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  • UK: SSE Salutes Select Committee’s Report

    25 July 2012

    SSE welcomes the Select Committee’s report, which examines the views of an extremely wide range of stakeholders, including financiers, NGOs, consumer groups and utilities, as an important contribution to the current electricity market reform (EMR) debate. The Report’s conclusions and recommendations, the vast majority of which SSE supports, illustrate the level of concern that many […]

  • UK: Shetland Good to Go with Wave Energy

    6 November 2012

    The partners behind plans for Shetland’s first wave power scheme will tell island representatives this week that it is set to ramp up public consultation and environmental research off the south west mainland ahead of a planning application in 2015. The work planned for the Aegir scheme in 2013 will be outlined by European energy […]

  • UK: SeaRoc Gets OHSAS 18001 Certification

    12 December 2013
    Business & Finance

    Marine engineering consultancy SeaRoc announces that it has achieved certification to OHSAS 18001: the internationally recognised standard for occupational health and safety management systems. The award reinforces SeaRoc’s already-strong commitment to improving health and safety performance and managing risks across its broad range of activities. SeaRoc operates an Integrated Management System for quality, health, safety […]

  • UK: Modus Welcomes New Head of Projects

    11 September 2012
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Technology

    Modus Seabed Intervention Ltd has named subsea industry specialist Pat Haggerty as its new Head of Projects. Pat takes on this newly created position to meet the demand for Modus’ services from across the energy sectors and the growth the company is experiencing in these markets. Formerly Regional General Manager Subsea 7’s iTech division based […]

  • UK: Great News for Southampton Container Terminal

    27 September 2012

    When the first paving slab is lifted into place, the £150m construction of a new berth at Southampton’s container terminal will commence. This capital development project will allow ultra-large container carriers to dock in the city. According to BBC News, the quay will be 500m (1640ft) long with five cranes and a depth of 16m […]

  • UK: Faversham Creek Dredging Set to Start

    28 June 2012

    Divers have spent the week installing an automatic control system on Faversham Creek’s sluice gates, reports thisiskent.co.uk. The three-week operation will allow more water to be retained in the basin behind the bridge. The dive team has also been clearing tons of rubbish. “Leaks in the gates have been sealed and that means there will […]

  • UK: River Yare Dredging Under Way

    3 November 2011

    The benefits of £800,000 awarded to the Broads Authority earlier this year are being seen in Thorpe St Andrew at the… (eveningnews24) [mappress] Source: eveningnews24, November 3, 2011;

  • CS Wind UK Laying Off 54 People

    20 February 2017
    Business & Finance

    Wind turbine tower manufacturer CS Wind UK has announced to its staff at the factory in Machrihanish, Campbeltown, that it intends to let go of more than 50 workers due to challenging market conditions.

  • Vattenfall Starts B2B Green Energy Drive in UK

    2 May 2017
    Business & Finance

    Swedish energy company Vattenfall plans to start selling renewable power for the first time to British consumers from its UK green energy business.

  • UK public shows strong support for renewables

    29 April 2015
    Authorities & Government

    According to a DECC public survey, nearly four fifths of the public (79 percent) said they supported the use of renewable energy to provide the UK’s electricity, fuel and heat. Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) states that this level of support is consistent with the previous three years (79 percent, 82 percent, 80 […]

  • UK Sails Ahead in Offshore Wind Development

    2 August 2011
    Operations & Maintenance, Research & Development

     The UK has sailed ahead in offshore wind power generation in the past six months, building more offshore windfarms than any other country… Fiona Harvey (guardian) [mappress] Source: guardian, August 02, 2011

  • HULL University Hopes to Play a Key Role in UK’s First Offshore Wind Turbine Manufacturing Plant (UK)

    30 January 2011
    Human Capital

    HULL University hopes to play a key role in supporting Britain’s first major offshore wind turbine manufacturing plant at Alexandra Dock in…   [mappress] Source:Yorkshire Post, January 31, 2011

  • UK: Jennifer Blazes Trail in Offshore Wind

    15 March 2013
    Human Capital

    Maersk Training Newcastle is celebrating after welcoming its first female delegate through the doors – a trend the company hopes will start a new influx of women into the wind industry. Jennifer Menmuir, a Siemens graduate trainee, aged 25 from Falkirk in Central Scotland was the first woman to complete a two day specialist working […]

  • UK: Sembcorp Marine Acquires SLP Engineering

    17 September 2012
    Business & Finance

    Sembcorp Marine through its wholly-owned subsidiary SMOE Pte Ltd (SMOE) has acquired from Smulders Group the entire share capital in its wholly-owned subsidiary of SLP Engineering Limited (SLP). SLP, based in Lowestoft Suffolk, United Kingdom (UK), will be renamed Sembmarine SLP Limited (Sembmarine SLP) and will be held through newly incorporated company Sembmarine North Sea […]

  • Offshore Wind to Blow Jobs to Humberside (UK)

    27 December 2010
    Human Capital

    Developers believe green energy can do for Humberside what oil and gas did for Aberdeen in the 1970s. Fishing has always been one of the main industries on the banks of the Humber, but these days it’s on a much smaller scale – there is now a new harvest to be reaped at sea. The […]

  • UK: RWE Changes Atlantic Array Plans

    30 May 2012

    According to BBC, RWE npower renewables has redesigned their plans for the GBP 3 billion Atlantic Array offshore wind farm. The developer stated they have reduced the proposed number of wind turbines in Bristol Channel from 417 to 278. In order to maintain the total capacity of 1.5 GW, the wind turbines will need to […]

  • UK: RWE Changes Atlantic Array Plans

    30 May 2012

    According to BBC, RWE npower renewables has redesigned their plans for the GBP 3 billion Atlantic Array offshore wind farm. The developer stated they have reduced the proposed number of wind turbines in Bristol Channel from 417 to 278. In order to maintain the total capacity of 1.5 GW, the wind turbines will need to […]

  • Royal IHC Buys Stake in Tompkins UK

    5 July 2016
    Business & Finance

    Royal IHC has acquired a stake in Tompkins UK, the parent company of Modus Seabed Intervention and a partner in the TI Geosciences joint venture (created by IHC and Tompkins in 2015). Modus is a provider of remote and autonomous technologies for subsea and seabed intervention. The company deploys a fleet of work class ROVs and autonomous […]

  • UK: Wintershall Starts Production at Wingate Platform

    17 October 2011
    Business & Finance

    Wintershall, Germany’s largest crude oil and natural gas producer, launched its first gas production as operator in the British North Sea last Sunday with the Wingate platform. The platform in the British offshore concession 44/24b will initially produce 1.5 million cubic meters of natural gas. A second production well is expected to increase the production […]

  • UK: IMO Awards Exceptional Bravery at Sea

    4 July 2011
    Business & Finance

      The Council of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) has unanimously endorsed the decision of a Panel of Judges that the 2011 IMO Award for Exceptional Bravery at Sea should go to Captain Seog Hae-gyun of the Republic of Korea, Master of the chemical tanker Samho Jewelry. Captain Seog was nominated by the Government of […]

  • UK: PHC Announce Dredging at Poole Harbour

    28 June 2013

    Poole Harbour Commissioners (PHC) have announced that dredging operations are to be carried out at two sites within the Poole Harbour Commissioners area of jurisdiction. Dredging will commence on or about 1st July 2013 and may be a 24 hour operation, seven days a week depending on permissions being granted. The dredged material will be […]

  • UK: Dredger “Sir Bobby Robson” Launched

    5 March 2012
    Equipment, Technology, Vessels

    The £1m vessel arrived at the Port at the end of December and has been undergoing rigorous trials and crew training. Today, Sir Bobby’s widow and son, Lady Elsie Robson and Andrew Robson will attend the ceremony at the Customs House Pontoon, South Shields. Lady Robson will officially “launch” the boat in the time honoured […]

  • UK: Coastal Marine Boatbuilders Goes into Administration

    29 August 2013
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance

    Many political leaders have raised their concern over Eyemouth boat building firm going into administration, reports the BBC. Before going into administration, the Coastal Marine Boatbuilders Limited had received an order to build offshore wind support vessels. Lib Dem MP Michael Moore said: “I have been working closely with CMBL on their work with the […]

  • UK: Dawlish Warren Dredging Plan Introduced

    14 November 2012

    The Environment Agency and Teignbridge Council are considering to undertake a dredging project at the Dawlish Warren’s beach. This program, if realized, would include removing of a large amount of sand from one east Devon town to another. According to BBC News, this restoration project could commence in the next couple of years and will […]

  • UK: FloWave to Hold Doors Open Day

    12 September 2013

    Flowave TT will welcome the public into their wave and tidal research facility for the first time. There will be a series of six visit opportunities during the annual ‘Doors Open Day’ day event on Saturday 28th September. Each tour will comprise a short presentation on the design, construction and operation of the test facility, […]