Carbon Trust has welcomed the Fjellstrand’s announcement for the construction of six new vessels. Namely, the World Marine Offshore secured the order with the Norwegian shipyard, Fjellstrand for the delivery of six wind farm vessels. Fjellstrand is one of the 13 access companies The Carbon Trust hav
Eastern Training Services Ltd, a specialist provider of technical vocational training to the energy, construction engineering and manufacturing industries, has been acquired by businessman Graham Hacon, owner of Aberdeen and Great Yarmouth-based 3sun Group. Mr Hacon, who has worked in the offshore i
The last foundation for Lincs Offshore Wind Farm off the east coast of England is now in place. MT Højgaard is EPCI contractor for the giant foundations. All 75 offshore wind turbine foundations for the 270 MW Lincs Wind Farm off the east coast of England is now in place. MT Højgaard has designed, p
Navitus Bay Development Limited is offering local businesses the chance to attend a series of free workshops and presentations to provide information on the supply chain for the proposed offshore wind park. The sessions will be open to engineering businesses and marine/port services industries in Do
Moventas, one of the world’s leading wind gear manufacturers, is expanding its up-tower service globally after a successful track record in North America. Up-tower repair significantly lowers wind farm O&M costs, hence making wind power even more competitive than before. Developed by Moventas’ US-ba
Objections by the maritime authorities have blocked the development of the China’s first government-backed offshore wind projects, reports Recharge. Due to the mentioned objections, the offshore wind project developers may need to change their plans. Even though the National Energy Administration (N
Three new board members have been appointed to oversee the operation of Wave Hub, the offshore marine energy project in Cornwall. Bill Russell takes on the role of chairman while Niamh Lamond and Richard Parkinson have been appointed as non-executive Directors. Welcoming the appointments, Business M
Spanish energy company Iberdrola is considering finding a partner for the development of the 1.6 billion euro wind farm in Germany. The Financial Times Deutschland cited Jonathan Cole: “We are looking at various financing options. It is quite possible that we will do the project with a partner.” Thi
The Humber Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP) has become a limited company and relocated to a new office in Hull’s Fruit Market The LEP has moved into the ground floor of 48 Queen Street, the building which is home to the World Trade Centre Hull & Humber. The move was agreed recently by the LEP Boar
The UK Government needs to clear a number of high hurdles if it wants the offshore wind to significantly supply power to the homes in Scotland and the UK in the future, the Scotsman cited Chairman of Campbell Dallas LLP Ian Williams as saying. First of all, the technology which is required to place
Titan Survey has been involved in marine surveys both in the UK and worldwide for over 30 years and is increasingly involved in offshore renewable energy schemes, particularly wind farm projects, where an accurate interrogation of the subsea geology is so crucial to turbine foundation design, as wel
Ocean Power Technologies, Inc. (“OPT” or the “Company”), a leading wave energy technology company, announced the successful completion of extensive factory acceptance testing of the first of its next generation power take-off (“PTO”) units for the Company’s utility-scale PowerBuoy®, the PB150. The P
As the Sussex Express writes, consultation period of eight weeks for the Rampion Offshore Wind Farm has kicked off on Wednesday. The new consultations contain more detailed environmental information about the project. Namely, the E.ON is planning to construct the wind farm 13-23 km off the Sussex co
BlueWaterDanbrit participated at RenewablesUK´s trade exhibition, which was held in London 13-14 June 2012. “Before the exhibition, we attended A2Seas’s golf event as both players and sponsors, and the event was a great start to the exhibition week. In addition to a good round of golf, we had the po
