The Chief Executive of RenewableUK, Maria McCaffery, will be stepping down next year from her role in the trade association. Julian Brown, Chairman of the Board, announced that Maria has tendered her resignation and will be staying in post until a successor is able to take over the leadership role.
ROVOP has revealed more than £2.5 million worth of new contract wins in the last month from its Aberdeen and Houston offices across the oil, gas and offshore wind markets. Work scopes for the projects, extending into Q3 2016, include Inspection, Repair and Maintenance (IRM) on several major North Se
Offshore Marine Management (OMM), has signed a frame work agreement (FWA) with Prysmian Group. The 3 year FWA, which was finalised in July 2015, covers the supply of a range of offshore support services to compliment Prysmian’s installation capability. The FWA has been awarded following a long term
The UK is to host the International Conference on Ocean Energy (ICOE) for the first time. The event, now in its tenth year, will come to Edinburgh from February 23-25, 2016, and will be designed by an international committee of experts and industry organisations. Previous ICOE events have been held
At the two offshore wind farms Gode Wind 1 and 2, the last of 97 foundations has been installed. Dong Energy achieved this milestone ahead of schedule due to smooth foundation installation. Altogether, the installation of the 97 monopiles and transition pieces took five months. Trine Borum Bojsen, M
Taylor Hopkinson Associates, a UK renewable energy and clean technology recruitment consultancy, recently visited the port of Eemshaven, known as the hub of offshore wind logistics, to meet with the Gemini site team. The Gemini wind farm is a consortium composed of Northland Power, Siemens Wind Powe
A wind energy company has reached out to the owners of shuttered power plant in Morro Bay as well to the city over the use of their facilities for its renewable energy project. Namely, Trident Winds LLC, is considering building a project comprising 100 floating turbines offshore Morro Bay. The compa
Site Selection magazine has named Dominion as one of the U.S. top 10 utilities for economic development. The publication cites that Dominion’s economic development team helped bring more than $2.7 billion in corporate facility investments supporting 3,615 new jobs in its footprint last year. The gro
Acta Marine has announced that Rob Boer will join its management board as managing director end of September. Rob Boer (53) has held leadership positions at Dockwise, Nordic Heavy Lift, Van Es Group/Jack-up Barge and recently focused on the offshore wind service and support markets. Acta Marine has
Wind power can meet a quarter of Europe’s electricity demand by 2030 if Member States deliver on climate and energy pledges, according to the latest forecasts by the European Wind Energy Association (EWEA). Over the next 15 years, EWEA expects wind power installations in Europe to reach 320GW of cap
TÜV SÜD PMSS recently finished work for Fishermen’s Energy in the United States in connection with their Atlantic City Wind Farm Demonstration Project off the coast of New Jersey. Fishermen’s Energy was awarded funding from the U.S. Department of Energy to help advance the project to financial close
Statkraft has entered into an initial six month charter agreement with Tidal Transit to use the WaveCraft to transport its O&M turbine technicians into its Sheringham Shoal Offshore Wind Farm field. The 317MW Sheringham Shoal Offshore Wind Farm is located from 9-17 miles off the coast of North Norfo
HUSUM Wind trade fair, where industry businesses and representatives have came together to showcase their innovations and services – onshore and offshore – along the whole supply chain, has officially opened. During the opening ceremony representatives of government, industry and associations emphas
QED Naval have teamed up with Offler Marine Services Group (OMSG) to provide offshore expertise with the selection of installation and recovery methods, to help de-risk and reduce cost exposure of the Subhub project and its payload of tidal turbines. QED Naval received a real boost to their plans to
