Companies hoping to win contracts in the GBP 25 billion UK offshore wind farm investment must be innovative and cut their costs to be part of it, over 250 supply chain representatives heard during an event to celebrate Offshore Wind Week held in Lowestoft. Businesses supplying services, products and
Mojo Maritime has added a new feature to its marine operations planning and weather risk analysis tool, Mermaid, allowing it to address technical breakdown on marine operations. Mojo Maritime, a subsidiary of James Fisher and Sons, says that Mermaid now allows the modelling of the breakdown of criti
Germany’s EMS Maritime Offshore GmbH (EMO) and Veja Mate Offshore Project GmbH signed a contract for guarding the offshore wind farm with its fleet of guard vessel. Starting in January 2016, the vessel provided by EMO will evaluate if any risk of collision or unauthorised entrance from non project-r
Turbine maintenance specialist GEV Wind Power has completed the first set of onshore trials for its in-house developed blade maintenance Habitat. The Habitat was installed on Power Climber and Kaeufer access platforms in varying weather conditions and ranging between 30 metres and 100 metres high, w
Norwegian shipbuilder Umoe Mandal placed the new WaveCraft Surface Effect Ship Umoe Firmus into the water for the first time on 16 November 2015, keeping the vessel on schedule to arrive in the UK in mid-January 2016. Umoe Firmus is to be operated by Tidal Transit Limited, which has an initial chart
Fred. Olsen Windcarrier has developed a new operations and maintenance (O&M) platform, called the Windbase, which includes an accommodation module, a full service base and a fully operational offshore heliport, removing the requirement for an onshore quayside facility. The company’s UK General Manag
ScottishPower Renewables has agreed on a GBP 25 million, thirty-year deal with the Port of Lowestoft to act as a construction and operations hub for the East Anglia ONE offshore wind farm. Following discussions with Associated British Ports, ScottishPower Renewables will utilise the Port of Lowestof
Dr Lars Landberg, a meteorologist at DNV GL, has launched a book titled ”Meteorology for Wind Energy: An Introduction” at this year’s European Wind Energy conference in Paris, aimed at helping non-meteorologists understand the critical concepts that underpin wind energy technology and project succes
Today’s speech by the UK Energy Secretary Amber Rudd which has set out the Government’s future direction for energy policy has given offshore wind developers confidence to make further investments in the British economy, according to RenewableUK’s Deputy Chief Executive Maf Smith. According to Smith
The UK Government will secure funding for three offshore wind auctions by 2020 under the condition that the industry further cuts down the costs. This was announced by the UK Energy and Climate Change Secretary Amber Rudd, who revealed a new direction for UK energy policy today, setting out her poli
Denmark-based offshore wind power developer DONG Energy plans to invest GBP 6 billion in the Humber region over the period of 2013 – 2019, according to a new report released during the UK’s first Offshore Wind Week. The report titled Impact of DONG Energy Investments in the Humber Area shows that ov
The UK government has announced plans to close all unabated coal-fired power stations by 2025 and restrict their use by 2023. The government will consult early next year on when to close all unabated coal-fired power stations. Announcing the decision ahead of a speech which will set out a new direct
A growing number of UK companies are getting involved in the development, construction and operation of offshore wind farms in British waters, with 43% of the expenditure incurred in planning, building and running offshore projects already going to local companies, according to a new report issued d
Belgium-based High Wind has announced that GeoSea’s new jack-up vessel Apollo will be prepared for the Boom Lock system which allows an offshore crane to install wind turbine components at high wind speeds. High Wind will manage all elements of the design and engineering in cooperation with GeoSea,
