The battle for the high seas continues in the United Kingdom. by Lauren Craig (earthtechling) [mappress] Source: earthtechling, November 21, 2011
TAG Energy Solutions, the North East England-based project management and construction company, will be exhibiting at EWEA Offshore 2011 for the first time following the completion of its £20million tubular foundation manufacturing facility for the offshore renewables sector (Stand 9328). CEO Alex D
Seajacks will once again be part of the world’s largest Offshore Wind event, Exhibiting with over 460 other companies from across the Offshore Wind industry, there is expected to be over 7,500 participants over the 3 day conference. This internationally offshore wind energy event is set to be the bi
Vattenfall has appointed Peter Wesslau as the new Country Manager for Vattenfall’s UK operations. Peter Wesslau is on the management team of Business Division Renewables and will be based in London. Vattenfall will now further boost its investments in wind power. Vattenfall will further increase its
The City of Hamilton has placed its support behind the Lake Ontario Offshore Network (LOON), a consortium of Lake Ontario based organizations formed last week to encourage and facilitate the development of offshore wind power in Ontario. At its meeting on Wednesday, the City of Hamilton passed a Cou
The National Press Club Newsmakers Committee will host a Newsmaker forum on the growing importance of offshore wind and the tools and infrastructure necessary to get it to consumers in the club’s Zenger Room at 3 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 30, in the National Press Building, 529 14th St. NW, Washington, D
The BTC Business Technology Consulting AG (BTC) and WINDEA Offshore GmbH & Co. KG (WINDEA) are willing to work together for an extensive planning and coordination tool for the offshore windenergy sector. The WINDEA with its domicile in Hamburg is currently working on a coordination tool for its serv
SHETLAND could produce many hundreds of megawatts from marine renewables by 2030 thanks to the foresight and enthusiasm displayed by… (shetnews) [mappress] Source: shetnews, November 18, 2011; Image: vattenfall
A constructive meeting with the representatives from the Marine Management Organisation was held in the NFFO offices recently to discuss the arrival of marine spatial planning and in particular, the first two draft marine plans. These will be for the East Coast Inshore and the East Coast Offshore. M
Osiris Projects will be exhibiting at the Science, Technology & Engineering Placements and Graduate Recruitment Fair at Plymouth University next week. If you are attending and interesting in pursuing a career in hydrographic survey, you can visit them on the 23rd November. More information about the
Offshore wind energy projects in Europe will see a three-fold jump in investments over the next decade despite economic turmoil, backers say (upi) [mappress] Source: upi, November 18, 2011
Karlsruhe based publicly traded electric utilities company, EnBW, is looking for contractor for monitoring during the construction of offshore wind farms ‘EnBW Baltic 2’, including all necessary logistical and technical services. The scope of investigations are related to sediment and habitat struct
Viewing that Taiwan is suitable for developing offshore power in the Taiwan Strait, Germany-based Siemens has cooperated with four Taiwan… (digitimes) [mappress] Source: digitimes, November 18, 2011; Image: siemens
South Boats Special Projects Ltd. announces the launch and commissioning of its 47th offshore wind farm crew transfer vessel, ‘Porth Wen’. The vessel is a South Catamaran 16m and is the third of a five boat order from Turbine Transfers Ltd. for the 16m to be delivered. This vessel compliments the ei
