IT Power and the Fraunhofer Institute for Wind Energy and Energy System Technology IWES announce their new partnership to provide the marine energy sector with a comprehensive end-to-end technical design, consulting and R&D service offering. As the marine energy sector continues to evolve from early
The Institute of Marine Engineering, Science and Technology (IMarEST) will be exhibiting at RenewableUK’s 34th Annual Conference & Exhibition being held in Glasgow on 30 October – 1 November. As a supporting organisation of the long-running event, organised by the trade and professional body for the
The Humber Local Enterprise Partnership has launched a major piece of work looking at the future skills needs of the Humber Economy. The Commission, chaired by Nic Dakin MP on behalf of the LEP, includes Lord Haskins, Chair of the Humber LEP, and representatives of major local employers, key agencie
On Thursday the Lake Superior College will host Wind Energy Supply Chain Workshop. This workshop has been created for those who want to elarn about current market trends and supply chain opportunities in the wind energy industry. The workshop presenters have toured the world’s largest OEMs, both her
Reef Subsea Power & Umbilical, a subsidiary of Reef Subsea Group, has set ambitious goals for the next couple of years, targeting a GBP 80-100 million turnover. This is mainly driven by its recent big success in working on offshore wind farms. Namely, Reef Subsea Power & Umbilical signed a contract
The Government’s energy minister has been confirmed as the keynote speaker at a major renewables conference in Lincolnshire. John Hayes will open Green Energy Lincs, which will be attended by industry leaders and business people. The event, on Tuesday, November 20, aims to help local companies benef
Mediterranean countries have set targets for offshore wind development in the Mediterranean Sea by 2020. Greece has a relatively very low target of 200MW installed offshore wind capacity. This offshore development mainly concerns conventional offshore wind farm project designs. But Greece’s energy m
Instability in the political approach to the offshore wind power development, especially the one in the UK, is shaking the European intention to make this renewable source the largest part of its planned climate change goals. The economic crisis has made an impact on political views about the viabil
Offshore wind farms that are not even built yet, but their link to the national electricity grid is being developed, are putting more expenses on German customers. Lex Hartman, a member of the TenneT TSO GmbH management board, told Bloomberg that German customers are paying millions of euros for the
Aegir Wave Power has recently redeployed a waverider buoy off the coast of Shetland. The buoy enables Aegir to measure the wave climate at the site of interest and inform decisions on the wave farm design. The NAFC Marine Centre will be maintaining the buoy while it is onsite, and monitoring its pos
DONG Energy seeks for maintenance services for offshore wind farms. The company has three offshore wind farms and more than 300 onshore wind turbines in Denmark. The 3 offshore wind farms are Anholt off the coast of Grenå, Horns Rev 2 off the coast of Esbjerg and Nysted Havmøllepark off the coast of
SGS announces its participation at RenewableUK – the premier renewable energy conference and exhibition in the United Kingdom. From October 30 – November 1, 2012, SGS will present its wide range of renewable energy services at stand 107 at the Scottish Exhibition and Conference Center (SECC) in Glas
Governor Martin O’Malley, along with his advisors, will decide in the following couple of months about offshore wind being a part of the legislative priority again, Raquel Guillory, the Governor’s spokeswoman, said to the Gazette news site. He had already pushed offshore wind as a core of his energy
In his intention to highlight the massive benefit for jobs and business the energy sector can bring to the Scottish economy, Energy and Climate Change Secretary Edward Davey has visited Orkney, Caithness, Edinburgh and Glasgow. In Orkney he visited Scotrenewables Tidal Power Ltd., a company which de
