Scour – the movement of sediment that can erode the seabed around a fixed structure – is one of the major concerns when designing offshore wind turbine foundations. Indeed, turbine foundations are more susceptible to scour than predicted, as shown by Anders Wedel Nielsen, who recently joined DHI’s t
BMT Group Ltd, the leading international maritime design, engineering and risk management consultancy, has been recognised in the prestigious Sunday Times 100 Best Companies to work for list for 2012. Placed 55th in the list, BMT attained a two star accreditation, recognised as ‘outstanding’ by work
Nexans, a worldwide leading expert in the cable industry, confirms that it completed the acquisition of AmerCable on February 29, 2012. AmerCable is the leading North American producer of Mining and Oil & Gas cables, and is also active in other industrial cables segments including Renewable Energy.
PD Ports has been appointed as the main construction logistics hub at the Port of Hartlepool for the Teesside Offshore Windfarm Project. Over the next seven months, the Port of Hartlepool will be the focal point for all materials and components to be installed in the new wind farm being developed by
Ageotec, in association with ETG companies, has provided the Regional Agency for Environmental Protection Ligure (ARPAL) with a system for measuring meteorological and marine parameters. This system, installed off Cape Mele (SV) and launched on 23 February, will record in real time wave motion, wave
Norddeutsche Seekabelwerke GmbH (NSW) has agreed to long-term charter the DP2 vessel MV Aura from the Finnish Meriaura Ltd for use in subsea cable installation projects in the North and Baltic Sea. Under the terms of the agreement NSW will charter the vessel starting in summer 2012. Constructed in 2
Moray Port could be used as a key base for offshore renewables industry, reports Press and Journal. Green Energy companies think that Buckie is appropriate to use potential of the 400 planned turbines. Buckie harbour consists of four basins which can accommodate vessels up to 80m in length and 4.2m
Coordination in the way links to offshore wind farms are developed could reduce the cost of offshore connections by between £0.5 and 3.5 billion. Preparatory investment in anticipation that more generators will connect could be allowed – as long as Ofgem is satisfied that customer interests are prot
Strong interest has been expressed in the enterprise zone currently being finalised to help Grimsby realise its ambitions to become a hub for offshore wind farm operations and maintenance. Two areas on the North Wall have been selected, after the application was made to increase the zones already co
Dr. Jürgen Zeschky (51) commenced his duties as Chief Executive Officer of Nordex SE on 1 March 2012. The company’s Supervisory Board had previously appointed him to this position in November 2011. The vacancy in Nordex’s top-level management had arisen when his predecessor Thomas Richterich declare
REpower Systems SE yesterday signed an agreement with a consortium of banks headed by BayernLB, Commerzbank Aktiengesellschaft and Deutsche Bank AG for a syndicated loan of EUR 750.0 million. This move enables REpower to secure follow-on financing early for the credit facilities of EUR 600.0 million
Clements Marine recently supplied the complete stern gear package to the latest project from South Boats Special Projects Ltd, the P&O Maritime crew transfer vessel Chinook. This multi-purpose crew transfer vessel was designed by Incat Crowther, Australia and built by South Boats at Cowes on the Isl
Kinetik Partners released three offshore wind supply chain analyses commissioned by the Maryland Energy Administration (MEA) and the Maryland Department of Business and Economic Development (DBED) in response to questions raised during the General Assembly’s legislative summer study. These reports a
HiDef has been selected by the U.S. Department of Energy to undertake an extended program of aerial surveys as part of the federal governments ‘smart from the start’ initiative. The contract award, worth $1.4 million will see HiDef conduct digital aerial several surveys over the lifecycle of the thr
