Offshore renewable news for January 2014
EU urged to set 2030 renewable energy target, minister announces new INFOMAR projects and tiny bats have big impact on windfarm....the offshore renewable related news for January 2014. Organised into the news catagories...
Company News, Data, Energy Storage, Environmental Impact, Funding, Events, Innovation, Marine Bioenergy, Planning, Policy, Renewable Energy, Tidal Energy, Wave Energy, Wind Energy and Autonomous Underwater Vehicles, drones and robots
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Company News
Geosea secures offshore wind contracts 2 January 2014
New advisory group to support Swansea Bay tidal lagoon project 8 January 2014
Norfolk Celebrates Statkraft’s Becoming Operator of Sheringham Shoal OWF 13 January 2014
Statoil Awards Siemens Wind Farm Service Contracts 14 January 2014
Contracts awarded for Kentish Flats extension 15 January 2014
SEACAMS is what’s app in Welsh waters 15 January 2014
Offshore shrinks in RWE rejig 17 January 2014
Subsidiary of energy giant RWE Npower to cut renewables investment 17 January 2014
Areva, Gamesa hitch wagons 17 January 2014
Major Offshore Wind Turbine Manufacturers Form Joint Venture 20 January 2014
Coastline Surveys in liquidation 23 January 2014
€57m for Le Havre offshore rejig 23 January 2014
SSE thinks again offshore 23 January 2014
SSE Reviews Offshore Wind Investments After U.K. Decision 23 January 2014
London Array Wind Farm the Highlight of ‘Exceptional Year’ for Masdar 24 January 2014
Inovo open for business 27 January 2014
Wind Energy Joint Ventures: A Sign of the Times? 27 January 2014
Fugro scores UK offshore brace 30 January 2014
Data
Minister Announces New INFOMAR Projects 1 January 2014
DNV to Study Offshore Wind Gravity Base Structures 6 January 2014
Survey Underway at Neart na Gaoithe Offshore Wind Farm 6 January 2014
Eneco, RWE buoy hits the waves 13 January 2014
Mainstream Deploys Floating LiDAR off Blyth 14 January 2014
LiDAR Mapping Forum Showcases Everything About Bathymetric Models 14 January 2014
LiDAR Ordered for Wind Farm Development 17 January 2014
Slowing of Atlantic currents could bring changes in Europe's climate 21 January 2014
ABPmer to Scope HRA for South Marine Plans 21 January 2014
MoU for renewable energy research 23 January 2014
Swansea tests 2D vision 24 January 2014
Duo wraps up IoW acoustic gig 27 January 2014
Atlas of UK Marine Renewable Energy Resources User Survey 27 January 2014
Floating Renewables Exploration Platform Launched 27 January 2014
Catapult launches Sparta attack 29 January 2014
Energy Storage
Organic Mega Flow Battery Promises Breakthrough for Renewable Energy 8 January 2014
Cheap battery stores energy for a rainy day 8 January 2014
Harvard energy storage battery could play ‘huge role’ in renewables transition 10 January 2014
Energy Storage in Miniaturized Capacitors May Boost Green Energy Technology 17 January 2014
NY State Working to Catch Up with CA's Energy Storage Requirements 22 January 2014
Energy Storage Roundup: Xtreme Power, Rhubarb, Compressed Air, DOE's Grid-Scale Push 24 January 2014
Bill Gates-backed renewables storage battery begins production 24 January 2014
Environmental Impact
Germany: Environmental Monitoring at Riffgat OWF 6 January 2014
Offshore Wind : GDF SUEZ, EDP Renewables, Neoen Marine and AREVA Underline Commitmentswith Local Stakeholders 9 January 2014
Frequency of ship engine noise 'almost the same' as that of whale calls 18 January 2014
Cranfield joint research to inform EU policy on marine renewable energy 20 January 2014
Tiny Bat ‒ Big Impact on Offshore Wind Farms 21 January 2014
Kilkeel Fishermen Make Money on Offshore Energy Industry 22 January 2014
Wadden Sea islands oppose offshore wind farm plan 24 January 2014
Funding
The European Commission’s Horizon 2020 work programme has been published. 16 January 2014
Electricity Market Reform: Allocation of Contracts for Difference. 16 January 2014
Germany eyes swift cuts in renewable energy subsidies 19 January 2014
Germany Energy Minister Proposes Cuts to Renewable Subsidies, Industry Reacts 20 January 2014
Renewable Projects Strong Enough to Attract Investment, Says IRENA 21 January 2014
£535k boost for south-west marine 23 January 2014
Cornwall and Plymouth investing in their marine renewables future 23 January 2014
‘Cash hiatus’ for Scottish offshore 27 January 2014
£10 million boost for SME energy innovation 28 January 2014
Dong all clear on €1.44bn bankroll 30 January 2014
Events
The Renewable Power Dilemma. Making Elecricity Grids fit for wind and solar power 8 January 2014
5th Annual Marine Energy Pembrokeshire Industry Seminar 9 January 2014
East Anglia: More top names lined up for EEEGR’s SNS2014 conference and exhibition 12 January 2014
Free online registration opens for All-Energy 2014 22 January 2014
Innovation
Fraunhofer IWES develops test stand for rotor blade coatings 6 January 2014
Researchers, wind energy companies seek more bird-friendly turbines 7 January 2014
Trident Energy releases White Paper on auxiliary power for offshore wind farms 7 January 2014
Marine Fouling: Surface Texture Investigations May Provide Solution 8 January 2014
Fugro’s Offshore Wind Farm Drill Ready 9 January 2014
Nass&Wind floats fresh concept 15 January 2014
Gicon floater passes tank tests 20 January 2014
Testing of new marine energy device begins (WITT) 23 January 2014
Getting a charge from changes in humidity 27 January 2014
Iberdrola Ingeniería Launch Offshore Wind Substation R&D Project 26 January 2014
Vestas' 8 MW Offshore Wind Prototype Comes Alive 28 January 2014
DONG Energy and Carbon Trust team up to cut the costs of offshore wind 28 January 2014
Seafloor carpet catches waves to generate energy 29 January 2014
Wave power technology crests economical limits 30 January 2014
Marine bioenergy
EU proposal sets renewable energy targets, ignores biofuels 22 January 2014
Biofuel from desert plants grown with seawater 22 January 2014
Planning
Triton Knoll wind farm: Plans revised 6 January 2014
Coastal Zone Management: ABA Publish New Book 16 January 2014
English Channel collaboration project 21 January 2014
Hornsea Offshore Wind Farm Project One – First Written Response20 January 2014
Policy
UK opposition to new EU green energy targets could risk 'half a million jobs' 2 January 2014
EU urged to set 2030 renewable energy target by ministers 7 January 2014
EU committees vote ‘yes’ to renewables target, but Commission wavers 9 January 2014
Conflict over EU 2030 renewable target remains 13 January 2014
Marine ‘first in line’ for EMR cash 17 January 2014
Brussels talks up marine power 20 January 2014
EU outlines 2030 climate goals 22 January 2014
The EU Commission presents the 2030 framework for climate and energy 22 January 2014
Government response to the European Commission 2030 White Paper on climate change 22 January 2014
EU 2030 energy and climate targets: the reaction 22 January 2014
Response to the European Commission 2030 White Paper on climate change - Government response 22 January 2014
EU outlines 2030 climate goals 22 January 2014
Renewable energy
Renewable energy Rueing the Waves 4 January 2014
EU ENERGY, TRANSPORT AND GHG EMISSIONS Trends to 2050 8 January 2014
Norway to Scotland renewable energy talks 10 January 2014
£2m marine energy centre to be created in Dundee 13 January 2014
BP Energy Outlook 2035 Shows Global Energy Demand Growth Slowing, Despite Increases Driven by Emerging Economies 15 January 2014
The myth of renewable energy ‘intermittency’ 18 January 2014
Ocean energy sector receives boost 20 January 2014
European Commission sets EU binding renewable energy target for 2030 - RenewablesUK comment 22 January 2014
EU launches initiative to increase the use of renewable energy in datacentres 22 January 2014
Could The Global Share Of Renewable Energy Double? 23 January 2014
Renewables Roadmap reflects progress 24 January 2014
Tidal energy
Scottish Enterprise opens tidal cable competition 5 January 2014
Re-evaluating the energy gains from tidal power 10 January 2014
Long-term policies and PPA conditions at heart of tidal sector success 15 January 2014
Island channel could power about half of Scotland, studies show 19 January 2014
Alstom quits tidal project 20 January 2014
Meeting planned on Scott’s Bay tidal development Nova Scotia 22 January 2014
Nova Scotia sets new rules for Fundy turbine tests 21 January 2014
Wave energy
Ocean's Hidden Waves Show Their Power: Origins of Giant Underwater Waves Explained 8 January 2014
OPT announces funding agreement with Australian Government for A$66.5 million grant14 January 2014
Long-term policies and PPA conditions at heart of tidal sector success 15 January 2014
Long a Mystery, How 500-Meter-High Undersea Waves Form Is Revealed 15 January 2014
OPI targets summer plunge 29 January 2014
Carnegie Wave identifies four new sites 31 January 2014
Wind energy
UK wind finishes 2013 on high 2 January 2014
Record Breaking month (December 2013) for wind energy 2 January 2014
Maine clears 12MW offshore demo 14 January 2014
EDF powers down Teesside OWF 14 January 2014
Triple time for V164 blades 14 January 2014
Another windfarm for the North Sea 16 January 2014
Maine floater weathers icy gales 21 January 2014
China’s Wind Power Sector Foresees a Recovery in 2014 21 January 2014
Wind Power Was Spain's Primary Source Of Electricity In 2013 22 January 2014
€57m for Le Havre offshore rejig 23 January 2014
SSE threat to pull out of off-shore energy projects could kill sea wind bonanza 24 January 2014
EU to help India venture offshore 27 January 2014
Euro offshore ‘decline from 2016′ 28 January 2014
Record Offshore Wind Figures Conceal Slow-down in New Projects 29 January 2014
Autonomous Underwater Vehicles, drones and robots
Sea drones expected in UAE soon 4 January 2014
University Selects Iver AUV Baltic Sea Research 27 January 2014
Bio robots make a splash in the Indian Ocean 29 January 2014
