The UK Supreme Court has approved E.ON’s application to appeal against a ruling in favour of MT Højgaard from April 2015 regarding the Robin Rigg offshore wind farm dispute. E.ON will now bring the case to the Supreme Court, and MT Højgaard said it does not expect a final decision to be made before
20 countries have launched Mission Innovation in Paris today, committing to double their governmental and/or state-directed clean energy research and development investment over five years and make clean energy widely affordable. The countries participating in the new initiative include: Australia,
The UN Climate Change Conference in Paris was officially opened at 10 am local time today, and will kick off with a Leaders Event where an estimated 150 presidents, prime ministers and heads of states will deliver their speeches. This is the twenty-first session of the Conference of the Parties (COP
Crown Estate Creates Offshore Wind Interactive Map The Crown Estate has launched an interactive map that shows the estimated percentage of UK electricity demand being met by offshore wind on an hourly basis. Vibratory Piling Faster and Less Noisy, Tests Show Results of a project testing vibratory me
Cargotec’s MacGregor has won an order for substructure connection mooring systems for Statoil’s Hywind pilot park in Scotland, the world’s first floating offshore wind farm. MacGregor will be responsible for the delivery of the Pusnes substructure mooring connection system for the project’s five flo
Climate Action Network (CAN) Europe and Eurochambres have called on the EU to lead by example and accelerate the cost-effective uptake of renewable energy and energy efficiency measures. The organisations, representing 44 million European citizens and 20 million businesses, believe that EU must put
Nordic financial services group SEB has decided to shift away from coal and not make further investments in coal mining and new coal power plants, the company said in its revised Climate Change Position Statement. SEB will also aim to increase the share of renewables and decrease the share of fossil
Tidal Lagoon Power has cut its workforce by one fifth as its proposed GBP 1 billion Swansea Bay Tidal Lagoon project faces uncertainty and possibly further setbacks, according to local media. The company, which currently employs just under 100 people, has reportedly made most of the 17 job cuts at i
More than 20 businesses from Denmark visited Hull and the East Riding this week to help establish and strengthen networks across Europe between companies involved in the renewable energy sector supply chain. On Monday 23 November, Delegates embarked on a tour of the Port of Hull, visiting the Green
If the UK government keeps its promise to support up to 10 gigawatts (GW) of offshore wind in the next decade, it would leave no room for other renewables after the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) slashed its forecasts for new renewable power capacity by more than a third for the peri
The Fifth Carbon Budget published today by the UK’s Committee on Climate Change goes against the government’s recent statement to only support the deployment of future offshore wind projects if they further reduce costs by an unspecified amount, Jenny Hogan, Director of Policy at Scottish Renewables
Oldenburg-based provider of personnel services for the offshore wind industry, Convent Offshore, has been recognised as one of the growth champions 2016 by the German news magazine Focus. The company recorded an average growth of 146 percent between 2011 and 2014 in the sector of human resources. Am
UK-based remote intervention equipment manufacturer Soil Machine Dynamics Ltd (SMD) plans to cut 70 to 80 jobs across the business. The news comes as SMD’s largest order in history for two suites of cable laying and burial equipment has been suspended due to the rejection of an export license as a r
Siemens has advertised 135 vacant posts at its new facilities in Hull, the largest number of opportunities made available so far, Green Port Hull reports. The bulk of the newly-advertised jobs are 120 roles for production operatives within the wind turbine blade factory that is now taking shape at H
