Hydro Group Plc, a global design and manufacturer of underwater cables and connectors for subsea, underwater, topside and onshore applications, has posted its 2012-13 (to year end March 31) results with more than a 12% rise in comparable turnover from £6.3million to £7.1million and a 136% increase i
Teachers from 13 schools in the North East have been selected to take part in an innovative education programme where they will use interactive lessons and workshops to raise student awareness about career opportunities in offshore wind energy. Forewind’s Champions for Wind schools programme enters
The interest in structural health monitoring (SHM) in industry has increased significantly in recent years. Failure of a mechanical structure can indeed occur suddenly and provide a lot of damage. With SHM it is possible to follow up (online or offline) defects with permanently attached sensors. Dam
CWind Resolution, which is due to be named later today in Brightlingsea, is the second CWind’s vessel that has gained the new class notation ‘Wind Farm Service Ships’ introduced by Bureau Veritas earlier this year. The CWind Resolution is only the second ever vessel to be classed under this notation
N-Sea, a subsea asset integrity manager operating within the international oil and gas, renewable industry and civil contracting communities, will exhibit at EWEA Offshore 2013. N-Sea Group is an integrated subsea infrastructure services provider, offering a wide range of assurance and maintenance s
The Dutch Coast Guard fears that more accidents will occur as more offshore wind farms are being built, writes Dutch daily newspaper DeTelegraaf. “The North Sea is already one of the busiest seas in the world. The new upcoming wind turbines will not make it any safer,” warns Ed Veen, director of the
This year, Scottish Development International (SDI) will be present at the EWEA conference in Frankfurt with 24 Scottish companies, representing the entire value chain of the offshore wind industry. SDI will present products, technologies and services from Scotland at the Scottish National Pavilion
The Switch recently announced their new PMG8600-400, a medium-speed permanent magnet generator with a power rating of 8.6 MW. The generator features outstanding drive train availability and system efficiency, as well as high reliability. Their 8.6 MW permanent magnet generator (PMG) for offshore use
German Renewables Shipbrokers (GRS), an independent company for chartering, sale and purchase, will be exhibiting at the EWEA Offshore. GRS has specialised in offshore renewable energy market, providing vessels that are suitable for each stage of an offshore renewable energy project. The company als
Offshore Wind Services B.V. has certified its first vessel in the process that will entail awarding all the company’s vessels with the MLC 2006 certificate. The Offshore Phantom was successfully certified in accordance with the ILO’s Maritime Labour Convention 2006 (MLC 2006) last week. The vessel i
Fugro Renewables will present a new marine drill, R30, which was built by Fugro Seacore on the Fugro Renewables stand (30A100) at EWEA Offshore in Frankfurt, Germany. The drill was built for the renewables market at Seacore’s facility in Falmouth, UK. Matthew Chappell, Offshore Geotechnics Manager a
The Switch announced that their 8.6 MW permanent magnet generator (PMG) for offshore use successfully passed initial no-load testing. The PMG is scheduled to undergo full-load tests in the upcoming weeks. This medium-speed, rear-mounted PMG design enables The Switch to lower the generator weight wit
Scotload launched a new product for safe lifting, intelligent load cell that stores data for real-time and retrospective analysis, SmartLoad™. The new SmartLoad™ data logging feature provides asset owners with protection against product misuse and overload events by providing a true and correct log
Thorsten Kramer is the new top executive at the Global Energy Services (GES). Kramer has been appointed top executive by the company’s board with the goal to expand international operations and lead the organization through the upcoming challenges and opportunities. He has a 17-year experience at to
