Newcastle-based Maersk Training has launched its latest training course to expand its portfolio of health and safety courses for the wind energy industry. The Hub Rescue course, which is recommended for WTG Technicians, Blade Inspectors, and Installation and Maintenance Subcontractors, has been desi
HiDef Aerial Surveying has signed an exclusive deal with BioConsult SH GmbH & Co. KG of Germany to operate HiDef’s technology and infrastructure within Denmark and its territorial waters. The five year contract allows BioConsult SH to provide digital video surveys to German wind farm developers, gov
Robert E. Derecktor Inc. (Derecktor Shipyard) and Damen Shipyard Group (DAMEN) have entered into a license agreement authorizing Derecktor to act as an official builder of DAMEN designs. Derecktor will now offer its customers Pilot Boats and Wind Farm Support Vessels (WFSVs) by combining the wide ra
Three figures in the city have been recognised as ‘Renewables Champions’ for being instrumental in bringing Siemens to Hull and the development of the Green Port Hull project. The work of ABP Director Humber, John Fitzgerald, Alan Johnson MP and Hull City Council’s City Regeneration Manager Mark Jon
Offshore WIND‘s photo of the day: Heavy lift vessel Svanen in Rotterdam, accompanied by the cable laying vessel Nexus. A few days ago, Van Oord’s offshore wind installation vessels, Svanen and Nexus, were lodged in front of Offshore WIND‘s (Navingo) office in Wilhelminakade, Rotterdam. Hans Elbers f
The ECOWindS Consortium has welcomed the Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult to the ECOWindS project as an official third party associated partner. ORE Catapult is the UK’s flagship technology innovation and research centre for offshore wind, wave and tidal energy, and is the UK counterpart to
Danish offshore wind energy service provider All NRG has opened its first office in the UK. From its new base at the Port of Grimsby, off the Humber Estuary in North England, the company will provide dedicated preassembly, installation, operations and maintenance services to its clients developing o
Minesto has welcomed EU’s new strategy for a resilient Energy Union with a forward-looking climate change policy. “An important and necessary step to speed up the process to reach a sustainable future,” said Minesto’s CEO, Anders Jansson. The European Commission has published its strategy to reboot
High Voltage Direct Current (HVDC) cable system interconnecting Norway and Denmark has been inaugurated. Prysmian was awarded the contract for the land HVDC cable system for the Skagerrak 4 interconnection between Norway and Denmark worth approximately € 40 million by the Danish transmission grid op
Alpha Nano International has been awarded of £225,384 grant funding through the GROW:OffshoreWind service in order to further develop their range of innovative nano-coatings designed specifically for the offshore sector. The funding will allow Alpha Nano to invest in further research and development
ABB has won $130 million order from Dong Energy to supply a high-voltage cable system connecting Walney Extension offshore wind farm to the grid. The Walney Extension will provide additional generation potential of 660 MW on top of the existing offshore wind farm’s 367 MW. When completed, both offsh
RES Offshore has designed a new rating method for export power cables set to vastly improve power transportation from offshore wind farms, with currents improved by up to 22%. The new cable rating method, developed in cooperation with University of Southampton, has moved away from the traditional po
Prontoport, a provider of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering Support Services to the Renewable and Oil & Gas sectors has added RUK/GWO Training to its portfolio. The company is now a fully accredited and approved training provider for RUK/GWO wind turbine technician training courses and has recen
Hughes Sub Surface Engineering (Hughes SSE), specialized in subsea construction and recently innovating emergency response solutions, officially launched its new corporate brand, including a new logo, tagline and customer materials today at EWEA Offshore 2015 in Copenhagen. A new website will launch
