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France: Officials Invite Bids for Port of Morlaix Dredging
Morlaix Communauté has announced tender for the dredging project at the Port of Morlaix. This project includes the dredging works at the Port of Morlaix, with the transportation and dumping of recovered sediments into a designated stockpile dumping area. Tender details: Open procedure. Project perio
Siemens to Install 80 Wind Turbines for Amrumbank West Project in North Sea (Germany)
Siemens Energy has received another large order to build an offshore wind power plant in Germany. For the Amrumbank West project in the North Sea, the company is supplying 80 wind turbines, each with an output of 3.6 megawatts (MW) and 120 meter diameter rotor. The customer is Amrumbank West GmbH, a
Siemens to Install 80 Wind Turbines for Amrumbank West Project in North Sea (Germany)
Siemens Energy has received another large order to build an offshore wind power plant in Germany. For the Amrumbank West project in the North Sea, the company is supplying 80 wind turbines, each with an output of 3.6 megawatts (MW) and 120 meter diameter rotor. The customer is Amrumbank West GmbH, a
UK: DP World, Shell Open Tanker Jetty at London Gateway
DP World’s London Gateway and Shell are celebrating the joint efforts to advance London Gateway into an efficient fuel handling facility that will provide a continuous supply of energy to the UK. These joint efforts have been marked by the official opening of a state of the art tanker jetty at Londo
Ireland: NTCE Invites Tenders for Sediment Removal Works
Naas Town Council Engineering has invited tenders for Naas Town middle and lower lakes sediment removal works . This works include removal of sediment from Naas Town middle and lower lakes, with disposal of recovered materials to designated licensed facility. Tender details: Open procedure. Requests
UK: PD Ports Targets Further Business Growth
PD Ports has recently made two new appointments to help drive business growth. Rob Brewster has been appointed as Development Director Logistics and Andrew Lowdon has joined the Company as Commercial Analyst. These new roles are designed to further emphasise PD Ports’ growth strategy and to continuo
Russia: Gazprom Says Yamal Project Construction in Final Stages
A group of Gazprom experts led by Alexander Ananenkov, Deputy Chairman of the Company’s Management Committee made a business trip to the Komi Republic and the Yamal-Nenets Autonomous Okrug aiming to monitor the progress with the Yamal megaproject implementation. During the trip the Company’s staff i
Partnership Secures Dundee’s Bright Future in Offshore Wind Industry (UK)
A new partnership has been launched that aims to secures Dundee’s position as a leading centre of Scotland’s rapidly developing offshore renewables sector. Forth Ports, Scottish Enterprise, Dundee City Council and energy firm SSE have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) that will see them wor
Russia: Dredging Project Boosts Port Vysotsky’s Cargo Traffic
The volume of cargo handled by Port Vysotsky LLC in January-November rose by 38 percent over the same period of 2010, to 2,938,000 tons. In November 2011, Port Vysotsky handled 228,825 tons of export thermal coal. Port Vysotsky LLC operating the coal terminal specializes in handling the commodity ex
Community Benefits Consultation on GBP 19 Million Funding Begins (UK)
Gwynt y Môr Offshore Wind Farm Limited, through independent market research company Cogent, is seeking Flintshire residents’ views on how £19 million of community funding should be allocated across North Wales. The funds, £768,000 per year, index linked to inflation, will become available once the 1
E.ON Invests EUR 7 Billion in Renewables (Germany)
Investments of EUR7 billion in renewables, three large wind farms in the North Sea and Baltic Sea, and new transmission lines for wind power: they are all ways Johannes Teyssen is making E.ON a green energy provider. Today E.ON outlined the company’s comprehensive program for helping to transform Ge
Russia: Shtokman Tax to be Similar to Yamal, Deputy Minister Says
Any tax regime for gas produced at the Shtokman field would probably be similar to the one introduced to the Yamal LNG project, Russian Deputy Finance Minister Sergei Shatalov said today. Shatalov also said that any decision on the introduction of a tax break for the Shtokman project is unlikely to
The Netherlands: Huge Interest for Alicat Workboats at EWEA
Alicat workboats exhibited for the first time at the EWEA, the world’s largest and most prestigious offshore renewables exhibition. Huge interest was shown in Alicat Workboats and new customers were very taken with the design and capabilities, whilst existing users of Alicat Workboats praised the se
European Commission Asks for Binding Renewable Energy Targets for 2030 (Belgium)
The European Commission’s Energy Roadmap 2050 shows that a high renewables energy mix – with 97% of the EU’s electricity consumption met by renewable energy, including 49% wind power in 2050 – would have the same “overall energy system costs” as any other decarbonisation or business as usual scenari