Jack-Up Barge Strengthens Its Fleet with Hochtief’s Self-Elevating Platform Jack-Up Barge, the offshore self-elevating platform supplier, has acquired the Odin self-elevating platform from Hochtief. Siemens Expresses Interest in Alstom’s Power Units Siemens, a German energy giant, has expressed its
Forewind has appointed Tarald Gjerde as its new General Manager and as Project Director of the Dogger Bank Zone. Mr Gjerde comes to the role from within the Forewind consortium where he has been Head of Business Development for the past 18 months, seconded from owner company Statoil. He follows Dr L
Energy industry veteran, Francis Kiernan, has acquired an interest in ABIS Projects, an Aberdeen-based project management consultancy. Kiernan joins the firm as it embarks on the launch of a ‘Toolbox’ to dramatically improve decision-making on major oil and gas and renewables projects. ABIS Projects
Scottish Enterprise and Highlands and Islands Enterprise are going to organise a series of workshops on behalf of Moray Offshore Wind Limited, a partnership between EDPR and Repsol, next week. This is a great opportunity for companies with the potential to supply the offshore wind sector with the se
Chris Randle, formerly of Siemens Wind Power, has been appointed as Executive Chairman of the Board of Directors at CWind. Andy White: Non-Executive Director of CWind & Chairman of CTruk Group (CTruk Group: The parent company of CWind) said: “Chris will be taking over from me as Executive Chairman.
The trade association representing the wind and marine energy industries, RenewableUK, is expanding its membership to include companies involved in tidal lagoon energy. The organisation has covered wave and tidal stream energy since 2004 and will now take on an additional form of tidal power. Tidal
While Ramboll engineers work on the Fehmarn Belt Fixed Link between Denmark and Germany, Ramboll’s consulting division takes the fast lane to strengthen ties to Europe’s largest economy. With immediate effect, Putz & Partner becomes the newest member of Ramboll Management Consulting, after executive
US billionaire Donald Trump has confirmed the acquisition of £35 million Turnberry Golf Course located in Turnberry, South Ayrshire, from Dubai-based Leisurecorp group, despite saying he will switch focus to a new project in Ireland. In February 2014, Trump lost a court battle against the Scottish G
Over 220 delegates are attending an international conference on marine renewable energy technologies in Stornoway this week. The Environmental Interactions of Marine Renewables conference and workshops take place at An Lanntair and other venues from Monday 28 April to Friday 2 May. Organised by Lews
LOC has further expanded its footprint in Asia, successfully registering LOC Seoul and opening the company’s first office in South Korea. “Initially concentrating on the vibrant energy markets, our ultimate objective is for LOC Seoul to cover all aspects of our work,” said Captain Jon Walker, Region
SgurrEnergy has joined ranks with Women in Renewable Energy Scotland (WiRES) to help promote and support the professional development of women in the renewables sector. As the first energy corporate sponsor, SgurrEnergy will work with WiRES across its network of activities to support the organisatio
Damen announced that Windwave Workboats will be the launching customer of the Twin Axe Fast Crew Supplier (FCS) 2008. The Twin Axe FCS 2008 is a smaller version of Damen’s successful FCS 2610 which launched in 2011 and has subsequently become the industry standard for the offshore wind market, given
AOE Accumulated Ocean Energy Inc. (AOE) received the 2014 Innovation Award presented by the Victoria Chamber of Commerce at the black tie event held at the Fairmont Empress on April 24th , 2104. “This is a great honour and all of us at AOE are excited for the recognition,” stated AOE CEO Jim Matei,
CWind won a contract from EnBW to provide temporary power supply for the 288MW EnBW Baltic 2 offshore wind farm under construction in the German Baltic Sea. CWind was successful in its proposal to provide an integrated turnkey solution that includes the rental of generators, the servicing, maintenan
