The high-voltage submarine cable market is, by all definitions, a niche market with few purchasers and even fewer manufacturers and installers. The demand for these products is rapidly moving beyond the traditional role slotted for high-voltage submarine cables, connecting islands to nearby national
The U.K. government cut support for onshore and offshore wind farms while boosting aid for wave and tidal plants under its Renewables Obligation, which compels electricity suppliers to get a proportion of their power from alternative energy. Each megawatt-hour of electricity generated from onshore w
The purchase, completed in recent days, marks a major step forward for the group’s ambitious plans to develop the 238-acre site, on the Cromarty Firth in the Scottish Highlands, as a modern, multi-user facility serving a range of energy sectors, including oil and gas and renewables. Global, which ha
Leading renewable energy consultancy group, Natural Power, has further strengthened its services in North America by bringing Marine Operations Manager Leif Cooper to develop its offshore business in the United States whilst continuing to project manage the installation of several marine deployments
Keen interest is growing for development of wave energy along the Oregon coast. By Jeremy C. Ruark (seasidesignal) [mappress] Source: seasidesignal, October 20, 2011
South Boats Special Projects Ltd. and Seacat Services Ltd. announce that the two companies have signed a contract for the construction of four further vessels, 2 x South Catamaran 24m WFSV to be named ‘Seacat Resolute’ and ‘Seacat Vigilant’ and two further vessels, which have been allocated build sl
Marine energy and offshore wind farms will receive a “massive boost” in a British government review into state subsidies for renewable energy… by Karolin Schaps, Jason Neely (reuters) [mappress] Source: reuters, October 20, 2011
Total spending on the plan from 2014 and 2020 would amount to just 0.4 percent of EU annual GDP, but the European Commission said it expected the funds to attract extra public and private money by lowering the risk profile of key infrastructure projects. “Today we are making a down payment for Europ
In the night of 22 September, the last blade on the last wind turbine at Walney 2 was fastened. However, it took waiting until the installation vessel, Kraken, succeeded in finding the weather window which made it possible to install the last blade on the last wind turbine in the wind farm. Now, all
As federal officials work to clear a permitting path for offshore wind farms, experts at the Board of Public Utilities are hashing out rules… By Eliot Caroom (nj) [mappress] Source: nj, October 20, 2011
Michelle T. Davies, Head of Clean Energy and Sustainability at international law firm Eversheds, has been appointed on the industry-led Offshore Wind Cost Reduction Task Force, announced by the UK’s Department of Energy and Climate Change. The Task Force was announced as part of the Governments Rene
Falck Nutec Teesside has revealed a brand new £550,000 extension to its existing industrial training unit. (hazardexonthenet) [mappress] Source: hazardexonthenet, October 20, 2011
More than 15 new staff have been recruited in East Anglia by PKF Accountants & business advisors during the summer, and that tally is expected to double with the number of posts currently being advertised. The expansion in Norwich, Great Yarmouth and Ipswich offices is to meet business expansion and
The innovative elastometric spring bearings designed to improve the vertical load carrying capacity of the wind turbines of the Sheringham Shoal Offshore Wind Farm, have now been installed on each of the 90 foundations at the site, 20 kilometres off the coast of the Norfolk in the UK. Trelleborg Off
