Royal IHC (IHC) has integrated four of its business units – IHC Hydrohammer, IHC Handling Systems, IHC Sea Steel and IHC Fundex Equipment – into one new organization, which will operate under the name IHC IQIP. Through this merger, IHC will be able to offer a fully integrated solution for on- and of
Safety Technology Ltd’s Certificate in Safety in Offshore Wind Energy (Level 3) training programme received an industry recommendation from RenewableUK’s Renewables Training Network (RTN) this week. The three week safety programme designed for service leavers has been developed in conjunction with w
Energinet.dk, the Danish power transmission company has appointed Hollandia Offshore with the procurement, fabrication, load out and transport of the Horns Rev C Jacket. The Jacket is to be installed in the Horns Rev 3 Offshore wind farm near the Danish Coast. The scheduled delivery date is April 20
The operational management of the Acta Orion, the flagship of Den Helder based company Acta Marine, will be carried out by specialist ship managers SeaMar Services, also based in Den Helder. Both parties signed an agreement for a number of years. The Acta Orion, a 108m long and 16m wide wind farm su
One year after its launching, Nass&Wind Offshore had achieved validation campaign of its floating measurement platform M3EA (Marine Measurements for Meteorological and Environmental Assessment) off the coast of Saint Vaast-la-Hougue (Manche). Dedicated to wind and environmental measurements for Mari
Michael Ottaviano, Managing Director of Carnegie Wave Energy, has urged Australian politicians to set up a clear policy when it comes to renewable energy target (RET). Australia has a target set at 20% of renewables in its energy mix by 2020. However, it looks like now that 20% would amount to much
The Offshore Wind Programme Board (OWPB) set up to remove barriers to deployment and deliver a programme for industry cost reduction in the UK offshore wind sector, has published its Annual Report for 2014. In 2014 the OWPB commissioned the Cost Reduction Monitoring Framework (CRMF). The first CRMF
Smulders Projects Belgium NV has ordered one Konecranes’s SMARTON heavy-duty industrial crane. The crane, with a lifting capacity of 50 tons, will be delivered during this year and installed in a wind turbine construction facility in Hoboken, Belgium. This is the ninth Konecranes crane to be deliver
DBB Jack-Up, an operations and maintenance service provider to offshore wind farm owners and turbine manufacturers, today released a new report on O&M in the offshore wind industry. The report based on exclusive research by MAKE Consulting focuses on technology developments and the related impact on
NORCOWE partners held the workshop on “Development of wind-farm power-prediction tools” on Tuesday. Idar Barstad and Henning Heiberg-Andersen described power-prediction methodology in the case of a mesoscale numerical weather model, while Alla Sapronova spoke about the case of artificial neural netw
Over 60 industry professionals from across the UK will gather at Plymouth University today to discuss the future development of the UK wave and tidal energy sector. The annual meeting of the Marine Energy Programme Board (MEPB), established in 2011, provides a strategic forum for UK industry, region
UK based offshore handling systems company, Caley Ocean Systems, and umbilical and cable maker Umbilicals International, based in the US, have joined forces to offer operators and offshore contractors integrated solutions for the deployment of subsea packages and well intervention systems. Caley Oce
The project company OWP Nordergründe GmbH & Co. KG, managed by wpd AG, has concluded all substantial supply and construction contracts for the Offshore Wind Farm Nordergründe. The wind farm, located in the German North Sea, will be built and put into operation in 2016. The law firm Blanke Meier Ever
RWE Supervisory Board has decided to make a new five-year CEO deal with Peter Terium starting 1 March 2016. His previous deal expires on 29 February 2016. This approach allows the Supervisory Board to ensure continuity at an early stage at the top of the company. The Chairman of the Supervisory Boar
