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  • E.ON Benefits from Offshore Wind Development

    12 August 2015
    Business & Finance

    The German energy company, E.ON, has posted half-year EBITDA of €4.3 billion, 13 per cent lower than the same period last year, and underlying net income dropped 21 per cent year-on-year to €1.2 billion. The reduction in EBITDA is primarily attributable to a further decline in wholesale electricity prices, lower oil prices, and a weak […]

  • Offshore Modular Blade Arrives at ORE Catapult

    12 August 2015
    R&D, Technology

    Blade Dynamics’ prototype ‘D78’ blade has arrived at the Offshore Renewable Energy Catapult’s test, demonstration and research centre in Blyth, Northumberland, ahead of a planned six month testing programme. The blade has been designed and manufactured in both the UK and USA and made its way, from the NASA Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans, to […]

  • Vattenfall Opens Refurbished Ramsgate Office

    11 August 2015
    Authorities

    MP Craig Mackinlay opened Vattenfall’s newly refurbished site office in Ramsgate on Wednesday in front of staff and contractors. “Our Operations and Maintenance building is now officially up and running having been refurbished and extended to accommodate more staff.  The facilities have also been upgraded with a new drying room for wet gear and auditorium for staff […]

  • Last Turbine Up at Kentish Flats Extension

    10 August 2015

    Vattenfall has completed the installation of the final turbine at the Kentish Flats Extension offshore wind farm site. Turbine installation was completed on schedule by GeoSea’s jack up vessel ‘Neptune’ which is now leaving the construction site. “Although a relatively small offshore project, we have to work within a small window and do not have […]

  • IMCA Publishes Renewables Contracting Principles

    10 August 2015

    International Marine Contractors Association (IMCA) has published Renewables Contracting Principles, along with a variety of guides, templates and discussion documents aimed at raising awareness on contracting issues and providing tools that may be useful for its contractor members, their clients and sub-contractors. The new document from IMCA focuses on the differing issues concerned renewables. Based on the […]

  • HiDef’s Wildlife Surveys Backed Dogger Bank Approval

    6 August 2015
    Environment, R&D

    Wildlife surveys by HiDef Aerial Surveying played a crucial role in yesterday’s granting of permission to build the UK’s largest offshore wind farm almost 100 miles into the North Sea, the survey company said. HiDef began extensive aerial surveying of marine mammals and birds across almost 3,500 square miles of the Dogger Bank in 2009. During […]

  • Dogger Bank Teesside A & B Greenlighted

    5 August 2015
    Authorities, Wind Farm Update

    The UK Government gave the planning consent today for construction of Dogger Bank Teesside A and B offshore wind project. The project will include up to 400 wind turbines in total, across two offshore wind generating stations, each with an installed capacity of up to 1.2 GW. With the onshore elements of the development to be […]

  • Prysmian to Supply Belwind 2 Inter-Array Cables

    5 August 2015
    Business & Finance

    Prysmian Group has been awarded contracts by Nobelwind NV, an offshore wind farm developer, to supply wind turbine inter-array cables for the Bligh Bank 2 (Belwind 2) offshore wind farm, located off the coast of Zeebrugge in Belgium. Prysmian is responsible for the design, manufacture and supply of the 33 kV submarine cables with various […]

  • Atkins, MODEC and Ulstein Win Hywind Installation Challenge

    4 August 2015
    R&D

    Atkins, MODEC and Ulstein have been named as winners of Statoil’s most recent innovation campaign, the Hywind Installation Challenge. The chosen designs are now undergoing further study to help mature the winning concepts. The Innovation Challenge campaign looked to others within the energy sector to make the Hywind concept available in more markets around the world. […]

  • France Calls for Floating Wind Demonstration Project Proposals

    4 August 2015
    Authorities, Business & Finance, R&D, Technology

    French Environment and Energy Management Agency (ADEME) has issued a call for proposals for floating offshore wind, wave and tidal projects. ADEME aims to fund demonstration projects and testing of technological components of renewable energy systems. The call comprises three parts: – Implementation of innovative demonstration units for tidal and wave power sector. Unit demonstrator projects include demonstration of a […]

  • Senvion Takes Second Place in Germany

    31 July 2015

    Senvion installed wind turbines with a total capacity of over 285 megawatts (MW) in the first six months of the calendar year 2015 in Germany. With the installation of exactly 100 turbines in the period from January 2015 to June 2015, Senvion is the second largest manufacturer of wind turbines in Germany for the first […]

  • Navitus Bay Selects Siemens, VBMS for Transmission

    31 July 2015
    Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    Siemens Energy Management and VBMS (UK) Ltd have been selected by the proposed Navitus Bay wind farm as the preferred electrical transmission system supplier. The two companies will come together to form a joint venture to deliver the project and will aim to use UK supply chain partners to maximise the economic benefit to the region […]

  • JBA to Undertake Tidal Lagoon Flood Risk Work

    31 July 2015
    Environment

    Tidal Lagoon Power has appointed JBA Consulting to undertake flood risk assessment work in relation to their Tidal Lagoon Cardiff project. With the second highest tidal range in the world, the Severn Estuary is the focus of Tidal Lagoon Power’s first two developments at Swansea Bay and Cardiff. The proposed lagoon, between Cardiff and Newport, […]

  • CWind Polishes Butendiek OWF Foundations

    29 July 2015
    Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    CWind is providing corrosion protection services to Ballast Nedam at Butendiek Offshore Wind Farm (OWF). The service, which extends to all WTG foundations, commenced in May and is expected to complete in August. Butendiek OWF, located 35 nautical miles west of the island of Sylt in the North Sea, comprises 80 turbines with 3.6 MW […]

  • Atlas Secures North Sea Deal with TenneT

    29 July 2015

    Atlas Professionals has been chosen as the 1st tier supplier for Dutch-German transmission system operator TenneT for the supply of senior personnel to the North Sea. The contract will allow for Atlas’ senior personnel such as Client Representatives to oversee operations of some of TenneT’s Offshore Projects including the various stages of BorWin, DolWin, HelWin […]

  • Damen Launches Second DOC 8500

    24 July 2015
    Vessels

    Thursday 23 July saw senior representatives of Maersk Supply Service, DeepOcean UK and the Damen Shipyards Group gather at Damen Shipyards Galati, Romania to witness the launching of subsea support vessel Maersk Connector. The vessel is owned and operated by Maersk Supply Service and is built to contract for a seven year charter agreement with […]

  • Subsea Vision Acquires Forth Cougar to Deal with UXO

    23 July 2015
    Technology

    Subsea Vision has added a forth Saab Seaeye Cougar XT to its fleet. The 2000 metre-rated Cougar is to assist in unexploded ordnance (UXO) disposal. The ROV is used to locate and identify UXOs, which can include excavating the seabed to see the objects more clearly. The Cougar then lays a charge alongside the UXO, ready […]

  • Ampelmann Names New CEO

    1 April 2015
    Business & Finance

    Ampelmann, a specialist in motion compensated access solutions, today announced that the Supervisory Board has appointed Jim Craig as Chief Executive Officer effective immediately. The industry expertise of Jim Craig will ensure the further successful development of the company. Mr. Craig brings more than 25 years of energy industry experience to this new role, having […]

  • Stril Explorer to Remove FLIDAR Moorings at Gwynt y Môr

    31 March 2015
    Wind Farm Update

    Multi purpose support vessel, Stril Explorer, is set to arrive at Gwynt y Môr wind farm over the Easter weekend. The vessel is scheduled to undertake the removal of the 3 FLIDAR moorings on the seabed used as part of Carbon Trust’s Offshore Wind Accelerator (OWA) programme. Since September 2012, Carbon Trust has conducted trials […]

  • Baker to Keep an Eye On Mammals at Gode Wind

    31 March 2015
    Environment

    GeoSea has contracted Baker Consultants Marine to provide underwater noise and marine mammal monitoring and mitigation during the construction phase of the Gode Wind 1 and 2 offshore wind farms. GeoSea will undertake the foundation installation work for this DONG Energy project, which will see 97 Siemens wind turbines with a total capacity of 582 […]

  • Danish Yachts Launches 27m Cat-SWATH

    30 March 2015
    Technology, Vessels

    Danish Yachts A/S  have launched a new 27m Cat-SWATH crew transfer vessel at EWEA Offshore 2015. In 2013, the Skagen based shipyard at the northern most tip of Denmark delivered four revolutionary all-carbon-fibre 24m Cat-SWATH vessels to its client ‘Odfjell Wind’, which are currently operated by A2SEA in multiple locations. A further ‘second generation’ 24m Cat-SWATH was delivered in 2014 […]

  • Scottish Marine Plan to Make Offshore Renewables’ Life Easier

    27 March 2015
    Authorities

    Scotland’s first ever National Marine Plan was published today by Rural Affairs Secretary Richard Lochhead. The plan sets out a single statutory planning framework for all marine activity in Scottish waters. This will include policies for the sustainable management of a wide range of marine industries, including those which are long established such as fishing and […]

  • ILG to Provide Nordsee Ost Foundation Steel

    27 March 2015
    Business & Finance

    Following AMBAU’s announcement about winning a Nordsee Ost job, the company awarded Ilsenburger Grobblech GmbH (ILG), a subsidiary of Salzgitter AG, a contract for the delivery of around 47,900 tons of plate for monopiles and transition pieces for the “Nordsee One” offshore wind project. ILG will be delivering the plate to AMBAU’s production just in time in Bremen […]

  • Seabased Launches Its First Wave Energy Park

    27 March 2015
    Technology

    Seabased Industry AB in cooperation with Fortum and the Swedish Energy Agency is developing its first wave power park, northwest of Smögen on the Swedish West coast. The first phase of the wave power park was deployed during the week commencing 23rd March 2015 and comprises 36 wave energy convertors and one substation. The deployment […]

  • FB Suppliers Eyes Local Jobs

    26 March 2015

    The Danish Energy Agency has just launched the bidding process for possible locations for new offshore wind farms close to the shore. One of these wind farms is Smaalandsfarvandets Offshore Wind Farm. If Smaalandsfarvandets Offshore Wind Farm is chosen, it will create many new possibilities for local companies on Lolland and Falster. Therefore, the FB […]

  • Centa Launches New Testing Coupling

    25 March 2015

    Mechanical power transmissions experts, Centa Transmissions, has launched a new flexible coupling specifically designed for testing within systems before they are installed or constructed. ‘CENTAWAVE’ is a torsionally stiff and homokinetic link coupling that facilitates for angular misalignments of up to 12 degrees and torques from three to 20,000 kNm. “CENTAWAVE will primarily be used to […]