Forty-three British companies doing business in wind and marine energy sectors closed 445 deals for 434 projects across the globe and exported goods and services to 44 countries in 2017, with Germany being the leading market, according to RenewableUK’s latest report Export Nation.
LOC Renewables, a part of LOC Group, has acquired a 70% stake in the French marine energy engineering company Innosea.
SeaRoc Group has delivered three offshore wind consultancy projects in South East Asia.
Prysmian Group has been awarded a contract by Van Oord Offshore Wind B.V. to provide a submarine inter–array cable system for Borssele III & IV offshore wind project in the Dutch North Sea.
Inch Cape Offshore Limited (ICOL) has completed a three-year LiDAR measurement campaign for the proposed 784MW Inch Cape offshore wind farm in Scotland.
Royal IHC and IHC IQIP have signed a memorandum of agreement with Ship and Ocean Industries R&D Centre (SOIC) in Taiwan to cooperate in the design and construction of equipment and vessels for the offshore wind industry in the region.
Fugro is carrying out further offshore and coastal site investigation works on innogy’s 860MW Triton Knoll offshore wind farm in the UK to help finalize the construction and installation plans.
The Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult has launched a new open-access service offering a series of data sets from the 7MW Levenmouth Demonstration Turbine in Fife, as well as the turbine’s met mast and electrical substation.
The US Department of Energy (DOE) has awarded the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) with an USD 18.5 million grant to lead an offshore wind research and development (R&D) consortium.
Top News of the Week, 11 – 17 June 2018
NorSea Wind (NorSeaGroup Wind) has signed a five-year agreement with Nordic Unmanned (NU) for the provision of drone services for the works on nine TenneT’s HVDC platforms, for which NorSea Wind won a five-year contract earlier this year.
The Netherlands Enterprise Agency (RVO.nl) has opened a tender for geophysical soil investigations at the Hollandse Kust (west) offshore wind farm zone.
GeoSea has awarded SAL Heavy Lift with a contract for shipment of a total of 49 transition pieces for the Horns Rev 3 offshore wind farm in the Danish North Sea.
The RenewableUK Board has appointed Equinor’s Stephen Bull as the new Chairman and National Grid’s Roisin Quinn as the Vice Chairman, following the election of new board members in May.
