Imera (company)

Imera was a subsidiary of Norwegian offshore services company Oceanteam ASA located in Dublin and Amsterdam.[1] The company was created by merger of a privately owned Irish company Imera Power and Hydragrid, a subsidiary of Oceanteam. Oceanteam owned a 70% stake in the company.[2][3]

Imera N.V.
TypeSubsidiary of Oceanteam ASA
PredecessorImera Power
Hydragrid
Defunct30 January 2010 (2010-01-30)
HeadquartersDublin, Ireland
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Key people
H. Halbesma (former Chairman)
Grace Samodal (former COO)
ParentOceanteam Energy NV
DivisionsImera Ltd.
SubsidiariesEast West Cable One Ltd. (formerly affiliated company)

Imera was the promoter of the East–West Interconnector project across Irish Sea between Ireland and Wales.[4][5][6] It also proposed the BelBrit interconnector between the United Kingdom and Belgium.[4]

In January 2009, Imera announced plans to build Europagrid, an electricity grid connecting multiple European nations and offshore wind farm projects.[7]

In 2009, it was published that the East West Interconnector did not receive EU grant aid to secure financing.[8][9][10] Following this, Oceanteam divested its entire shareholding in Imera in December 2009.[11]

References
  1. "Oceanteam ASA" (PDF). Oceanteam. 2008-09-11. Retrieved 2012-04-04.
  2. "Fusjon for Oceantteam-virksomhet" [Merger of Oceantteam business]. Dagens Næringsliv (in Norwegian). 2007-12-06. Retrieved 2012-04-04.
  3. "Oceanteam, IMERA merge for Ireland-Wales link". Scandinavian Oil-Gas Magazine. 2007-12-06. Retrieved 2012-04-04.
  4. "Imera receives healthy interest in its UK-Ireland interconnector - director". ICIS Heren. 2008-07-30. Retrieved 2012-04-04.
  5. Probert, Tim (2006-08-25). "Plan for cross-sea electric cable". BBC News. Retrieved 2012-04-04.
  6. "Imera Power picks ABB for subsea power cables". Reuters. 2007-03-07. Retrieved 2012-04-04.
  7. Probert, Tim (2009-01-05). "EuropaGrid: has Europe's dream of an integrated grid come true?". Power Engineering International. Pennwell Corporation. Retrieved 2012-04-04.
  8. Cahill, Ann (2009-01-29). "EirGrid to get €100m for interconnector". Irish Examiner. Retrieved 2012-04-04.
  9. Stromsta, Karl-Erik (2009-06-05). "Oceanteam fails to secure financing". ReCharge. NHST Media Group. (subscription required). Retrieved 2012-04-04.
  10. Stromsta, Karl-Erik (2009-06-02). "Oceanteam: No funding for Ireland-Wales interconnector". ReCharge. NHST Media Group. (subscription required). Retrieved 2012-04-04.
  11. Annual Report 2009 (PDF) (Report). Oceanteam. p. 6. Retrieved 2012-04-06.
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