The Preliminary Environmental Information (PEI) for Project Two in the Hornsea Zone was released on 18th June 2014 for a 42 day consultation period. As part of this second and final phase of consultation, SMart Wind has invited all members of the public to a series of informative consultation events
Marine Scotland have partnered with HiDef Aerial Surveying to develop a sound aerial survey strategy for Scottish waters, to meet requirements for the sustainable development of offshore marine renewables and a network of Marine Protected Areas. HiDef will install their patented digital video techno
Liverpool-based international services and shipping business Bibby Line Group challenged, informed and entertained hundreds of guests during the popular showcase ‘Bibby Day’ events during the Maritime, Logistics & Energy (MLE) thematic of the International Festival for Business (IFB). Bibby Line Gro
GE said it has updated its April 26 offer to acquire the Power and Grid businesses of Alstom in connection with discussions with Alstom management and the French government on jobs, decision-making in France, access to nuclear steam turbine technology, and support for Alstom Transport. GE’s valuatio
The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has taken an important step toward issuing a research lease for a facility to test utility-scale wave energy devices in federal waters off Oregon. The non-competitive lease would be for the offshore area where the Northwest National Marine Renewable Energ
EUROS Company has completed a full scale test campaign of its 81.6m offshore wind turbine blade. The final step of the test campaign, the so-called post fatigue static test, was successfully completed according to IEC and GL standards. Last week, IWES performed all Flapwise and Edgewise tests under
Dalby Offshore Wind Farm Support Vessels ‘Dalby Wharfe’ and ‘Dalby Humber’ are to carry out maintenance work for Siemens on the Greater Gabbard Offshore Wind Farm. The contract which started mid June will see the vessels carrying all the construction materials to the wind farm taking advantage of th
WINDFORCE 2014, the central event of the offshore wind industry, has drawn to a close yesterday on a very positive note. Over three full days, the 14 topic sessions of the conference brought together over 500 national and international experts. At the WINDFORCE trade fair running in parallel, 253 co
Dalby Offshore successfully took handover of a new 23m Wind Farm Support Vessel from Alicat Workboats at the Seawork Exhibition at Southampton on the 10th June. The ‘Dalby Swale’ was visited by 1000’s of visitors over the 3 days and was open for viewing, with tours been taken by Dalby Offshore Skipp
Speaking at the Exane BNP Paribas’ investor conference, Alstom CEO Patrick Kron said that Siemens is “allowed to dream” in its intent to swap its transport business for Alstom’s gas activities, reports Reuters. Germany’s Siemens, alongside Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd (MHI) submitted a EUR 7 bil
Transferring personnel to offshore installations using crew boats and crane-lifted carriers is a common operation around the world, however, practices, levels of training, standards and the equipment used vary greatly. Risk assessments currently use outdated statistics, and there is no central syste
Alicat Workboats Ltd. has delivered ‘Gardian 14’ to Gardline Environmental. The Alicat 20m catamaran has already sailed from Great Yarmouth to work alongside her 4 sister vessels already working on the Gwynt Y Mor offshore wind farm project. The vessel, which can carry 12 technicians alongside 3 cre
The Skerries Tidal Stream Array, owned by Marine Current Turbine (MCT) subsidiary Sea Generation (Wales) Ltd, has been notified by the Department of Energy & Climate Change (DECC) that the conditional offer of funding under DECC’s Marine Energy Array Demonstration Fund (MEAD) has been withdrawn. Whi
HRH Crown Prince Frederik and Minister for Climate, Energy and Building Rasmus Helveg Petersen will be visiting SSP Technology June 24, 2014. The company visit is schedule to one hour having a guided tour of SSP Tecnology’s production halls. Currently a 74.4 m. blade as well as moulds and tooling ar
