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The Netherlands: Companies Present their Big Wind Turbines at EWEA Offshore 2011
It’s been another busy day at OFFSHORE 2011 in Amsterdam, and yesterday the focus was on audience participation. First up were five of offshore wind energy’s leading manufacturers – Alstom, Nordex, Gamesa, Siemens and Vestas – in the battle of the big turbines. Each manufacturer outlined the benefit
Estonia to Up Gas Prices
Eesti Gaas AS, the Estonian gas monopoly, said it will raise natural gas rates for households by 15 percent from January because of higher… (bloomberg) [mappress] Source: bloomberg, December 1, 2011;
EU Authorities to Solve Shortage of Warships in Atalanta Mission Against Piracy
The Ministers of Defence of the 27 Member States of the European Union (EU) have started talks in Brussels to try to solve the shortage of… (FIS) [mappress] Source: FIS, November 30, 2011
Russia: Gazprom, RWE to Continue JV Talks
The Gazprom headquarters hosted today a working meeting between Alexey Miller, Chairman of the Company’s Management Committee and Jurgen Grossmann, Chief Executive Officer of RWE. The parties discussed potential establishment of a joint venture in the energy sector. On July 14, 2011 Gazprom and RWE
Alnmaritec Sings Contract for Two Wave Master Class WFSV (UK)
Alnmaritec, the specialist aluminium boat builder based in the North East of the UK, announced today at the EWEA Offshore 2011 exhibition that it has been awarded a contract for two of it’s new Wave Master class of wind farm support vessels. The new order was placed by North Sea Logistics one of the
Scottish Firms Present their Expertise in Offshore Wind Industry
Scotland’s leading offshore wind products and services will be showcased this week at Europe’s bi-annual premier offshore wind energy event, EWEA Offshore Wind 2011 (European Wind Energy Association Offshore Wind Event 2011). Supported by SDI and Scottish Enterprise (SE), more than 20 Scottish compa
Scottish Firms Present their Expertise in Offshore Wind Industry
Scotland’s leading offshore wind products and services will be showcased this week at Europe’s bi-annual premier offshore wind energy event, EWEA Offshore Wind 2011 (European Wind Energy Association Offshore Wind Event 2011). Supported by SDI and Scottish Enterprise (SE), more than 20 Scottish compa
South Korea: SHI Chooses STADT Electric Propulsion for LNG-Fuelled Ships
South Korea’s Samsung Heavy Industries, has ordered electrical propulsion system from Norway-based STADT AS for a new generation of environmentally friendly ships with LNG-electric propulsion. It’s the patented No-Loss Drive system that is now introduced to the world’s largest shipbuilding nation. T
GL Presents New Bladed Link to Offshore Code Checking Tools (Germany)
In the years to come an increasing number of offshore wind turbine (OWT) installations are expected in deeper waters. This will require the use of more complex braced support structures such as jackets instead of the more widely used monopole foundations. For modelling OWT-specific aspects such as r
UK Forward Gas Dips
UK forward gas prices fell to a nine-month low on Wednesday morning on weak demand as prompt prices were stagnant as Britain’s short term… (reuters) [mappress] Source: reuters, November 30, 2011; Image: uk national grid
trûon Advises Vattenfall on Acquisition of Sandbank 24 (Germany)
trûon Rechtsanwälte has advised Vattenfall in the acquisition of project rights for the offshore wind farm Sandbank 24 from Sandbank Power GmbH & Co. KG. The planned offshore-wind farm Sandbank 24 is located in the German Exclusive Economic Area in the North Sea approximately 90 km west of Sylt. In
Fluxys G Finalizes Stake Acquisition in TENP and Transitgas Pipelines (Belgium)
Today Fluxys G completed the acquisition of Eni’s interests in the TENP (Germany) and Transitgas (Switzerland) pipelines. The acquisition includes stakes in the TENP and Transitgas asset owners as well as the rights to commercialize capacity in both pipelines. Acquiring infrastructure and capacity t
Russia: Sovcomflot Names Ilya Klebanov as BoD Chairman
The Board of Directors of OAO Sovcomflot held a meeting on 25 November 2011. In accordance with the decision of the extraordinary shareholders’ meeting of 3 November 2011, the Board of Directors considered a number of organisational matters. Ilya Klebanov was unanimously elected as Chairman of the B
Royal Haskoning Helps Vattenfall to Extend Kentish Flats Wind Farm (UK)
Royal Haskoning plays a key role in helping Vattenfall become the first offshore energy company to be cleared for examination by the Infrastructure Planning Commission (IPC), and move a step closer to achieving its plan to extend an existing offshore wind farm. Following an extensive community consu