Seajacks has been awarded BS OHSAS 18001 Certification, a world wide recognised Health and Safety Standard. Safety has always been at the forefront of Seajacks operations and while we always felt we...
Unprecedented opportunities await young people joining the energy industry, a leading figure in the sector told students at an awards ceremony in Hopton, Norfolk. Nigel Spencer, of the Engineering...
The top boss of a Lowestoft-based energy company has hailed a “milestone” contract that will pave the way for 40 new jobs and the expansion of its Suffolk headquarters. Martin Jolley,...
The developer of the giant Greater Gabbard offshore wind farm has today announced it has resolved the long-running contractual dispute with engineering firm Fluor Ltd over concerns relating to the...
CWind wins ROSPA Gold Award CWind Ltd, of Colchester, has won a Gold Award for its occupational safety and health commitment in an awards scheme run by the safety charity, the Royal Society...
Orbisenergy is pleased to be supporting local artist Patricia Colyer who has displayed a unique set of industrial photographs at Orbisenergy this week as part of ArtAbout Town. ART ABOUT TOWN is an...
Sembmarine SLP Limited (SLP), a subsidiary of Sembcorp Marine announced that it has secured a contract worth approximately £7 million to fabricate the Bridge and Flare Structures for Nexen...
Tidal Transit’s personnel transfer vessel, Eden Rose, has been on charter to Scira Offshore Energy since May 2012. Initially it was transporting construction workers building the Sheringham...
Vattenfall and ScottishPower Renewables are partners behind the East Anglia Offshore Wind Zone, to be built off the north Suffolk and south Norfolk coast from 2016. In November last year the...
The two next-generation Siemens 6MW offshore wind turbines at the Gunfleet Sands demonstration project in the UK have produced the first power. DONG Energy will use Siemens 6MW wind turbines...
Gardline, one of the leading vessel service providers for the offshore renewables sector, has been awarded a four boat charter working for the Lynn and Inner Dowsing Wind Farms, owned by Centrica and...
European Wind Energy Association (EWEA) spoke to Andreas Wagner, CEO of the Offshore Wind Foundation (Stiftung Offshore-Windenergie) and part of the team negotiating with German Chancellor Angela...
Mark Fletcher has been appointed as Operations Director and Richard Mould as Sales Director. Jane Lovell, joint Managing Director of the Norwich, Lowestoft and Bury St Edmunds-based company said she...
The two wind turbines at the Roy Humphrey Group’s site at Eye in Suffolk became fully operational today. Following 18 months of careful preparation and consultation, the developer of the...
As offshore wind farms move further out to sea demands made on support vessels arechanging significantly. Essex-based CTruk Boats has had its sights set on this development for some time and recently...
RenewableUK has welcomed new statistics which show that a record 11.3% of the nation’s electricity was generated from renewable sources in 2012. This represents an increase of almost 2%...
CWind is pleased to announce that CWind Alliance, a CTruk 20T workboat, has been recognised by Siemens for its outstanding vessel performance on London Array Offshore Wind Farm. The Alliance was the...
Number 10 has today confirmed that John Hayes MP has been appointed as Parliamentary Advisor to the Prime Minister and will leave his role at DECC. Michael Fallon MP is to take up the role of Energy...
More must be done to help UK energy supply chain firms win contracts at home and abroad or yards will disappear, the government has been warned. Waveney MP Peter Aldous said other countries were...
Almost 200 senior figures from across the UK’s offshore wind industry descended upon Suffolk last week to debate the future of managing operational wind projects. Delegates assembled to hear...
Construction progress at Meerwind continues at a rapid pace for main installation contractor Seajacks. New installation vessel ‘Zaratan’ has performed well over the winter months and...
Red7Marine were recently contracted by Centrica to trial SeaVex Excavation equipment on certain areas of Lincs wind farm, charetring and operating from the DP2 Loch Roag vessel. The project was to...
It was confirmed last Thursday that London Array, with 507MW of capacity, had officially become the world's largest offshore windfarm, surpassing Greater Gabbard off the Suffolk coast. The consortium...
Hopes for new business generated by the offshore windfarm boom and a new North Sea ‘gas rush’ attracted a record-breaking 500-plus delegates to the SNS2013 Conference at Norfolk...
Forewind General Manager Lee Clarke was one of a number of key industry speakers presenting at this year’s SNS2013 conference (South North Sea) organised annually by the East of England Energy...
At 17.49 on Thursday 7th March 2013 London Array officially became the world’s largest operational offshore wind farm. 141 of the 175 3.6MW Siemens wind turbines are now able to generate 507MW...
Lowestoft College’s engineering and maritime facilities were under the spotlight on Friday (March 1) when Skills Minister Matthew Hancock had a tour of the specialist facilities. Mr Hancock...
Ian Ashman and Johnny Quinn from the Geophysical Engineering department at Gardline in Great Yarmouth were recently presented with the Gardline Innovation Award 2013 by Chairman Gregory Darling. The...
3sun Group announces today the creation of 100 new jobs in response to growing demand for its products and services across the UK and Europe. The company will increase manpower within its technical...
The East of England is home to an energy industry that spans all sectors with a well-established and sizeable supply chain and workforce. Around 6,200 businesses are currently active in the region...
The opportunities and investment born from the burgeoning offshore energy sector have been well documented, but as business leaders descend on the Norfolk Showground for one of biggest energy...
CWind’s charter fleet is continuing to grow in response to continued high demand for its offshore wind farm vessels and services. The CWind Adventure, a CTruk 20T workboat, is the latest...
On Tuesday this week the UK and Ireland Vessel Co-operative conference took place under the motto “Team – Together Eevryone Achieves More”, at the Furzedown Hotel in Great Yarmouth....
The Crown Estate has today published a study of the UK offshore wind market that reviews the existing programme, and identifies future opportunities and potential challenges. Among the key findings,...
DONG Energy says that it can meet the UK Government’s target of GBP 100/MWh for offshore wind energy by 2020, and it can even reduce costs to achieve GBP 87/MWh, The Telegraph writes. The...
Following the announcement of the first three winners of the second call of the Offshore Wind Component Technologies Development and Demonstration scheme, DECC has yesterday launched a £4...
RenewableUK has welcomed comments made by the Energy and Climate Change Minister Gregory Barker in his opening speech at the trade association’s Annual Wave and Tidal Conference in London, in...
Tidal Transit Limited has just achieved ISO 14001, the internationally recognised Environmental Management Standard for business. The certification defines controls for any activity that has an...
Centrica, in its preliminary results for 2012 which were published today, has disclosed the information that the company is in discussions with a financial partner and the UK Government concerning...
In a new report, the UK’s wave and tidal energy industries warn that they will only be able to grow successfully if they get the right level of support from Government – otherwise Britain...
The installation of the first of two innovative suction-installed foundations on Dogger Bank on the weekend represents the first stage of construction of the world’s largest offshore wind...
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...
In a new report, the UK’s wave and tidal energy industries warn that they will only be able to grow successfully if they get the right level of support from Government - otherwise Britain risks...
Two British companies have today been awarded a share of £20 million to help drive forward growth in the UK’smarine energy industry. MeyGen Ltd and Sea Generation Wales Ltd have both won...
CTruk Boats in Brightlingsea is in the process of completing its tenth 20T Multi Purpose Catamaran (MPC) workboat since the company’s launch just over two years ago. The naming ceremony of...
Seajacks has today joined 35 other green groups, faith bodies and energy developers to urge Members of Parliament to support the inclusion of a 2030 de-carbonisation target in the Energy Bill which...
Gardline, one of the leading vessel service providers for the offshore renewables sector, has been awarded a one year contract to supply two crew transfer vessels to Gwynt y Môr Offshore Wind...
Vattenfall’s up to 17 turbine offshore wind farm programmed to start construction in 2015 Vattenfall’s Kentish Flats Extension has received a development consent order from the Energy...