Centrica plc announced the appointment of Iain Conn as Chief Executive with effect from 1 January 2015, at which point he ill join the Centrica Board. Iain will succeed Sam Laidlaw who will retire from the Board on 31 December 2014. Iain will join from BP plc where he has been Chief Executive, Downs
Carnegie Wave Energy Limited is the owner and developer of the patented CETO wave energy technology that converts ocean swell into zero-emission renewable power and desalinated freshwater. CETO differs from other wave technologies under development globally by being fully submerged and being able to
Tomorrow, an educator from the University of Maine Advanced Structures and Composites Center will lead a children’s hands-on program “Build a Wind Platform.” The children will have a chance to learn to design, build, implement and test wind power technology components similar to those being used in
GeoSea has just finalized the installation of 77 foundations on the DONG Energy Borkum Riffgrund 1 offshore wind farm. The installation works, including transport from the fabrication yard to the marshalling harbor, have proceeded in record times and finished ahead of schedule. The 77 units consiste
Baryonyx’s lease for the 19,794 acre area off the coast of Texas expired earlier this month, writes Valley Morning Star news site. The Austin-based company failed to make an annual payment of around USD 41,171.52 for the area where they had been planning to develop Texas’ first offshore wind farm. T
BOW Terminal announced working on the Gemini offshore wind farm project. A 600MW fully consented offshore wind farm, to be located 55 kilometers north of the island of Schiermonnikoog in the Dutch North Sea. BOW Terminal is responsible for storage and load transfers of 75 pile foundations. The BOW T
Vattenfall installed its 1000th wind turbine last week at DanTysk offshore wind farm situated west of the island of Sylt. The Siemens 3.6 MW wind turbine was installed at the location DT19, within the 70 square kilometres area covered by the wind farm. Vattenfall currently operates 944 wind turbines
Aquaseal Rubber Ltd, the North East England-based rubber products specialist, has secured a prestigious project as part of the development of the Humber Gateway offshore wind farm. The company, which has its operation in Longbenton, North Tyneside, was awarded the project by Rotherham-based MTL, whi
A start-up company from Brussels, Zensor, will be attending this-year wind energy event in Hamburg between September 23rd and 26th 2014. The company will discuss how appropriate monitoring of offshore wind turbine foundations can be a source of significant cost reduction over the service life of the
Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll PLLC is expanding an ongoing investigation to determine whether Ocean Power Technologies, Inc. and certain of its officers and directors made false and misleading statements and/or omissions in violation of Sections 10(b) and 20(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
The Shareholders’ Committee of Bonheur ASA has elected Carol Bell (UK) and Nicholas (Nick) Andrew Emery (UK) as new Directors to the Board of the Company. Anna-Synnøve Bye retires from the Board. Anna-Synnøve Bye has since 1998, first as an Alternate Director to the Board and thereafter from 2003 as
From September 23-26, 2014, Hamburg will become the gateway to the world of wind energy. WindEnergy Hamburg unites major global onshore and offshore players under one roof. It brings together a high-calibre, professional audience and more than 1,000 exhibitors demonstrating their innovations and sol
JDR, a leading provider of technology connecting the global offshore energy industry, opened a new offshore engineering technology centre in Cambridge. Building out from JDR’s global HQ in North Cambridgeshire, the new centre will put JDR at the heart of Cambridge’s growing oil and gas innovation co
At a time of unprecedented growth in the development of sustainable energy projects off the UK’s eastern seaboard, Cooper Lomaz Recruitment is expanding its Energy team. Roan Williams, the latest Energy team member, specialises in subsea assignments which cover disciplines including ROV, marine, div
