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France: Vallourec Presents New System for Offshore Wind Turbine Anchoring
Vallourec, world leader in premium tubular solutions, presents its patented PREON® marine tubes system designed to anchor offshore wind turbines to the seabed. Developed by Vallourec’s R&D teams, this solution will mean that offshore wind turbine foundations can be installed with less effort, noise
EXMAR of Belgium Orders LPG Octet
Belgium’s EXMAR announced the order at Hyundai Mipo of up to 8 LPG-vessels of 38,000 m³ capacity. The vessels will be delivered from the first quarter of 2014 onwards. These vessels will be dedicated to strengthen EXMAR’s already substantial commercial portfolio in the Midsize segment and designed t
Maasvlakte 2: Otter Fossils from North Sea Are 9000 Years Old (The Netherlands)
A fossilised otter skull trawled from the bottom of the North Sea off the coast of the Netherlands last year is approximately 9000 years old. This otter fossil was found together with the remains of mammoths and other mammals dating from the ice age. 14C dating shows that this carnivore did not live
UK: EDF Faces Accusations Regarding Redcar Windfarm’s Carbon Dioxide Saving
It seems that the accusations, saying that the projected savings in carbon dioxide emissions, amounting to 200,000 tonnes a year of Redcar’s offshore windfarm, are not overstated, Gazette live reports. Namely, EDF Energy Renewables launched construction in February of an offshore windfarm at Redcar,
UK: EDF Faces Accusations Regarding Redcar Windfarm’s Carbon Dioxide Saving
It seems that the accusations, saying that the projected savings in carbon dioxide emissions, amounting to 200,000 tonnes a year of Redcar’s offshore windfarm, are not overstated, Gazette live reports. Namely, EDF Energy Renewables launched construction in February of an offshore windfarm at Redcar,
Norway: Wind Farm Developers Use Virtual Wind Measurement
Since early 2003, StormGeo has been running nested, limited area numerical weather prediction (NWP) models to gain real-time weather prediction and for studying historical periods. The company have extensive practice in using weather models to produce high-horizontal resolution hindcasts; historical
Gazprom, Moldova Extend Gas Supply Deal
Gazprom and Moldovagaz have extended the existing gas supply and transit contracts until the end of the second quarter of 2012. Gazprom and Moldovagaz signed the 2007–2011 gas supply contract in December 2006. Pursuant to the document, between 2008 and 2011 the price was calculated under the formula
UK: Offshore Turbine Services Picks CTruk Boats’ Vessels
Offshore Turbine Services Ltd is a new entrant into the rapidly expanding offshore wind turbine support market and having carried out a great deal of research, identified the CTruk Boats’ vessel as a very viable solution to all its needs so have two under construction and they are due to be in servi
Norway: StormGeo Assists Construction and Maintenance of Offshore Wind Farms
Building and maintaining an offshore wind farm requires extremely accurate predictions of the weather windows available for each operation. Navigating a specially built vessel with a wind-sensitive load of turbine parts on its deck, jagging up the vessel to prepare for turbine installation, position
UK: New Energy Event Highlights Job Opportunities in Region
Tens of thousands of jobs are on the horizon in the new renewables, energy and chemicals process workforce over the coming few years, and many of them will be on the Humber, say industry experts. The massive potential for jobs in the region came under the spotlight at a Hull conference organised by
Norway: Naming Ceremony Held for LNG Powered Vessel
A naming ceremony has been held in Ålesund for Olympic Shipping’s new LNG powered Platform Supply Vessel “Olympic Energy”. The ceremony was performed by the harbour in the town center of Ålesund. After the ceremony, the ship was open to the public and about 1500 used the chance to study the ship up
The Netherlands: CEDA Invites Experts to Join WGES
Ecosystem services is a concept that is gaining increasing attention as a means to link ecosystems and development goals. The CEDA Environment Commission (CEC) decided to set up a CEDA Working Group (WGES) to explore the subject in the context of dredging. WGES is to produce a CEDA Information Paper
UK: British Ports Association Gets New Chairman
Colin Parker, Chief Executive of Aberdeen Harbour Board, has been elected Chairman of the British Ports Association for the next two years at its AGM in London on 27 March. Also elected was Andrew Moffat, Chief Executive of the Port of Tyne, as Vice Chairman and Sara Bassett, Finance Director of Sho
UK: Gwynt y Môr Offshore Wind Farm Construction Kicks Off
MAJOR components have begun arriving at new port facilities on the River Mersey in Birkenhead for the construction of Gwynt y Môr Offshore Wind Farm in Liverpool Bay. The €2billion (EURO) project, one of Europe’s largest offshore wind farms, 18km off the Wirral coast, is enabling significant new inv