The info pack, including news and podcasts, is made in conjunction with the Offshore Wind Health and Safety Summit 2012. The summit, focusing on safety culture and access, will hear from Dong, RWE Innogy, Gamesa, Siemens to name a few, addressing your biggest issues in the offshore wind health and s
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) today issued a “Does Not Exceed (DNE)” determination for the proposed construction of 130 wind turbines in Nantucket Sound. The FAA completed an aeronautical study and has determined that the proposed construction of the 130 wind turbines, individually and a
Renewable energy developer, Oceanlinx, is hoping to install its wave energy device offshore Port MacDonnell later this year, ABC news site informed. The company is still waiting for the $7 million project approval from the Federal Government. Oceanlinx CEO Ali Baghaei commented: “We have also spent
Chairman of the Sheffield City Region LEP, James Newman will be a headline speaker at Rexpo – a new and unique two day conference and exhibition that has been launched in Sheffield for those interested in the growing low carbon and renewable energy marketplace which is projected to reach £4trillion
Osiris Hydrographic & Geophysical Projects Ltd (Osiris Projects) announced that Michael Slater has joined their team as Project Manager. Mick previously spent 4 years with South West Surveys (UK) Ltd. based in Exeter, and prior to that was an officer in Hydrographic Survey with the Royal Navy for 34
New wind turbine control technology being developed at the University of Hull will be top of the agenda at a prestigious two-day workshop next month. Delegates will be given an insight into unique research by Prof. Ron Patton of the Department of Engineering into developing sophisticated Fault Detec
Seacat Services Ltd. is a new company founded by Ian and Nia Baylis who have extensive offshore and class experience.The company has significant investment and support from a Dutch private investor with extensive offshore experience and are now building a fleet of vessels to meet the requirements an
RWE Innogy today celebrates the topping-out ceremony for two buildings on Heligoland. The two new apartment blocks being built near the inland port will accommodate service staff for the operation and maintenance of the Nordsee Ost offshore wind farm in the future. The Nordsee Ost wind farm with an
The Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) South West hosted a visit from ICE President Richard Coackley in Cornwall on 6th and 7th August. The President’s trip included a visit to the Wave Hub Project, an offshore electrical infrastructure system off the North Coast of Cornwall. The aim of the facili
The stage is set for North East England to become a global leader in wind turbine training after Maersk Training Newcastle becomes the UK’s first – and one of only a handful around the world – to be given the go ahead to run courses approved by the Global Wind Organisation (GWO). Maersk Training New
The OE2012 conference which runs parallel to the Offshore Energy exhibition on 23 & 24 October in the Amsterdam RAI features an international faculty of expert speakers. They will offer perspectives on new North Sea oil and gas discoveries, challenging hydrocarbons and future offshore vessel concept
ABS, the leading provider of classification services to the global offshore industry, has provided certification services for the design, fabrication and installation for the first WindFloat facility. The WindFloat Aguçadoura unit is a 2 MW floating wind turbine moored in slightly less than 50 m wat
The Danish knowledge center for the offshore sector, Offshore Center Danmark, has been acknowledged in a very distinguished way for its efforts in helping to create collaboration through networks and for making visible Danish competences in the oil, gas and offshore wind turbine sectors. In its capa
RWE improved its earnings performance in the first half of 2012 compared to the same period in the previous year. While revenue remained almost constant at 27.1 billion Euro, the operating result increased by 9 percent to 3.6 billion Euro and EBITDA also rose by 9 percent to 5 billion Euro. However,
