After buying the Thanet offshore transmission infrastructure in December last year, Balfour Beatty has announced the disposal of an 80% interest in the project for £40 million. Thanet OFTO is the high-voltage electricity transmission system connecting the 300MW Thanet Wind Farm, off the coast of Ken
Turbine Transfers Ltd has reported healthy activity in the Crew Transfer Vessel market after winning new contracts and gaining extensions to existing deals from several major customers. The Wales-based company will shortly be sending six CTVs to the Ijsselmeer to work on Siemen’s new Westermeerwind
Video: Construction of DanTysk Offshore Wind Farm Vattenfall has recently published a video showing the construction of its DanTysk offshore wind farm, situated west of the island of Sylt and directly on the German-Danish border in the North Sea. Bilfinger’s Offshore Wind and Marine Units Up for Sal
Total Jobs Contracts Limited took advantage of an opportunity when they started doing odd jobs for Vattenfall. With the help of Vattenfall’s Site Manager, Tony Francis, they obtained all the necessary certificates to work offshore. Francis and his team helped train them in different areas of general
Havyard Ship Technology AS has delivered the first of three Havyard 832 SOV windmill service vessels to the Danish shipping company Esvagt. The contract for the first two Havyard 832 SOV windmill service vessels was signed in July 2013, and the first of them, newbuild 118, will now be delivered from
James Fisher Marine Services is organizing the official naming ceremony of the Dart Fisher, its latest vessel, on February 18 in Southampton. The ceremony will be held at Griffon Hoverwork Ltd’s yard. Prior to the ceremony, there will be guided tours of the yard, which will finish at the Dart Fisher
RenewableUK says a number of fresh announcements highlight the full extent of the UK’s booming business environment for the offshore wind industry and its supply chain. The global manufacturing company CS Wind has confirmed that it’s planning to build an offshore wind turbine tower manufacturing pla
A Swedish renewable energy software company, Breeze, in cooperation with Global Wind Energy Council (GWEC), has created The Evolution of Wind Power – an interactive map showing the cumulative installed wind power capacity per country, continent and the world as a whole between 1981-2014. China accou
The extension to the port of Cherbourg, as part of the Marine Renewable Energy (MRE) deployment project, has been officially approved. The aim of this project is to capture the undersea turbine market while also taking up some activity in the manufacturing and logistics aspects of the offshore wind
RWE Innogy and Statkraft have signed an agreement to jointly develop the Triton Knoll Offshore Wind Farm, off the east coast of England. The deal will see Statkraft take a 50% stake in the UK wind farm, which has an expected capacity of up to 900MW. The development and construction phases will be de
French Minister for Ecology, Sustainable Development and Energy, Ségolène Royal, yesterday announced six new measures to accelerate the development of renewable energy and thus faster creation of “green” jobs. Minister Royal introduced an offshore wind amendment that could allow competitive dialogue
GEV Wind Power has been named as a finalist for two categories in the prestigious UK Energy Innovation Awards, which recognise the projects, technologies and talent at the forefront of innovation within the energy sector. The company has been shortlisted for the Best Offshore Renewable Energy Innova
South Korean CS Wind Corporation has been awarded Regional Growth Funding from the UK Government Department for Business Innovation & Skills (BIS) to build an offshore wind tower manufacturing facility in the Humber, UK. However, the company will not start the construction of what would be first fac
A special interest group for the marine industry in the east of England energy sector is to be launched next month. The group will examine how the industry uses the diverse range of vessels across the oil, gas and renewable energy sectors in the Southern North Sea – from catamarans to huge jack-ups
