Noticias del sector

TheNESSIE project consortium has launched the first stage of the competitionto implement projects demonstrating anti-corrosion solutions in the NorthSea.

Jan Reid, team leader in the energy and clean technologies team withinScottish Enterprise and SRO for NeSSIE, said: “NeSSIE is an EU-fundedproject that aims to identify three large-scale investable demonstrationprojects and investment sources in the field of corrosion and new materialsin the North Sea Basin. This competition is designed to connect leadingproject developers in offshore renewables with innovative supply chaincompanies in the ...

Ideol,with the use of uploading a photo, announced that its second floating offshorewind turbine demonstrator in Japan is ready to towed to sea for testing.

Ideol already has two floating demonstrators, built locally in France andJapan. Ideol”s patented technology is designed to operate with both currentand future large-scale wind turbines.

The project, led by NEDO, aims to redesign Japan´s energy mix followingthe fukushima disaster. To do so reducing the cost of floating technologyby 2020 is one of the priorities of Japan´s Ministry ...

TheCarbon Trust say that one of the challenges facing large-scale floatingoffshore wind farms, is floating submarine cable availability. A studyto support the development of dynamic export cables is currently underway.

The project is being led by BPP Cables and commissioned by the ScottishGovernment and twelve industry partners – EnBW, ENGIE, Eolfi, E.ON, Equinor,Iberdrola, innogy, Kyuden Mirai, ˜rsted, Shell, Vattenfall and Wpd Offshore.

As part of the study, the Carbon Trust is launching a competition thissummer to support cable manufacturers to develop suitable ...

E.ON”sScrobySands Offshore Wind Farm VisitorCentre in Great Yarmouth has been given a new look ready for the summerseason.

The new look interior includes bright visuals to provide visitors withfacts about ScrobySands, as well as E.ON”s otherwind farms across the country and offers visitors the chance to learn moreabout the site and renewable energy.

The centre also offers an educational area, providing a space where childrenfrom local schools can visit, experience and learn about energy outsidethe classroom.

The interactive learning environment supports the national ...

OffshoreMarine Management (OMM) is urging MPs to consider the impact of Brexiton the future of the offshore renewables industry, ahead of the returnof the EU Withdrawal Bill to the House of Commons next week.

The call comes after the House of Lords backed an amendment to the EU WithdrawalBill, obliging the UK to remain in the European Economic Area (EEA) whenit leaves the EU in 9 months” time.

Also known as the “Norway model”, should this be accepted by the Commons,it would ...

JuliaKing, Baroness Brown of Cambridge, has been appointed Chair of the CarbonTrust from July 2018. She will take on the role from James Smith,former Chair of Shell UK, who has served in the post since 2011.

In addition to her role at the Carbon Trust, Baroness Brown serves as DeputyChair of the Committee on Climate Change, the independent, statutory bodythat advises the UK government and devolved administrations on climatechange, chairing its Adaptation Sub-Committee.

Previous leadership roles include a decade spent as the ...

Oldbaum,the Scottish company offering customised solutions for wind measurementsand analyses, and the Dutch-based Pondera have formed a partnership withthe aim to meet the increasing demands of wind measurements for the comingyears.

The collaboration will allow both companies to offer different kinds ofwind measurements for both the onshore and offshore wind markets. Ponderasay they want to use the partnership to break into new markets.

Hans Rijntalder, CEO of Pondera Consult said: “We already do wind measurementsfor onshore projects. This collaboration allows us to ...

MMThas recently completed a geophysical seabed survey and delivered the finalreport for the proposed AQUINDInterconnector offshore cable route.

MMT surveyed a corridor between Portsmouth in the UK and the coastal regionof Dieppe in France. MMT utilised two vessels: M/VFranklin for offshore worksand M/VSeabeam for nearshore works.

Four cables, bundled as two pairs, will be installed along the surveyedroute totalling approximately 190km in length. No major obstacles to thecable route were uncovered during the survey.

The survey results will inform Environmental Impact Assessments in ...