zoom Photo: SMC/ Little Gem Marketing Specialist Marine Consultants Ltd (SMC) has again been picked to provide offshore Marine Supervision for Siemens on the Borkum Riffgrund 1 Project. SMC’s marine supervisors will be responsible for the daily coordination of vessels for crew transfers and the transportation of supplies. They will be using the ATLAS...
Read morezoom Image: Siemens ScottishPower Renewables (SPR) has concluded a major East Anglia ONE deal with Siemens, worth up to one-third of the overall £ 2.5 billion (€ 3.2 billion) project investment. Under the agreement, Siemens will supply 102 wind turbines and service them for an initial period of five years. The turbine agreement is the largest...
Read moreFrom left to right: Tim Rix, managing director of J.R. Rix & Sons; Tue Lippert, newly appointed managing director of BostonRix Wind Ltd, and; Mark Parkes, group managing director of Boston Energy. JR Rix & Sons Ltd and Boston Energy have formed a joint venture, BostonRix Wind Ltd, to offer a set of integrated services...
Read morezoomSource: Sun-Air The Danish airline Sun-Air, a franchise partner of British Airways, is opening a new route between Humberside and Aalborg and Billund in close cooperation with Siemens Wind Power to support the growing wind power industry in the Humberside area and connect two major wind power hubs in the UK and Denmark. Sun-Air’s Commercial...
Read moreOffshore Wind Connections 2016 (OWC2016) has landed Associated British Ports (ABP) as principal sponsor as it prepares to put the Humber’s new offshore wind projects under the spotlight at The Spa Bridlington on 12 May. “ABP is delighted to support Offshore Wind Connections 2016; the event is a fantastic way of bringing together those businesses who...
Read moreSource: DONG energy DONG Energy has signed a contract with the UK-based Hughes Sub Sea Engineering for the undertaking of a subsea inspection campaign at offshore wind farms located in Denmark and Germany. The offshore wind farms Hughes SSE will be servicing are Gode Wind 1 and 2 and Borkum Riffgrund located off the north...
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A LONG-term political commitment to offshore wind has brought a gust of confidence to the offshore wind energy sector. That is the feeling of a senior figure from northern Lincolnshire who provides a key link between industry and Government. Maf Smith, deputy chief executive of trade body RenewableUK, represents a huge sector of the...
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 12, 2016 Big name backing heralds OWC2016 OWC2016, organised by Team Humber Marine Alliance, aims to build on the success of last year’s conference, but with an even more international audience. With the Humber leading the way in the North Sea offshore wind industry, ABP, the UK’s leading ports group,...
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In a press release RIX Sea Shuttle said… We are delighted to announce we have recently been awarded a contract worth more than £2m to supply crew transfer vessels to a wind farm off the coast of Norfolk. The contract, with Norwegian oil-major Statoil, will see our vessels the ‘Rix Leopard’ and ‘Rix Lion’...
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