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Company Relaunches to Tackle Skills Challenge

The search for enough skilled workers to meet the future demands of the East of England energy industry has prompted one recruitment business to rename and relaunch itself ready for the challenges...

Company Relaunches to Tackle Skills Challenge

Lamprell Delivers Windcarrier 2 “Bold Tern”, to Fred Olsen Windcarrier

Lamprell, a leading provider of diversified engineering and contracting services to the onshore and offshore oil & gas and renewables industry, announced the successful completion of construction...

Lamprell Delivers Windcarrier 2 “Bold Tern”, to Fred Olsen Windcarrier

4C Offshore Maps Development of European Wind Farm Service Vessel Fleet

Offshore shore wind market consultancy 4C Offshore has researched and mapped the development of the European Wind Farm Service Vessel fleet. The sector has grown rapidly over the last five years...

4C Offshore Maps Development of European Wind Farm Service Vessel Fleet

East Anglia Offshore Wind Appoints Royal HaskoningDHV as Lead EIA Consultant (UK)

East Anglia Offshore Wind (EAOW), a 50-50 joint venture between ScottishPower Renewables and Vattenfall, has appointed Royal HaskoningDHV as the lead Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) consultant...

East Anglia Offshore Wind Appoints Royal HaskoningDHV as Lead EIA Consultant (UK)

Load-Out Marks First Stage of Development at Dogger Bank, UK

The innovative suction-installed foundations that represent the first stage of construction at the world’s largest offshore wind farm are now on their way to the site at Dogger Bank, 125...

Load-Out Marks First Stage of Development at Dogger Bank, UK

Recruitment firm Cooper Lomaz targets growth in energy sector

The Bury St Edmunds-based company has increased its number of consultants in Lowestoft from one to four and established a base for the team within the Orbis Energy Centre. “Cooper Lomaz is...

Recruitment firm Cooper Lomaz targets growth in energy sector

Last Construction Vessel Leaves Site, New Phase Begins for Sheringham Shoal (UK)

The departure of the floating hotel Regina Baltica, which was the final construction vessel on the Sheringham Shoal offshore wind farm, marks the end of an intense period of activity and the start a...

Last Construction Vessel Leaves Site, New Phase Begins for Sheringham Shoal (UK)

GEV Offshore wins three-year Sheringham Shoal contract

Scira Offshore Energy has awarded a new contract for the provision of a range of support services for its £1bn Sheringham Shoal Offshore Wind Farm off the coast of North Norfolk, to a local...

GEV Offshore wins three-year Sheringham Shoal contract

Application submitted for giant East Anglia ONE offshore wind farm

A proposed giant wind farm off the Suffolk coast could generate £500m for the local economy, it has been revealed. East Anglia Offshore Wind (EAOW), a 50-50 joint venture between Vattenfall...

Application submitted for giant East Anglia ONE offshore wind farm

Seajacks Holds Official Steel Cutting Ceremony for 4th Vessel

The official Steel Cutting Ceremony for Seajacks’ fourth vessel was held on 20 November 2012 at Lamprell’s Hamriyah facility in Dubai. Self-propelled and self-elevating, Seajacks Hydra...

Seajacks Holds Official Steel Cutting Ceremony for 4th Vessel

Fluor loses Gabbard case

US contractor Fluor has lost its arbitration case against the owners of the Greater Gabbard offshore wind farm SSE and RWE and will take a pre-tax hit of $400m. The company said late Friday it had...

Fluor loses Gabbard case

International Initiative to Strengthen East of England Offshore Wind Sector

A new €2 million European funded research programme has been launched to improve opportunities for an international network of companies and universities in relation to installation, operation...

International Initiative to Strengthen East of England Offshore Wind Sector

Director Says 2012 Dron & Dickson’s Most Successful Year to Date (UK)

Dron & Dickson, specialist in design, supply and maintenance of hazardous area electrical equipment, has reported growth in 2011/12 of more than 33% on last year, with turnover increasing to...

Director Says 2012 Dron & Dickson’s Most Successful Year to Date (UK)

Seacat’s ‘Resolute’ Contracted to Work at Greater Gabbard Offshore Wind Farm (UK)

Seacat Services, the class leading vessel transfer operator, has announced that Resolute, its latest 24-metre, class-certified workboat, has been contracted to Greater Gabbard Offshore Wind Limited,...

Seacat’s ‘Resolute’ Contracted to Work at Greater Gabbard Offshore Wind Farm (UK)

Areva Intends to Bring Jobs to East of England

European wind turbine manufacturer Areva intends to bring wealth and jobs to the East of England even though it has ruled out the region for its new UK factory. Speakers from the energy group said...

Areva Intends to Bring Jobs to East of England

SHL to Install Two Weather Monitoring Stations for East Anglia Offshore Wind Zone

Aberdeen based Wood Group Engineering (North Sea) Ltd has awarded a contract to Seaway Heavy Lifting Contracting Ltd for the transportation and installation of two weather monitoring stations for the...

SAL to Install Two Weather Monitoring Stations for East Anglia Offshore Wind Zone

Seajacks Gets ISO 14001 Certification

Following an assessment by an independent body, Seajacks has been awarded ISO 14001 Certification. This certification has only been achieved by less than 1% of UK Businesses and this prestigious...

Seajacks Gets ISO 14001 Certification

Bond Air Services supports world's largest wind farm

Bond Air Services has started operations suppporting the Greater Gabbard offshore wind farm, the first helicopter operation of its kind in the UK.The company will use a Eurocopter EC135 T2i...

Bond Air Services supports world's largest wind farm

Vessel Builder in Lowestoft Due to Launch First Project

Lowestoft based company East Coast Charters Ltd are due to take delivery of thier new vessel ECC Challenger in the next few weeks. The Challenger is built by East Coast Workcats a subsidury company...

Vessel Builder in Lowestoft Due to Launch First Project

Fluor Extends Hydrosphere’s Greater Gabbard Contract

Hydrosphere UK Ltd’s contract for the rental of six Cardinal buoys to mark Britain’s largest wind farm, Greater Gabbard, has been extended by Fluor Limited. Fluor – the...

Fluor Extends Hydrosphere’s Greater Gabbard Contract

Offshore Wind Greatly Supports Suffolk’s Economy

With the launch of the Greater Gabbard offshore wind farm, Suffolk has hit a major milestone and has generated an important investment paving the way for growth of the local economy. The emergence...

 Offshore Wind Greatly Supports Suffolk’s Economy

Greater Gabbard: Commission completes milestone month

THE emergence of green energy as a key industry in Suffolk has reached a major milestone after an offshore wind farm started to produce enough power to supply more than half a million homes. The...

Greater Gabbard: Commission completes milestone month

Senergy Study Shows UK Could More than Double Its Offshore Wind Energy Targets

An evaluation of the UK’s offshore wind potential carried out by Senergy’s industry-leading renewable energy consultancy has shown that the Government could more than double its offshore...

Senergy Study Shows UK Could More than Double Its Offshore Wind Energy Targets

ScottishPower Renewables, Vattenfall Award East Anglia Contracts Worth GBP 17 Million

ScottishPower Renewables and Vattenfall have today awarded contracts worth over £17m for the fabrication, installation and operation of two weather monitoring stations for the 7200MW East...

ScottishPower Renewables, Vattenfall Award East Anglia Contracts Worth GBP 17 Million

New minister backs Suffolk Business Month

SUFFOLK MP Matthew Hancock, who became minister for business and education in last week’s Government reshuffle, has backed Suffolk’s Business Month campaign ahead of its official launch...

New minister backs Suffolk Business Month

Greater Gabbard Offshore Wind Farm Generates Power

All of the 140 turbines at  Greater Gabbard, the 500MW (megawatt) offshore wind farm developed in the Thames Estuary by Greater Gabbard Offshore Winds Limited (GGOWL) have been commissioned and...

Greater Gabbard Offshore Wind Farm Generates Power

Gardline, Alicat to Exhibit at Husum WindEnergy in Germany

Gardline and Alicat will be exhibiting at Husum WindEnergy in Germany, 18-22 September.  Gardline and Alicat will have a combined stand in the open air section of the conference...

Gardline, Alicat to Exhibit at Husum WindEnergy in Germany

SubC Conducts Several Grouted Connections Projects

This summer, SubC is involved in several projects related to the issues of the grouted connections on monopiles. After thousands of grouted connection inspections, SubC has gained a significant...

SubC Conducts Several Grouted Connections Projects

SubC Signs Long-Term Agreement with Dong Energy

As a part of its growth strategy, SubC Partner has signed a long-term agreement with Dong Energy. This partnership brings the company even closer in the development of tools and procedures for...

SubC Signs Long-Term Agreement with Dong Energy

SubC names new Director as it opens Branch Office in Lowestoft, UK.

In order to secure the best given service regarding inspection, repair and maintenance (IRM) work on offshore foundations, SubC Partner has recently setup a branch office at the OrbisEnergy...

SubC names new Director as it opens Branch Office in Lowestoft, UK.

Seajacks Zaratan to Perform O&M Work on Gunfleet Sands, UK

Seajacks Zaratan, the newest addition to Seajacks’ self-propelled jack-up fleet, was contracted to perform Operation and Maintenance (O&M) work on the Gunfleet Sands offshore windfarm,...

Seajacks Zaratan to Perform O&M Work on Gunfleet Sands, UK

Should we be moving more of our renewable energy efforts offshore?

From the Tide Mill at Woodbridge to the Rance in Britanny, we have been harnessing the power of the tide for centuries. MARK ASPINALL, director of 4NRg, based at OrbisEnergy in Lowestoft and managing...

Should we be moving more of our renewable energy efforts offshore?

Energy firms in Norfolk and Suffolk urged to support each other

Energy companies in the region have been urged to support each other by using local suppliers where they can. At his first conference today since taking over as chief executive of the East of...

Energy firms in Norfolk and Suffolk urged to support each other

Scottish Renewables Welcomes Cost Reduction Report’s Recommendations

Scottish Renewables has welcomed a new report which confirms the cost of offshore wind can be cut by 30 per cent to £100 per megawatt hour by 2020. Niall Stuart, Chief Executive of Scottish...

Scottish Renewables Welcomes Cost Reduction Report’s Recommendations

Keith Anderson Gives Evidence Regarding Draft Energy Bill

Keith Anderson, Chief Corporate Officer at ScottishPower, gave evidence to the Energy and Climate Change Committee in Westminster, regarding the draft Energy Bill. Mr Anderson discussed the...

Keith Anderson Gives Evidence Regarding Draft Energy Bill

Gardline to Take Part in RenewableUK’s Exhibition & Conference

Gardline will once again be exhibiting at Global Offshore Wind at the Excel Centre in London, on stand 297 towards the middle of the hall. Since 2001, the Gardline group has utilised its 40 years of...

Gardline to Take Part in RenewableUK’s Exhibition & Conference

East Anglia’s energy sector in spotlight

Momentum is building to promote the region to potential investors as a big wind project is expected to move forward later this year. A programme to cultivate what has been dubbed the East of England...

East Anglia’s energy sector in spotlight

OrbisEnergy Recognised as Leading Green Suffolk Business

Lowestoft based OrbisEnergy, the Suffolk’s flagship hub for offshore renewable energy, has been recognised as part of the top 100 green businesses in Suffolk. The Anglian Business Green 100 is...

OrbisEnergy Recognised as Leading Green Suffolk Business

East Anglia and Massachusetts Sign Landmark Agreement to Support Offshore Renewables Innovation

Offshore renewable energy was firmly under the international spotlight last week as Energy Ministers from 23 of the world’s leading economies gathered in London to discuss accelerating the...

East Anglia and Massachusetts Sign Landmark Agreement to Support Offshore Renewables Innovation

Greater Gabbard Expects Latest Windcat Workboat

The Windcat 28, an 18 metre long aluminium catamaran, fresh from Kuipers Woudsend shipyard in the Netherlands is about to head to Greater Gabbard wind farm off the coast of eastern England, North...

Greater Gabbard Expects Latest Windcat Workboat

The Crown Estate announces the 2012 offshore wind industry supply chain events

We can announce the dates of our third series of UK supply chain events for the offshore wind industry. Five events, being hosted with partners across the country, will bring together key industry...

The Crown Estate announces the 2012 offshore wind industry supply chain events

East Anglia Offshore Wind Reveals Project Details

East Anglia Offshore Wind has revealed more info on one of the world’s largest offshore wind farms to be constructed off Suffolk coast. Joint venture between ScottishPower Renewables (SPR) and...

East Anglia Offshore Wind Reveals Project Details

New Japanese owners for Seajacks

Successful Great Yarmouth firm Seajacks which provides jack-up vessels for the offshore energy industry has been bought by two Japanese firms. The deal - for an undisclosed sum - will see ownership...

New Japanese owners for Seajacks

Norfolk and Suffolk needs help tapping into £30bn energy opportunities

National opportunities totalling more than £271bn for Norfolk and Suffolk's energy supply chain have been mapped out in a new report commissioned by the Norfolk and Suffolk Energy...

Norfolk and Suffolk needs help tapping into £30bn energy opportunities

Norfolk and Suffolk businesses urged to act now to join the supply chain

The potential energy boom will bring opportunities for businesses. In the third part of a special series on the region’s energy sector, Annabelle Dickson looks at why developing and promoting...

Norfolk and Suffolk businesses urged to act now to join the supply chain

Region is finding the energy to solve skills shortfall

With many business opportunities in the energy sector on the horizon more pressure is going to be piled on an industry already bemoaning a lack of skills. Annabelle Dickson finds out what the...

Region is finding the energy to solve skills shortfall

Energy opportunities for Norfolk and Suffolk

Beneath and far beyond the shores of the Norfolk and Suffolk coast, often beyond sight, is billions of pounds of riches and an energy mix which some say will be a vital part of our energy security in...

Energy opportunities for Norfolk and Suffolk

SSE Gets Thumbs Up for Offshore Wind Turbine Test Facility at Hunterston

SSE Renewables, the renewable energy development division of SSE, has received consent from North Ayrshire Council to construct an offshore wind turbine test facility at Hunterston in North...

SE Gets Thumbs Up for Offshore Wind Turbine Test Facility at Hunterston

Top Windpower Names in Line-up for EEEGR’s Biggest Conference

Another international name from the windpower world has joined the line-up for what will be the biggest conference ever staged by EEEGR (the East of England Energy Group) in Norwich on March...

Top Windpower Names in Line-up for EEEGR’s Biggest Conference

Alicat Boat 9 Nearing Completion

From the first Alicat appearing at Seaworks 2010, Alicat Workboats have gone from strength to strength with boat number 9 nearing completion and boat 14 going into production. The state of the...

Alicat Boat 9 Nearing Completion

Eight finalists for Energy Innovation Awards

Eight inspiring ideas from the business world will be in contention for the Energy Innovation Awards 2012 staged in Norwich later this month by EEEGR, the East of England Energy Group. The...

Eight finalists for Energy Innovation Awards

Seajacks Kraken awarded 2 year contract by NAM and Shell UK

Seajacks Kraken, a self-propelled jack-up vessel owned and operated by Seajacks, has been contracted by NAM (Nederlandse Aardoliemaatschappij BV) and Shell UK Limited to work on one of the largest...

Seajacks Kraken awarded 2 year contract by NAM and Shell UK

Certex opens new premises in Aberdeen

Certex UK – one of the nation’s leading distributors of lifting and safety equipment – is opening new premises in Aberdeen this week in response to increased business in the...

Certex opens new premises in Aberdeen

John Best to move forward from his EEEGR role for new pastures

John Best, the founder and face of EEEGR (the East of England Energy Group), is to stand down as chief executive after 11 years to take on a new job. He will move to an executive management position...

John Best to move forward from his EEEGR role for new pastures

Scour Prevention Systems secures £100k LBA investment to close its £350k round

LBA are delighted to announce that Scour Prevention Systems Ltd (SPS) has successfully raised c. £350k. The company presented to LBA on 26 May 2011 looking for just £100k to close its...

Scour Prevention Systems secures £100k LBA investment to close its £350k round