Jack-Up Barge, the offshore self-elevating platform supplier, has acquired the Odin self-elevating platform from Hochtief. This is a new approach from Jack-Up Barge that has previously expanded with newbuilds. The company are renaming the barge JB 119, ready to take its place alongside the seven pla
News that the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) has awarded an investment contract for the planned Dudgeon Offshore Wind Farm off Norfolk received positive feedback in the East of England Energy Zone (EEEZ). EEEZ inward investment director James Gray said: “Dudgeon is a key project for
Siemens, a German energy giant, has expressed its intent about Alstom takeover negotiations. The company released a statement yesterday, saying it had “submitted a letter to the Board of Alstom to signal its willingness to discuss future strategic opportunities.“ This follows the last-week’s news th
WYG has appointed Simon Sjenitzer as Associate Director, who will be helping to establish the strategic direction of energy and climate change business within the energy team and will be responsible for joining up all relevant capabilities under one umbrella to create a unified approach for WYG’s cl
Mr. Joe Houssian, a director and insider of NaiKun Wind Energy Group Inc, will complete a non-brokered private placement of 10,000,000 units at a price of $0.07 per Unit for gross proceeds of $700,000. Each Unit shall consist of one common share in the capital of the Company and 0.75 common share pu
RenewableUK commented on the release of a new marine energy roadmap from the UK Energy Research Centre and the Energy Technologies Institute. The report, which focusses on cost-cutting, identifies forty technology and deployment issues faced by the wave and tidal energy sector in the UK, and lays ou
Sustainable Marine Energy (SME) is the newest member of Ocean Energy Europe. Based in the Isle of Wight, Sustainable Marine Energy is a developer of an integrated support structure for tidal energy convertors – PLAT-O. PLAT-O, addresses the sectors two biggest challenges: Dramatically reducing insta
A new roadmap developed by the UK Energy Research Centre (UKERC) and the Energy Technologies Institute (ETI) has identified the research and development areas that need to be addressed to make marine energy cost competitive with other energy technologies. Marine energy resources, consisting of wave
The welcome news that Siemens plans a £160 million expansion to manufacture turbines in East Yorkshire, plus the UK Green Investment Bank’s (GIB) investment in the Westermost Rough project off the Yorkshire coast, must be balanced against high costs and risks but low confidence levels that could sti
The U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Economic Development Matt Erskine has announced a $200,000 U.S. Economic Development Administration (EDA) grant to the New Bedford Economic Development Corporation, in New Bedford, Massachusetts. The grant will support the creation of an advanced p
The New Jersey Board of Public Utilities (BPU) has rejected Fishermen’s Energy’s appeal on the BPU’s decision to deny the construction of an offshore wind farm off the coast of Atlantic City. The company said that it will take the case to the court. “We are disappointed in this decision, but not sur
The latest provisional monthly energy statistics produced by the Department of Energy and Climate Change were released today. According to the report, in the three months to February 2014, supply of coal, gas and nuclear power fell on the same period a year earlier, while the suply from wind, hydro
Danish Energy Agency (DEA) has received a total of four applications from companies that wish to prequalify for construction and operation of Horns Rev 3 offshore wind farm. The deadline for submission of applications expired yesterday at 1pm, and the Agency will now review the applications and expe
The federal loan guarantee for the Cape Wind offshore wind farm is still being contemplated by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), the Cape Cod Times writes. The U.S. Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz has confirmed that the case targeting a USD 500 million loan is “under active development”, but its ou
