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  • Turbine Access System Wins Carbon Trust Funding (UK)

    20 September 2011
    Business & Finance, Research & Development, Technology

      Houlder and BMT Nigel Gee have announced they have been awarded a contract from The Carbon Trust as one of the selected participants in the Offshore Wind Accelerator Access (OWA-A) Competition. The competition, backed by the Trust and eight leading wind farm developers, challenged industry to think beyond traditional approaches, to enable access to […]

  • UK: Royal Navy’s Newest Warship Visits Portland Port

    7 October 2011

      One of the Royal Navy’s newest warships is due to make its first port call in Dorset later.   (BBC) [mappress] Source: BBC, October 07, 2011

  • Rolls-Royce Wins Award for Its Enviroship Concept (UK)

    25 May 2011

      Rolls-Royce, the global power systems company, has received the „Next Generation Ship Award‟ for its Enviroship Concept. The winning ship design is for a short-sea general cargo vessel which integrates a highly efficient gas power and propulsion system with an innovative hull design to provide a significant reduction in emissions. “We are pleased that […]

  • UK: People to Vote for Pro-Wind Politicians, Poll Says

    2 May 2013

    New independent research published today reveals that people are less likely to vote for political parties that oppose wind farm developments. The polling, undertaken by ComRes, asked about voting intention for both tomorrow’s local elections and the next General Election in May 2015. The results show that, in a General Election, 31% of voters are […]

  • UK: Kentz EPC Business Unit Gets New COO

    15 October 2012

    Kentz Corporation, the holding company of the Kentz engineering and construction group, announced the appointment of Tush Doshi as Chief Operating Officer (COO) of Kentz’s Specialist Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) Business Unit. James Moore, the current COO of Specialist EPC, is retiring following a 19 year career with Kentz. James will continue working with […]

  • UK: Lundy Island Residents Fear Offshore Wind Turbines

    16 August 2012

    Lundy Island residents are concerned about the possible wind power development offshore their coast, reports the North Devon Gazette 24. Last week, representatives from RWE npower renewables held a meeting at the Lundy Island to brief the residents about the Atlantic Array offshore wind farm plans. After the briefing, the visitors were concerned that the […]

  • UK: Health & Safety Culture at CWind Delivers Zero LTI

    21 February 2013

    Since 2009 CWind has logged over 600,000 working hours with a zero LTI record (Lost Time Incidents) on project solutions with the offshore wind farm sector. This means 4 years working without any Lost Time Incidents. CWind ‘s high SHEQ (Safety, Health, Environmental & Quality) standards, reflect the company’s core commitment both to its staff […]

  • UK: St. Jude Storm Could Halt London Array

    28 October 2013
    Environment

    The world’s largest offshore wind farm, the London Array could be affected by what is thought to be the worst storm in five years to hit Britain. The U.K. Met Office said that this storm, named after St. Jude, would approach from the Atlantic on path across the southwest and southern Wales before moving north-eastwards […]

  • London Array urges businesses to attend the free meeting (UK)

    3 June 2010
    Business & Finance

    THANET businesses interested in benefiting from the construction and operation of the London Array wind farm are being urged to register for…   [mappress] Source: thisiskent, June 02, 2010;

  • UK: ITW Densit Completes Grouting for London Array Project

    18 November 2012
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

    On the 19th of October 2012 ITW Densit finalized its part in the famous London Array project. For almost two years, ITW Densit has been working on both offshore and onshore grouting within the London Array project. This included offshore and onshore grouting of 175 wind turbines and the two offshore substation foundations. The onshore […]

  • MPs Warn That Green Bank Needs Real Power (UK)

    14 March 2011
    Business & Finance

    The Government’s green energy revolution could be undermined if ministers water-down plans for a £1 billion investment “bank”, a committee…   (thisiscornwall) [mappress] Source: thisiscornwall, March 14, 2011  

  • UK: Application for Navitus Bay Offshore Meteorological Mast Approved

    19 June 2012

    The marine license application for a meteorological mast to be erected close to the proposed Navitus Bay wind park development area has been approved by the Marine Management Organisation (MMO). The meteorological mast will collect reliable and representative wind data, which will be used to inform the design of the wind farm and provide estimates […]

  • UK: Eneco’s Navitus Bay Meteorological Mast to Impact Tourism

    20 April 2012
    Environment

    Only recently, Eneco faced issues concerning landscape and environmental impact of the Navitus Bay wind farm location. Its temporary meteorological mast went before councilors who have objected to the proposal. Eneco submitted application for permission to the Marine Management Organisation to build a platform and lattice tower to evaluate wind speed and direction. It would […]

  • EMU Limited Appoints New Policy Team Head (UK)

    8 August 2011

      Rapidly growing marine consent and survey consultancy EMU Limited (EMU) has announced the appointment of a new Principal Consultant to head its expanding marine policy team. Justine Saunders, who has more than 14 years experience with the sustainable development of the marine environment, joined EMU this month to focus on the organisation’s marine planning […]

  • Huntington Field to Produce First Oil By March End (UK)

    21 March 2013

    Noreco, a Norwegian company with a stake in Huntington field in the Southern North Sea, offshore UK, has announced that all risers are connected to the subsea facilities, and consequently the entire Huntington system is fully connected from the wells to the FPSO Voyageur Spirit. The final subsea preparations for first oil and pre-commissioning are […]

  • UK: Babcock Installs “Walk-to-Work” System for Shell’s Workers

    12 June 2012

    Babcock has successfully completed the first phase of a contract awarded by Shell, to integrate a novel self-stabilising gangway system onboard the subsea construction vessel MV Island Enforcer, providing pedestrian access for workers from vessel to offshore platform as required. The integrated system has now been mobilised for its offshore deployment to connect to the […]

  • UK: New Session on Agenda for Annual Offshore Decommissioning Conference

    26 September 2012

    A brand new session covering the importance of preparing for decommissioning projects has been added to the topical line up of issues to be discussed at the annual Offshore Decommissioning Conference, which is co-organised by Decom North Sea (DNS) and Oil & Gas UK. The session, entitled ‘Late Life Operations and Preparation for Decommissioning’, is […]

  • UK: Technip Celebrates Official Launch of Offshore Wind Business

    1 August 2011
    Operations & Maintenance, Research & Development

      To celebrate the official launch of Technip’s Offshore Wind business an event has been held today, on Monday 1st August, in the presence of the Rt. Hon. Alex Salmond, MSP, First Minister of Scotland and Thierry Pilenko, Chairman and CEO of Technip. This event took place at Technip’s Offshore Wind headquarters located on the […]

  • UK launches innovation challenge to grow offshore renewables sector

    30 November 2020
    Authorities & Government, Business Developments & Projects, Innovation, Outlook & Strategy, Regulation & Policy, Research & Development, Technology

    The UK Hydrographic Office (UKHO), together with the Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science (Cefas), have invited innovators to identify how marine geospatial data can be used to find suitable sites for offshore wind, and tidal and wave energy infrastructure.

  • UK Offshore Wind Blows Past 2020 Cost Reduction Target

    24 January 2017
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Human Capital, Operations & Maintenance, Research & Development, Storage, Technology

    The cost of energy from offshore wind has fallen by 32% since 2012 and is now below the joint UK government and industry target of GBP 100 per megawatt hour (MWh) four years ahead of schedule, according to a report delivered by the Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult on behalf of the Offshore Wind Programme […]

  • UK Offshore Wind Blows Past 2020 Cost Reduction Target

    24 January 2017
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Human Capital, Operations & Maintenance, Research & Development, Storage, Technology

    The cost of energy from offshore wind has fallen by 32% since 2012 and is now below the joint UK government and industry target of GBP 100 per megawatt hour (MWh) four years ahead of schedule, according to a report delivered by the Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult on behalf of the Offshore Wind Programme […]

  • UK: RES Could Buy Stakes in Offshore Wind Projects

    15 June 2012
    Business & Finance

    A UK-based renewables energy developer Renewable Energy Systems Ltd. (RES) could buy shares in offshore wind projects. Chris Morgan, CEO of the RES Offshore unit, said that the involvement in offshore projects in the future is a strategically interesting area that the company will look to get into, the Bloomberg informs. As European governments are […]

  • FIND Maps Releases OceanWise Marine Data and Maps (UK)

    6 January 2012

    FIND Maps, the UK’s most advanced online mapping website for professionals, is now authorized to deliver OceanWise marine datasets. These comprise an international range of Georeferenced Raster GeoTiffs as well as OceanWise Marine Themes (GIS compatible vector data). The Marine Themes datasets are compiled using authoritative data from the UK and other Hydrographic Offices. Each […]

  • DeepOcean Group Wins Trenching Contract in the North Sea (UK)

    16 April 2013

    DeepOcean UK, Ltd., a subsidiary of DeepOcean Group Holding BV, today announced an award from leading contractor Technip for trenching services on the Stella Field Development, Operated by Ithaca Energy. The contract includes project management, engineering and associated trenching and backfilling works for the infield flexible flowlines and umbilicals. In addition, DeepOcean will provide post-lay […]

  • UK Q2 Wind Energy Generation Down 19 Pct

    27 November 2014
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance

    UK Department of Energy & Climate Change has released energy statistics for second quarter of 2014. Total electricity generated fell 6.2 per cent from 83.9 TWh in 2013 Q2 to 78.7 TWh, reflecting lower demand. The generation by wind, PV, wave and tidal fell 10.2 per cent from 7.2 TWh to 6.5 TWh. In spite […]