ERM has been declared Global Consultant of the Year by the UK’s New Civil Engineer (NCE) and the Association for Consultancy and Engineering (ACE) Consultants of the Year Awards. The Award recognizes year of sustained growth as an employer (ie growth in number of staff) as well as growth in revenues
The project partners behind Shetland’s first wave power scheme said that the Scottish Government decision to approve a major wind farm on the island gives the proposal a significant boost. The 10 megawatt (MW) Aegir Wave Power scheme, backed by European energy company Vattenfall and Edinburgh based
A team at leading UK law firm Burges Salmon has supported independent marine survey and environmental consultancy specialist EMU in its sale to Fugro, a major UK subsidiary of Fugro NV. Primarily based in Southampton, EMU achieves annual revenues of more than EUR 20 million and has a broad client ba
According to EDP 24, the High Court ordered the Breckland Council to re-examine the decision to reject planning application for construction of a huge electricity substation, to be located 0.5km south of Little Dunham. As a result of resolute protests of the villagers, in October 2010 the Breckland
Thousands of local people from across Sussex have turned out to give E.ON their views on its proposed Rampion Offshore Wind Farm. The company has hosted 12 public exhibitions across the county in the largest consultation it has ever undertaken in the UK, resulting in 4,511 members of the community c
According to certain industry officials cited by the Les Echoes, the decision of the French Government on the first round of bids for the offshore wind farm project is expected to be made today or tomorrow. However, the French Government will further prolong the second round of bidding for offshore
DONG Energy is constructing Anholt Offshore Wind Farm, and during the entire sailing season in 2012 and 2013 works will be conducted on establishing the largest offshore wind farm in Denmark, which includes an area of 88km² between Grenaa and Anholt. While construction is on-going, the construction
GL Garrad Hassan will undertake a detailed analysis of the current and future needs of the US offshore wind industry for port facilities, namely by examining the suitability of ports to meet the technical requirements of the industry for the assembly, construction, and operational staging of offshor
Government has today launched its eagerly awaited £20 million Marine Energy Array Demonstrator scheme (MEAD). This scheme will support up to 2 pre-commercial projects to demonstrate the operation of wave and/or tidal devices in array formation over a period of time. Organisations across the UK will
Renewable energy company 2-B Energy has joined forces with Scottish Enterprise (SE) to deliver cutting-edge offshore wind technology with the potential to reduce costs by up to 45%, First Minister Alex Salmond announced today. The organisations will work together to support commercialisation of 2-B’
The vessel Jumbo Javelin, which will assemble the transition pieces, has just started mobilisation in Rotterdam and is expected to be calling at Aalborg Harbour in mid-April. At the same time, the water temperature is now above the 5 degrees Celsius required for the casting together of the monopile
With wind farms getting bigger and bigger it means that the need for materials and personnel is also growing. The previous article described this growth in the need for support vessels sailing to and from wind farms under construction, or needing maintenance, transferring materials and personnel. Bu
A few hundred protestors from rural communities voiced their dissatisfaction with the Ontario’s Liberal Government in Toronto Tuesday amid the announced construction of wind turbines in the Lake Erie communities of Leamington, Union and Kingsville, the Canadian Press informs. The dissatisfaction has
The first survey of how offshore wind farms affect the fish life is complete. It shows that wind turbines and fish co-exist in perfect harmony. The stock of some fish species has actually increased. While the preparations for erecting the first wind turbines at Anholt Offshore Wind Farm are well und
