At 8 & 9 December 2011, the Business Offshore Conference took place in Hamburg. Organized by Schiff&Hafen I Ship&Offshore, the first edition of the conference welcomed 140 delegates at the Hotel Hafen. The group of delegates consisted of German offshore professionals as well as delegates coming from
UNITED FAITH GROUP announced that on December 06th, 2011, the New-building contract of two 50,000 DWT Semi-Submersible Multi-purpose Vessels went into effect. Both of the vessels are scheduled to be delivered by the end of 2013. The contract was signed earlier this year on July 01st between UNITED F
At a recent meeting, federal and state officials said they are just beginning to evaluate a bid for a small wind farm in deep water off… by Craig Idlebrook (workingwaterfront) [mappress] Source: workingwaterfront, December 13, 2011; Image: boem
3sun Group, a specialist provider of products and services to the energy industry has announced the opening of a new base in Westhill, near Aberdeen, on the back of a number of key contract wins in the North Sea. The company has recently secured contract wins totalling approximately £7million to car
COUNCIL chiefs from across North Yorkshire have attended an event to drive forward plans to build the world’s largest offshore… (yorkshirepost) [mappress] Source: yorkshirepost, December 13, 2011; Image: forewind
The Liebherr LTR 11200 crawler crane was developed pri-marily for operations involving wind farms, and it has since proved its value in that sector many times over. The most powerful telescopic crane in the world has now also mas-tered its first commitments on the high seas – and has shown itself to
Acknowledging the monumental challenges in developing a new domestic industry, NRG Energy announced that it is putting active development of offshore wind projects on hold for the near term. NRG’s subsidiary and lead developer of the Mid-Atlantic Wind Park (the Wind Park) off the coast of Delaware,
The N.C. Solar Center and N.C. Department of Commerce will host a public forum this week for discussion on the potential for wind energy… By Suzanne Ulbrich (jdnews) [mappress] Source: jdnews, December 13, 2011
The UMass Dartmouth School of Marine Science and Technology (SMAST) and the University of Sao Paulo Institute…. (southcoasttoday) [mappress] Source: southcoasttoday, December 13, 2011; Image: graduateguide
Members of the Haida Nation have strongly rejected a proposed business partnership with the company wanting to build… (cftktv) [mappress] Source: cftktv, December 13, 2011
A series of planning applications for a new £200m wind turbine factory in Hull have been submitted. (bbc) [mappress] Source: bbc, December 13, 2011; Image: siemens
On December 06, 2011, governor Chris Christie, published energy plan for New Jersey in which he plans to reduce carbon footprint 22.5% by 2021. The plan is based on solar, natural gas, wind and nuclear power. Offshore wind has been supported by the Christie Administration for a number of reasons. It
Tremont Electric, creator of the motion-powered gadget charger, wants to scale up its kinetic energy harvesting… By Kirsten Korosec (smartplanet) [mappress] Source: smartplanet, December 12, 2011; Image: npower
Since the Chester airfield opening APEM has expanded its fleet with a fourth aircraft. Scientists at the Chester airfield will use the aircraft to gather data for environmental surveys. These provide greater insights into the land or water below than more conventional methods could yield. G-GIGA, th
