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  • New Book on Offshore Wind Market (USA)

    16 December 2011

    Things seem awfully quiet in the offshore wind power world at the moment, at least as far as any hint of a firm construction…   by Edward F. Maroney  (barnstablepatriot) [mappress] Source: barnstablepatriot, December 16, 2011

  • Norway: Aibel Opens New Centre for Integrated Operations

    23 February 2012
    Business & Finance

    Aibel has opened a centre for integrated operations at its Stavanger headquarters. Ten Aibel offices in Norway and internationally will from now on collaborate daily with the help of advanced technology. In the new centre, employees from all ten offices can gather for the same videoconference, as demonstrated during the opening of the centre. Furthermore, […]

  • Nexans Welcomes Hubert Porte as New Director (France)

    11 November 2011
    Business & Finance

    The Nexans Combined General Shareholders’ Meeting and the special meeting of the holders of double voting rights, both chaired by Frédéric Vincent, Chairman and CEO, were held in Paris on November 10, 2011. These meetings were called in accordance with Nexans undertakings under the agreement signed with Madeco on March 27, 2011 to strengthen Madeco’s […]

  • New Yorkers Push for Offshore Wind Power (USA)

    22 December 2011

    A broad coalition of New York’s environmental, business, and labor organizations called on state and federal leaders to move forward with…   By Catherine Bowes (nwf) [mappress] Source: nwf, December 22, 2011

  • Narec Awards New Facility Contract to Shepherd Construction (UK)

    18 January 2012

    The National Renewable Energy Centre (Narec) has recently signed a £14.8m contract with Shepherd Construction to deliver a 3,000m² building. A new 100m blade test facility will provide an independent and confidential environment to accelerate the development of new blade designs before they are taken offshore. It will be the largest of its type in […]

  • Aon renewable energy team appoints new broker (USA)

    1 September 2010
    Training & Education

    Aon, the leading insurance broker and risk management firm, has appointed Bruce Grant as a further specialist to its renewable energy team. He starts his role as senior broker on 1st September. This is the second appointment in 2010 to this team, which was established in Spring 2008, underlining Aon’s commitment to this growing sector […]

  • New diesel genset for offshore vessels at SMM exhibition (Germany)

    1 September 2010
    Technology

    At this year’s SMM shipbuilding exhibition from the 7th to the 10th of September, MTU’s exhibits will include a new genset for diesel-electric propulsion and on-board power generation which is specifically designed to meet the needs of supply ships for wind farms or oil and gas rigs. Developed on the basis of the proven and […]

  • Turbine Transfers acquires new vessel (UK)

    27 August 2010
    Operations & Maintenance

    A new 55.7-tonne vessel will be headed to Belgium’s largest offshore wind farm, working for Turbine Transfers. The vessel is powered by twin… (bairdmaritime) [mappress] Source: bairdmaritime, August 27, 2010;

  • Wind energy could hit a new record this year

    30 July 2010
    R&D

    In the first six months of 2010, 118 offshore wind turbines totaling 333 MW were fully grid connected in Europe and overall, 16 offshore…   by Energy Matters (energymatters) [mappress] Source: energymatters, July 30, 2010;

  • New Offshore Strategy From Partnership Megavind (Denmark)

    6 December 2010

    In May 2006, the Danish Government presented a report on promoting environmentally effective technology and established a number of innovative partnerships. The partnerships intend to strengthen public-private cooperation between the state, industry, universities and venture capital to accelerate innovation for a number of green technologies. The partnership for wind energy is called Megavind. Megavind’s vision […]

  • Siemens to Open New Facility in Manchester (UK)

    30 November 2010

    Siemens is to open a new energy facility in Manchester creating nearly 170 jobs, the company has announced. The German engineering giant… (englandsnorthwest) [mappress] Source: englandsnorthwest, November 30, 2010;

  • New Technology For Wind Turbine Blades Boosts Wind Energy

    24 February 2011

    Advanced composites of glass fibre and polyester will be employed by LM Wind Power in the creation of the longest to date wind turbine … (ecocomposites) [mappress] Source: ecocomposites, February 24, 2011

  • DHTC Offers New HUET Training Programmes

    3 September 2014
    Training & Education

    At the end of August 2014, DHTC in Den Helder brought into use a brand new helicopter simulator, the SEFtec Configurable HUET. The new facility will be used to provide compulsory HUET training programmes for people who are transported to and from offshore installations by helicopter. As the simulator used for these training courses is […]

  • The Netherlands: Seacontractors Order 2 New Shoalbusters

    14 May 2013

    On the 2nd of May 2013 in Flushing, the Netherlands Seacontractors signed a contract for two newly built Shoalbusters named the Sea Delta and the Sea Hotel. They are the 2nd and 3rd Damen Shoalbusters of the 2709 type additional to the existing fleet of 6 Damen Shoalbusters. The Sea Delta and the Sea Hotel […]

  • SeaTwirl Developes New VAWT (Sweden)

    20 December 2011

      SeaTwirl has created a vertical axis wind turbine (VAWT) that is both direct-drive and stores energy using seawater. It also uses water as…   ( cleantechnica ) [mappress] Source: cleantechnica, December 20, 2011; Image: seatwirl

  • Ocean Energy Europe Criticises New Climate and Energy Framework

    24 October 2014
    Authorities, Business & Finance

    EU Heads of State today agreed upon a climate and energy framework, which fails to provide industrial leadership for Europe. The framework’s new targets for greenhouse gas emissions, renewable energy and energy efficiency will do little to capitalise on the security, employment and export potential of new sectors such ocean renewable energy. The decision puts […]

  • WindManShip Opens New Dutch Office

    24 October 2014
    Business & Finance

    WindManShip has launched a new office in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Christopher Grock, as the local representative and Business Development Manager for WindManShip in the Netherlands, is currently expanding the capacity with local content around it’s project base. “This establishment is an important step in the development of a business which has partnerships with experts and […]

  • SYH Gets New 75 Tonne Wise Hoist

    3 October 2014
    Technology

    Based on the River Orwell at Levington (near Ipswich), Suffolk Yacht Harbour (SYH) recently invested in a brand new 75 Tonne Wise hoist. Suffolk Yacht Harbour’s Managing Director Jonathan Dyke says; “The new hoist operates in conjunction with our existing 60 tonne hoist; so SYH now offers its clients increased, more flexible and even faster […]

  • RenewableUK Welcomes New Funding for Renewables

    2 October 2014
    Authorities

    RenewableUK says today’s news of additional funding for renewable energy projects will provide a welcome stimulus to wind, wave and tidal projects in the UK. The announcement by the Department of Energy and Climate Change provides an extra £300m for all low-carbon technologies to be supported under the Contracts for Difference (CfD) mechanism. This is […]

  • Survivex Appoints New HR Director

    9 September 2014
    Training & Education

    Survivex, a provider of offshore survival training and safety skills to the global energy industry, promotes Lisa Flint from Human Resource (HR) Manager to HR Director, following a period of significant growth and expansion of the company board. Subsequent to the recent appointment of Andrew Green as CEO, Survivex announces Lisa Flint as HR Director. […]

  • GIB Makes New Appointments

    29 January 2015
    Business & Finance

    The UK Green Investment Bank (GIB) appointed Peter Knott as Chief Financial Officer earlier this week. Knott was a Chief Risk Officer at GIB before assuming his new role. Chairman of the UK Green Investment Bank, Lord Smith of Kelvin said: “Now we have moved beyond the start-up phase it is important that we build the […]

  • New Offshore Wind Market Report

    2 April 2014

    Research and Markets announced a new “World Offshore Wind Market – Forecast to 2022” report. Now in its fifth edition, the new World Offshore Wind Market Forecast provides a ten year view of the sector through to 2022. The last five years saw global capital expenditure increase significantly, however this report predicts that over the […]

  • MCT Names New CEO

    25 March 2014

    Siemens-owned Marine Current Turbines Ltd (MCT) appointed Sven Stoye as new Chief Executive Officer, as of 1st March 2014. Sven has over 15 years of experience in the energy sector and joins MCT from Siemens Power Generation division where he was Vice President for Engineering for all disciplines involved in the engineering, procurement and construction […]

  • 3sun Group Names New Chairman

    20 March 2014
    Business & Finance

    3sun Group, a specialist provider of products and services to the global energy industry, has appointed Les Dawson OBE as Chairman of the Board of Directors. Operating in the oil and gas and wind sectors both onshore and offshore, 3sun Group is an established supplier of control panels for offshore oil and gas subsea and […]

  • Forewind Gets New General Manager

    2 May 2014

    Forewind has appointed Tarald Gjerde as its new General Manager and as Project Director of the Dogger Bank Zone.  Mr Gjerde comes to the role from within the Forewind consortium where he has been Head of Business Development for the past 18 months, seconded from owner company Statoil. He follows Dr Lee Clarke who leaves […]

  • Iberdrola to Design New OW Substation

    24 January 2014

    In collaboration with a group of Basque companies, IBERDROLA INGENIERÍA has just launched the Marin-El R&D project with the goal of designing a new marine substation for offshore wind farms in order to expedite installation and significantly reduce costs. The initiative has been allocated a €10 million budget and is supported by the Basque government. […]