GL Renewables Certification (GL RC) has certified Deutsche WindGuard Offshore GmbH’s Helicopter Underwater Escape Training (HUET) courses. Helicopter transport is an important way for technical personnel to reach offshore wind farm installations, but before getting on board, a certified training cou
The ACE Winch Academy has got off to a flying start in 2013, landing a series of important contracts with some of the leading clients. “We have delivered our first ‘competency’ package to a client, having completed the work for Forum Energy Technologies, and we are in the process of developing no le
Teledyne Webb Research announced today that their Autonomous Profiling Explorer (APEX®) Deep set a record diving to a depth in excess of 6,000 meters in the Puerto Rico trench at approximately 07:15 UTC on February 26, 2013, making APEX Deep the deepest diving commercially available profiling float.
The results of the Market Screening conducted in late 2012 and early 2013 by Polskie LNG S.A. indicate a significant demand for increased regasification capacity, as well as other services that may be provided by Świnoujście LNG Terminal. The market potential identified in the survey is sufficient t
The Crown Estate has today published a study of the UK offshore wind market that reviews the existing programme, and identifies future opportunities and potential challenges. Among the key findings, the report concludes that the offshore wind sector is capable of meeting the government’s ambition of
The Welsh Government has given its approval to the development of the Skerries Tidal Stream Array, which will be Wales’ first commercial tidal energy farm. The Skerries tidal array, one of the largest of its kind to be consented in the UK, will be developed by Siemens-owned Marine Current Turbines (
The first climatic tests (extreme temperature tests) have been carried out this week in the Port of Antwerp of a new generation of transformers for large offshore wind turbines. The Offshore Wind Infrastructure Application Lab (OWI-Lab for short) was built by the Sirris technology research centre an
The first climatic tests (extreme temperature tests) have been carried out this week in the Port of Antwerp of a new generation of transformers for large offshore wind turbines. The Offshore Wind Infrastructure Application Lab (OWI-Lab for short) was built by the Sirris technology research centre an
A collaboration between the National Oceanography Centre (NOC) and the University of Southampton is to develop an instrument capable of simulating the high pressures and low temperatures needed to create hydrate in sediment samples. Dr Angus Best of NOC and Professors Tim Leighton and Paul White fro
Following the announcement of the first three winners of the second call of the Offshore Wind Component Technologies Development and Demonstration scheme, DECC has yesterday launched a £4 million fourth call, aimed at driving forward further innovation in the offshore wind sector and helping even mo
One of the most comprehensive surveys ever carried out into the environmental impact of tidal powered turbines on marine wildlife has begun off the island of Eday in Orkney. The environmental monitoring and measuring survey is a key part of the Energy Technologies Institute’s (ETI) ReDAPT (Reliable
Offshore wind innovation has yesterday been given a real boost with the announcement of the first three winners under the second call of the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) and the Technology Strategy Board’s (TSB) Offshore Wind Component Technologies Development and Demonstration sch
Today, the National Renewable Energy Centre, Narec, has announced that it will test the prototype power train for the SeaGen-S 2 megawatt (MW) device developed by Siemens-owned Marine Current Turbines (MCT). The six-month programme at Narec in Northumberland will focus on validating the new 1MW powe
RenewableUK welcomed the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding between Pentland Firth and Orkney Waters Marine Energy Park and South West Marine Energy Park, which extends from Bristol to Cornwall. The MoU forms a working partnership that will result in increased collaboration and the sharing of
