OST Energy Rebranding to RINA Consulting

OST Energy (OST) is pleased to announce that, from 1st June 2017, the business will be rebranded as RINA Consulting. OST forms a major part of the newly-formed Renewable & Sustainability Business Unit within RINA Consulting. This follows the acquisition of OST’s parent company, Edif ERA (ERA Technology Ltd) by the RINA Group in July 2016.
With a history going back 150 years, RINA Group is a global corporation that provides engineering and consultancy services, as well as testing, inspection and certification. In 2016 the RINA Group had an estimated turnover of over 450 million Euros, with approximately 4,000 employees, and 170 offices in 65 countries worldwide.
RINA Consulting is the engineering consultancy division of the RINA Group and comprises several internationally respected brands including OST Energy, Edif ERA and D’Appolonia. These specialist firms unite into a single organisation, sharing the common brand identity of RINA Consulting.
Simon Turner, Director and co-founder of OST Energy commented: “This change will provide us with a far greater geographical reach as well as enhancing and expanding our existing high quality services that encompass environmental impact consulting, health & safety, geosciences, metocean and funded technical innovation projects. With a wider network of colleagues, we will be able to bring even more expertise to our existing and future projects, continuing to build on our success of consulting on over 30GW of renewable energy projects in established and emerging markets worldwide.”
Roberto Carpaneto, CEO of RINA Consulting, added: “OST’s global renewable energy expertise will be a core component of the Renewable & Sustainability Business Unit within RINA Consulting, directly complementing the substantial experience of the D’Appolonia and Edif ERA teams, whom OST has already been working with for some time.”