Offshore renewable news for October 2014
Autonomous Underwater Vehicles, drones and robots
Cefas Sends Its Wave Glider on First Mission 1 October 2014
Underwater robot for port security 1 October 2014
Exploring the oceans: EvoLogics is partner of the SUNRISE project connecting swarms of AUVs into the “internet of things” 1 October 2014
Unlocking Seabed Secrets with Underwater Robots 2 October 2014
NOC Co-Ordinates Marine Robotic Vehicles Survey (UK) 2 October 2014
U.S. Navy Testing Unmanned Autonomous ‘Swarm’ Boats 6 October 2014
Robots to map marine life in key fishing areas 14 October 2014
IAMC in Need for AUV 17 October 2014
Autonomous Technology for Offshore Wind Farm 20 October 2014
Company News
Jee’s Subsea Cable Solutions for Scottish Enterprise Tidal Energy Installations 1 October 2014
EWP to Build Wave Energy Power Plant in Gibraltar 1 October 2014
Fluor sues Gabbard fabricator 1 October 2014
EU backs Areva/Gamesa JV 1 October 2014
North Wales Tidal Energy & Coastal Protection Co Ltd set for launch 9 October 2014
A2Sea to tackle Dudgeon turbines 17 October 2014
Energy security - a critical component 20 October 2014
Energy firm moving HQ to Gloucester a "game changer" for city 25 October 2014
Data
Measuring Ocean Winds and Waves from Space 1 October 2014
Pelamis Redeploys Wave Measurement Buoys at Farr Point 3 October 2014
MeteoGroup strikes lightning deal 6 October 2014
First-of-its-kind Geostationary Lightning Mapper completed for GOES-R satellite 9 October 2014
Optimizing how wind turbines work with machine learning 14 October 2014
Swansea buoy to measure wave energy 15 October 2014
LandScope Buys Blueview 3D Underwater Scanner 17 October 2014
Robin Rigg Bathymetric Survey Complete 20 October 2014
MESL in Benthic Characterisation for Torr Head Tidal Project 24 October 2014
Axys joins Walney 3 campaign 27 October 2014
Energy Storage
Battery system will be able to light 2,500 homes 1 October 2014
Hawaiian Electric Narrows List Of Energy Storage Providers 1 October 2014
Will Lithium Ion Work for Grid-Scale Storage? 2 October 2014
Is Distributed Energy Storage the Energiewende’s Missing Link? 2 October 2014
AREVA And Schneider Electric Team Up On Energy Storage 3 October 2014
Giant Energy Storage Project Aims at Renewable Energy's Holy Grail 15 October 2014
Renewable Energy Storage Gains Critical Mass 20 October 2014
Evaluating powerful batteries for modular grid energy storage 24 October 2014
Batteries Are a Crucial Component of Our Energy Portfolio 27 October 2014
German Experts Lock Horns over Storage 30 October 2014
Environmental Impact
Bats may be mistaking wind turbines for trees 1 October 2014
US Bureau of Ocean Energy Management targets fishing impacts 2 October 2014
Four offshore wind farms approved despite 'deadly' impact on seabirds 10 October 2014
Acadia prof questions reality of fish-friendly turbines 11 October 2014
Gardline Conducts Environmental Surveys for Humber Gateway OWF 14 October 2014
Germans cut noise impacts 15 October 2014
Study recommends ongoing assessment of impact of offshore wind farms on marine species 16 October 2014
Impact of offshore wind farms on marine species 16 October 2014
How Do Offshore Wind Farms Impact Marine Species? 20 October 2014
Events
Tidal Summit London 25-26 November 2014 17 October 2014
Funding
Scots splash marine cash 2 October 2014
£300 million budget to launch UK auctions for renewables 2 October 2014
Global renewable energy investment on the rise 3 October 2014
Cornwall opens £1.85m marine pot 6 October 2014
Prudential backs Swansea Bay tidal 20 October 2014
UK Green Bank Set to Draw Offshore Wind Investors to $1.6 Billion Fund 20 October 2014
European Commission Studies Renewable Costs 20 October 2014
Behemoth Investor To Fund Utility-Scale Renewable Energy Development Firm 21 October 2014
US Navy awards $8 million to develop wave, tidal energy technology 24 October 2014
Atlantis raises £5m 24 October 2014
Public-private initiatives call for successful tidal demos to secure funding over next two years 30 October 2014
UK energy projects awarded €75 million of European funding 30 October 2014
Innovation
Wave Energy Conversion Competition Offers Cash Prize 2 October 2014
Cable laying: a fresh approach 3 October 2014
JRC Issues Report on Innovations in Marine Energy Technology 9 October 2014
Alstom And DCNS Team Up To Develop Floating Offshore Wind Turbine 13 October 2014
Weather halts work on SeaAngel test turbine 24 October 2014
French funding for Ideol floating platform 27 October 2014
British-made wave power surges closer after successful test 27 October 2014
Toward a networked energy future 29 October 2014
BlueTEC tidal team to float demo 29 October 2014
ORPC in Sucessful Trials of OCGen Project 30 October 2014
Uranium-extracting technology for seawater earns research award for grad student 30 October 2014
Fukushima Offshore Floating Wind Farm Update 31 October 2014
Marine Bioenergy
Food, fuel and more will be produced in sea farms of future 8 October 2014
Seafarm Project Turning Algae into Food and Fuel 9 October 2014
Turning humble seaweed into biofuel 16 October 2014
APROMAR to Develop Sustainable Plan for Macroalgae Culture 21 October 2014
New seaweed industry 22 October 2014
Planning
Navitus Bay sails past New Forest 9 October 2014
Irish wind ‘at risk of politicisation’ 9 October 2014
Consents ignite Scottish offshore 10 October 2014
Mainstream Approved To Build 450 MW Offshore Wind Farm In North Sea 13 October 2014
Scottish wind energy sector boosted by four new farms 13 October 2014
Virginia Governor Unveils Energy Plan That Includes Offshore Wind Focus 15 October 2014
Green light for £450m Able energy park 23 October 2014
Policy
Europe’s Energy Ministers Support Acceleration of Ocean Energy Deployments by 2020 2 October 2014
RenewableUK response to Energy Secretary's speech at the Lib Dems' party conference 7 October 2014
New policymaking tool for shift to renewable energy 23 October 2014
Ambitious EU targets for renewable energies make economic sense 24 October 2014
EWEA: European Council Leaders Showed 'Lack Of Ambition' On Renewables Target 24 October 2014
EU agrees 'historic' deal to tackle climate change 24 October 2014
Centrica chief knocks offshore regime 24 October 2014
Europe sets ‘lacklustre’ 2030 policy 24 October 2014
EU sets 27% renewable energy target 24 October 2014
EU Leaders Agree To Tough Carbon Regulations to Spur Renewable Energy Development and Fight Climate Change 27 October 2014
Renewable energy
First-ever global life cycle assessment of renewable energy future 6 October 2014
Scottish Renewables post-referendum paper 7 October 2014
Tidal energy
Snohomish County PUD drops tidal-energy project 1 October 2014
Energy deal signed for Pembrokeshire tidal project 1 October 2014
Alstom Delivers More Efficient Tidal Turbine 1 October 2014
Wind veteran targets Welsh tidal 7 October 2014
Bristol Tidal Energy Forum Kicks Off 14 October 2014
FORCE (Bay of Fundy) wired for action 20 October 2014
Tidal Lagoon Swansea Bay Gets New Funding 20 October 2014
Schottel Tidal Turbines Ready For Use 21 October 2014
Canada backs Water Wall demo 22 October 2014
Atlantis to Set Up Tidal Turbines in Bay of Fundy 29 October 2014
Partners Deliver Modular Floating Tidal Energy Platform 30 October 2014
Wave energy
Marine ‘to hit 100GW by 2050’ 1 October 2014
Offshore Energy Conference: Developments in Wave and Tidal Energy 8 October 2014
Bambora and AMC Team Up on Wave Energy 17 October 2014
US Energy Department awards $10m for wave energy 29 October 2014
Wind energy
Wind power stabilises the electricity grid 1 October 2014
India gears up for maiden demo offshore wind project 6 October 2014
PMSS Says Investor Diversity Is Key To U.S. Offshore Wind Success 7 October 2014
The Big and Booming Business of Keeping Wind Turbines Spinning 7 October 2014
Moment of truth for US offshore 7 October 2014
U.S. Industry Expects Tipping Point For Offshore Wind 9 October 2014
RWE shelves Galloper 10 October 2014
RenewableUK statement on green light for Scottish offshore wind farms, and reaction to Galloper offshore wind farm announcement 10 October 2014
REUTERS SUMMIT-Offshore wind farms the future - Statkraft CEO 14 October 2014
French sharpen floating focus 15 October 2014
UK's wind farm 'folly': Electric bills to soar by £1000 thanks to reliance on wind power 15 October 2014
A response to the Express article published on 15 October, "Electric bills to soar by £1000". 15 October 2014
Wind fills UK energy supply gap 20 October 2014
Global Wind Energy Could Reach 2,000 GW By 2030: GWEC 21 October 2014
MAKE: Despite Grid Constraints, China's Wind Industry Is In Line For Record 2014 22 October 2014
China Cuts Forecast for Offshore Wind Power by 60% 22 October 2014
RWE pull out of Galloper wind farm scheme BBC 23 October 2014
UK wind power share shows record rise 24 October 2014
Experimental Floating Wind Farm Nears Installation 30 October 2014
