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Fisheries liaison for Blyth offshore demonstrator

Provision of Fisheries Liaison Service Following a competitive tendering process  Danbrit Ship Management Limited (DSML) have been awarded the fisheries liaison contract to  the services of a company with an extensive track record in the delivery of the following:  general site and cable route...

Posted 14/05/10 in Wind Energy | View the full Article

Drafting of a development envelope description for EIA scoping purposes

Drafting of a development envelope description for  EIA scoping purposes Sinclair Knight Merz (SKM) have recently compiled a preliminary development description which will be used as the basis for assessment during the scoping phase of the EIA for the Blyth Offshore Demonstrator Scheme. Given the range of...

Posted 14/05/10 in Wind Energy | View the full Article

Appointment of a Project Health and Safety Manager

Appointment of a Project Health and Safety Manager Following a competitive tendering process Faithful and Gould (based in Newcastle) has been appointed as Project Health and Safety Manager for the Blyth Offshore Demonstrator Scheme. Faithful+Gould will be supported by staff at Specialist Marine Consultants (based...

Posted 14/05/10 in Wind Energy | View the full Article

Appointment of companies to deliver first set of electrical services

Appointment of companies to deliver first set of electrical services Following a competitive tendering process, Senergy Econnect has been awarded the contract to deliver the first set of electrical services for the offshore demonstration site.  These electrical services include identifying a preferred onshore...

Posted 14/05/10 in Wind Energy | View the full Article

Appointment of companies to deliver second set of electrical services

Appointment of companies to deliver second set of electrical services Following a competitive tendering process, Parsons Brinckerhoff has been awarded the contract to deliver the second set of electrical services for the offshore demonstration site.  These electrical services include evaluating the export...

Posted 14/05/10 in Wind Energy | View the full Article

Blade Test Facility Meets New Standards

Narec’s Blade Testing Facility has been granted accreditation by the United Kingdom Accreditation Service in accordance with the recognised International Standard ISO/IEC 17025: 2005-General Requirements for the competence of testing and calibration laboratories. Narec recognises that the successful control of...

Posted 06/04/10 in Wind Energy | View the full Article

Successful collaboration launches New Wind Training facility in the North East

UK’s first Offshore Wind Training Tower Opens to Students in North East England Today, David Kidney MP, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Department of Energy and Climate Change, and Helen Goodman MP, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Department of Work and Pensions, attended an event at Narec in...

Posted 18/03/10 in Wind Energy | View the full Article

ETI unveils plans to design world's largest open access indoor test facility for offshore wind turbines

Plans to design the world ’s largest open access offshore wind turbine drive train test rig have been announced by the UK’s Energy Technologies Institute (ETI). Two companies - Converteam and HORIBA Instruments - are delivering competing designs for an indoor test-rig capable of dynamically testing a...

Posted 03/03/10 in Wind Energy | View the full Article

Narec receives £18.5 Million grant for 100MW Offshore Demonstration Platform

Andrew Mill, CEO of Narec, responds to the announcement by the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) of an £18.5 million grant to fund an offshore wind test site at Narec in Blyth, Northumberland: “We very much welcome this funding award and the continued support we have received from...

Posted 28/02/10 in Wind Energy | View the full Article