New board members for AREG and extra –

Aberdeen Renewable Vitality Group (AREG) has appointed two new administrators, Allan MacAskill and Andrew Wilson, to its board. The appointments characterize greater than 60 years of mixed power sector expertise for AREG, whose mission is to champion the Northeast’s renewable power sector.

MacAskill is the technical director at Flotation Vitality and has spent greater than 40 years working throughout the power trade, each in oil and gasoline and renewables. He co-founded Kincardine Offshore Wind in 2012 and Flotation in 2018, with the businesses happening to assist the event of a portfolio of UK and worldwide renewable power initiatives.

Wilson is the managing director at Montrose-based Coast Offshore. He labored within the rotating gear trade for over 10 years with firms together with Siemens Vitality the place he supported operators in oil and gasoline, earlier than shifting his focus to renewables. Previous to assuming his present place at Coast Offshore, Wilson was a service operations supervisor at Seagreen, Scotland’s largest windfarm, on behalf of Vestas.

“We’re honoured so as to add two proficient trade leaders to our board, who will carry a breadth of information and expertise to the organisation as we glance to extend our assist for members at a vital time for Scotland’s power transition,” acknowledged AREG chairperson Jean Morrison.

“With a number of necessary renewables initiatives lately receiving contracts for distinction and a few thrilling renewables developments but to be confirmed by the federal government, we’re inspired by the worth that our new board administrators will add to AREG’s member providing because the north-east strengthens its place as a provide chain hub for the renewable power trade,” she added.

“My curiosity within the power transition was first sparked by involvement within the electrification of the Beatrice oil discipline. From that, I do know that Aberdeen already possesses the offshore capability, abilities, and expertise to make the power transition doable,” mentioned MacAskill.

“The north-east of Scotland is ideally positioned to carefully collaborate with neighbouring nations to construct a brand new financial system which exports data, abilities and electrons proper all over the world. Offshore renewable power presents huge potential to carry funding price billions of kilos and create hundreds of jobs.”

Wilson added: “The wealth of expertise and data inside the group permits us to assist our members in main the Northeast’s drive to be on the forefront of the power transition and ship on the potential we harbour in Scotland.”

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Nicola Riley has joined the web zero infrastructure staff at unbiased advisory Turley as senior director.

Riley joins from WSP, the place she was head of renewables. She has over 23 years’ expertise, specialising in rising and managing power groups and delivering advanced technical and industrial initiatives. These initiatives have spanned completely different sectors, protecting applied sciences together with onshore and offshore wind, photo voltaic, tidal, battery storage, biomass, power from waste, electrical autos and biofuels.

The appointment comes as Turley is rising its internet zero infrastructure enterprise throughout the UK and Eire, with a dedication to serving to each nations attain internet zero emissions by 2050 by delivering new and upgraded infrastructure. Turley’s staff engages with all consenting regimes, together with Improvement Consent Orders and Developments of Nationwide Significance, working throughout renewable power manufacturing, storage and distribution, in addition to industrial decarbonisation.

“Nicola’s appointment alerts our dedication to the web zero infrastructure sector,” acknowledged Turley’s senior director for sustainability and ESG, Colin Morrison. “Not solely does Nicola carry an enormous wealth of information and expertise in all disciplines throughout the sector, she can also be captivated with driving the decarbonisation agenda ahead to create a greater, extra sustainable world for our communities and future generations,” he added.

“The brand new Labour authorities’s dedication to internet zero is clear by means of bulletins on an onshore wind taskforce and the institution of Nice British Vitality, alongside a £500m improve within the finances made out there for the latest contracts for distinction (CfD) public sale spherical 6 and manifesto guarantees to put money into carbon seize and storage, hydrogen and marine power,” mentioned Riley. “I’m trying ahead to attending to know our individuals, shoppers and initiatives higher, and assist in positioning Turley for the numerous new progress alternatives on this sector.”

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Effectively engineering consultancy and challenge administration firm Zenith Vitality has appointed Malcolm Charles as its new enterprise improvement supervisor.

Charles has over 22 years’ expertise within the power sector, and his appointment comes as Zenith continues to innovate and develop within the power and wells area. Lately a deal to assist Predator Oil and Fuel (LON: PRD) on a challenge in Morocco was introduced, whereas the has additionally been confirmed as a key companion in a milestone built-in decommissioning challenge alongside PDi for the North Sea Transition Authority (NSTA).

“We’re going by means of an in depth progress section of the enterprise and are excited to see the optimistic impression Malcolm could have on our journey towards this, in addition to serving to us energy a sustainable future,” acknowledged Zenith’s managing director, Martin Sales space.

“The corporate’s imaginative and prescient for innovation and sustainable progress aligns completely with my ardour for making a distinction within the power sector,” mentioned Charles.

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Bruno Bartel has joined North Star, a UK supplier of offshore infrastructure assist companies to the wind and oil and gasoline industries, as its new European renewables lead.

Bartel started his profession at a Hamburg-based offshore wind brokerage agency and has virtually 9 years’ expertise in ship chartering and asset administration, working for vessel chartering organisations in Germany. He has additionally labored for a number of of Hamburg’s family-owned ship companies.

Bartel holds levels in transport from London Metropolitan College and in Worldwide Maritime Regulation from Swansea College.

In his new position at North Star, additionally primarily based in Hamburg, Bartel will act as the first contact for the corporate’s European shoppers working outdoors of UK waters, serving to to leverage alternatives within the area’s rising offshore wind market. He may also help North Star’s HR staff with native recruitment.

North Star entered the service operation vessel (SOV) market in December 2021 and at the moment has eight high-performance offshore wind ships designed to assist operations and upkeep (O&M) both delivered or underneath building. In February, the agency secured a newbuild contract for its first SOV, which will probably be deployed offshore Germany. North Star, which has bases in Aberdeen, Lowestoft and Newcastle and Hamburg, and has a workforce of 1,400 seafarers and onshore personnel, is bringing Bartel on board to assist drive its progress targets.

Swiss-based personal fairness agency Companions Group acquired the Aberdeen-headquartered transport companies agency from Basalt Infrastructure Companions in 2022.

“His in depth maritime expertise, power and deep understanding of the chartering sector will probably be invaluable as we work in direction of our strategic aim of including 40 hybrid SOVs to our fleet by 2040,” mentioned North Star’s CEO, Matthew Gordon.

“I’m excited to hitch North Star and construct on the sturdy basis already in place to make North Star the main SOV service supplier in continental Europe,” mentioned Bartel. “Many points attracted me, together with its wealthy 137-year legacy, hands-on personable strategy, in-house cadet programme and SOV coaching.”

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Benjamin Lechuga has joined Technip Energies as chief technique and sustainability officer and member of the group government committee. In his new position, Lechuga will oversee technique, mergers and acquisitions (M&A) and sustainability agendas.

Lechuga has over 25 years of worldwide expertise in M&A, company administration, consulting, and personal fairness, having held senior roles as much as board stage.

He joins Technip Energies from Deloitte, the place he was a part of the monetary advisory enterprise in Switzerland from 2014 to 2024, with a concentrate on the power, infrastructure and industrial sectors. From 2007 to 2013, he held administration roles in Paris for Société Générale AM/4D International Vitality Capital, a personal fairness fund devoted to the power worth chain, and for Areva Renewables delivering strategic planning and enterprise improvement initiatives. Lechuga spent the primary a part of his profession in Shell’s gasoline and energy division within the UK as much as 2006, engaged on main LNG initiatives in Africa, Asia and the Americas, in addition to in Shell Buying and selling.

Lechuga is a graduate of École Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées and École Polytechnique.

“His huge expertise in company improvement and M&A, alongside together with his strategic imaginative and prescient will probably be helpful property as we proceed to drive our sustainability and progress initiatives ahead,” mentioned Technip Energies’ CEO, Arnaud Pieton, of Lechuga’s appointment.

UK Oil and Fuel (LON: UKOG)has appointed Kris Bone to its board as an government director and chief technical officer with instant impact.

Bone is a petroleum engineer and chartered chemical engineer with 25 years of expertise within the petroleum, underground gasoline storage and power improvement sectors. He has beforehand labored on salt cavern wells, standard geological gasoline storage initiatives and as an unbiased UK properly/borehole examiner. Bone joined UKOG in 2019, bringing technical data, management and administration expertise throughout planning and improvement, floor and subsurface engineering, drilling and manufacturing operations, challenge administration, HSE and regulatory compliance.

Bone will lead the technical, engineering and improvement facet of the corporate’s hydrogen storage initiatives.

“His large power sector, drilling and gasoline storage expertise will show invaluable in creating and delivering the corporate’s hydrogen storage initiatives,” acknowledged UKOG’s CEO, Stephen Sanderson.

On the identical time, non-executive director Kiran Morzaria stepped down from the UKOG board to focus wholly on his position as CEO of Cadence Minerals and its associated mining investments. And government director Allen Howard reverted to his unique non-executive director position with instant impact.

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