Following more than two years of cooperation, Lloyd's Register has awarded its first Technology Qualification certificate to a developer of ocean energy technology, AW-Energy in Finland. The Technology Qualification certificate was presented in person by the chairman of Lloyd's Register鈥
GC Rieber Shipping has agreed a time charter agreement with Senvion for the construction support vessel (CSV) Polar Queen for use on offshore wind farms. The contract is for a fixed period of seven months with options to extend by up to three months鈥
Global Maritime Consultancy & Engineering, a provider of marine warranty, dynamic positioning and engineering services to the offshore sector, has signed a contract with offshore wind developer Deepwater Wind to provide marine warranty services for the Block Island Wind Farm鈥
ABS Group received a contract to provide project certification services to DONG Energy Wind Power for the planned Borkum Riffgrund 2 (BKR02) offshore wind farm in Germany. Developed by DONG Energy, the BKR02 Project is expected to be fully commissioned in the first half of 2019鈥
Trelleborg鈥檚 engineered products operation has been awarded a contract by Petrofac for its first floatover installation of an offshore converter platform - BorWin3 wind farm project. BorWin3 topside illustration鈥
The Netherlands鈥 Minister of Economic Affairs has awarded DONG Energy the concession to build the Netherlands鈥 offshore wind farms Borssele 1 and 2. Map of Borssele 1 and 2, from DONG. DONG鈥
Siemens鈥 has added the SWT-8.0-154 to its offshore direct drive platform for wind turbine technology. The 8MW turbine is based on the existing offshore direct drive platform. The first SWT-8.0-154 will be installed in early 2017, and鈥
The wind service operation vessel (SOV) for the Dutch Gemini project has been christened Windea la cour. The vessel is to set sail to start operations at the Gemini offshore wind power plant this summer. Siemens has supplied 150 wind turbines鈥
Norwegian Geotechnical Institute (NGI), an international center for geoscience research and consulting, and DONG Energy Wind Power signed a contract for the installation of 20 offshore wind turbine bucket foundations, called suction bucket jackets鈥
Ramboll recently signed a master service agreement (MSA) with Statoil to deliver multidisciplinary insights to the industry giant. The scope of work covers oil and gas, renewables / wind, power generation and transmission, civil engineering and environmental services鈥
The UK oil and gas industry is eyeing opportunities in the offshore wind industry, says the EIC鈥檚 Will Sharkey. Image from iStock. The UK has developed a project portfolio of unrivaled offshore wind capacity鈥
Cape Wind is a 130 x 3.6MW turbine offshore wind park planned for off Cape Cod, Massachusetts. But, it has been struggling to get off the ground for some 15 years, says Stephanie McClellan, director, special initiative on offshore wind, University of Delaware鈥
Coming up with wave energy concepts has not been a problem in this nascent industry. Creating power take off (PTO) systems for wave energy appears to have been less easy. As a result, the University of Edinburgh is leading a project鈥
Tidal energy is moving up a gear, with arrays becoming real and a supply chain being put to the test. But, there鈥檚 still more to do. Elaine Maslin reports. An AR1500 generator and gearbox being assembled at OREC鈥
Floating offshore wind projects are gaining momentum in Europe and elsewhere, including Japan. But, the concepts on offer still vary. Elaine Maslin reports. Hywind schematic. Images from Statoil鈥
