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  • East of England Businesses Invited to Explore German Offshore Wind Opportunities

    24 October 2016
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, R&D, Technology, Training & Education, Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    East of England companies looking at investing and expanding into the German offshore wind market can meet experts from Germany Trade and Invest at a ”Doing Business in Germany” event which will be held at OrbisEnergy in Lowestoft on 3 November. Germany Trade and Invest has partnered with OrbisEnergy to help establish itself as a partner for […]

  • Red7Marine Offshore Appoints Its First CEO

    4 November 2014
    Business & Finance

    Company operating in the offshore energy sector, Red7Marine Offshore, has appointed its first chief executive. Martin Myhill Sisley joins the UK’s leading independent air diving provider as its new specialist vessel, Red7 Alliance, arrived at its Great Yarmouth base. The vessel – part of the company’s £25m investment in equipment this year – sailed into […]

  • Ordtek Launches Mine Map for UK EEZ

    14 March 2016
    Business & Finance, R&D, Technology

    Suffolk-based unexploded ordnance (UXO) specialist Ordtek has introduced an online map designed to aid the developers of offshore energy projects to determine the location of unexploded mines and bombs around the UK coastline. The Mine Map shares data about areas mined by the British and Germans during the wars, plus UXO from military armament training and […]

  • Triton Knoll Has Eyes on CfD Prize

    10 November 2016
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    The developers of the 900MW Triton Knoll offshore wind farm have welcomed the UK government’s confirmation that the next Contracts for Difference (CfD) auction will open in April 2017, adding that the project is well prepared to submit a bid into the next auction and is in an excellent position to compete for a share of […]

  • DeepOcean Uses Osbit Kit for Inter-Array Cable Installation

    25 October 2016
    Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    A quadrant handling system designed and built by Osbit for offshore contractor DeepOcean has successfully completed its first inter array cable installation job at an unnamed offshore wind farm off England’s east coast. Although Osbit did not reveal the name of the wind farm at which Maersk Recorder used the quadrant handling system, it is highly […]

  • UK: Scira Recruits for Sheringham Shoal Offshore Wind Farm

    22 January 2013
    Business & Finance, Training & Education

    Now that the transition from construction to operation of the Sheringham Shoal Wind Farm has been successfully achieved, Scira Offshore Energy is seeking to expand its maintenance team. Advertisements for a Trainee Mechanical Engineer appeared in the local media on 21 January 2013. HR & Communications Manager Liz Hancock says: “We are looking for graduates […]

  • Low Emission CTV Starts Servicing Equinor’s UK Offshore Wind Farms

    21 October 2022
    Contracts & Tenders, Vessels

    Norway-headquartered Equinor has chartered Seacat Columbia, a new BARTech 30 crew transfer vessel (CTV), from Seacat Services, for operations at its Sheringham Shoal and Dudgeon wind farms offshore Norfolk, England. The charter will cover service at the 317 MW Sheringham Shoal and the 402 MW Dudgeon offshore wind farms, both operated by Equinor from its […]

  • Reef Subsea Wins Contract for Lincs Offshore Wind Farm, UK

    20 September 2012
    Business & Finance, Grid Connection

    Reef Subsea today announced that its subsidiary company, Reef Subsea Power & Umbilical Ltd., with offices in Stockton on Tees and Aberdeen, has been awarded a contract with Lincs Offshore Wind Limited, a joint venture between UK energy company Centrica, DONG Energy and Siemens Projects Ventures. The contract will see Reef Subsea Power & Umbilical […]

  • RenewableUK Reports on Wind Energy Performance

    30 October 2012
    R&D

    RenewableUK has issued a report on the ongoing state of the wind energy industry in the UK. In the first part of the report, wind energy performance is discussed, with a focus on the current status and electricity mix. The report also gives prediction for the future state of renewable energy in the country, which […]

  • UK: Mantsbrite Presents Innovative Marine Communications for North Sea Safety

    16 April 2013

    When Mantsbrite became the sole UK distributor of the David Clark Marine Wireless Headset Communications Systems in 2012, one of the first users was Tidal Transit, a fast growing North Norfolk company providing a new generation of personnel transfer vessels for use by offshore wind farm developers. Some years earlier. Tidal Transit had realised that […]

  • Ex-Serviceman to Help Recruit Workers

    26 March 2014

    Ex-serviceman and former prison officer Matt Knights is being seconded by EEEGR to Jobcentre Plus to help recruit much-needed workers for the East of England energy industry. Initially he will focus his attention on the Great Yarmouth and Lowestoft areas, trying to match the ability of people looking for jobs with an increasing demand from […]

  • UK: Fendercare Marine Aids Deployment of Penguin Wave Energy Converter

    27 July 2012

    Finnish renewable technology developer, Wello Ltd, has successfully installed the Penguin wave energy converter (WEC) to Orkney waters, having chosen Fendercare Marine, part of James Fisher and Sons plc, as one of its key partners for the project. The Penguin wave energy converter is now floating and connected to a mooring system in the Billia […]

  • Working Day of a Marine Coordinator at Sheringham Shoal OWF

    5 June 2014
    Operations & Maintenance

    High and low water, the weather and the wind governs the working day for Mark Williamson, marine coordinator at the Sheringham Shoal offshore wind farm. “Each day is different, and that is part of what makes the job exciting,” says Mark Williamson. Statkraft took over as the operator of the wind farm with massive turbines […]

  • UK: Tidal Transit Wins Another Contract and Makes EDP’s Future 50 List

    28 November 2012

    For the second year running, North Norfolk’s Tidal Transit Limited, which provides state-of-the-art, purpose-designed crew transfer vessels for use by workers on the North Sea’s offshore wind farms, has made the Eastern Daily Press’s Future 50 List. Future 50 is a list of companies that, in the opinion of the judges are the ones to […]

  • Last Construction Vessel Leaves Site, New Phase Begins for Sheringham Shoal (UK)

    18 December 2012
    Wind Farm Update

    The departure of the floating hotel Regina Baltica, which was the final construction vessel on the Sheringham Shoal offshore wind farm, marks the end of an intense period of activity and the start a new operational phase, which has been in the planning for the past five years. Now the only vessels to be seen […]

  • EEEGR’s Biggest Conference Focuses on ‘Some of Best Energy Resources in World’ (UK)

    26 January 2012

    The eyes of the world are focused on the East of England’s rich energy assets and that will be reflected in one of the region’s major conferences in Norwich this year. The Southern North Sea Conference, SNS2012, staged by EEEGR (the East of England Energy Group) will be the biggest ever, with a strong international […]

  • New Scira O&M Base Construction Progresses at North Norfolk, UK

    22 June 2012
    Operations & Maintenance

    One of the owners of North Norfolk’s Walsingham Estate placed the first stone in the wall of Scira’s operational base at a small ceremony to mark a key stage in the building’s construction.  The laying of the stone by Elizabeth Meath Baker was carried out on Tuesday 19th June 2012 at the construction site, in […]

  • Seacat’s ‘Resolute’ Contracted to Work at Greater Gabbard Offshore Wind Farm (UK)

    28 October 2012
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

    Seacat Services, the class leading vessel transfer operator, has announced that Resolute, its latest 24-metre, class-certified workboat, has been contracted to Greater Gabbard Offshore Wind Limited, to work at the Greater Gabbard and Galloper offshore wind farms. With growing pressure to deliver a series of fully operational offshore wind farms ahead of Round 3, there […]

  • EIB Lends GBP 168 Mln for Lincs Connection

    5 November 2014
    Business & Finance, Grid Connection

    The European Investment Bank (EIB) has agreed to provide GBP 168 million for a new connection between the Lincs offshore wind farm and the UK national transmission network. The approximately 100km connection, between high voltage transmission connections on the mainland and the 270MW Lincolnshire wind farm, has been tendered under a dedicated regulatory regime for […]

  • Gardline Hears the Kites Calling

    4 October 2016
    R&D, Technology

    Norfolk-based marine service company Gardline Marine Sciences has been supporting Kite Power Solutions (KPS) in characterising the low level wind environment at the KPS test site at West Freugh in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. Kite Power Solutions is developing an Airborne Wind Energy system that uses kites to harness the energy from the wind. The KPS technology […]

  • SCORE Looking to Back Ideas for Maturing OWF O&M, Decommissioning

    26 February 2018
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, R&D

    The team behind the GBP 6 million SCORE grant fund is looking to support companies from the oil & gas industry that can bring new ideas for long-term offshore asset management in the offshore wind sector.

  • UK: GEV Offshore Signs Sheringham Shoal Contract

    18 December 2012

    Scira Offshore Energy has awarded a new contract for the provision of a range of support services for its £1bn Sheringham Shoal Offshore Wind Farm off the coast of North Norfolk, to a local energy services company GEV Offshore Limited. From its base in Great Yarmouth, GEV Offshore will provide rope access led fabric maintenance […]

  • 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 […]

  • Triton Knoll Backs Local Content

    7 March 2018
    Business & Finance, Jobs & Recruitment, Wind Farm Update

    Lincolnshire businesses have been given an insight into opportunities with Triton Knoll Offshore Wind Farm and its contractors, thanks to the project’s first ‘Meet The Buyer’ event.

  • Port of Grimsby: An O&M port with a long term future

    12 February 2014
    Ports & Logistics

    After the hectic construction and installation phase of the offshore wind industry there is a long term legacy that will remain for the life time of the current wind farm, and who knows possibly the second generation wind farm. Operations and maintenance (O&M) will be there providing work for thousands of engineers and technicians around […]

  • Japanese Companies to Invest GBP 14.2 Billion in UK’s Offshore Wind, Green Hydrogen

    19 May 2023
    Authorities, Business & Finance

    Japanese giants Marubeni Corporation, Sumitomo Corporation, and Sumitomo Electric Industries have committed to investing a total of GBP 14.2 billion (approximately EUR 16.3 billion) in offshore wind and green hydrogen projects, and the offshore wind supply chain in the UK. Ahead of the UK Prime Minister’s business reception in Tokyo on 18 May, the UK government […]