Christian Venderby has been appointed new Group Senior Vice President and Head of Service at Vestas Wind Systems A/S. Christian Venderby, who comes from a position as Senior Vice President Operations at Vestas Americas, enters into his new position on 1 June 2014. Already a significant source of rev
Opponents of the Navitus Bay offshore wind project claim that the project’s developers have given “incomplete, unclear and even misleading information” about the offshore wind farm during the consultation, The Telegraph writes. An application for Navitus Bay, a joint development of Eneco Wind UK Ltd
Construction work has started on the new long term operations and maintenance facilities for RWE Innogy UK’s flagship Gwynt y Môr Offshore Wind Farm. The multi-million complex at the Port of Mostyn, North Wales, will house more than 100 long term staff providing engineering, technician, management a
Marine services specialist HS Ocean Group has announced the appointment of Peter Breslin as Managing Director of its shipbuilding and repair subsidiary McTays. Peter has joined the fast-growing international business to develop McTays’ range of shipbuilding services and associated work-streams with
Oceanlinx’s greenWAVE wave energy generator is currently stranded approximately one kilometre off Carrickalinga Beach in the Encounter Marine Park, South Australia. The State Government is working with the owners, insurers and the District Council of Yankalilla to ensure the structure is clearly mar
Opposers of wind power are to gather today in Dublin to express their disapproval of this form of energy generation, writes the Irish Independent news site. They believe ocean energy, especially wave power, has the potential to replace wind energy. Andrew Duncan, from the Lakelands Windfarm Informat
Siemens has received an order from TenneT for an offshore wind farm grid connection in the North Sea. In a consortium with Petrofac Siemens will supply the complete technology for efficient direct-current transmission for the BorWin3 grid connection as the consortium leader. The consortium partner P
There are some blunt facts about wind farm support vessels and some of them do not make pleasant reading. In the past four years there have been many wind farm support vessels built, some for existing companies and some for new companies. At the time they were ordered the prospects looked good with
International renewable energy consultancy Natural Power has confirmed that the American Wind Energy Association (AWEA) has selected Jim Adams, the company’s President of US Operations, as session chair at this year’s annual AWEA Wind Power conference. The third day of the conference, Thursday May 8
The Forschungs- und Entwicklungszentrum Fachhochschule Kiel GmbH has chosen Tideland’s Nova-65HI LED lanterns to mark its FINO1 research platform in the North Sea approximately 45 kilometres offshore from Borkum. The research platform is in the immediate vicinity of Alpha Ventus, the first German of
Oceanlinx’s greenWAVE wave energy generator, which was damaged during a towing operation last month, is currently stranded off Carrickalinga Beach in South Australia. South Australian Department of Planning, Transport and Infrastructure (DPTI) recently warned that the wave energy generator is posing
AWATEA, New Zealand’s industry association for the development of the marine energy industry, will hold its 8th Annual Conference on marine energy on 8 May at the Royal Society of New Zealand Conference Centre in Wellington, New Zealand. The Business of Developing Marine Energy conference will be de
The Marine Management Organisation (MMO) has issued a review of environmental data associated with post-consent monitoring of licence conditions of offshore wind farms. Fugro EMU has been contracted to undertake a review of post-consent monitoring data and reports collected from the UK offshore wind
James Fisher Renewables, the UK’s provider of marine services, has conducted an innovative trial of Ship-to-Turbine (STT), an oil change system set to significantly improve safety, efficiency and reduce down time in offshore wind turbine gearbox oil changes. The company has successfully implemented
