Australia’s marine energy companies have united in an industry task force to advance the commercialization of marine renewable technologies. Tidal and wave energy developers Atlantis Resources, Bombora Wave Power, BioPower Systems, MAKO Tidal Turbines…
DONG Energy has agreed to sell 50% of Borkum Riffgrund 2, a 450 MW German offshore wind farm project, to Global Infrastructure Partners (GIP) in a deal worth nearly US$1.4 billion. Borkum Riffgrund 2 jacket sailaway…
Tracerco, part of Johnson Matthey plc, has launched Tracerco Diagnostics Grout Monitoring, the company’s new product that is able to provide quick and accurate grout density profiling. Grout monitor…
A 'float and submerge' gravity-based foundation (GBF) has been successfully installed onto the sea bed as part of the Blyth Offshore Demonstrator wind farm. Developer EDF Energy Renewables says it is the first time the 'float and submerge' method has been used on an offshore wind farm…
Aberdeenshire-based Oilfield Machinery (OilMac) has started operations at the Port of Dundee, via a new facility on Prince Charles Wharf, which is currently being developed by Forth Ports at a cost of £10 million. OilMac, known for buying…
The first of five turbines for Statoil's Hywind Scotland pilot floating offshore wind park has left Stord, Norway, for its final destination, the Buchan Deep, 25km east of Peterhead in Scotland. Once operational, the Hywind Scotland pilot…
Siemens received another order from the German-Dutch grid operator, TenneT TSO, for a grid connection for offshore wind power plants in the German waters of the North Sea. The company will supply the entire technology for efficient direct-current transmission for the DolWin6 grid connection…
Scotland-based tidal energy firm Nova Innovation has won a major new European tidal energy project, heading a consortium of nine leading industrial, academic and research organizations from across Europe. The Enabling Future Arrays in…
Belgian firm GeoSea is to acquire offshore wind installation and service firm A2SEA from Denmark's DONG Energy and Germany's Siemens. A2SEA, which has been owned by DONG and Siemens since 2009, will continue to operate out of Denmark…
Jan De Nul Group’s offshore jackup vessel Vole au vent installed the last blade of the last wind turbine at the Tahkoluoto offshore wind farm in Finland. Vole au vent jackup. Image from Jan De Nul…
While offshore wind has taken off rather successfully in Europe – the US offshore wind industry has some way to go. Karen Boman reports on how existing offshore oil and gas technologies can be applied on offshore wind projects in the states…
Elaine Maslin surveys a variety of floating offshore wind projects due onstream in the near future. Statoil’s Hywind project. Image from Statoil. This year, floating offshore…
Westwood Global Energy Group’s Marina Ivanova sheds light on the global offshore wind market. Source: Westwood Global Energy Group. Westwood Global Energy Group (Douglas Westwood)…
The Taiwan Strait could be on the verge of an offshore wind boom. Elaine Maslin reports on ambitious targets and challenges. Image from iStock. Taiwan has set itself an ambitious offshore energy target…
Elaine Maslin examines the market for wave and tidal, and reports on industry efforts to drive down costs and eventually scale up. A Tocardo device, supported on a Damen-built “UFS,” at Hatston Pier…
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