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  • Tailwind produces first oil from UK North Sea redevelopment

    10 December 2018
    Infrastructure, Project & Tenders

    Tailwind Energy has announced first oil from its 100% owned Gannet E redevelopment to the Triton FPSO located offshore the UK. 

  • UK: OMA Director Discusses Offshore Wind Skills Gap

    7 August 2012
    Human Capital

    David Martin, Director at Offshore Marine Academy (OMA) looks at where the skills gap lies within the offshore renewables sector and what the industry must do to ensure the gap is closed by the time Round Three construction gets underway. RenewableUK has said that the offshore wind and marine energy sector could support 88,000 jobs […]

  • UK National Grid concludes initial CfD bids review

    8 June 2017
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Research & Development, Technology

    The non-qualification review assessment for the second contracts for difference (CfD) bids has been concluded, and an appeal window for renewables projects that failed to qualify for the support has been launched.

  • FoundOcean Completes Substation Foundation Grouting for Walney 2 (UK)

    31 August 2011

    FoundOcean, contracted to Volker Staal en Funderingen BV (VSF), has completed the offshore grouting operations for Walney Offshore Wind Farm (OWF) Phase 2 substation installation. The substation jacket is a four-legged steel structure with one pile sleeve per leg. The jacket was secured to the seabed by injecting grout into the annuli between the pile […]

  • UK: Mantsbrite Presents Innovative Marine Communications for North Sea Safety

    16 April 2013

    When Mantsbrite became the sole UK distributor of the David Clark Marine Wireless Headset Communications Systems in 2012, one of the first users was Tidal Transit, a fast growing North Norfolk company providing a new generation of personnel transfer vessels for use by offshore wind farm developers. Some years earlier. Tidal Transit had realised that […]

  • UK Investors to boost Indonesia’s tidal and solar with USD 4 bln

    20 May 2015
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance

    Indonesia’s Investment Coordinating Board (BKPM) has announced the investments from UK in Indonesia’s renewable sector in the amount of USD 4.01 bln. According to Jakarta Globe, the investors from UK plan to boost Indonesia’s tidal and solar sector. “The investments will be in solar energy, higher than 10 megawatts, and offshore tidal energy. “Some of […]

  • UK: Bureau Veritas Supports 1000-ton Goliath Crane Project

    3 April 2012
    Business & Finance

    Bureau Veritas has provided quality assurance services in both China and the UK for a successful project with Babcock Marine to design and construct a 1000-ton Goliath crane. Bureau Veritas was chosen as a key inspection services partner by Babcock Marine for the design and construction of a mammoth crane. The crane, the biggest in […]

  • Greenlink gets green light for cable setup in UK waters

    3 March 2021
    Authorities & Government, Business Developments & Projects, Environment, Infrastructure, Rules & Regulation, Transition, Vision

    Ireland-Wales Greenlink electricity interconnector has secured consent for a marine licence from Natural Resources Wales (NRW). The marine licence covers installation of the marine cable in UK waters. Greenlink said the approval by NRW is a major milestone and joins the onshore planning consents granted unanimously in July last year by Pembrokeshire County Council and […]

  • Three UK-produced ROVs get to work on Petrobras’ oilfields

    10 January 2023
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Equipment, Technology

    Forum Energy Technologies (FET) has delivered three work-class remotely operated vehicles (ROVs) to Brazil-based OceanPact for deployment on Petrobras’ oilfields. The three 200HP Perry XLX-C ROVs, manufactured at FET’s UK facility at Kirkbymoorside, North Yorkshire, will be deployed on two of OceanPact’s vessels to support inspection, repair and maintenance (IRM) services for the oilfields of Brazil’s […]

  • Nexans secures loan guarantees for UK export cable contract

    26 April 2023
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Outlook & Strategy, Project & Tenders

    Nexans Norway has secured NOK 2 billion (around £155 million) in loan guarantees from Export Finance Norway (Eksfin) that will be used for a UK export cable contract. The transaction covers the export and installation of high-voltage subsea cables for the Moray West offshore wind farm off the coast of Scotland. “Having Eksfin on our […]

  • Equinor gathers public feedback for UK offshore wind extensions

    3 November 2020
    Business & Finance

    Equinor has published the summary reports from the first phase of community consultations for the extensions of the Sheringham Shoal and Dudgeon offshore wind farms in the UK. As part of the development process, early-stage proposals were presented locally and online for feedback from the community and key stakeholders. Phase one community consultation ran from […]

  • UK: ABB Wins Electrical Services Order for Transocean Drillship

    21 September 2011
    Business & Finance

    ABB in the UK has won an order from Transocean Nigeria to conduct a major service of the electrical generation sets on its 46,000 ton drillship GSF Jack Ryan. Stephen Colman, ABB’s Account Manager for Marine and Cranes, says: “We have a strong relationship with Transocean and conducted an electrical healthcare check on the Jack […]

  • RenewableUK Urges New UK Gov to Back Offshore Wind Industry

    8 May 2015
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance

    RenewableUK says the new UK Government should send an early signal that it is serious about supporting low-carbon energy to attract investment and create jobs. RenewableUK’s Chief Executive, Maria McCaffery, commented: “We hope that one of the new Government’s priorities will be to act quickly to secure our home-grown energy supplies based on clean sources […]

  • UK: CMAL Appoints Aspect Surveys for Port Hydrographic Survey

    10 April 2012
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

    Mariners are advised that CMAL have appointed Aspect Land & Hydrographic Surveys Ltd as contractor to conduct hydrographic and topographic surveys of all of its port areas. A detailed bathymetric survey of the seabed at the existing piers, approach channels and adjacent shorelines at all operational CMAL ferry terminals and slipways will be undertaken utilising […]

  • UK: Environment Agency Checks Flood Banks, Walls, and Barriers

    5 February 2014
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Technology

    The Environment Agency is preparing for heavy rainfall across the South East over the next ten days and is encouraging communities to take action to prepare for the risk of flooding. Rivers across the South East, including the River Thames, are rising in response to the recent heavy rainfall that has been experienced across the […]

  • UK: Inmarsat Installs 30,000th FleetBroadband™ on Olympic Future

    8 June 2012
    Business & Finance

    Inmarsat, the leading provider of global mobile satellite communications services, has announced reaching 30,000 active FleetBroadband™ terminals in service. This milestone was reached with the installation of a FleetBroadband 500™ on Olympic Future, a Greek-flagged crude oil tanker, by Inmarsat’s distribution partner OTESAT-Maritel. Springfield Shipping, the vessel’s management company, selected FleetBroadband as part of an […]

  • UK: Gael Force Wins Award for SeaLimpet Mooring Device

    4 October 2011
    Business & Finance, Equipment

      Specialist in marine engineering, equipment and aquaculture, Gael Force Group, is celebrating after winning the best subsea industry service supply title at the Energy North awards in Inverness. The company won the award for the development of its innovative SeaLimpet floating gravity-based mooring device, designed for the subsea and renewables sectors. It recently announced […]

  • Plexus Receives Best Oil and Gas Plc Award (UK)

    19 February 2013
    Business & Finance

    Plexus Holdings PLC, the AIM quoted oil and gas engineering services business and owner of the proprietary POS-GRIP® friction-grip method of wellhead engineering, announced that it has been awarded the ‘Best Oil and Gas Plc’ award at the annual Stock Market Wire Awards, presented on 18 February 2013 at the HAC, Armoury House in London. […]

  • A&P Group Highlights Commercial Potential of Marine Renewables (UK)

    30 May 2011

      A&P Group are supporting a forthcoming event and presenting on “Making the most of the opportunity – turning MRE potential into commercial reality” to the expected audience of 100 invitees. The Peninsula research Institute of Marine Renewable Energy (PRIMaRE) and the Falmouth Bay Test (FaB Test) partnership will be hosting a joint launch of […]

  • UK: Peel Ports Limited Seeks Bids for Dredging Project

    23 September 2011

    Peel Ports Limited has announced tender for dredging works at Liverpool area…   [mappress] Source: Peel Ports Limited, September 23, 2011;

  • Centrica Announces New Member of Board and Remuneration Committee (UK)

    18 November 2011
    Business & Finance

    Centrica plc (“Centrica”) announced that Dame Helen Alexander, a Non-Executive Director of Centrica and Chairman of Centrica’s Remuneration Committee, will step down from the Board of Centrica with effect from 31 December 2011. Dame Helen joined the Board in January 2003. Lesley Knox will replace Dame Helen as Chairman of the Remuneration Committee with effect […]

  • On Every $1 for Renewables, Fossil Fuels Gets $5 (UK)

    10 November 2010

    The International Energy Agency’s 2010 World Energy Outlook, released today, should finally stamp out the myth that renewable energies are dependent on subsidies. “Fossil-fuel consumption subsidies amounted to $312 billion in 2009”, says the IEA, while renewable energies in the same year received just $57 billion of “government support” according to the IEA. In other […]

  • UK: Todmorden Flood Alleviation Scheme Reaches Final Phase

    14 November 2013

    The final phase of the Todmorden Flood Alleviation Scheme is now almost complete and the Environment Agency will use the main contractors, VolkerStevin, to undertake the repair works at Shade. The Environment Agency and Calderdale Council have awarded a contract to Skipton-based engineering consultants, Jeremy Benn Associates, to develop a range of schemes to reduce […]

  • Business Insights Announces Renewable Energy Developers Guide (UK)

    20 January 2012

      With economics of scale the installation and material costs for renewable technologies are set to exceed or match the cost per kWh of conventional fossil and nuclear generation plant over the next ten years. Price volatility, political considerations, environmental aspects will mean higher risks and costs for the conventional solutions.  Features and benefits Identify […]

  • UK: GeoAcoustics Appoints Francisco J. Gutierrez as Product Manager

    1 November 2011
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

    On 1 November 2011 Francisco Gutierrez joins GeoAcoustics as Product Manager. His main responsibility will be to support the internal- and external salesteam. Francisco’s tasks are to prepare and execute product demonstrations, publish technical papers and support the GeoAcoustics product evolution systematically. Francisco has a background in physics. Since achieving his MSc (Honours) his career […]