Pinsent Masons has advised London Array, a joint venture between DONG Energy, E.ON and Masdar, on the £459 million disposal of the offshore wind farm’s transmission assets to Blue Transmission London Array Limited – a consortium comprising Barclays Infrastructure Funds Management Limited and Diamond
Statkraft’s international trainee programme is an attractive opportunity for young candidates at the start of their career. Eight new trainee positions are now open for September 2014. The deadline to apply is 20 October. “Do you want challenging tasks in a company with international growth ambition
China Ming Yang Wind Power (“Ming Yang” or the “Company”), announced that it has secured a total of 87MW in the first tranche of tender for off-shore wind power near Zhuhai Guishan Island, Guangdong Province, China. The winning bid comprises of 29 units of 3MW super compact drive (“SCD”) wind turbin
Finbarr (Barry) Mc Sweeney, Founder of BMSA Technology Ltd., has been appointed Special Advisor to University College Cork with regard to the development of the Beaufort Lab. This €16 million investment project supports Global Maritime and Energy Research is based at the IMERC campus in Ringaskiddy
The next meeting of the Pacific Tidal Energy Development Committee (PTEDC) has been set for October 9, 2013. SRM Projects Ltd. expects this to be pivotal as the agenda includes review of all the various proposed British Columbia tidal energy enabling initiatives and shortlisting of the most promisin
Alstom and GDF Suez will prepare a common project to respond to the call for expressions of interest for pilot tidal farms announced by the French President, François Hollande in Cherbourg. Jérôme Pécresse, Alstom’s Renewable Power President and Gérard Mestrallet, CEO of GDF Suez, signed a cooperati
The countdown is on. The first WindEnergy Hamburg, the leading international wind energy expo, will be held in one year’s time in Germany’s second largest city. The Hamburg Fair site will be the meeting point for experts from all parts of the world from 23 to 26 September 2014. Twelve months before
The Marine Institute, an Irish semi-state body, has announced four separate tenders for the supply of different pieces of marine equipment for an energy project. The Institute requires the supply of: 1. a signal acquisition system for the Galway Bay Acoustic Array; 2. sensor equipment for the Galway
As part of President Obama’s Climate Action Plan to create American jobs, cut carbon pollution, and develop domestic energy sources, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) issued a request to determine whether there is competitive interest in leasing an area offshore Oregon that Principle Powe
American Offshore Energy takes a page out of America’s Cup sailboat design technology to build a patented high-tech, low cost floating Vertical Axis Wind Turbine (VAWT). The aerodynamic section of this VAWT is built with a combination of sailboat mast and bicycle wheel technology. The tension and co
Following successful installation of the large diameter piles, another significant milestone has taken place at the Samsung Offshore Wind Turbine project. Over the last week the steel jacket was lowered into place and the Transition Piece (TP) installed. Both the jacket and TP were fabricated in Gla
Alicat have launched their second next generation vessel following the launch of the 22m DNV Class Dalby Aire in the summer. This 19m vessel, named Solway Challenger, is powered by two MAN V12 engines and Rolls Royce water jets. Emphasis has again been made on greater foredeck working space and both
In the early morning of September 25th 2013, Poseidon P37 was put back in operation at the test site off Onsevig Harbor, at the north coast of Lolland. This is test phase nr. 4. Test Phase 1, conducted 2008/09, had the purpose of documenting platform stability including the impact of the moving wave
The thunder may have been roaring on the North East coast at the end of July but that didn’t stop the UK’s premier boat builder Alnmaritec delivering the latest boat to be built at their Blyth, Northumberland base for client Rix Shipping. The ‘Rix Tiger’ is the second of the new Wave Captain class o
