Global Tech I Offshore Wind GmbH is reorganizing its management team. With the completion of the construction phase, Arjen Schampers finished his activities as Technical Managing Director in early November. Dr. Jan Podbielski, the former General Project Manager for installation and commissioning has
UK Trade & Investment has released a guide which is an introduction to UK offshore wind, aimed at investors who are considering entering the sector and suppliers looking to export from the UK. It provides core information that will help build understanding and evaluate opportunities in this dynamic
According to Bournemouth Borough Council, Navitus Bay Development Limited (a joint venture between Eneco and EDF) should pay GBP 975 million over 30 years to compensate for an adverse impact of the Navitus Bay on local tourism, should the project be built. Mark Smith, Bournemouth’s Service Director
RenewableUK has published a short video about offshore wind in the UK. The UK has the best wind resource in Europe. By developing offshore wind, the country is improving its energy security, cutting polluting carbon emissions and building a new manufacturing and export industry that could employ ove
CWind has named the latest addition to its fleet of more than 20 crew transfer vessels today in Brightlingsea. CWind Sword, the first CTruk MPC 22 to leave the CTruk boatyard, will go directly onto contract at EnBW Baltic 2 offshore wind farm. Its high bollard pull and 16,000l fuel transfer capabili
The FloWave Ocean Energy Research Facility at Edinburgh University has secured the ‘Best Innovation’ prize at this year’s Scottish Renewables Green Energy Awards. The world-leading ocean energy test facility – which can replicate both waves and tides in its unique 25 metre circular pool – landed the
European Energy A/S, Danish developer and operator of wind and solar power farms, has announced the creation of two joint ventures, one with the Canadian renewable energy producer Boralex Inc. and one with the Dutch bank NIBC. The ventures concern the development and construction of two nearshore wi
Spanish tidal turbine company Magallanes has deployed its floating turbine at the European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC), supported by the EU-funded Marinet project. The 1:10 scale ‘ATIR’ prototype was installed on EMEC’s Shapinsay Sound test site. Magallanes has been developing their concept since 20
Starting in December 2014, IHC Sealing Solutions will operate under a new, but in the same time old and trusted, name of Lagersmit. On November 28, the name was unveiled at a party for employees of the ‘new Lagersmit’. The company now uses its old name, Lagersmit, particularly because it has operate
Stephen Kirkwood, an East Yorkshire wheat producer, has filed a complaint against Able Marine Energy Park (AMEP) to the European Commission. The development of AMEP, which will be built to accommodate the deployment of large components for offshore wind farms in the North Sea and beyond, requires a
The first jacket for Zhuhai Gui Shanhai wind energy project has been assembled. Two crawler cranes lifted 400-tone jacket into crane, allowing Zhujiang Steel Pipe (Zhuhai) Co., Ltd. to undertake the assembly work. The four-legged jacket structure, with a vertical height of 30m, is 9 x 9m at the top
Basque Energy Agency (Ente Vasco de la Energía; EVE) is looking to award a grant woth EUR 2.5 Mln for the development of a wave energy project, which will be designed and built to best suit the conditions off the Basque coast. The objective of the agency’s call is pre-commercial public procurement o
Researchers from University of Wollongong (UOW) are developing technologies for next generation offshore wind turbines that are one-third the price and 1,000 times more efficient, and they could be installed off the coast of Australia in the next five years. Materials scientist Dr Shahriar Hossain,
Van Oord has reached agreement on the acquisition of the activities of Ballast Nedam Offshore. The acquisition consists of the assets of Ballast Nedam Offshore, the dedicated EPCI staff (Engineering, Procurement, Contracting and Installation), heavy lift installation vessel Svanen and the Westermeer
