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PD Ports, welcomes today’s announcement by GE Renewable Energy to bring its blade manufacturing plant to Teesport creating 750 new jobs. Jerry Hopkinson, PD Ports’ Chief Operating Officer and Vice Chairman, said: “Today’s announcement is fantastic news for the Tees Valley and Teesport. As Statuto...

Blade factory is expected to create up to 750 direct and up to 1,500 indirect jobs in the region Following significant order from Dogger Bank Wind Farm, LM Wind Power, a GE Renewable Energy Business, plans to open a brand-new manufacturing plant in the North East of England dedicated to the pro...

Supporting a UK based renewable energy wind farm project, Cable Solutions has been contracted to build a number of unique cable assemblies for wind-turbines. The project will allow Cable Solutions to further demonstrate its ability to service the renewable energy sector with robust, performance-t...

Mitsui & Co., Ltd. ("Mitsui", Head Office: Tokyo, President and Chief Executive Officer: Tatsuo Yasunaga) today announced an investment in Storegga Geotechnologies, the lead developer of a major Carbon Capture and Storage ("CCS") project to reduce the United Kingdom's carbon footprint in...

Leading operations, maintenance and asset integrity contractor Bilfinger Salamis UK has appointed Adam Mason as General Manager for its Southern North Sea business. Adam has over 20 years of operational leadership experience in the Oil & Gas service industry, the last 12 of which have been se...

Tees Valley Mayor Ben Houchen is urging small and medium-sized businesses from across the region to take advantage of new funding and advice to help them become more energy efficient and save money, following the launch of a new scheme today (March 10). Companies could claim back up to 45% of the...

Teesside’s shipping industry has publicly acknowledged the importance of the region’s new Freeport status – both for the shipping sector and the wider region. Following the announcement that Teesside has been identified as one of eight new Freeports in England, Gary Dawson, chair of the Tees and...

DATE & TIME 23 March 2021, 11.00 -12.00 GMT PART ONE The Energy Transition and the race to net zero is upon us now. Governments have set a clear path forward with a determined end point to achieve the required energy mix to obtain net carbon free emissions targets by 2050. From a business per...

Understand how to prevent Major Accident Hazards (MAH) with robust cybersecurity Process plants rely on process control systems that often contain computer controllers, networks and PLCs. Since these systems are vulnerable to cyberattack, a robust cybersecurity defence is essential to process pl...

Process plants have industrial control systems (ICS) embedded in the various levels of the company’s digitalisation. BUT no system is invulnerable; a technology malfunction can lead to asset damage, environmental consequences, financial losses, and even injury or loss of life. Digitalisation, au...