Houlder and BMT Nigel Gee announced that their jointly developed Turbine Access System (TAS™) has won the Safety Innovations Award at the 27th Offshore Achievement Awards organised by the Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE), Aberdeen Section. The award was presented to Frederic Perderix, Houlder Ch
At the dawn of a new era in offshore support vessels, SHC Wavedancer™ provides a world-first with its new patents pending design making it the only vessel on the world capable of transforming from a high speed catamaran to a semi-submersible platform. This innovation has enormous global potential fo
CTruk’s latest Offshore Windfarm Service Vessel CWind Adventure, a CTruk 20T, is operated under the CWind boat share initiative and will go straight to work as part of the company’s growing charter fleet. A CTruk 20T and the company’s Military & Security Division demonstrator cat THOR will feature o
RenewableUK is celebrating the fact that for the first time, wind energy in the UK generated over 5 gigawatts of electricity consistently over a 24 hour period, with the period starting on Thursday 21st at 2130nd March 2013 and continuing for the rest of Friday 22nd March 2013. This means that for t
Germany: Meerwind Offshore Wind Farm Still on Track for Q3 2013 Completion Construction progress at Meerwind continues at a rapid pace for main installation contractor Seajacks. Sweden: Vattenfall to Cut Costs, 2,500 Employees to Lose Their Jobs Approximately 2,500 employees might leave the compan
The Associated General Contractors of America (AGC) awarded CPM Constructors with a 2013 Build America Award for New Municipal & Utility Construction at AGC’s 94th Annual Convention in Palm Springs, California, on March 7, 2013. CPM won for its construction of the first phase of Ocean Renewable Powe
New Bedford’s Mayor Jon Mitchell, spoke about the city’s progress in offshore wind sector and highlighted the importance of offshore wind development for the city in his State of the City address on Thursday, March 21. “Today, thanks to the hard work of the residents, employees and supporters of our
Following the announcement about reducing the size of the Atlantic Array offshore wind project, Slay the Array campaigning group has stated that RWE npower renewables did just some minor adjustments, which wouldn’t make a big difference, Western Morning News quotes the group’s spokesman Steve Crowth
New figures released by Ofgem yesterday show that wind energy costs as little as 2.67p per household per day. The news that the cost of wind is so low comes as the energy regulator revealed that together onshore and offshore wind accounted for nearly 59% of renewable energy generation in the UK in 2
To further strengthen Cornwall’s position as a leading centre for marine energy, approximately £2m of Convergence European Regional Development Funding (ERDF) has been made available for marine renewables companies. The GBI (R&D) fund is available to those currently working on concept or prototype d
Three more Damen Twin Axe Fast Crew Suppliers are on their way to Maritime Craft Services (Clyde) Ltd and are expected to arrive in Europe in early May. Based in Largs, Ayrshire, MCS ordered the three Twin Axe FCS 2610, just months after taking delivery of its first two catamarans. All of the vessel
Tomorrow on March 23 residents of the Bournemouth’s coast will have an opportunity to see the proposed Navitus Bay offshore wind farm in alternative images, which have been prepared by a campaigning group Challenge Navitus. Councillors from Bournemouth’s seven coastal wards have organized the meetin
Fast-growing subsea specialist ROVOP has won a hat-trick of awards in less than a year after being named Great Small Company at last night’s SPE Offshore Achievement Awards. The Offshore Achievement Awards recognise exceptional business growth, innovation, safety breakthroughs and collaborative effo
Mantsbrite Limited, one of the UK’s leading distributors of electronic marine navigation and communication products, has won the contract to fit out the next Tidal Transit offshore wind farm personnel transfer vessel ‘Tia Elizabeth’. All the navigation and communication equipment for the first two v
