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  • Proserv Renewables Settles at OrbisEnergy

    3 October 2018
    Business & Finance

    Proserv has set up an office at the OrbisEnergy hub in Lowestoft, UK, for its renewables division.

  • Report: Offshore Wind a Golden Ticket for UK East Coast Ports

    8 August 2016
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    The offshore wind sector has an enormous potential to accelerate economic growth on the east coast of Britain, according to a strategic review of the UK’s east coast port facilities carried out by BVG Associates for the Offshore Wind Industry Council.  The report, Strategic review of UK east coast staging and construction facilities,  has found that the UK’s east […]

  • Van Oord Wins Balance of Plant Contract for Teesside Offshore Wind Farm (UK)

    30 August 2011
    Operations & Maintenance

      EDF Energy Renewables awarded the Balance of Plant contract for the Teesside offshore wind farm to Van Oord. The execution offshore for the Van Oord activities will start mid January 2012 and are scheduled for completion in November 2012. The wind farm is located at its closest point 1.5 km off the shore of […]

  • Windcat Workboats Launches Its Latest Vessel

    15 September 2015
    Vessels

    Windcat Workboats has launched its latest vessel for the growing renewable energy industry at ABP’s Port of Lowestoft. The vessel, ‘Windcat 38,’ is the first to be launched following the signing of a long term lease agreement between ABP and Windcat Workboats for their new marine engineering facility in the port. Windcat Workboats owns and […]

  • UK: East of England Urged to Grab Its Energy Opportunities

    5 March 2012

    More than 320 delegates attended the biggest ever conference staged by EEEGR (the East of England Energy Group) but it was the scale of the challenges and the potential of the multibillion pounds opportunities for the region which engaged them most. They were urged to make sure the East of England took its chance to […]

  • Fred. Olsen Ocean Targets Farshore Wind Farms with Heliport Concept

    8 June 2016
    Operations & Maintenance, R&D, Technology

    Fred. Olsen Ocean has introduced a standalone offshore heliport concept expected to enable the offshore wind industry to integrate helicopter use into the operations and maintenance of its next generation of farshore wind farms. Fred. Olsen Windcarrier’s UK General Manager David Matthews has said that unlike the oil & gas sector, the offshore wind industry has until […]

  • Crown Estate Hails Offshore Wind News

    26 February 2015
    Authorities

    Following today’s news about the award of Contracts for Difference (CfDs) by the UK Government and release of the Cost Reduction Monitoring Framework (CRMF) report, The Crown Estate commented on these two big news for the offshore wind industry in the UK. Huub den Rooijen, our Head of Offshore Wind, said: “With over 4GW in operation, […]

  • Skills for Energy Conference: Recruiting Women Could Help Overcome Skills Shortage (UK)

    9 July 2013

    Shortage of skills is the biggest challenge facing the energy industry and a Norwich conference heard that recruiting more women could help resolve the problem. The need to develop more expertise to cope with growing demand for engineers in the East of England was a constant theme throughout the People: Powering The Future conference held […]

  • OrbisEnergy Encourages Companies to Use Its Facilities

    11 February 2014
    Business & Finance

    A new initiative is under way to encourage businesses to make even greater use of the OrbisEnergy centre in Lowestoft. After marking the fifth anniversary of the five-storey landmark centre, there is a drive to attract a more diverse range of clients to sample its conference and event facilities. The centre is widely recognised as […]

  • UK Government Promises Support for East of England’s Energy Industry

    14 May 2014
    Authorities, Business & Finance

    A 200-strong delegation from EEEGR (the East of England Energy Group) was promised Government support and recognition for the region’s energy industry, at a House of Commons reception held yesterday. Business Secretary Vince Cable said there was a determination that a higher portion of the billions of pounds to be invested by international companies in […]

  • Innogy Unbridles Galloper

    28 September 2018
    Wind Farm Update

    Innogy SE officially inaugurated the Galloper offshore wind farm in the UK today, 28 September.

  • SCORE Funds Marine Power Systems’ WaveSub

    21 August 2014
    Business & Finance, R&D, Technology

    Grant programme, Supply Chain innovation for Offshore Renewable Energy (SCORE), has announced Marine Power Systems’ WaveSub as the latest innovation to receive funding. Marine Power Systems was founded with the sole purpose of developing and bringing to market the novel, patent protected wave energy converter ‘WaveSub’. The award winning WaveSub has four key USPs which […]

  • Reynolds: Vattenfall’s New OWFs Big Boost for Norfolk Economy

    15 March 2016
    Business & Finance

    Vattenfall’s announcement that it wants to work closely with Norfolk (UK) businesses in the development of its huge wind farms off the county’s coast has been welcomed by Johnathan Reynolds, business development lead at the renewables hub OrbisEnergy. In the announcement, Ruari Lean, Vattenfall’s project manager for Norfolk Vanguard, said his company wanted to work with […]

  • East of England Takes Important Role in Global Energy Industry

    8 July 2014

    New figures revealed at the EEEG2014 Conference in Norwich underlined the ever-increasing significance of the East of England region’s role in the global energy industry. Johnathan Reynolds, director of Nautilus Associates, said the region was unique in having every source of energy available, apart from hydro. “As well as being at the hub of the […]

  • Highlights of the Month: June 2015

    1 July 2015

    Turbine Blade Breaks at Nordsee Ost Just over a month after it was inaugurated, German 295MW Nordsee Ost wind farm encountered a problem. Siemens Nets Massive Offshore Wind Turbine Deal ScottishPower Renewables has selected Siemens as its preferred turbine supplier for the East Anglia ONE offshore wind farm. USA: Icebreaker OW Project to Use Mono […]

  • Offshore Renewables Attract Another Company to OrbisEnergy

    3 August 2015
    Business & Finance, Technology

    Multiseis Programmes Ltd, a Lowestoft-based company that develops software for the marine seismic industry, has expanded and moved its main UK operations to coastal renewables hub OrbisEnergy.  Its four full time UK staff will work in OrbisEnergy, while its three part-time administration staff will remain in its original Lowestoft office. Multiseis’ Norwegian sister company employs […]

  • Gardline Mobilises New Survey Vessel in Lowestoft (UK)

    14 April 2011
    Technology

    MV Ivero, the latest edition to the Gardline vessel fleet, has recently been mobilised in Lowestoft, ready to commence a geophysical survey for a wind farm development, offshore Germany. This follows on from a significant benthic sampling campaign over a large wind farm development site, offshore of East Anglia. The vessel has been extensively upgraded […]

  • OrbisEnergy Hosts RenewableUK’s Offshore Wind Event

    25 March 2013

    Almost 200 senior figures from across the UK’s offshore wind industry descended upon Suffolk last week to debate the future of managing operational wind projects. Delegates assembled to hear what lessons can be learnt from pioneering wind farm operators off the East of England coast, and the sharing of experiences and thoughts from past and […]

  • HB Rentals Wraps Up Three OW Jobs

    21 May 2014
    Jobs & Recruitment

    Offshore accommodation and workspace specialist HB Rentals has completed a number of contracts for on-going work in some of Europe’s most prominent wind farm developments. The three contracts, which have a combined value of over £2million, has seen the company successfully provide temporary living quarter complex solutions for operations in the Prinses Amalia Windpark, located […]

  • UK: Success for East of England Energy Zone

    17 September 2012

    A programme, created to cultivate and promote the energy sector across the eastern region, is building momentum towards its ultimate goal of attracting £31 billion of investment to the region over the next 8 years following a string of financial successes across regionally based energy businesses. The East of England Energy Zone was launched back […]

  • All-Energy 2015: Four Weeks to Go

    8 April 2015

    In four weeks’ time All-Energy 2015 will open in its new home, Glasgow’s SECC, with the expectation that up to 7,000 people will visit the exhibitionthe two days (Wednesday 6 – Thursday 7 May). The event gathered some 450 exhibitors from nearly 20 countries while over 440 speakers confirmed to speak in lively debates, discussions […]

  • Power Cluster Project Concludes After Three Years (Germany)

    7 September 2011

    The POWER (Pushing Offshore Wind Energy Regions) cluster is a 3 year €4,998,942 project which aims to help develop the offshore wind industry in the North Sea region of Europe. It involves 18 partners from six European countries – Germany, the UK, Denmark, the Netherlands, Norway and Sweden. The POWER Cluster project has recently concluded […]

  • Germany: HANNOVER MESSE 2013 Ends

    14 April 2013

    HANNOVER MESSE 2013 drew to a successful close on Friday. “Over the past several days, the world’s leading trade fair for industrial technology has underscored its role as a key driver of the fourth industrial revolution,” commented Dr. Jochen Köckler, member of the Managing Board at Deutsche Messe AG. “Exhibitors and visitors alike have given […]

  • Harwich Eyes to Become New Innovation Hub

    19 December 2013
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

    Essex County Council, together with Tendring District Council, have set out their vision for Harwich to be an innovation and incubation hub for the offshore renewable energy sector, attracting dynamic businesses to the area and creating new employment opportunities. The councils have commissioned energy industry consultancy Nautilus Associates to undertake the first stage feasibility study […]

  • TenneT Presents ‘Hub and Spoke’ Offshore Wind Concept (VIDEO)

    10 June 2016
    R&D

    TenneT has presented a ‘hub and spoke’ concept to set up a large European offshore electricity system that incorporates building of an island in the middle of the North Sea. Numerous wind farms can be connected to the artificial island – a total capacity of over 30 GW can be connected on an island of roughly 6 km² – from […]

  • UK: EEEGR Appoints New Chief

    17 May 2012

    Simon Gray, currently chief executive of Wells Community Hospital, is to be the new ‘face’ of EEEGR, the East of England Energy Group. Mr Gray takes over as chief executive from EEEGR founder John Best who stepped down earlier this year. A former chief executive of the East Anglian Air Ambulance and having held senior […]