UK Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg announced today that CTruk has been selected to receive funding through Round 6 of the UK Government’s Regional Growth Fund. CTruk said that this advances its plans to build larger vessels for offshore wind and diversify for sustainable growth. The £1 million RGF
Steve Klein, Snohomish County Public Utility District (SnoPUD) CEO has announced his retirement from the utility, effective May 1, 2015. Over the nine years Klein has been instrumental in the research and development of multiple renewable energy sources, including wind, solar, biomass/biogas and s
An Indonesian state-owned company engaged in oil, gas, new and renewable energy, Pertamina, and Akuo Energy, a French independent renewable energy power producer, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for the development of new and renewable energy for electricity throughout Indonesia. Thi
German engineering company, Bilfinger, is selling its offshore wind and marine units. The company made the announcement as part of its 2014 financial year report where they stated the “business no longer complies with Bilfinger’s risk profile.” Nevertheless, the company predicts these businesses to
MPI Adventure has installed the first of eighty Siemens 3.6MW turbines for E.On Renewables’ Amrumbank offshore wind farm, located 35 kilometers to the north of the island of Helgoland. “We are confident that we will soon be able to feed electricity generated by the first turbines into the public gri
Deutsche Windtechnik AG reported an increase in 2014 turnover of 38 per cent, EUR 72 million, compared to the previous year. The increase in business was mainly based on intense expansion of international service work onshore as well as offshore. The company now holds fixed maintenance contracts for
Vestas issued its annual report for 2014 today, which was the first year in the implementation of Vestas’ new strategic plan, Profitable Growth for Vestas, and it proved to be a year of strong performance. Compared to 2013, general performance substantially improved due to a successful execution of
Energinet.dk is in the process of sourcing the major technical components that are to be used for the grid connection of the future offshore wind farm at Kriegers Flak and has recently purchased the cables that are to connect the offshore wind turbines to the power grid on Zealand, Denmark. Contract
ABB has won an order worth over $100 million from Energinet.dk, the Danish transmission system operator, to build an alternating current (AC) cable system that will enable the integration and transmission of power from the Kriegers Flak offshore wind farm to the mainland grid. The 600MW cable system
First Subsea will launch a new monopile interface connector for offshore wind monopiles and top tension connector for floating wind turbines on stand A-D8 at EWEA Offshore 2015. “First Subsea connector technology gives installation companies the ability to significantly reduce cable installation and
Thrustmaster of Texas, a marine propulsion design and manufacturing company from the U.S., is looking to give an edge to U.S. based marine jack-up operators wanting to enter the national offshore wind farm construction and maintenance sector by cutting the cost of entry in half with a unique propuls
General Electric and Andritz Hydro have been selected as preferred bidders to the £1 billion Swansea Bay Tidal Lagoon infrastructure project. The two companies, bidding together for the ~£300m contract to supply sixteen bidirectional turbines to the world’s first tidal lagoon power plant, have commi
Associated British Ports (ABP) has decided not to challenge the Government’s approval of plans for the development of the £450million Able Marine Energy Park on the South Bank of the Humber. Able UK Executive Chairman Peter Stephenson said: “I am sure that across the whole region there will be a sig
UK diving specialist, Reach Engineering and Diving Services (REDS), is opening a new base in Grimsby. This comes as a result of a booming offshore wind industry in the city, reports Grimsby Telegraph. At the 400 square meters leased facility, REDS will set up a new offshore support base. “We will ha
