As part of President Obama’s all-of-the-above energy strategy that develops every available source of American energy, the Energy Department joined with Texas Tech University and Sandia National Laboratories to break ground on a new state-of-the-art wind turbine test facility in Lubbock, Texas. The
Following FAA Investigation on Cape Wind, Communications Director Mark Rodgers released the following statement: Cape Wind has been closely reviewed and considered for 10 years by Republican and Democratic administrations, which have both come to the same conclusion: Cape Wind will provide substanti
Eurotech Benelux has teamed up with Jan de Nul Group for the winning bid to design and manufacture sixteen anchor cage structures for a major offshore wind farm. The wind farm, in the Swedish region of the Baltic Sea, will be owned and run by E.ON Sweden. Eurotech Benelux is creating the anchor-bolt
RenewableUK, the trade association representing the wind, wave and tidal energy industries, has urged the Government to announce a decision on financial support for the sector as a matter of urgency. A decision on Renewables Obligation (RO) banding levels had originally been expected in the spring,
Tidal Transit has secured two contracts for offshore wind crew transfer for the Greater Gabbard and the Sheringham Shoal offshore wind farms, which helped the company on its way to reach GBP 1 million turnover in 2012. An additional GBP 275,000 came from the contracts´ extension signed just a few da
Denmark’s position as global center for innovative wind energy is further manifested with the import of a test wind turbine by the Chinese to Denmark. On Monday 16 July 2012, M/V “Jannes H” arrived to Esbjerg from China with tower parts and components for the first wind turbine prototype having two
A France-based company DCNS, which is presently constructing submarines for the Indian Navy, has plans to focus on the offshore renewables in India and use the opportunities of the country´s maritime resources. DCNS aims at lowering the costs of energy produced from these sources. Specifically, the
This Sunday afternoon Sierra Club organised a meeting at Virginia’s most visited state park, First Landing State Park, located by the Chesapeake Bay to promote offshore wind power. They used kites, pinwheels to show the Congress why they should renew Production Tax Credit for wind energy. Sierra mem
Dong Energy gave a presentation to Cumbria County Council’s local committee for Barrow, about the new offshore wind farm in this area, writes Evening Mail news portal. Three options are being reviewed for the expansion in the area of the Irish Sea, which would equal the size of the Isle of Man, thos
The National Renewable Energy Centre (Narec) has awarded a multi-million pound contract to SeaRoc to install its Offshore Anemometry Hub. The research facility will be installed 3 nautical miles off the coast of Blyth, Northumberland next to the proposed nearest shore array of the 100MW capacity Bly
Bloomberg forecasts that out of the largest collection of offshore wind farms, planned by the European Union to be placed in the North and Baltic Seas, 3,400 wind turbines will be operational by 2015 and 3,600 more by 2020, subject to stability of the government´s support. The offshore wind industry
In the first half of the year sales of wind turbines decreased, despite the ambitions of Germany and the UK. This makes obvious the struggle which the offshore wind sector and its financial supporters are facing in reaching the respective countries´ goals. As the financial crisis has spread througho
A barge carrying the latest technology for generating electricity from ocean power has been launched from Fairhaven’s Union Wharf on Friday, reports the South Coast Today news portal. The barge has been deployed to Muskeget Channel, where it will test a tidal current generator. Due to a narrow passa
Lamprell, a leading provider of diversified engineering and contracting services to the onshore and offshore oil & gas and renewables industry, announced that it has received a new contract award from Seajacks 4 Limited (“Seajacks”). The Engineering, Procurement & Construction contract,which is valu
