Following the business development of Windreich AG with a particular consideration of the end customers, Dr. Peter Vest was appointed to the Board on marketing and business development. Willi Balz, founder and CEO of Windreich AG says that Dr. Vest brings his many years of experience as a managing p
DNV has appointed Stefan Nerpin as its new Group Vice President of Communications and External Relations for the DNV Group. Mr Nerpin brings with him extensive international leadership experience and a strong track record of corporate communications and branding. As Group Vice President of DNV’s gro
On 7 December 2012, A2SEA’s new installation vessel, SEA INSTALLER, arrives in the port of Esbjerg, Denmark. Her journey began on 20 October 2012 as she departed from Qidong in China where she had spent the last 24 months under construction at COSCO shipyard. ”We are very proud of being able to welc
Solstad Shipping announced that the company has signed a contract with Gwynt y Mor Offshore Wind Farm Limited, on behalf of developers RWE Innogy, Stadwerke München and Siemens , to charter CSV “Normand Tonjer”. The contract will last 17 months and it will commence this month, as soon as the vessel
Leading wind gear manufacturer and service provider, Moventas, has appointed Dr.-Ing. Niels Hammer Senior Vice President of Technology as of 1 January, 2013. Dr. Hammer will be responsible for Moventas’ research and development globally. Niels Hammer has an ideal background for technology leadership
TAGU Energy Lanka, a Sri Lankan company, is promoting offshore wind projects in the country, along with the UK’s Zero Carbon Marine Ltd (ZCM). They are seeking to build a large scale wind farm off the coast between Hambantota and Puttalam. A team that will conduct a prefeasibility study is already e
After HM Treasury released the Autumn Statement last Wednesday, industry experts have raised concerns regarding the funding of the Green Investment Bank, according to the Yorkshire post. This report shows that the government will miss its target of getting debt falling as a percentage of GDP by 2015
3sun Group, a specialist provider of products and services to the energy industry, has been awarded a three year contract by wind farm operator Scira Offshore Energy. The contract is effective 1 January 2013 for operational services for Sheringham Shoal Offshore Wind Farm. 3sun Group specialises in
Lars Kessler is the new man in charge of sales at Messe Husum & Congress. As senior sales manager his primary focus will be on the leading international wind industry trade fair, HUSUM Wind. With this newly created position the HUSUM organising company is enlarging a strategically important area of
Surfers Against Sewage (SAS) has announced that after its crucial intervention with E.ON, the Rampion offshore wind farm developers, potentially catastrophic damage to local surfing waves has now been averted. E.ON initially identified a potential reduction in wave height of up to 22% for surfing be
The development of the Argyll Array offshore wind farm will be paused for a year, according to an update by ScottishPower Renewables (SPR), published on the website of the campaigning group No Tiree Array. In its update on the project, SPR says the following: ScottishPower Renewables has put the dev
In its World Energy Outlook 2012, the IEA (International Energy Agency) forecasts that renewables could “become the world’s second-largest source of power generation by 2015”. Governments throughout the world are trying to increase the share of renewables in their electricity generation portfolio bo
The Minister of New and Renewable Energy, DR. FAROOQ ABDULLAH informed Lok Sabha that in order to exploit tidal power, Government of Gujarat has signed a Memorandum of Understanding in January 2011 for establishing a 250 MW tidal power project in Gulf of Kutch with Gujarat Power Corporation Ltd. (GP
BMT Nigel Gee, a subsidiary of BMT Group, has announced recent refurbishment and expansion activity at its offices in Southampton in order to meet a large increase in design work. Operating across four principal market sectors, the naval architectural practice delivers design and engineering service
