Offshore Marine Academy (OMA) has relocated and opened a new operating base at the Wynyard Business Park, Teesside, in the heart of North East England. OMA has been based in Bristol since 2010 but is moving north to support the growing number of renewables companies that are established in the area.
The Marine Management Organisation (MMO) has restricted night piling activities at the Westermost Rough offshore wind farm. The decision follows a number of complaints from East Riding residents about the vibration and noise coming from monopile piling activities at the wind farm located offshore Wi
Carnegie Wave Energy Limited’s Environment and Planning Advisor, Edwina Davies Ward, has delivered a presentation at the Environmental Interactions of Marine Renewables (EIMR-II) Conference, being held in Stornoway on the Isle of Lewis, Scotland. EIMR-II attendants have learned more about the compan
New Anglia Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP) has welcomed confirmation that Great Yarmouth, Lowestoft and parts of Ipswich have been included in the Government’s final Assisted Area Status (AAS) map. AAS is granted to less prosperous local economies and enables businesses in those areas to benefit
Hull could become a hub for offshore wind manufacturing facilities, judging on the claims that the newly formed company between Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) and Vestas could build its wind turbine factory in the city. It has been just a little over a month since Siemens decided to invest a larg
A new study has looked into the effect of offshore marine renewable energy devices on marine organisms. These devices provide novel habitat to marine organisms, allowing species to spread to new areas. The study focused on marine fauna, particularly pelagic larvae, such as barnacles or gastropods, i
The UK government has confirmed which parts of the country have successfully won Assisted Area status. The status makes local businesses eligible to bid for additional funding and tax breaks to create jobs, invest in new premises or machinery and grow. Manufacturing centres including Derby, Huddersf
Grant Hunter and Mark Meade will participate in this year’s Seawork conference on 12 June, where they will give an insight in BIMCO’s Windtime, a specialized time charter party designed for the offshore wind farm sector. Windtime was specially developed for crew transfer vessels and the like operati
The Crown Estate has applauded a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between Global Energy and MORL that could see Nigg Energy Park supply a range of work, facilities and services for an offshore wind farm in the Moray Firth. The announcement follows the Scottish Government’s consent of MORL’s 1,116MW
Bayards Aluminium Constructies, a specialist in light weight and maintenance free structures for the offshore industry, has paired up with Barge Master, a pioneer in motion compensated equipment for the offshore industry, to design the first aluminium Motion Compensated Helideck. The new Motion Comp
Jack-Up Barge Strengthens Its Fleet with Hochtief’s Self-Elevating Platform Jack-Up Barge, the offshore self-elevating platform supplier, has acquired the Odin self-elevating platform from Hochtief. Siemens Expresses Interest in Alstom’s Power Units Siemens, a German energy giant, has expressed its
U.S. Federal Judge Richard Stearns has dismissed Cape Wind opponents’ lawsuit, which challenged Cape Wind’s Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) with NSTAR. The District Court’s decision rejected all claims against the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, NSTAR and Cape Wind. Judge Stearns noted in his decision
Norwegian Centre for Offshore Wind Energy, NORCOWE, is organising a summer school under the name “Innovative Methods and Concepts in Offshore Wind Energy”. The summer school will be held at Strand Hotel Fevik, at the south coast of Norway, from Monday August 11th till Friday August 15th, in cooperat
Offshore WIND’s photo of the day: The JB 117 self-elevating platform, owned by Jack-Up Barge B.V., doing its job on the BorWin beta platform. The BorWin beta platform will transform the alternating current (AC) supplied by wind turbines from two offshore wind farms, Veja Mate and Global Tech 1, befo
