The European Wind Energy Association expects the European Commission to estimate Wednesday that the EU needs to spend Eur140 billion ($192 billion) on power infrastructure in the next 10 years, EWEA press officer Peter Sennekamp said Monday. The EC said in its 2020 energy strategy unveiled on Novemb
The European Wind Energy Association expects the European Commission to estimate Wednesday that the EU needs to spend Eur140 billion ($192 billion) on power infrastructure in the next 10 years, EWEA press officer Peter Sennekamp said Monday. The EC said in its 2020 energy strategy unveiled on Novemb
Last week the 5th edition of the Maritime Awards Gala took place at the Amsterdam Convention Factory in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Over 700 prominent people from the Dutch maritime industry attended. The Maritime Awards Gala was established in 2000 by the Holland Marine Equipment Association and co
MPI Offshore celebrated a further milestone in the construction of the state-of-the-art wind turbine installation vessel MPI Adventure: installation of the 1,000-tonne-capacity main crane. The main crane, which was designed by Gusto MSC of the Netherlands, was constructed in China and transported to
The Courier has seen a report on the first phase of Dundee University’s initial research into low-tech intervention solutions aimed at … (thecourier) [mappress] Source:thecourier ;
DEME (AvH 50%) signed several important contracts in the third quarter, a.o. the site for the Olympic Winter Games in Sochi Russia, capital and maintenance dredging works in the LNG port of Soyo in Angola, dredging works for an LNG terminal in Mexico, petrochemical and port development in Malaysia a
At the beginning of September, Liebherr delivered the second heavy lift offshore crane type MTC 78000 straight from its manufacturing plant in Rostock. The MTC 78000 is one of the biggest offshore slewing cranes worldwide. With a maximum dynamic torque of 78,000 mT, the MTC 78000 is the most powerfu
SMart Wind, the consortium lead by Mainstream Renewable Power and Siemens Project Ventures, has appointed GL Garrad Hassan to act as Independent Engineer for the first two 500MW projects in the 4GW ‘Hornsea’ zone located off the coast of Yorkshire. Last month the consortium announced it has secured
The UK Carbon Trust’s competition for safe access to offshore wind turbines, has seen more than 600 organisations from all over the world… (renewableenergyfocus) [mappress] Source: renewableenergyfocus, November 15, 2010;
Greenpeace has launched legal action in a bid to stop UK offshore drilling in the wake of the Deepwater Horizon disaster. By Independent.co.uk [mappress] Source: Independent, November 12, 2010;
Christian Oecking (48) is now Managing Director and Chairman of the Management Board of SIS. Martin Bentler (49), Rainer Koppitz (42) and Thomas Zimmermann (42) continue as members of the Management Board of the IT service provider. Christian Oecking had been the acting head of SIS since December 20
Plans to construct a massive wind farm off the coast of Ocean City got a significant boost this week when the federal government issued both… By Shawn J. Soper (mdcoastdispatch) [mappress] Source: mdcoastdispatch, November 12, 2010;
Petrofac, the international oil & gas facilities service provider, has been awarded a contract worth £40 million (Approximately USD $ 64 million)over three years for the provision of engineering services to the UK Continental Shelf assets of Maersk Oil North Sea UK Ltd (Maersk Oil). Work will begin
A tender process to find a supplier of liquefied natural gas (LNG) to ships in the Swedish port of Gothenburg has been cancelled… (portworld) [mappress] Source: portworld, November 12, 2010;
