Following recent news that Boskalis had increased its holding in Fugro to more than 25%, Offshore WIND contacted both companies in an effort to find out more. In a press release from March 20, Boskalis stated: “Royal Boskalis Westminster N.V. (Boskalis) has increased its holding in Fugro N.V. to 25.
UK renewables had a record-breaking year taking a 19.2 per cent share of electricity generation in 2014. Energy statistics, released by the Department of Energy and Climate Change, show that offshore wind also increased energy generation by 16 per cent, reaching 13.3 TWh, compared to the year before
Since entering the renewables market, H&Askham has been extremely active at a number of GROW:OffshoreWind events, taking full advantage of the advice and strategic support available. Claire Cooper, Business Development Manager, said: “Over time, the programme has really picked up momentum and become
Esvagt has taken delivery of the second of three Havyard 832 SOV windfarm service vessels from Havyard Ship Technology AS. The first, newbuild 118 ‘Esvagt Froude’ was delivered in the middle of February. The German company Siemens Wind Power has hired both vessels on long-term contracts to service t
Government consent for the world’s largest wind farm, East Anglia Array One, has put the East of England at the top of the industry’s agenda – and given the signal major international energy companies had been waiting for to move forward with plans to invest in the region, said James Gray, inward in
Carnegie has agreed terms to act as the as exclusive agent for MAK Water’s products throughout the South American market. Carnegie has been active in desalination development for some years having first produced zero-emission desalinated water from earlier CETO prototypes and now from its desalinati
William Toman has been engaged as President of the Protean Wave Energy, US subsidiary of Stonehenge Metals. Toman is an energy industry professional with more than 25 years of experience managing energy and environmental project development. He has been responsible for the development of over 2,000
Wave energy developer Carnegie Wave Energy Limited (CWE) has provided an update to its activities in South America. Carnegie has been investigating opportunities in South America generally and Chile specifically in the past years through its local 100% owned subsidiary, CWE Chile. According to the c
MacArtney Group has hired experienced engineer and underwater technology specialist, Tom Zezou, as it aims to bolster its system sales focus in Australia and New Zealand. According to Managing Director of all MacArtney Asia Pacific Operations, Steen Frejo, MacArtney Australia has come a long way sin
Osiris Projects is rebranding as Bibby HydroMap as of tomorrow, March 26. A specialist seabed survey company, the UK-based Osiris Projects was acquired by Bibby Line Group in May 2012 but has continued to operate under its own name since then. Since being acquired by Bibby Line Group, the company ha
WERPO is in the process of arranging a visit to Grenada in order to begin negotiations in the private and public sectors to implement its sea wave energy system. With their partner in the Caribbean, Mr. Jarvis of SEEDSOWERS corporation, have been in communication with top ranking government personne
GROW:OffshoreWind programme has been granted a six-month extension as part of the Government’s Industrial Strategy to help more manufacturers take advantage of investment in supply chain infrastructure. Over £1m of funding has been put aside to assist more firms to overcome barriers to entry by givi
UK businesses of Dong Energy, Siemens and Vattenfall are joining the Aldersgate Group as corporate members. The Aldersgate Group, an alliance of leaders from business, politics and civil society that drives action for a sustainable economy, said the new members “will considerably enhance the Group’s
Nordic Yards has appointed a new member to the Management Board, Hans Jürgen Wio, who will be responsible for sales in offshore wind sector. Wio, former senior vice president and CEO of the Power Plants at MAN, has many years of management and executive experience in the energy sector. He was twenty
