Executives of leading photovoltaic (PV) technology makers in Taiwan – the second largest manufacturer of PV cells in the world – will discuss their newest products, efficiency gains and significance for the solar industry at a press conference organized by the Bureau of Foreign Trade of the Ministry of Economic [...]

Kongsberg Maritime has introduced two new Diesel Electric models for its Engine Room Simulator, K-Sim Engine (previously Neptune). The DE88 Semi-Submersible Drilling Rig model, containing eight Wärtsilä 16V26 engines and eight thrusters, is already available, while the DE66 Drill Ship model, simulating full operation of six MAN 16V32/40 diesel generators [...]

Morgan Sindall and social housing arm Lovell Partnerships are to start work on several projects in Towcester, including new 38,000 sq ft civic offices worth £10m-£20m. The group’s investment arm has completed the planning process after steering the town’s urban regeneration plans after being appointed development partner in 2012. This [...]

DONG Energy, Denmark’s largest energy company, now sends more than 100,000 barrels of oil and gas to shore each day from the North Sea and the Norwegian sea on a daily basis. A milestone has been achieved. DONG Energy now extracts more than 100.000 barrels of oil equivalents – oil [...]

Wood Group GTS has secured a multi-million dollar, five-year contract from Talisman Sinopec Energy UK to provide turbine maintenance support services for 22 Siemens Ruston gas turbines operating on the Buchan, Clyde, Tartan and Flotta installations in the North Sea. Effective from November 2013, the contract comprises TB5000, TB5400 and [...]

A fund linked to Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates has bought a 6% stake in construction giant FCC. FCC filed a regulatory announcement to the Spanish stock exchange commission last night confirming the deal. Bill Gates’ fund is now the second largest shareholder in the Spanish company after Esther Koplowitz – [...]

The world’s largest and most powerful offshore wind turbine is now standing at Energy Park Fife. The Samsung Heavy Industries prototype offshore turbine is due to become operational later this year. The structure is situated 50 metres offshore in the Firth of Forth and the tip of its blades stretch [...]

EDF Renewable Energy announces the close of the Membership Interest Purchase and Sale Agreement (MIPSA) and start of construction for the Lepomis Solar Project. EDF Renewable Energy and Sage Stone LLC, an international development and investment advisory company (www.sagestonellc.com), signed the MIPSA in July 2013. “EDF Renewable Energy is pleased [...]

Eni Norge AS, operator of production licence 529, is about to complete drilling of wildcat well 7016/2-1. The well was drilled in the Barents Sea about 185 kilometres southwest of the Snøhvit field and 160 kilometres northwest of Tromsø. The objective of the well was to prove petroleum in Eocene and [...]

ABB, the leading power and automation technology group, has won a significant order from the Dutch-German transmission system operator TenneT to supply an AC (alternating current) power transmission link connecting Sandbank, an offshore wind farm in the German North Sea, to the HVDC (high-voltage direct current) converter station SylWin alpha. [...]

Cost consultant EC Harris has upgraded its tender forecasts to keep pace with the recovery in London. An uplift in workloads and suppliers prices has seen the cost consultant forecast 0.5% tender price inflation for the capital in the last quarter of the year. Previously 2013 was expected to see [...]

On Friday 1 November, senior executives from the petroleum industry from Norway and abroad are meeting for a conference at the Petroleum Safety Authority Norway (PSA) on risk management and safe petroleum activities in the High North. The aim of the Arctic Safety – managing risk in the High North [...]