On 23-24 January, part of Wave Energy Centre’s (WavEC) team has been performing measurements at a wave tank of the University of Porto’s Faculty of Engineering (FEUP) to prepare the testing of a wave energy converter at this tank in April. The Wave Energy Centre is a non-profit organisation, founded
Suzlon Group has announced that the Chief Technology Officer (CTO) of its wholly-owned subsidiary, REpower Systems SE, Matthias Schubert, is to retire on 31st March 2013. Mr Schubert has served in this role for 12 years since the founding of the company. He has shaped REpower’s product portfolio in
Aberdeen-based Specialist Subsea Services (S3), a provider of ROV, survey and vessel services to the international energy industry, is celebrating a successful year since winning Subsea UK’s New Enterprise award last year. Following this prestigious accolade, awarded in recognition of S3’s vision in
Unemployment is plaguing Europe, Anni Podimata, Vice President of the European Parliament told delegates attending EWEA’s 2013 Annual Event in Vienna, adding that youth unemployment has reached “unprecedented levels.” But despite the jobs crisis, one sector – wind power – still needs to hire more th
Siemens has been awarded an order by wpd group, Germany, to supply, install and service 80 SWT-3.6-120 wind turbines for the Butendiek offshore wind power plant off Germany’s North Sea coast. When it comes online in 2015, the wind power plant’s total generating capacity of 288 megawatts will be suff
The European Investment Bank (EIB) is lending EUR 450m for the Butendiek wind farm, which will be one of the biggest offshore wind projects so far in the German part of the North Sea. With 80 turbines, it will have a total generating capacity of 288 MW. This ambitious project will cost a total of [&
Fishing port of the state of Bremen, represented by the Ministry of Economics, Labour and Ports, these represented by the bremenports GmbH & Co. KG, requires contractors who will undertake quay engineering design services. The client intends to build a port for handling components for offshore wind
Resolute Marine Energy (RME) announced that its preliminary permit application to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) has been approved, marking the official start of the Yakutat, Alaska Wave Energy Project. “This approval is an important milestone for RME. After several years of researc
RenewableUK has welcomed new figures showing that the UK is moving up the European league table in terms of wind energy capacity, as well as holding its own near the top spot in terms of new capacity installed in 2012. The European Wind Energy Association (EWEA) has released new statistics showing t
Wave energy developer, Carnegie Wave Energy Limited, announced a capital raising via a Share Purchase Plan (SPP) to raise up to $6 million. The SPP will allow all eligible Carnegie shareholders to purchase between $3,000 and $15,000 worth of shares in Carnegie at 3.2 cents per share. Based on the sh
The EU wind energy sector installed 11,566 MW of capacity in 2012, bringing the total wind power capacity to 105.6 GW, according to the 2012 annual statistics launched by the European Wind Energy Association (EWEA). Of the 11,566 MW installed in the EU, 10,399 MW was onshore and 1,166 MW offshore. I
The load-out of the topside for the Riffgat offshore substation was successfully completed. This is an important milestone in this project, which enables our customer to supply renewable energy to its customers before this summer. Offshore-Windpark RIFFGAT GmbH & Co. KG, a company owned by EWE Energ
The WindSentinel™, developed by AXYS Technologies Inc., is the world’s first wind resource assessment buoy capable of measuring wind data at heights of conventional offshore wind turbines. Today, AXYS announced that it has been contracted by the National Cheng Kung University (NCKU) in Taiwan to sup
Delays to the Energy Bill could affect the National Renewable Energy Centre’s (Narec) Blyth Offshore Wind Demonstration Project, along with other large offshore wind projects in the North Sea, The Journal cites Steve Abbott, Narec’s marketing and communications manager, as saying. The British Govern
