Specialist Marine Consultants Ltd (SMC) has won two awards at the Chamber Bridlington and Yorkshire Coast Business Awards. The awards took place on Friday and are organised by Hull and Humber Chamber of Commerce in association with Welcome to Yorkshire. The annual awards showcase the best of East an
Offshore WIND’s photo of the day: Load out of foundations for the Eneco Luchterduinen offshore wind farm. The photo, sent to Offshore WIND by a reader, captures a moment of the load out work done yesterday (October 13) at the Port of Vlissingen from the Aeolus vessel, which is owned and operated by
Forewind has started a consultation on two minor proposed changes to the development consent order application for Dogger Bank Teesside A&B. Dogger Bank Teesside A&B comprises two 1.2 gigawatt wind farms located 165 kilometres from the UK coast at their closest point and is planned to connect to the
Carillion has been awarded a £30m contract by Dudgeon Offshore Windfarm Ltd to design, supply, install and test a twin circuit onshore 132kV cable system over a distance of 47km from landfall near Weybourne, Norfolk to Necton, Norfolk. Dudgeon Offshore Windfarm Ltd., a joint venture between Statoil,
Houlder’s mechanical design team has been named Design Team of the Year by the 2014 British Engineering Excellence Awards (BEEAs). Now in their sixth year, the BEEAs celebrate those UK companies that are demonstrating the skills, invention and dedication required to succeed on an international stage
Gardline’s Marine Wildlife Department has successfully completed the marine mammal mitigation work for the Humber Gateway Offshore Wind Farm. The wind farm will be located 8km off the East Yorkshire coast and will have 73 turbines, with a capacity of up to 219MW. Gardline worked closely with E.ON, e
The UK Planning Inspectorate is holding the first open floor hearing for the Navitus Bay offshore wind farm in Bournemouth. In six open floor sessions, 84 speakers will comment on the offshore wind proposal and after each session the applicant will have an opportunity to respond. Due to the high lev
IHC Merwede’s Hi-Traq trencher won the New Mechanical Product of the Year award at British Engineering Excellence Awards (BEEAs) event held on October 9 in London. Mechanical products come in all shapes and sizes, but IHC’s Hi-Traq subsea crawler vehicle is big. And the design challenges involved we
FoundOcean Group announced today that it has acquired a majority stake in CAPE Holland Group, the vibro-piling specialist based in The Netherlands. Jim Bell, Managing Director at FoundOcean Ltd explains the reasoning behind the acquisition: “The board of the FoundOcean Group aims to assemble busines
The 25th anniversary of the successful wind fair is being celebrated in Husum today with high-calibre guests from the fields of politics and business. Guests will include Schleswig-Holstein’s Minister-President Torsten Albig and minister for economic affairs Reinhard Meyer. A limited edition wind ch
A downturn in the German offshore wind industry could soon come to an end. After the reform of the Renewable Energy Sources Act (EEG) took the uncertainty off the market this summer, decisions for new investments of more than three billion euros had been made already and another seven billion will f
Seanergy Ports is an international collaboration of 5 sea ports: Port of Oostende (BE), Port of Ramsgate (UK), Port of Newhaven (UK), Brunsbüttel Ports (GE) and Rendsburg Port (GE). It has been founded in order to remain competitive in new markets such as the offshore wind business. Seanergy Ports w
Scottish Renewables has commented on the awarding of consent to the Inch Cape, Neart na Gaoithe and Seagreen Alpha and Bravo offshore wind farms. Lindsay Leask, Senior Policy Manager at Scottish Renewables, said: “These consents represent a massive leap forward for Scotland’s emerging offshore wind
SmartBay Ireland recently exhibited at the Ocean Energy Europe 2014 conference in Paris. This is an annual conference which attracts an extensive network of ocean energy professionals and public representatives from key regions throughout Europe. This year’s event incorporated presentations from key
