Massachusetts Competitive Partnership (MACP) and the Associated Industries of Massachusetts have promoted an anti-wind campaign in three Massachusetts newspapers on Thursday, writes State House News Service. Namely, those two business groups took full-page color ads in the Boston Globe, the Boston H
The University of Maine unveiled on Friday its buoy-based system that will measure the wind speed in the Gulf of Maine at the height of an offshore wind turbine, the Associated Press reports. Initially, the buoy will be installed off the coast of Castine, together with the UMaine’s 1/8 scale prototy
The Maritime Labour Convention (MLC) will enter into force internationally on 20 August 2013. This is a new international convention which will be the ‘fourth pillar’ of the international regulatory regime for quality shipping, sitting alongside the MARPOL, STCW and SOLAS conventions. The aim of the
Royal HaskoningDHV has congratulated SSE and RWE npower renewables on the announcement that Galloper Wind Farm has received development consent from the Secretary of State, and represents the largest offshore wind farm project to receive consent under the Planning Act 2008. SSE and RWE npower renewa
VIDEO: Load Out of DolWin Alpha Converter Platform The load out of DolWin alpha marks the start of a journey that the platform will make to its final offshore destination, the DolWin area in German North Sea. This operation was performed at the Heerema’s Zwijndrecht fabrication yard at the Drechthav
AMSC, a global solutions provider serving the wind and power grid industry, has announced that China’s Supreme People’s Court has scheduled a hearing for May 29, 2013 to review the jurisdiction of AMSC’s software copyright infringement cases against Sinovel Wind Group Co, Ltd (Sinovel) and Guotong E
RenewableUK is celebrating the Government’s announcement that Galloper offshore wind farm off the coast of Suffolk has been granted planning permission. One of the developers, RWE npower renewables, said the construction phase alone will create up up to 850 jobs, with the potential to attract over £
Recently, CWind has placed an order for a second CWhisper SWATH, an innovative 19.5m composite workboat designed and built by CTruk. The design objectives of CWhisper were to dramatically improve the comfort of technicians transiting out to offshore wind farms. Motions are approximately a quarter of
Today, the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change granted development consent for Galloper Wind Farm; an offshore wind farm off the Suffolk coast with an installed capacity of up to 504 megawatts. The development consent would allow the joint venture partners, RWE npower renewables and SSE
Since May 12, the Lillgrund offshore wind farm has been standing still. The work to repair the export cable – which transmits the electricity from the wind farm to the substation on land – is underway. “Our focus is to replace the damaged section of the cable as soon as possible and get the producti
Offshore Turbine Services has ordered two more CTruk 20T MPCs for delivery in spring 2014. The Pontrilas-based offshore wind support provider has proved that CTruk’s innovative composite workboat design offers contract-winning features in today’s safety and cost-conscious market. The inking of this
RenewableUK says an official report on the dangers of failing to invest in renewable energy represents a timely call for the Government to set clear long-term policies to boost the deployment of wind, wave and tidal power. The independent and highly authoritative study makes it clear that hard-press
On May 3rd, 2012, Makani drafted specifications for a ground station from which its 30 kW airborne wind turbine could be deployed. On May 9th, 2013, after a year of mechanical design, fabrication and testing, the team completed the first-ever fully autonomous flight of a kite power system. The airbo
In a report on the Electricity Market Reform published yesterday, the Committee on Climate Change presents new analysis showing that there are significant economic benefits from investing in a portfolio of low-carbon technologies through the 2020s rather than investing in gas-fired generation. The r
