Author: Anela Dokso

Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Corporation is moving forward with the design and development of the first U.S.-flagged Jones Act compliant, inclined fallpipe vessel for subsea rock installation. The vessel represents a critical advancement in building the future of the new U.S. offshore wind industry, including establishing a U.S.-based rock supply chain network spanning eastern seaboard states with active offshore wind leases. Pending business conditions and a final investment decision, GLDD’s vessel will be U.S. owned, built and operated by American workers. The vessel is expected to help spur additional job growth and regional economic opportunities corresponding with the establishment…

The Basque Country and Scotland have teamed up for EuropeWave – a new five-year collaborative programme that will channel €20 million to the most promising wave energy concepts. The initiative is match-funded by the European Commission via its Horizon 2020 programme, and Ocean Energy Europe is on board as project partner. This collaboration is closely aligned with the decarbonization, industrial and competitiveness objectives of the European Green Deal, and will help meet the European Commission’s newly-announced targets of 100MW of ocean energy by 2025 and at least 1GW by 2030. EuropeWave will use an innovative ‘pre-commercial procurement’ approach to identify…

Deploying ocean energy at scale requires simpler, faster consenting processes that are informed by the latest environmental research, according to a new report launched by ETIP Ocean. To date, there is no evidence that ocean energy has a negative impact on the marine environment – in fact, its role in mitigating climate change is clearly a positive one. Regulatory decision-making should be designed with this in mind, and provide an easier path into the water for these innovative technologies. Authored by a sectoral advisory body, the European Technology and Innovation Platform for Ocean Energy (ETIP Ocean), the report aims to…

Marine Energy Wales (MEW) has welcomed RWE Renewables as a premium member. RWE Renewables is one of the world’s leading producers of renewable energy. RWE now stands as the world’s second largest offshore wind developer and third largest provider of renewable electricity across Europe. In the Wales, RWE Renewables is a major player, generating over a third of the nation’s renewable energy. The company now employs over 100 people across its four offices in Wales, with a diverse portfolio of onshore and offshore wind and hydro. “Wales is a special place for RWE having invested £3 billion in the past…

Total Eren has commissioned its 50.4 MW Malaspina wind project in southern Argentina. Malaspina is Total Eren’s second renewable energy project to be commissioned in the country. The Malaspina wind farm is located in the Chubut province, one of the five Patagonian provinces which lies on the Atlantic coast and where average wind speeds can exceed 10 m/s. The wind farm was co-financed by KfW IPEX-Bank and FMO in December 2018 and holds a USD-based20-year Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) with CAMMESA, the Argentinian administrator of the wholesale electricity market. It is equipped with 14 type 3.6M114NES wind turbines from the…

As part of the DolWin5 project, the “first steel cut” marked the start of the construction of the DolWin epsilon offshore converter platform in Singapore on December 1st. The event took place on a small scale and under strict hygiene regulations at the Keppel Offshore & Marine shipyard. The 900 megawatt DolWin5 high-voltage direct current (HVDC) transmission system will connect the Borkum Riffgrund 3 offshore wind farm off the coast of Lower Saxony with the extra-high voltage grid on land. The wind power produced at sea will be transmitted as three-phase current to the DolWin epsilon converter platform, using the…

Jason Hayman, CEO of Sustainable Marine Energy, has received this year’s Vi Maris Award. The prestigious industry award was presented to Hayman during the annual Ocean Energy Europe Conference & Exhibition, being held online. Vi Maris, meaning ‘the power of the sea’, is an industry award established by Ocean Energy Europe, which recognizes the outstanding contribution of an individual to the ocean energy sector. Jason Hayman was nominated for over a decade of tireless work for the ocean energy sector. At the helm of Sustainable Marine Energy since 2009, Jason has navigated both the Plat-O and Plat-I floating tidal devices…

Korea’s commitment to renewables, energy efficiency and hydrogen can help reduce emissions, enhance energy security and position industry for the future, International Energy Agency (IEA) report said. The successful implementation of the Korean government’s Green New Deal will provide an opportunity to accelerate Korea’s clean energy transition and place the country at the forefront of some of the energy industries of the future, according to a new policy review by the International Energy Agency. Korea recently set a target of reaching carbon neutrality by 2050 to steer its energy sector away from today’s dominance of fossil fuels and strong dependence…

European Energy has signed an agreement to acquire co-ownership of the Danish Power-to-X startup Reintegrate. This will give European Energy a say in the development and construction of e-methanol plants in Denmark. Production is expected to begin in 2022, and more plants will follow in the coming years both in Denmark and the rest of Europe. Recently, Circle K announced its intention to take off 50 million liters of liquid electricity from REintegrate. This move will ensure the flow of green electricity directly into future production of liquid electricity or e-methanol. As such, Denmark now gets its first total Power-to-X…

Southern Power’s 136-megawatt (MW) Skookumchuck Wind Facility in Lewis and Thurston Counties, Washington has become operational. This project, Southern Power’s 12th wind facility, is Southern Power’s first wind facility in the state and contributes to the company’s growing renewable fleet of clean generating assets from California to Maine. “Skookumchuck Wind Facility is our first wind project in the state of Washington, and we are pleased to see this project achieve commercial operation. The addition of this facility showcases our commitment to the development of wind energy and is an excellent addition to our growing renewable fleet.”Southern Power president Bill Grantham.…