The European Commission needs to encourage EU Member States to carry out maritime spatial planning, and co-operate on how they use their sea space, due to the growing number of users of Europe’s seas – including offshore renewable energy – a new report, co-financed by the European Commission’s Intel
Coastline Surveys announces the appointment of Andrew Johnson as Hydrographic Services Division Manager. Andy has amassed a wealth of experience during his professional 25 year career in the marine industry worldwide. Andy has particular talents and enthusiasm in team building, business development
Francis Brown Ltd, the North East engineering company, has asserted its commitment to future skills after taking on new apprentices who trained in the region. The Stockton-on-Tees firm, which already operates an apprenticeship programme with three advanced apprentices currently training with the com
Carbon Trust has welcomed the Fjellstrand’s announcement for the construction of six new vessels. Namely, the World Marine Offshore secured the order with the Norwegian shipyard, Fjellstrand for the delivery of six wind farm vessels. Fjellstrand is one of the 13 access companies The Carbon Trust hav
Eastern Training Services Ltd, a specialist provider of technical vocational training to the energy, construction engineering and manufacturing industries, has been acquired by businessman Graham Hacon, owner of Aberdeen and Great Yarmouth-based 3sun Group. Mr Hacon, who has worked in the offshore i
National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) has published a study called Renewable Electricity Futures, which says that 80% of electricity demand in 2050 could be adequately supplied by renewable sources. Moreover, the agency says that this could be achieved by using the technologies that are curren
The last foundation for Lincs Offshore Wind Farm off the east coast of England is now in place. MT Højgaard is EPCI contractor for the giant foundations. All 75 offshore wind turbine foundations for the 270 MW Lincs Wind Farm off the east coast of England is now in place. MT Højgaard has designed, p
The French offshore wind farm project of Le Treport may see its resurrection, according to Les Echos news site. Allegedly, some industrial groups and local institutions are pushing the idea “behind the scenes” to file an appeal to the government in order to continue with discussions on the proposed
Navitus Bay Development Limited is offering local businesses the chance to attend a series of free workshops and presentations to provide information on the supply chain for the proposed offshore wind park. The sessions will be open to engineering businesses and marine/port services industries in Do
Moventas, one of the world’s leading wind gear manufacturers, is expanding its up-tower service globally after a successful track record in North America. Up-tower repair significantly lowers wind farm O&M costs, hence making wind power even more competitive than before. Developed by Moventas’ US-ba
A new device, that is not yet built, will mimic the wave-damping effect of a muddy seafloor thus extracting energy from waves passing over it, Environmentalresearchweb.org reports. A synthetic “seabed carpet” will offer a new way of producing clean and cheap electricity and at the same time will pro
Objections by the maritime authorities have blocked the development of the China’s first government-backed offshore wind projects, reports Recharge. Due to the mentioned objections, the offshore wind project developers may need to change their plans. Even though the National Energy Administration (N
Government-controlled Centrais Eletricas Brasileiras SA, or Eletrobras, could team up with China’s Three Gorges Corp. on wind-power projects, the Fox Business news site writes. Namely, Brazilian officials signed an agreement in February to work with Three Gorges which opened the possibility for comp
Three new board members have been appointed to oversee the operation of Wave Hub, the offshore marine energy project in Cornwall. Bill Russell takes on the role of chairman while Niamh Lamond and Richard Parkinson have been appointed as non-executive Directors. Welcoming the appointments, Business M
