A doubling of planned funding to improve oil and gas training facilities and develop other energy sector skills courses has been announced by the First Minister. Led by Skills Development Scotland and located at Robert Gordon University, Energy Skills Scotland (ESS) is being backed by an investment
In its latest seminar called Simulation tools for the wind industry, to be held on 16th of May in Hamburg, ANSYS will address one of the key problems that the industry currently employs: the efficiency of the systems. Early in the product development, a provider in the wind industry lays high import
International engineering firm Alstom, which employs around 6,500 people in the UK, has released its final year figures and given details of the number of open vacancies it has. The UK arm of the company, which has operations in power, grid and transport, had sales of just over £1bn in the financial
Tekmar, the leading subsea technology company, has announced a £1million investment programme, which will more than treble the size of its North East England facility and create in excess of 30 new jobs. The Newton Aycliffe-based company is the market leader for the supply of offshore wind cable pro
Tekmar are exhibiting at the European Wind Energy Association bi-annual conference in Frankfurt, Germany in November 2013. The world’s largest offshore wind energy conference and exhibition presents an international platform for the offshore wind industry to showcase and demonstrate their latest pro
On Wednesday, May 8, the University of Maine presented the base for its 1/8 scale prototype of a 6MW VolturnUS wind turbine, which is planned for a project off Maine’s coast by 2030. The floating wind turbine platform will be disassembled and transported to Cianbro in Brewer by the end of the month.
Entry Technology Support will be in charge of technical coordination of Executive Zeeland, part of the Pro-Tide project for picking out an ultimately suitable technique for a tidal power station in the Brouwers. In particular: Theoretically figuring out the best available technique that is applicabl
Marine renewable energy has enormous potential, however, due care should be taken that possible environmental impacts are brought to a minimum to address public and other stakeholders’ concerns for such projects. To be able to propose technical mitigation measures, a clear understanding is needed of
Ofgem has appointed Andrew Wright as interim Chief Executive, effective from 28 June. The appointment will ensure continued strong leadership within Ofgem when current Chief Executive, Alistair Buchanan, steps down from his role on 27 June. A decision on the permanent replacement will be taken by th
Trianel is looking for contractor for the performance of diving works including provision of a suitable vessel. During the installation of the foundation tripods onto the pre-installed piles a number of grout seals were ‘ripped out’.The function of the grout seals is to contain the grout within the
NAFEMS, the international association for the engineering analysis, modelling and simulation community, announced it is offering free places to its ‘ Maximising the Potential of Renewable Energy through Numerical Simulation’ seminar on 21st May to All-Energy 2013 delegates. “We are excited be part o
HiDef Aerial Surveying have strengthened their position in the European market with two new German offshore contracts. New orders include consenting surveys for Dong Energy consultant, BioConsult, as well as baseline data acquisition for the University of Kiel. Both contracts will provide marine bir
China Guangdong Nuclear Power Holding (CGNPC) has revealed a plan to build an offshore wind farm off Dalian Island in Pingtan county, Fujian province, next year. The company will invest USD 731.25 million (4.5 billion yuan) in the project, according to Pingtan Times. The company’s vice-general manag
ZF Services UK will showcase examples from ZF Marine’s range of propulsion products for tugs, wind farm support vessels, fish farm vessels, OSVs, other workboats and patrol craft at Seawork (stand A97). Products featured on the ZF Services UK Ltd stand include the ZF 3060V: 10° V-drive, remote mount
