James Fisher Marine Services Ltd (JFMS), and Fendercare Marine, both subsidiaries of James Fisher and Sons plc (JFS) – the UK’s leading marine services provider, yesterday held an open day to demonstrate the capability of their shoreside support base and the offshore support vessel, the Dart Fisher.
Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners has acquired 25% of the UK offshore wind project Beatrice. The Beatrice project is located in Outer Moray Firth, Scotland and is one of five offshore wind projects in the UK awarded an Investment Contract by the UK government (fixed inflation indexed settlement pri
Grant programme, Supply Chain innovation for Offshore Renewable Energy (SCORE), has awarded over £50,000 to GEV Offshore, one of the UK’s specialist engineering and offshore access companies. This funding will enable the company to take its pioneering habitat structure for the offshore renewable sec
Scira Offshore Energy Ltd has chosen 3 MPI Workboats Ltd vessels to work on the Sheringham Shoal Offshore Windfarm on long term charters starting in 2015. The 22m South East Asia Shipyard built vessel, MPI Snowball, will start a 2 year charter in March next year. The following month, April, she will
Jack-Up Barge has recently placed a significant order with Malaysian-based Asian Offshore Services (AOS) for additional Zone 2 blast-rated Temporary Living Quarters (TLQs), as the Netherlands-based company continues to grow their accommodation services offering. The Jack-Up Barge fleet has the capac
GEV Wind Power, a division of the GEV Group, is launching its pioneering turbine maintenance structure at this year’s RenewableUK show. Visitors to the show will be the first to experience the structure in action through GEV’s virtual reality simulation, enabling attendees to access the platform, be
Siemens released its financial figures for the fourth quarter and fiscal year 2014 today, reporting that its fourth-quarter profit in the Energy Sector declined to €403 million, as ongoing challenges within the Sector led to lower results year-over-year. A year earlier, fourth-quarter profit of €564
New figures from the National Grid for October show that wind power smashed more energy generation records, contributing even more to the UK’s clean electricity mix. Wind energy hit a record high providing a 24% daily share of the UK’s electricity needs on the 20th October, beating the previous reco
During October 2014 Inch Cape offshore wind farm accomplished another very important milestone in its development: an offshore met mast has been installed to gather accurate wind resource, wind direction and wind velocity data. The mast has a gravity base foundation mainly made out of concrete. This
Deepwater Windenergy Investment AB (DWI), a Swedish renewable energy developer specialized in floating offshore wind power, has entered into a cooperation agreement with Powerchina Beijing Engineering Corp. Ltd. According to the agreement, Powerchina Beijing Engineering will evaluate the offshore wi
Survivex, a provider of offshore survival training and safety skills to the global energy industry, has made a further appointment at board level as the company transitions to a period of international growth and development. Chris Hardie, who joined the company as Financial Controller, was promoted
Offshore wind farms will allow renewable energy to be generated with little or no carbon dioxide emissions, but little is known about how they impact the marine species living and migrating along the coast. A new study led by the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science will help Stat
Ocean Networks Canada (ONC), an initiative of the University of Victoria, has further expanded its footprint across Canada with the launch of a new collaboration with the Fundy Ocean Research Centre for Energy (FORCE). With advanced observatories on the Pacific coast and in the Canadian Arctic, toda
Orca Offshore has been made finalists for the upcoming Bentley “Be Inspired” awards category Innovation in Offshore engineering – part of “The Year In Infrastructure 2014 conference”. The nomination for this prestigious award comes from the work performed for the Centrica F3-Fa self installing platf
