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‘One-stop-shop’ could create offshore jobs
JOINING FORCES ... A&P Tyne, pictured, and the Port of Tyne.
MAJOR employers are joining together to protect and create jobs in the North East.
A&P Tyne and the Port of Tyne are among a group of 19 companies backing a new industrial engineering group which aims to cash in on the offshore renewable energy business.
The new group – Energi Coast – aims to provide a “one-stop shop” of skills to cover every aspect of renewable energy projects.
A&P, based in Hebburn, see offshore windfarm work as a logical extension of the traditional shipyard and heavy manufacturing skills available in the region.
Neil Jarvis, sales and commercial director at A&P Tyne, said: “Our traditional engineering skills in shipbuilding, heavy manufacturing and engineering are easily transferable to building, operating and maintaining large offshore wind farms and our geographic location is ideal.”
He added: “The region can literally be a ‘one-stop shop’ for the offshore renewables sector. We have companies that can provide services and solutions that extend right across the offshore wind supply chain.”
The collaboration was announced the day after South Tyneside Council made public its plan to bring together a high-powered economic “think tank” to help boost the borough’s economy.
The other companies involved are Able UK, Barrier Ltd, CTC Marine Projects, Heerema Fabrication Group, JDR Cable Systems, McNulty Group Holdings, Mech-Tool Engineering, MPI Offshore, NOF Energy, OGN Group, PDL Solutions (Europe) Ltd, Reef Subsea, SMD, Tag Energy Solutions, Tata Steel Europe, Technip UK Ltd and Wilton Engineering Services.
Mr Jarvis added: “Like others in Energi Coast, A&P Tyne has successfully diversified in recent years into new sectors such as offshore oil and gas and renewable energy.
“We’re proud to be a founding member of Energi Coast. All the companies involved will be working collaboratively to ensure a first-rate supply chain that we believe can effectively compete against anywhere in the world.”
tom.patterson@northeast-press.co.uk
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wasthatthatguy
Saturday, October 22, 2011 at 04:27 PMA Google search using "Wind turbine prices fall to their lowest in recent years" brings up a Bloomberg item which indicates that onshore wind turbine electricity is only slightly more expensive than that from gas-fired and coal-fired power stations. Is several miles of seabed power cables expensive? And, are "wave-proof" wind turbines expensive?
wasthatthatguy
Saturday, October 22, 2011 at 11:22 AMHopefully, any wind farms will be quite a few miles off shore, being a bit of an eyesore! Approximately how much does it cost to build and maintain a wind farm, including connection to the National Grid? And what is the current market value of the electricity it would produce per annum?
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