The Supervisory Board of REpower appointed Mr Marcus A. Wassenberg as Chief Financial Officer, and Mr Vinod R. Tanti as Chief Operating Officer. These appointments are effective 1st June 2012. Mr Tulsi Tanti, Chairman of Suzlon Group and Chairman of REpower’s Supervisory Board, said: “For some time
IHC Merwede has recently opened a new yard facility in Broussard, Louisiana, USA. The yard at 206 Cummings Road will operate under the name of Hydro-Ram, Inc. With this expansion IHC Merwede now has a regional office in North America. Hydro-Ram, Inc., consisting of IHC Hydrohammer®, IHC Handling Sys
After the Siemens’ contract with Associated British Ports (ABP) to construct a wind turbine factory, a barge has arrived in Hull, the ITV News reports. It is anchored at the Albert Dock terminal in the Humber Estuary and its purpose is to transport parts for a new wind farm. Earlier this month, Hull
Eco Wave Power has successfully installed a medium-scale wave energy power plant, in the Black Sea, during the month of April, 2012. The installation of EWP’s system, took place during that month in recognition of the international Mother Earth Day, celebrated in more than 175 countries every year.
Carbon Trust will help run a new multi-million pound fund to help develop Scotland’s first commercial wave and tidal power arrays. Addressing the AllEnergy conference in Aberdeen, First Minister Alex Salmond launched Scotland’s Marine Renewables Commercialisation Fund (MRCF). The First Minister said
Siemens has purchased the very first MaXccess system to improve the safe transfer of service specialists onto offshore wind turbines. MaXccess was designed by OSBIT Power Ltd and has been tested by a strategic alliance of Siemens, OSBIT Power, Statoil and Fred Olsen Windcarrier to establish the effe
Aberdeen-based Hydro Group, a designer and manufacturer of underwater cables and connectors for global subsea, topside and onshore applications, has been awarded £1million in financial support from the European Commission’s Research Executive Agency (REA). The company predicts a 20% increase in turn
Iberdrola is committed to promoting offshore wind power as one of the basic pillars in its future growth. It is determined to spearhead the development of this technology, which it considers to be the second revolution in renewable energies, just as it did in the case of onshore wind power, where it
Aubin, a leading independent supplier of specialist chemicals to the energy industry, is launching a new installation system for the renewables market at this year’s All Energy exhibition. The new Hybrid Gel system, which can be seen in action at stand AB7 in the Aberdeen City & Shire Pavilion at Al
Dawson Energy, part of the Aberdeen and Great Yarmouth-based 3sun Group providing specialist products and services to the energy industry, has completed work on Scottish & Southern Energy’s Griffin wind power project in Perthshire with a value of around £1.5million. The company is exhibiting at stan
Moog Industrial Group announced that the company has been awarded a contract to supply a test system to Narec (National Renewable Energy Centre) to evaluate and test wind turbine blades at their new 100 m (328 ft) blade testing facility in Blyth, Northumberland, UK. Opening this summer, the independ
Wood Group Kenny has been awarded a three-year contract by Marine Power Technologies Pty Ltd (”MPT”) to provide project management and engineering support services for the development of MPT’s Energy Island (”EI”) concept on the southern coastline of Australia. Six or more Energy Islands may be link
Carnegie Wave Energy Limited announced the participation of Mr Kieran O’Brien, Executive Director of European Business Development in a panel at the All Energy Conference in Aberdeen, Scotland today. The company is the ASX-listed inventor, owner and developer of the patented CETO wave energy technol
RTS International (RTS) announced that David Still CBE has become an advisor to the Board of Directors. David Still, CBE, has worked in the renewables industry since the early 1980’s. He has worked as a wind developer, including leading on the UK’s first offshore wind farm. He was the Chairman of th
