LOC Group has appointed Dr R V Ahilan as the Director of the Group’s Renewables Advisory & Energy Technology unit. Ahilan joins LOC from DNV GL, where he was executive vice president of the Renewables Advisory Division. LOC said the new appointment will drive its ambitions to increase its scope in t
Specialist Marine Consultants Ltd (SMC) have been appointed to provide Client Representatives for the installation of monopiles and transition pieces at the Veja Mate offshore wind farm. SMC are also providing Marine Coordinators during the project’s construction phase. The Veja Mate offshore wind f
Norfolk Marine, a Specialist Marine Contractor operating vessels, dive teams and Inspection class ROVs, and high resolution hydrographic and geophysical survey company Geomara, have signed a cooperation agreement. The companies said they will work together to provide an extensive range of interrelat
Steel River Consultants (SRC) has been awarded a contract for the provision of safety management services to the Rampion offshore wind farm project. SRC, which already provided support to E.ON’s Humber Gateway project, will provide CDM advisors and safety managers during the construction of the wind
The UK Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) today released its December 2015 energy statistics that allow a provisional assessment to be made of trends in energy production and consumption in 2015. Low carbon energy production rose by 13.8%, with growth due to increased nuclear availabilit
James Fisher and Sons plc has been awarded a contract by Galloper Wind Farm Limited (GWFL) for the 336MW offshore wind farm, located some 27km off the coast of Suffolk, UK. Under the contract, worth in excess of £25 million, James Fisher will be responsible for marine services and support during the
Scottish Minister for Energy, Fergus Ewing, visited Floating Power Plant’s (FPP) stand at the International Conference on Ocean Energy (ICOE), taking place from 23 to 25 February in Edinburgh. Minister Ewing learned more about the technology, the challenges and FPP’s plans for developments in the UK
The Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult has launched an interactive digital portal to support the development of the UK’s developing marine energy supply chain and facilitate better engagement between buyers and sellers. The Marine Energy Supply Chain Gateway (MESCG), supported by funding from
FoundOcean expects to begin operations on the Dudgeon offshore wind farm during spring of this year. The company, which teamed up with BASF in 2014 to provide offshore grouting by using MasterFlow 9500 material, has been appointed by Seaway Heavy Lifting to connect transition pieces (TPs) to the mon
Bladt Industries upended the first transition piece for the Veja Mate offshore wind farm, weighing 293.5 tonnes. As announced last summer, a joint venture between Bladt industries and EEW SPC won the contract for building foundations for the Veja Mate Offshore Wind Farm. Bladt’s scope in the project
VIDEO: Bilfinger Getting Busy at Sandbank The last of the 72 foundations for the 288MW Sandbank offshore wind farm was installed last Friday with the help of Bilfinger Marine & Offshore Systems, the company which was in charge of transporting and installing the monopile foundations and transition pi
The Civil Engineering Contractors Association (CECA) today said that unless the Government adopts a sea-change in its approach to the renewables sector, the industry will “fall off a cliff”, costing jobs and growth, particularly in Scotland. In its response to the Scottish Affairs Committee’s inquir
More than 100 people have expressed their gratitude to the New York City’s Mayor Bill de Blasio for his plan to power 100% of City government operations with renewable energy, and urged him to include offshore wind as a cornerstone of that plan. New Yorkers gathered on 18 February in front of the Ci
UK consumers could save more than £2 billion if the Government’s planned renewable energy auctions are opened up to include a wider mix of technologies, according to a report published by Drax on 16 February. Drax, an electricity production and sales company also focused on biomass, informed that it
