Tidal Transit Commercial Director Leo Hambro was among representatives from the wider community who meet His Royal Highness Prince Andrew, the Duke of York when he visited the Scira Offshore Energy base in Wells-next-the-Sea, Norfolk on 24 July 2012. Scira Offshore Energy will operate the 88 turbine
The Crown Estate today opened an industry engagement exercise to shape the future of wave and tidal leasing in the UK. With 37 sites leased to date, the UK already has a global lead in the wave and tidal industry and the exercise aims to help the industry grow further. The Crown Estate engagement ex
SSE plc will today hold its Annual General Meeting in Bournemouth. This Interim Management Statement summarises SSE’s performance since the start of the current financial year, which began on 1 April 2012, and includes updates on operations and investments in SSE’s Networks, Retail and Wholesale bus
Impacted by regulatory uncertainty in Europe and tightening policy measures in China, global wind turbine order intake in 1H/2012 decreased by 30% year-over-year, consistent with MAKE’s expectations of a 5% decline in 2013 installations globally. Despite these conditions, there was good activity in
Lamprell, a leading provider of specialist engineering services to the international oil & gas and renewables industry, made the following announcement: Following the Company’s Trading Update of 7 June, the Company has been undertaking a further review of its financial position and as a result has n
New funding levels for renewables technology will support the Humber’s ambitions to be a world-class centre for green energy, according to an industry leader. Sam Pick, of the Renewables Network, has broadly welcomed the Government’s long-awaited announcement on clean energy subsidy levels. For the
EDP Renewables (EDP Renováveis, Euronext: EDPR), a global leader in the renewable energy sector and the world’s third-largest wind energy producer, announced that in 1H 2012 electricity output increased by 13%YoY to 9.9TWh, as a result of the capacity growth over the last 12 months ( 339 MW), an ave
The Duke of York visited Scira’s operations base in Wells-next-the-Sea and met with the team there to learn more about the Sheringham Shoal project and the rapidly developing offshore renewables industry in the UK. On arrival The Duke of York was welcomed by Einar Strømsvåg, Scira General Manager an
Wave energy developer Carnegie Wave Energy Limited advised a new report from Australia’s national science agency highlighting the significant role that wave energy can play in Australia’s future energy mix. The study, carried out by the CSIRO (Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisa
RenewableUK, the trade and professional body for the wind and marine energy industries, has welcomed the Government’s announcement on levels of financial support for onshore and offshore wind, and wave & tidal energy, following the long-awaited conclusion of the Renewables Obligation Banding Review.
Energi Coast will host its second Offshore Renewables networking dinner in October. Taking place on 25 October at Newcastle United’s Sports Direct Arena, the event will bring together North East England’s growing offshore renewables supply chain as well as representatives from the sector’s UK and in
Samsung Heavy Industries announced on the 25th that it had successfully built Pacific Orca, the world’s largest wind farm installation vessel (WIV), and delivered it to SPO (Swire Pacific Offshore), a Singapore-based shipper. The wind farm installation vessel is a new special vessel for which demand
Jeremy Thompson is to be the new Chairman of Commerce and Employment Department’s (C&E) Renewable Energy Team (RET) and is joined by new political members C&E Deputy Minister Al Brouard and Deputy David de Lisle. Jeremy Thompson has been involved in RET (and predecessor groups) from the outset in 20
GEOSHIPS Group, a marine and subsea services provider, has completed charter party negotiations with Singapore based Teras Offshore, for a new Offshore Deck Cargo Vessel, resulting in the planned recruitment of a further 40 offshore staff. Formed in 2003, Westhill-based GEOSHIPS will operate, manage
