Scotland’s struggling seabird populations are in need of urgent action to halt significant, long-term declines, according to a new report by RSPB Scotland. The wildlife conservation charity is calling on the Scottish Government to urgently address the fundamental lack of protection for seabirds at s
Danish company Global Lightning Protection Services A/S has developed the Lightning Key Data System that can measure the presence and extent of a lightning strike in wind turbines. The system is designed and tested especially for the harsh environmental conditions under which a wind turbine operates
A new skills centre to become the focal point for world class energy skills training in the East of England is to be launched in the Great Yarmouth borough in July. The EPISCentre project will start initially from the Minerva House building near the home of EEEEGR, the East of England Energy Group,
Hydraulic bolt tensioning specialists, Tentec Ltd, will be exhibiting its Aero range of bolt tensioning equipment for wind turbines on Stand 205 at Global Offshore Wind 2014 in Glasgow and at Windforce 2014 in Bremen, Germany on Stand F12. A decision to attend both exhibitions comes after Tentec was
The Danish cable installation company, CT Offshore, has been awarded a contract at the DONG Energy’s Gode Wind OWF 1 + 2. The scope of work covers the cable installation and burial of 97 inter-array cables. ”In the current market this is an important contract for CT Offshore. While new and larger ca
The Gemini offshore wind project shareholders, headed by Canada’s Northland Power Inc., reached an agreement with the banks on the project’s financing. The financial close will contribute EUR 2.3 billion to the overall construction costs of EUR 2.8 billion. Van Oord has a 10% equity stake in this pr
AXYS Technologies will be exhibiting with its partner Planet Ocean Ltd at the All-Energy Exhibition and Conference from May 21-22 in Aberdeen, UK. The companies will be located at stand A81, where the visitors can meet the team and learn about their offshore renewable energy monitoring platforms. AX
A 200-strong delegation from EEEGR (the East of England Energy Group) was promised Government support and recognition for the region’s energy industry, at a House of Commons reception held yesterday. Business Secretary Vince Cable said there was a determination that a higher portion of the billions
Offshore WIND’s photo of the day: MPI Resolution arrives at BOW Terminal for the next load of offshore wind foundations. The offshore wind turbine installation vessel is currently loading the next sequence of foundations for the Humber Gateway offshore wind farm. Last month, Damen upgraded the feet
Under the supervision of the Central Command for Maritime Emergencies, CCME, the crews of two specialized vessels held an oil spill exercise for the first time at an offshore wind farm north off Helgoland. The oil recovery ship Thor and multi-purpose vessel Neuwerk were used in the exercise that too
RWE Innogy released figures for the first quarter of 2014 where it reported a 9% year-on-year increase as its operating result amounted to €97 million. The higher production of wind energy generation had a big effect on these figures. According to the company, German biomass activities only made a s
Vince Cable, the UK Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, has warned big energy companies to use more UK content, after he found out that one of the giant offshore wind operators had only 20% of UK content in its energy supply chain. Mr. Cable did not disclose which company was at
CTruk will hold a naming ceremony for its latest CTruk 20T multi purpose catamaran (MPC), Master P, next Wednesday, 21st of May at 16:00 o’clock in Brightlingsea. This is the second of two workboats built by CTruk for Offshore Turbine Services (OTS), which were ordered last year in May. Earlier this
In February 2014, Dong Energy announced a share programme aimed at employees and managers. The share programme process has now been completed. 3,078 of the employees in Dong Energy and 212 of the managers have chosen to subscribe for shares and consequently become co-owners of Dong Energy. They are
