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  • UK Offshore Wind Sector Presents Investment Opportunity of Up to GBP 21 Bln

    12 November 2014
    Authorities, Business & Finance, R&D

    The UK has more offshore wind turbines than the rest of the world put together and a pipeline of investment opportunity of up to £21 billion by 2020.  The UK is the biggest market in the world for offshore wind, on track to deliver over 10GW by 2020. A new report ‘UK Offshore Wind: Opportunities […]

  • Bombora, AMC to Test Wave Energy Converters

    17 October 2014
    R&D

    Research into the optimal design for ocean wave energy converters is set to enter the next phase thanks to a partnership between Perth-based Bombora Wave Power and the Australian Maritime College (AMC). In conjunction with Bombora’s financial commitment, a $256,000 Australian Research Council Linkage Program funding injection will support a significant increase in research effort, […]

  • BioPower, WorleyParsons Design 250kW Wave Energy Project

    17 September 2014
    Business & Finance, R&D

    Ocean energy company, BioPower Systems (BPS), and global engineering services provider, WorleyParsons, have jointly announced that the two companies have completed the final engineering and design for a 250kW grid-connected wave energy project in Victoria, Australia. The project is being funded by the Australian Government, through the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA), the Victorian Government, […]

  • Carnegie Cashes In EUR 7.6 Mln from Oz Government

    30 June 2014
    Business & Finance

    Wave energy developer Carnegie Wave Energy Limited was award a new AUD 11m (EUR 7.6m) Australian Federal Government grant to support Carnegie’s next wave power project. The AUD 11 million grant will be received from the Australian Renewable Energy Agency’s Emerging Renewables Program. This is matched by the $20m five-year loan facility from the Clean Energy Finance Corporation […]

  • Wirral “Ready, Now” for Business

    18 June 2014
    Authorities

    Wirral Council has launched a new campaign aimed at securing major, global investment into the borough from two growing sectors. The campaign, “Wirral – Ready, Now”, is targeting key businesses within the supply chains of the automotive and offshore wind and renewable energy sectors. The automotive industry in the UK is booming, and is the […]

  • CWind Enters Boat-Share Deal with Three Ex-Royal Marines

    11 June 2014
    Business & Finance

    CWind’s successful boat share scheme has to date attracted investment from different groups within the maritime community, with commercial fishermen and superyacht skippers among current partners. Now, a group of three ex-Royal Marines is set to invest, in partnership with CWind, in the next generation of offshore wind support vessel (OWSV) design, the CTruk EVOC22. […]

  • Innogy Expands Wales Wind Farm Apprenticeship Programme

    6 June 2014
    Training & Education

    RWE Innogy UK (Innogy) is expanding its highly popular Wales wind farm apprenticeship programme for a third year running and is now recruiting for new candidates. Five more bespoke, highly skilled engineering posts have been created to support the business’s onshore and offshore activities, taking the total number of wind turbine generated apprenticeships in Wales […]

  • DECC Releases Proposals for Renewable Energy Support

    13 May 2014
    Authorities, Business & Finance

    The UK Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) has unveiled proposals to maintain the growing momentum behind renewable electricity investment in the UK, while continuing to deliver value for money for consumers. Since 2010 the UK’s renewable electricity capacity has doubled; in the same period, over £34 billion of private sector investment has been announced, […]

  • Ex-Serviceman to Help Recruit Workers

    26 March 2014

    Ex-serviceman and former prison officer Matt Knights is being seconded by EEEGR to Jobcentre Plus to help recruit much-needed workers for the East of England energy industry. Initially he will focus his attention on the Great Yarmouth and Lowestoft areas, trying to match the ability of people looking for jobs with an increasing demand from […]

  • European Politicians Urge EU Commission to Set 100 Pct Renewables Target

    21 March 2014
    Authorities

    A group of some 50 European policy makers across party lines has called upon the European Commission to drastically increase the targets for renewable energy in the context of this week’s decision to set climate and energy targets for 2030. Current and former Members of Parliament and politicians from 15 member states today concluded in […]

  • Nexans to Provide Offshore Cabling for Gode Wind 1 & 2

    4 February 2014
    Business & Finance, Grid Connection, Technology, Wind Farm Update

    DONG Energy and Nexans Deutschland yesterday signed a supplementary contract for the delivery and installation of medium-voltage cables for the German offshore wind farms Gode Wind 1 and 2. This new agreement is part of an outline contract for the delivery of up to 900 km of offshore cables for internal farm cabling. The order […]

  • UK Supports JECS Access in Offshore Wind

    6 September 2013
    Authorities, Business & Finance

    UK based company JECS Access Limited which also operates from an office in GERMANY have been delivering professional advice, design and supply of scaffolding access solutions & encapsulation enclosures since 2009 specialising in the offshore wind industry. They have a team that specialises servicing the offshore wind industry throughout Europe and are the first point […]

  • UK: ORE Catapult Strengthens Board with Miriam Greenwood’s Appointment

    5 September 2013

    The Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult, the Glasgow-based UK innovation centre established by the UK Government’s Technology Strategy Board to accelerate the growth and commercialisation of offshore wind, wave and tidal technologies, has strengthened its Board with the appointment of leading financier Miriam Greenwood OBE DL as a non-executive director. With qualifications as a barrister […]

  • UK: Forewind Spends Nearly GBP 45 Million on Offshore Surveys

    5 June 2013
    Business & Finance, Environment, R&D

    The latest seabed survey contract award by Forewind means the consortium’s spend on offshore surveys, primarily carried out by UK contractors, is almost £45 million. Since being awarded the rights to develop Dogger Bank in January 2010, Forewind has undertaken a huge range of geotechnical, geophysical and fish ecology surveys to understand and characterise the […]

  • UK: New Anglia to Target New GBP 60 Million Enterprise Zone Fund

    26 February 2013
    Business & Finance

    The New Anglia Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP), which helps to grow jobs and remove the barriers to business growth in Suffolk and Norfolk, will be targeting a new Enterprise Zone fund. The fund has been created by Government so that key infrastructure projects can be completed quickly. Funding will be targeted at sites capable of […]

  • Mainstream Welcomes Signing of Ireland-UK Intergovernmental Energy Export MoU

    24 January 2013
    Authorities, Grid Connection

    Mainstream Renewable Power, the global wind and solar company set up by Eddie O’Connor, which is behind the 5,000MW Energy Bridge export plan, has welcomed today’s Memorandum of Understanding between the British and Irish governments to export Irish wind power to the UK. Commenting on the signing, Mainstream’s Chief Executive Eddie O’Connor said: “Today is […]

  • Expert Team to Help Scottish Green Energy Projects Secure Funding from GIB

    29 November 2012
    Authorities, Business & Finance

    An expert team will help Scottish green energy projects secure funding from the Green Investment Bank (GIB) as it was launched yesterday. The team, to be led by Marcia Campbell, former Group Operations Director of Standard Life, will identify and support potential Scottish bidders to make the strongest possible case for funding from the £3 billion […]

  • Rotork Supplies All-Electric Valve Actuation Package for DanTysk (Germany)

    13 November 2012
    Technology

    Rotork is supplying an all-electric valve actuation package encompassing isolating, regulating and modulating actuators with two-wire digital control for the DanTysk offshore wind farm in the North Sea. Almost one hundred Rotork quarter-turn electric actuators will control butterfly valves on the DanTysk transformer platform, situated 70 kilometres west of the German island of Sylt. The […]

  • Tocardo Boosts UK Business with Senior Appointment

    25 October 2012
    Business & Finance

    Tocardo, the leading producer of tidal and free-flow water turbines, has strengthened its UK operations with a senior appointment; Paul Morris joins the UK subsidiary as Managing Director of Tocardo Tidal Energy Limited.  This appointment is part of the company’s strategic plans to become the leading producer of tidal and free-flow energy in the UK. […]

  • Denmark: Offshore Wind Health and Safety Summit to Focus on Reducing HSE Incidents

    23 October 2012
    Training & Education

    In just under two months’ time over 100 health and safety managers from the offshore wind industry will be meeting in Copenhagen, Denmark, to discuss safety culture, access options and training. Wind Energy Update (WEU) host their annual Offshore Wind Health and Safety Summit this December at Copenhagen’s Marriot Hotel (December 5-6, 2012). The leading […]

  • Denmark: Hempel Launches New Version of Protective Coating for Offshore Wind Turbines

    13 September 2012

    Leading coatings manufacturer Hempel announced today the release of Hempadur Multi-Strength 35460, a new solvent-free version of its best-selling protective coating for offshore wind turbine foundations. As well as helping wind turbine manufacturers reduce solvent emissions, the new coating offers a six-hour drying time, one of the fastest in the industry and is gentler on […]

  • UK: DOW Requests Planning Permission for Alternative Onshore Substation Construction

    3 July 2012
    Grid Connection

    Dudgeon Offshore Wind Limited (DOW), a subsidiary of Warwick Energy Limited, has applied for planning permission to construct and operate an onshore substation, and associated cable route spur, needed to allow the electricity generated from the proposed Dudgeon Offshore Wind Farm (Dudgeon) project to enter the national electricity transmission system.  The application is accompanied by […]

  • Lower Saxony Prime Minister in Clean Energy Talks with Scottish First Minister

    8 June 2012
    Authorities

    Scotland’s First Minister Alex Salmond and Lower Saxony’s Prime Minister David McAllister yesterday discussed co-operation opportunities in the developing European clean energy market. Mr McAllister arrived in Edinburgh yesterday, where he joined Energy & Enterprise Minister Fergus Ewing for the official opening of new premises for Germany’s largest wind turbine manufacturer, Enercon, which is headquartered […]

  • UK: Cable Crossings Pose Threat to Navigational Safety

    1 June 2012

    Last month RYA reported on the rock placements or rock berms that were put in place to protect the export cables from the Kentish Flats and London Array wind farms at the point at which they cross. Throughout UK waters cable crossings are becoming more likely, and already more frequent, as offshore energy installations continue […]

  • UK: IHC EB Brings on Board New Managing Director

    11 May 2012

    IHC Engineering Business (IHC EB) announces the appointment of Jon Dale as Managing Director IHC Engineering Business. Neil Baxter has been the Managing Director since February 2011 having joined with the specific objective of strengthening the management capabilities and systems within IHC EB to better position the business to take advantage of the significant growth […]

  • UK: Bibby Marine Successfully Acquires Osiris Projects

    13 March 2012

    Bibby Marine has finalised the acquisition of hydrographic and geophysical survey firm Osiris Projects. The two firms began to develop a relationship during the commissioning of specialist survey vessel Bibby Tethra in 2011, during which time it was recognised there was significant potential for synergies. The launch of Bibby Tethra solidifies Osiris Projects’ positioning as […]