After a record number of entries Fugro have been shortlisted for ‘International Project of the Year’ in the Ground Engineering Awards to be held on May 4th at Grosvenor House Hotel, London. The nomination is for their geotechnical work on the Arkona-Becken Südost offshore wind farm in the Baltic Sea
Optimism prevails in the offshore wind industry in the UK when it comes to new vacancies in the long term, especially taking into account the demand for new work force in renewables markets on global level, writes Recruiter. Based on the reports of the Renewable Energy Association, RenewableUK and S
RenewableUK, the trade and professional body representing the wind, wave and tidal energy industries, has signed an unprecedented Memorandum of Understanding with the Korean Wind Energy Association. At a signing ceremony in London, the two associations committed to an agreement to work together to i
Academics from the Robert Gordon University and the University of Aberdeen working together as part of the Scottish Sensor Systems Centre (S3C), funded by the Scottish Funding Council, will host an Open Laboratory Day for Subsea Sensor Technologies on Tuesday May 22. The event will offer professiona
Last year in May, Vestas signed an option agreement for land at the Port of Sheerness to build a fully integrated offshore wind turbine manufacturing and installation facility. To realise these plans Vestas will need to demolish existing buildings in this location, to which Heritage campaigners are
Windstorm Challenge 2012 and 4th Annual Maine Wind Blade Challenge were held on Friday at the New Balance Student Recreation Center on the University of Maine campus, reported Bangor Daily News. The competitions in which students design, build, implement and test wind power technology components gat
BaltShip has successfully delivered the first of 80 shipments with offshore foundations for the Gwynt Y Môr Windfarm located in the Irish Sea. The first shipment was loaded in Germany on 11 April and 5 days later the vessel arrived safely into Liverpool (Cammell Laird) where the foundations will be
De-risking offshore renewable energy projects is a vital step towards delivering them safely, on time and on budget. With this in mind, Fugro has created a free one-day technical course for project developers and engineers, and turbine and cable installation contractors designed to demystify geotech
As pointed out by Paul Thomson, managing director of SLP Engineering, the offshore engineering company is resuming business as usual, despite the fact that its parent company, the Smulders Group, is undergoing some tough financial times, EDP 24 informed. Due to considerable financial setbacks result
German wind farm developer, DC Netz BorWin3 GmbH is inviting tenders for installation of a system for the transmission of electrical energy (about 900 MW) between offshore wind farms in the BorWin clusters and a network connection point on land. In particular, the transmission power, the losses, the
PowerWind GmbH has filed for the opening of insolvency proceedings under debtor’s self-administration on 24 April 2012. New German insolvency law offers excellent options for sustainable restructuring. PowerWind GmbH has filed for the opening of insolvency proceedings under debtor´s self-administrat
Everyone who’s anyone in the renewable energy market will come together again this year at New Energy Partnering Congress. At this high-quality B2B event, utilities, banks, investment firms, pension funds and insurance companies from across Europe will be on the lookout for interesting investment op
On 26 April 2012, UK Prime Minister David Cameron addressed global clean energy ministers at the third Clean Energy Ministerial (CEM3) in London. The Prime Minister spoke about the need to create a more diverse, cleaner energy mix that enhances energy security, reduces emissions, and drives economic
AWS Truepower, LLC, an international leader in renewable energy consulting and information services announced a new partnership with New York State Colleges to form the Center for Evaluation of Clean Energy Technology (CeCeT), an organization that will benefit manufacturers of clean energy technolog
