the “ugly” wind turbines would “destroy” the community. Last month, Trump stopped the work on a hotel a
Donald Trump, a USA billionaire businessman, has criticized the Aberdeenshire councilor Peter Argyle for not voting against the wind farm offshore his luxury golf resort, STV reports. He said that the “ugly” wind turbines would “destroy” the community. Last month, Trump stopped the work on a hotel a
Centrica, a British company engaged in sourcing, generating, processing, trading and storing energy, is going to organize public meetings in order to discuss future windfarm in the Irish Sea, reports BBC. Centrica Plc was awarded the wind farm development rights for the Irish Sea zone in January 201
A blueprint to streamline the scoping, planning and consenting of offshore renewables developments was published today. The report, prepared by a task force comprising Marine Scotland, environmental regulators, renewable developers and The Crown Estate, was welcomed by Alex Salmond as he co-chaired
CWind, the only British company to be awarded a Siemens vessel charter contract out of a European shortlist, today took delivery of CWind Athenia, a 20-tonne payload, multi-purpose catamaran (MPC). CWind Athenia is the second of the work vessels built by CTruk Boats to fulfil CWind’s Siemens contrac
Echoing President Obama’s State of the Union call for additional clean energy development, the US DOI and Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has taken a major step towards commercial-scale offshore wind energy leasing by streamlining the development of offshore wind power in the Mid-Atlantic a
