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  • 3sun Group Opens New Office in Westhill (UK)

    13 December 2011
    Business & Finance

    3sun Group, a specialist provider of products and services to the energy industry has announced the opening of a new base in Westhill, near Aberdeen, on the back of a number of key contract wins in the North Sea. The company has recently secured contract wins totalling approximately £7million to carry out major engineering, production, […]

  • Avanti Wind Systems Opens New Factories (Germany)

    12 December 2011

    The world’s leading supplier of Service Lifts, Ladder Systems and other Safety Equipment for wind turbines, Avanti Wind Systems now offers even more sub supplies for the world’s wind turbine industry. Avanti Wind System establishes new factories in USA and China in order to produce Internals for wind turbines. You can say that Internals are […]

  • The Netherlands: Mercon and ALE to Present New Metmast Installation Concept

    28 November 2011
    R&D, Technology

    During the EWEA conference this week in Amsterdam, Mercon and ALE will introduce a new concept for installing offshore mestmasts named EMI, for Eco Metmast Installation. Mercon and ALE have decided to team up to introduce EMI. Willem Griffioen, Managing Director at Mercon feels the two companies are the right combination. “Mercon is a renowned […]

  • MarketPublishers Announces New Report on Global Wind Power Market (Cyprus)

    28 November 2011

      By the end of 2010, the worldwide capacity of wind-powered generators was 166.8 GW. By May 2011, this capacity rose to 204 GW. The total energy production at the end of last year from wind was pegged at 405 TWh. This figure was nearly three percent of the entire electricity usage in the world, […]

  • DeepOcean Group Appoints New CEO (Norway)

    4 January 2012
    Business & Finance

    DeepOcean Group Holding AS (“DeepOcean Group” or “the Company”), an integrated provider of subsea engineering and trenching services, today appointed Bart H. Heijermans as their new CEO effective February 1, 2012. The announcement represents the next step in DeepOcean Group’s development into a leading global subsea services organization following the completion of its recent financial […]

  • Denmark: MT Højgaard Appoints New CEO

    22 May 2012

    MT Højgaard’s Board of Directors has decided to appoint Torben Biilmann as new President and CEO of MT Højgaard. Torben Biilmann comes from a position as CEO in NCC. He will take up his position on the 1st of November 2012. Chairman of the Board, Helge Israelsen, says: “The Board is pleased that Torben Biilmann […]

  • The Netherlands: New Order for Kenz’ 400t Boom Hoist Crane

    8 May 2012

    Kenz Cranes, well-known specialist in offshore cranes and lifting equipment, has secured a new contract with Seajacks to supply a ABS certified new build 400t boom hoist crane onboard the jack-up vessel ‘Leviathan’ to install wind turbines. This crane will replace a 300t Huisman main crane and 100t Liebherr auxiliary crane. Initially, the 400t pedestal […]

  • Germany: SSB Wind Systems Appoints New Vice President

    25 March 2012

    In early March, Frans van der Stel of Emerson Industrial Automation was appointed as Vice President / General Manager of SSB Wind Systems. The company, based in Salt Mountain, is a world leader in advanced electrical pitch systems for wind turbines. Frans van der Stel has appeared in various positions in fields of numerical controls […]

  • Scottish Enterprise’s Adrian Gillespie Welcomes Two New Reports

    13 June 2012

    Scottish Enterprise director of energy and low carbon technologies, Adrian Gillespie, welcomes two new reports published today (13 June) by the industry-led Offshore Wind Cost Reduction Task Force and The Crown Estate which shows the UK is on course to reduce the cost of generating electricity and details of how the reductions can be achieved. […]

  • Germany: Nordic Yards Presents New Vessel

    31 May 2012

    Nordic Yards company has presented a new type of vessel on Thursday at the “Wind & Maritime” conference in Rostock, the Ostsee-zeitung reported. It is “a wind farm construction vessel of the second generation,” said Olaf Wunderlich (49), Deputy Managing Director of Nordic Yards Holding GmbH. So far, the offshore wind turbine parts have been […]

  • UK: CWind Appoints New Non-executive Director

    6 March 2012

    CWind,has appointed experienced business advisor Mike Burrows as a non-executive director to its board to aid its business expansion plans in servicing the construction and maintenance of off-shore wind farms. Mike Burrows, a graduate of St Andrew’s University, spent his career working as a Chartered Accountant. Prior to retiring he was in practice as a […]

  • OWIB Kicks Off Today

    3 September 2014

    OWIB opened this morning in Esbjerg with delegates from all over Europe attending the networking and the conference sessions over the next 2 days. A special focus on the British market is being emphasized by the British Ambassador, Vivien Life, who opened the speaking after the opening of the event by Morten Holmager. The Ambassador […]

  • CWind Expands Its Fleet

    26 August 2014

    CWind, a provider of integrated services to the offshore wind industry, today announced it has launched its new vessel CWind Fulmar in a naming ceremony in Brightlingsea. The CWind Fulmar, built by CTruk Ltd at its Brightlingsea boatyard, is due to join three other CWind vessels on a 3-year O&M contract at West of Duddon […]

  • Photo of the Day: 3sun’s Technician at Work

    26 August 2014
    Operations & Maintenance

    Offshore WIND’s photo of the day: 3sun’s photo of a technician on a wind turbine on a sunny day.  3sun also recently shared on its social media pages that it is recruiting. Vacancies include: Project Manager, QHSE Advisor, and Level 3 Rope Access Technician. The company recently won a contract from MHI Vestas Offshore Wind for […]

  • Deal Signed for 1GW Wave Energy Project in Ghana

    26 August 2014
    Business & Finance, Technology

    On Friday night, Swedish company Seabased and Ghanaian TC Energy signed a contract for the development of a large wave power park in Ghana. Seabased CEO Billy Johansson and TC Energy’s Executive Chairman Anthony Opoku inked the first deal to install a first smaller plant that will be part of agreements giving a total plant of […]

  • Floating Solar to Be Tested in Mediterranean Sea

    20 August 2014
    R&D, Technology

    Kim Trapani, Energy Researcher at MIRARCO in Sudbury, Canada, has been working on the development of a floating solar system, Canadian media writes. The system will be tested next year in the Mediterranean Sea near Malta. It is made of flexible solar panels, so they can be easily bent, which makes them move with the […]

  • Briggs Marine’s Diving Division Awarded ISO Cerifications

    20 August 2014

    Briggs Marine’s Diving Division, which launched in April of this year, has recently been awarded accreditation of ISO 9001, 14001 and OHSAS 18001 by NQA, the UK’s leading assessment, verification and certification body. Alistair Blue, Dive Superintendent said: “Our personnel, equipment and diving plant are already fully compliant with current UK regulations and we are […]

  • Carnegie Selected as Finalist in Australian Technologies Competition

    18 August 2014
    Technology

    Wave energy developer Carnegie Wave Energy Limited (CWE) has been selected as a finalist in the Australian Technologies Competition.  Carnegie announced in May 2014 that it had been selected as a semi-finalist from 228 entries. It has now been informed that it has been selected as one of 3 finalists in the Energy Technologies Award […]

  • Offshore Renewables Opportunity Knocks for Cornwall Businesses

    15 August 2014
    Business & Finance

    The Marine Offshore Renewable sector (MOR) has seen £10’s of millions invested in and around Cornwall over the past few years – Wave Hub, FaB Test, Marine Energy Park in Hayle and the COAST test tank at University of Plymouth, etc. Marine renewable energy (MRE) developers from around the world are being encouraged and incentivised to […]

  • Vessel Damaged after Alliding with Walney OWF Turbine

    15 August 2014

    Liverpool Coastguard is coordinating the recovery of a ship damaged following an allision with a wind turbine pile at Walney Wind Farm, off Barrow-in-Furness. The Liverpool Maritime Rescue Coordination Centre (MRCC) received a call at 9:05 yesterday morning, reporting that the standby safety vessel OMS Pollux had allided with a pile supporting a turbine. The vessel has since been […]

  • PNE WIND’s Working on 13 Offshore Projects

    14 August 2014
    Business & Finance

    The wind farm project developer, PNE WIND AG has published the results for the second quarter and first half year of 2014.   The rate of growth achieved represents an increase over the first three months of the year and was driven with the completion and sale of various wind farm projects. With new permits […]

  • EnBW Extends Hohe See Tender Submission Period

    11 August 2014
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    EnBW today notified that the prequalification process period for the delivery and installation of subsea cables for the company’s Hohe See offshore wind farm has been extended. The contract includes planning, procurement, manufacturing, supply and installation of inter array cables for an offshore wind farm of up to 80 wind turbines with a capacity between […]

  • Blackbird Sets Date for Acquisition of SDE

    8 August 2014
    Business & Finance

    Blackbird International Corporation announced that it has finalized the procedures for the acquisition of SDE Ltd. It had previously released news that it had exchanged a Letter of Intent with SDE Ltd for purposes of a merger. Blackbird shall acquire 100% of the shares of the target company in exchange for restricted stock. The date […]

  • Planning Inspectorate Issues Walney Extension Recommendation

    8 August 2014
    Authorities, Wind Farm Update

    The planning Inspectorate issued a recommendation to the Secretary of State regarding the Walney Extension offshore wind farm project. The Secretary of State has 3 months starting yesterday to issue a decision. Dong Energy plans to develop the 750MW wind energy project located approximately 19km west-southwest from the Isle of Walney. Comprising up to 207 […]

  • VSMC Halves Butendiek OWF Cabling Work

    8 August 2014
    Business & Finance, Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    The cabling work at the Butendiek offshore wind farm is half done, VSMC informed via social media. The company said that 6 strings and 42 cables with a total length of 40km have been installed at the offshore wind farm site in the German Bight some 34 km west of the island Sylt. A total […]

  • ORE Catapult Takes Over Wave & Tidal Knowledge Network from Crown Estate

    7 August 2014
    Authorities, R&D

    Wave and Tidal Knowledge Network has been officially transferred from the Crown Estate to ORE Catapult.  Both parties agreed that ORE Catapult is best placed to continue to grow the content, functionality and value of the website for the industry.  ORE Catapult stated on its website: “We are building a centre of deep technical expertise and […]