ABPmer has extended its SEASTATES service to include the Baltic Sea. As with their SEASTATES service for other regions, the Baltic forecast combines meteorological data with high resolution wave models and is validated against local observations. In the forecast, this means that the models are conti
MT Højgaard Found Not Guilty in Robin Rigg Trial The Court of Appeal in London has ruled that MT Højgaard is not liable for the costs of repairing the foundations for the Robin Rigg offshore wind farm, off the Scottish coast. Dong Not Selling Wind Business Dong Energy has denied recent suggestions o
Groupement solidaire Artelia has been awarded project management contract at Saint-Nazaire by Grand Port Maritime (GPM) de Nantes. The Saint-Nazaire Port Authority’s contract is aiming to ensure the design and undertaking of work regarding an industrial project creating a platform for a future home
CWind has once again won the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA) Occupational Health and Safety Gold Award. The Gold award in the annual scheme recognises the company’s approach and commitment to occupational health and safety, achieving high levels of compliance and ensuring above
BSI, a business standards company has published, together with Innovate UK, has published a guide called PD 6900 Environmental impact assessment for offshore renewable energy projects. The guidance was developed by BSI using a consensus-based approach, and has had input from key organizations such a
The Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult has achieving internationally recognised standards in quality, environmental and occupational health and safety management. The technology innovation and research centre, established in 2013, was awarded the following accreditations in March 2015 followin
EnBW made good progress in the previous financial year in implementing its 2020 business strategy, while it reported that its adjusted EBITDA in 2014 was 2.6% lower than in previous year. As a result of expectations of a continued fall in electricity prices, it was however necessary to make signific
DONG Energy today issued its interim financial report for Q1 2015, saying that the outlook announced in the 2014 annual report is reaffirmed. The company’s EBITDA was DKK 6.0 billion (around EUR 804 million) in Q1 2015, compared with DKK 6.3 billion (EUR 844 million) in Q1 2014. DONG Energy said tha
The Dutch Energy Agreement can be successful only if the industry, government and researchers active in the field of offshore wind energy and energy production from water work together, Marine Renewable Energy Symposium at Deltares stressed. Acting on the principle ‘dare to share knowledge’, Deltare
Dr Federica Pace, Baker Consultants’ Marine Technical Director, is speaking at the upcoming OCEANOISE 2015 conference in Barcelona, Spain, to be held from 11-15th May. The conference theme is “Towards an acoustically sound ocean”. “I’m excited to be presenting our Borkum Riffgrund 1 work at such a k
Offshore Marine Academy (OMA) has unveiled a brand new course for 2015 tailored to address the knowledge and skills gap in subsea power cable operations. OMA’s ‘Understanding Subsea Power Cables’ course, which launched earlier this month, will ensure personnel are trained in the use of subsea power
Royal HaskoningDHV has relocated to new offices in Leeds as part of its ongoing growth plans in the region. The move coincides with a rush of recruits, with four new faces joining the Leeds office in the past six months taking the number to 13, and further recruitment planned through 2015. Royal Has
G9 has published new Health and Safety (HSE) statistics for offshore wind sector, which show there were a total of 959 reported incidents in 2014. The reported incidents for last year are categorised as follows: 44 Lost work days 14 Restricted work days 54 Medical treatment injuries 95 First aid inc
Maintenance of offshore wind turbines is important and necessary. The faster a defect turbine is running again, the faster it produces electricity. Time is money. How do you make sure that the valuable time turbine technicians have, is actually spent on offshore wind turbine maintenance? In practice
