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        <title><![CDATA[Consolidation likely as US oil and gas operators grapple with new regulation]]></title>
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        <pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 08 May 13 00:00:00 +0200]]></pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA[US oil and gas professionals are losing their appetite for risk and are worried about rising operating costs, as they grapple with the consequences of a tougher, post-Macondo regulatory regime, according to new research published today by GL Noble Denton.]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[GL Renewables Certification Strengthens Wave and Tidal Business]]></title>
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        <pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 07 May 13 00:00:00 +0200]]></pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA[GL Renewables Certification (GL RC) appoints Holger Trecksel as new Head of Department Marine Renewables. Wave and tidal energy is a promising realm of renewable energy. As technology advances, GL RC is providing expertise to designers, manufacturers, investors and insurers who are involved in the evaluation of engineering integrity and safety of ocean energy systems.]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[Helping to maximise the value of solar measurements]]></title>
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        <pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 03 May 13 00:00:00 +0200]]></pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA[Since its initial release in spring 2010, GL Garrad Hassan’s Online Data Management (ODM) service has continued to grow and is currently used by clients in 34 countries worldwide with many hundreds of met masts and remote sensing devices under management. Following on from this success, GL Garrad Hassan has added Solar Data Management to its ODM service.]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[GL RC certifies Alstom’s 1MW tidal turbine prototype]]></title>
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        <pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 24 Apr 13 00:00:00 +0200]]></pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA[Tidal energy is a new, promising realm of renewable energy. As technology advances, GL Renewables Certification (GL RC) is contributing its expertise by certifying Alstom’s tidal turbine prototype. Certification of tidal turbines is one of the key development areas for the tidal industry in the future, and represents a major milestone for Alstom on the REDAPT project.]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[Environmental Protection Engineering S.A., first Greek GL certified IHM provider]]></title>
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        <pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 22 Apr 13 00:00:00 +0200]]></pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA[Environmental Protection Engineering S.A.(E.P.E.) has become the first Greek company to obtain certification from classification society Germanischer Lloyd (GL) as a certified provider of Inventory of Hazardous Materials (IHM) services. E.P.E. becomes one of only a handful of companies worldwide that are able to offer IHM in compliance with the Hong Kong International Convention for the safe and Environmentally Sound Recycling of Ships and the Guidelines for the Development of the Inventory of Hazardous Materials.]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[COMPIT 2013 - Innovative and efficient IT solutions for the maritime industry]]></title>
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        <pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 18 Apr 13 00:00:00 +0200]]></pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA[This year’s International Conference on Computer and IT Applications in the Maritime Industries (COMPIT) covered a broad spectrum of the latest developments in ship design and shipbuilding, IT trends and marine robot technology. Organised by Germanischer Lloyd (GL), the conference took place for the twelfth time, having established itself as a leading conference in the IT field for the maritime industries.]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[Herbert Koelman Wins GL COMPIT Award 2013]]></title>
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        <pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 18 Apr 13 00:00:00 +0200]]></pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA[Herbert Koelman has been announced as the winner of the GL COMPIT Award 2013. The Dutch computer aided design expert was honoured for his paper’s contribution to the promotion of innovative approaches in ship design, at the COMPIT Conference which took place from 15 to 17 April in Cortona, Italy.]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[COMPIT 2013 – Proceedings now available]]></title>
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        <pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 10 Apr 13 00:00:00 +0200]]></pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA[The proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Computer and IT Applications in the Maritime Industries COMPIT 2013 can now be downloaded from the COMPIT website.]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[GL Noble Denton awarded multi-million dollar inspection services agreement from BP]]></title>
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        <pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 05 Apr 13 00:00:00 +0200]]></pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA[GL Noble Denton has signed a new agreement with BP in a move that will see the independent technical advisor become a preferred supplier of vendor inspection services across BP’s global portfolio of upstream assets.]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[Northwind NV receives two statements of compliance from GL Renewables Certification]]></title>
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        <pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 04 Apr 13 00:00:00 +0200]]></pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA[Northwind NV has received statements of compliance for site assessment and site specific design assessment from GL Renewables Certification (GL RC). The Northwind Offshore Wind Farm will be located on the Bank Zonder Naam (Lodewijkbank) off the coast of Zeebrugge in Belgium. Construction of the wind farm, which includes 72 Vestas V112 turbines, begins this year, with completion scheduled for 2014.]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[GL Garrad Hassan advises Mitsubishi Corporation on successful BorWin acquisitions]]></title>
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        <pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 21 Mar 13 00:00:00 +0200]]></pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA[GL Garrad Hassan has acted as technical adviser to Mitsubishi Corporation (MC) on their recent acquisition of a 49% stake in the BorWin1 and BorWin2 German offshore high-voltage, direct current (HVDC) links. The company acted as the sole technical advisor to MC providing due diligence assessment of the BorWin assets and follow on support to the MC team, utilising experts from across the company but in particular from the offshore and electrical groups.]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[GL Garrad Hassan releases new version of Bladed]]></title>
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        <pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 18 Mar 13 00:00:00 +0200]]></pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA[GL Garrad Hassan has released Version 4.4 of Bladed, the industry standard integrated software package for the design and certification of onshore and offshore wind turbines. The release of Version 4.4 represents a significant milestone for Bladed, with many new features, including a new pitch actuator model with additional functionality, a new external controller interface, improved moorings capability for floating turbines, and several updates to the hardware test module. Celebrating its 20th birthday this year, Bladed continues to respond to the needs of the industry by developing features that are important in the design and analysis of today’s modern turbines.]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[Offshore wind industry working on a new power class]]></title>
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        <pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 11 Mar 13 00:00:00 +0200]]></pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA[The offshore wind industry is gearing up for the next turbine generation despite uncertainty about Germany's future political and economic environment. Far from being modified onshore machines, these turbines will be specifically designed for the offshore market in the next-higher power class of 7 to 10 MW. &quot;Investors want technology that lowers their energy costs and makes offshore projects more profitable,&quot; said Ed Norton, Senior Structural Engineer at GL Garrad Hassan.]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[GL Garrad Hassan recognises outstanding wind power PhD thesis]]></title>
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        <pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 11 Mar 13 00:00:00 +0200]]></pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA[The GL Garrad Hassan PhD Award has been presented to I&ntilde;igo Mart&iacute;nez de Alegr&iacute;a of the University of the Basque Country in Bilbao, Spain, for his thesis “Study on Full Direct Current Offshore Wind Farm.” Dr Andrew Garrad, Non-Executive Chairman of GL Garrad Hassan, awarded the prize to Mr Martinez in recognition of his outstanding thesis. His work examines the potential use of Direct Current (DC) grids in offshore wind farms. By introducing high frequency power transformers in the power stage of wind turbines and a fully DC integrated system for the elimination of power stage redundancies, the thesis aims to reduce the overall cost and power loss of offshore wind farms.]]></description>
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