Offshore wind is the lowest cost means of decarbonising the UK’s energy sector and the industry ticks every box in the government’s new Industrial Strategy, ScottishPower Renewables’ Jonathan Cole said during Scottish Renewables’ Offshore Wind Conference in Glasgow. This week marked something of a t
Canadian energy and services company Emera is looking to hire a Tidal Project Development Manager responsible for the management of tidal energy projects.
The APQP4Wind project has marked the official go-live of the new APQP4Wind manual, website, and coming training courses to deploy new common standards for quality assurance in the production of wind turbines. The manual, the website and the training concept were presented on January 25 at the APQP4W
Tony Wright, General Manager at Fundy Ocean Research Center for Energy (FORCE), has shared his views on the prospect of in-stream tidal technology as one of the solutions to climate change problem.
Norwegian Ocean Power has wrapped up the trials on its Pulsus horizontal-axis spiral-design tidal turbine.
Finnish wave energy developer Wello is preparing for the deployment of its Penguin wave energy converter at EMEC set to take place in early 2017.
WaveCom, a new radio communications system to serve the East of England’s growing offshore wind farm construction industry, has won a GBP 50,000 grant as part of the Supply Chain Innovation for Offshore Renewable Energy (SCORE) programme. This custom-built two-way radio network to provide coverage a
European offshore wind projects attracted a record EUR 18.2 billion of investments in 2016, according to WindEurope. Eleven projects reached Final Investment Decision (FID) in 2016. This represents 4,948MW of new capacity across five countries, half of it in the UK. Giles Dickson, Chief Executive Of
European offshore wind projects attracted a record EUR 18.2 billion of investments in 2016, according to WindEurope. Eleven projects reached Final Investment Decision (FID) in 2016. This represents 4,948MW of new capacity across five countries, half of it in the UK. Giles Dickson, Chief Executive Of
French start-up, Guinard Energies, has completed an on-site assessment of French Guiana’s tidal resources using its Poseide technology.
Marine renewables developer Atlantis Resources has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the French floating foundations designer Ideol to collaborate on a floating wind project off the UK. The collaboration will seek to initiate the development of a floating offshore wind project of up to
The European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) has named Joe Thompson as its new Metocean Data Manager.
Maersk Training in Newcastle is hosting its first open evening of 2017 on 1 February to promote a training course which helps people looking to start a new career in the wind industry. The training experts, based in Newcastle, have been running the Level 2 Diploma in Staying Safe in the Wind Industr
Maersk Training in Newcastle is hosting its first open evening of 2017 on 1 February to promote a training course which helps people looking to start a new career in the wind industry. The training experts, based in Newcastle, have been running the Level 2 Diploma in Staying Safe in the Wind Industr
