Following the Laidlaw Capital Group’s acquisition of the Deutsche Bucht wind farm in the North Sea, around 90 km off Borkum, the UK-based company has now acquired the neighbouring Veja Mate wind farm. The purchase of the wind farm project from the BARD Group was completed yesterday. Once finished, t
Beothuk Energy Inc. (BEI) has entered into a Letter of Intent (LOI) to merge with Canadian Imperial Venture Corp. Under the terms of the LOI, CIVC will issue one common share for every issued and outstanding share of BEI, up to a maximum of sixty-two million common shares. Over the last several year
A European tender call for geophysical and geotechnical soil investigations for offshore wind farm zones in the Netherlands was issued on September 5. Contractors are invited to digitally submit an offer for the public tender via TenderNed. The public procurement process is supervised by the Netherl
Continuing growth in the construction, maintenance and operation of offshore wind farms in the coastal waters of the UK is leading to an on-going demand for Tidal Transit’s passenger transfer vessels (PTVs). The latest manifestation of this trend is a new contract with Siemens on Westermost Rough th
ETTU, a specialist in productivity-enhancing solutions SharePoint and Office 365, has implemented a new intranet for Van Oord, an international contractor in dredging, marine engineering and offshore projects. The new intranet implemented is based on Office 365 (SharePoint Online) and Microsoft Azur
The Crown Estate has signed a 398 MW, 25-year seabed lease with Atlantis, owner of the world’s largest planned tidal stream energy project, MeyGen. Ronnie Quinn, Head of Ocean Energy, The Crown Estate said: “Our commitment to invest in and agree a lease for the Meygen project continues our strategy
NLMK DanSteel A/S, part of NLMK Europe Plate and Denmark’s only manufacturer of steel plates, has supplied 200 tonnes of plates with special dimensions made from high-strength steel for the construction of experimental foundations for offshore wind turbines as part of The PISA Project, the European
With the support of new funding from the U.S. Department of Energy, the Northwest National Marine Renewable Energy Center (NNMREC) will expand its technological research and environmental monitoring efforts, and add a new partner – the University of Alaska Fairbanks. The center was previously a part
Cuxport has been supporting the Dutch company Ballast Nedam Offshore in the use of an alternative technique to transport and install monopiles at the “Amrumbank West” wind park on behalf of E.ON since the middle of August. The foundation piles are no longer just transported to the offshore site on b
PMSS America, Inc., the US division of leading global renewable energy consulting firm TÜV SÜD PMSS, has announced the appointment of Doug Pfeister to the role of Senior Vice President as the firm gears up in response to further growth in the US offshore wind industry. Doug officially started at the
Britain’s largest independent ship repairer, Burgess Marine, has successfully acquired 100% of the share capital in Meercat Workboats Ltd. Meercat, based in Portchester, currently builds custom road transportable multi-role workboats up to 18m in length; with plans to expand into both Class approved
Time is money offshore. While developing a unique marine management review standard for the renewables sector, Green Marine Solutions (GMS) has been saving valuable minutes for its clients. The results are often a victory for both systems and common sense. Practical rather than purely academic Since
Ocean Thermal Energy Corporation (OTE), a turnkey supplier of Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion (OTEC) and Seawater Air Conditioning (SWAC) Systems worldwide, announced that it has engaged The Blueshirt Group to assist OTE in developing its communication and investor outreach program with the financia
Governor of Massachusetts Deval Patrick will lead a coalition of the Commonwealth’s government and industry leaders on an innovation partnership mission to Denmark, the United Kingdom and France to expand opportunities between the Commonwealth and these three European countries for economic developm
