3sun Group, a specialist provider of products and services to the global energy industry, has appointed Dene Heywood as commercial director.Operating in the oil and gas and wind sectors both onshore and offshore, 3sun Group is an established…
The Max Bögl Group of Companies acquired a new Liebherr mixing tower for production in Osterrönfeld, Germany. An inauguration party celebrated commencement of operations on 16th of July, 2014 for the newly-established precast concrete factory and the concrete mixing plant…
DNV GL, the world’s largest resource of independent energy experts today share the findings of its latest report “Offshore wind: a manifesto for cost reduction” at WindEnergy Hamburg 2014.Industry action on reducing offshore wind costs…
After making final touches to the Damen Walk 2 Work vessel, a completely new and innovative design for the offshore support vessel market, Dutch shipbuilder Damen decided to start building the vessel on speculation, marked with the start of…
CWind, a provider of integrated services to the offshore wind industry, announced the appointment of Kurt E. Thomsen to lead its global sales team.Kurt, who was a major influence in the development of the crane ship concept, was one of the…
The master of a wind farm support boat has been made to pay £3,000 in fines and costs after breaching maritime collision regulations, informs the UK Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA).Geoffrey Whinfrey was in charge of the Island Panther…
IEA forecast sees renewable power as a cost-competitive option in an increasing number of cases, but facing growing risks to deployment over the medium term.The expansion of renewable energy will slow over the next five years unless policy uncertainty is diminished…
CWind, a provider of integrated services to the offshore wind industry, announced it has appointed Jemma Eaton to the board of directors as Commercial Director. The former Commercial Head of U.K. Offshore Project Site Execution joins CWind after nine years with Siemens…
Specialist shipbuilder Strategic Marine has appointed Dennis Thomsen as its Business Development Manager aimed at boosting its presence in the wind vessel and European work boats markets. He will be based out of Singapore. Dennis will be…
Siemens Wind Power said on Wednesday two senior executives will leave the company, one to a firm in Denmark, a leading producer of wind turbines and a major consumer of renewable energy.A spokesman from Siemens Wind Power, a Denmark-based unit of Siemens AG…
CWind Ltd, a provider of services to the offshore wind industry, is once again among the winners at the RoSPA Occupational Health and Safety Awards 2014. The Gold award in the prestigious annual scheme run by the Royal Society for the Prevention…
Offshore energy, whether oil, gas or wind, faces a tightening regime of restrictions. In Germany, for example, the German Federal Bureau of Maritime Traffic and Hydrography (BSH) recently updated its standards for offshore wind energy units…
Composite high-speed craft designer and builder CTruk has appointed shipbuilding industry veteran Peter McIntosh OBE to succeed Andy White as chairman.McIntosh, the former executive director of VT Group PLC, holds experience of the marine…
The German navigation system manufacturer Raytheon Anschütz, says that together with its exclusive Norwegian distributor Syberg AS, it has been awarded a contract for the supply of an advanced Synapsis Integrated Navigation System (INS) to two new state-of-the-art wind farm service vessels…
Sir Richard Branson is a last minute addition to the list of speakers at All-Energy 2014. The U.K.’s renewable energy exhibition and conference is being held at Aberdeen Exhibition and Conference Centre (AECC), May 21-22. Speaking live from his renowned Necker Island base…
