Bladt’s new 4000×145 mm plate roll has been installed and is now in full operation at their production facilities in Aalborg, Denmark. The new plate roll has the capacity to roll plates up to four meters wide and is one of the largest in Europe. In pace with everything in the industry increasing in
Euskalforging Group has won the contract to supply the 3 connecting flanges for the prototype of NENUPHAR floating foundation, an innovative offshore wind mill. Nenuphar has developed its own architecture of vertical axis wind turbine as well as a technology of blade manufacturing and has patented a
The Dutch government has set goals to attain 16% of energy from renewables by 2020, and 100% by 2050. The way they are trying to achieve this is by increasing the fund for renewable energy to EUR 400 million. The grant will be financed by taxes on electricity and natural gas, whereas the companies w
The Conbit team delivered major tools to the new jack up vessel of Seajacks. Conbit supplied monopile handling tools for the Meerwind installation campaign, which the British wind farm installation specialist will execute with the new vessel “Zaratan”. Seajacks awarded Conbit to supply seafastening
Independent, international energy consultancy Xodus Group has been retained by MeyGen Ltd to provide further environmental support for a major tidal project in the Pentland Firth, Scotland. The initial contract for Phase 1 of the project, was awarded in March 2011 and is now valued at more than £450
The renewable energy sector in Britain offers many opportunities to connect French and British companies in this field. The French Chamber of Commerce in Great-Britain organised on 18 & 19 of October, a trade mission in partnership with the Chambers of Commerce and Industry of Normandy, Brittany and
After agreement with MT Højgaard’s Board of Directors, COO Jens Nyhus resigns from his position with immediate effect. His resignation comes after a period of eight months during which MT Højgaard’s Group management has consisted of acting President and CEO Jørgen Nicolajsen (CEO), Chief Financial O
The PALFINGER Group has agreed to take over Bergen Group Dreggen AS, a renowned Norwegian producer of marine and offshore cranes and lifting equipment. The transaction is subject to customary closing conditions, including approval from the Competition Authorities in Norway, and is expected to be clo
OSBIT Power (OP) has announced today (30 October) that the MaXccess-T12 access system for Scira Offshore Energy Limited, the Statoil and Statkraft joint-venture company, has now completed its Lloyds witnessed factory acceptance tests and will go into service shortly at Sheringham Shoal. “The tests w
Wood Group has been awarded a £17 million management contract to fabricate, install, commission, operate and maintain two weather monitoring stations in one of the UK’s largest offshore wind farm developments off the Norfolk and Suffolk coast. The project will be delivered by the Wood Group Kenny bu
RIX Sea Shuttle, part of J.R. Rix & Sons Ltd, launched its first vessel on Friday, specifically commissioned to serve the offshore wind farm sector. The Rix Panther was launched in a ceremony at Meridan Quay, Grimsby Fish Dock today (Friday, October 26th). It is the first of five boats commissioned
Met Office experts will be at the RenewableUK 2012 Annual Conference and Exhibition in Glasgow this week, demonstrating how investment in scientific research can be applied to weather and climate services to help the wind energy market onshore and offshore. Alasdair Skea, Renewables Science Manager
The Scottish business, the Renewables Directory Ltd, to announce that today RWE Npower Renewables has chosen to adopt the directory as part of its procurement processes. On reacting to the news Michael Sinclair, Managing Director of the Renewables Directory, said “This is important news for us. We h
The Danish government said it will not provide a financial support to the world’s largest wind turbine maker Vestas because, as Denmark’s Energy Minister Martin Lidegaard said: “It is against the government’s general state aid policy,” reports Bloomberg. Vestas has been hit by a cut in wind energy s
