During recent years, Blue Water Shipping has increased its activities within transport and logistics to the wind industry. With a view to continue the growth and follow the development in this industry, Blue Water has decided to establish a sales and representative office in Hamburg, Germany. “Hambu
As the UK prepares for the future development of the Round Three leases for larger wind farms in deeper waters, the techniques and experience that have been perfected will now need to be adapted to cope with the harsher conditions of working further offshore. The German renewables market has vast ex
Scottish MEP Struan Stevenson’s recent attack on offshore wind energy sector has been categorised as an attack on jobs and investment by the SNP MSP John Wilson, who is the deputy convener of the Economy, Energy and Tourism Committee. Namely, yesterday at a meeting organised by Communities Against T
Critics, who argue that both on and offshore wind energy will remain cost intensive, will be proven wrong. That is the opinion of Andreas Reuter, Director at Fraunhofer Institute for Wind Energy and Energy Systems North-West. The research institute for wind energy and energy system technology is foc
Though SAL will not be an exhibitor at the HUSUM WindEnergy 2012, as a specialist for offshore operations it will attend the fair. Therefore, an appointment with the company’s representatives in Husum can be made. SAL is one of the leading carriers specialized in the world wide transport of heavy li
The Federal Minister of Economics and Technology, Dr. Philipp Rösler yesterday met with representatives of the North German coastal states and the transmission system operators to discuss solutions to the challenges in the development of offshore wind energy. The main questions were about the issue
NOF Energy has teamed up with DeepOcean to host a special Oil, Gas & Offshore Renewables networking event. Taking place on 4 October, 10.30am – 2.00pm at Hardwick Hall Hotel in Sedgefield, County Durham, the networking lunch will feature as a special guest, DeepOcean, an integrated provider of safe,
A new facility that will enable the UK to lead the World in the testing of offshore wind turbine blades has been completed by national contractor Shepherd Construction. The contractor this week handed over the 5,700m² steel frame structure to the National Renewable Energy Centre (Narec) in Blyth, No
After months of public consultation events, yesterday was the last day for giving written feedback to E.ON for the Rampion offshore wind farm project, which will go before planners in October. The company extended the consultation period to allow the public to see the environmental statement. The wi
The European debt crisis; a weak US employment market; declining growth rates in emerging economies such as China and India: prospects for the global economy are not exactly bright at the moment. These are the challenging coordinates for the decision-makers of the maritime industry as they get ready
NOF Energy has teamed up with Forewind to host a special offshore renewables networking event. Taking place on 12 September, 10.30am – 2.00pm at Hardwick Hall Hotel in Sedgefield, County Durham, the networking lunch will feature as a special guest, Forewind, a consortium comprising four leading inte
Bookings for next year’s Seawork (11-13 June) are already coming in thick and fast, with the positive experience of this year’s exhibition and conference motivating exhibitors to book stands in prime locations early. The extended 253 metres of pontoons, providing the opportunity for on-the-water tri
Dawson Energy, part of Great Yarmouth-based 3sun Group which provides specialist products and services to the energy industry, has announced the appointment of Martin Roberts as senior operations manager. In this newly created position at Dawson Energy, which provides skilled teams of technicians fo
Research and Markets has announced John Wiley and Sons Ltd’s new book “Wind Power in Power Systems”. The second edition of the highly acclaimed Wind Power in Power Systems has been thoroughly revised and expanded to reflect the latest challenges associated with increasing wind power penetration leve
