A public exhibition on plans for a wind turbine stretching to 196 meters in height is scheduled to take place tomorrow at Bayview football stadium between 3pm-7pm, reports Fife Today. Scottish Enterprise is going to submit a planning application to build a single offshore prototype wind turbine at t
EDF Energy Renewables officials have confirmed that the work on Teesside offshore windfarm is going as planned, according to Hartlepool Mail. Eight monopiles have already been installed with two more to follow later this week. The Project manager, Tim Bland, said: “We are still at a relatively early
Glaxosmithkline (GSK) has submitted its application to the Scottish Government for a marine generation license to generate power from 15 tidal turbines placed either side of the South Esk bridge. This is another step the company made upon pursuing efforts towards generating its own marine energy for
Leading international renewable energy consultancy Natural Power and marine engineering specialists SeaRoc are opening a new office in Orkney, establishing a new joint presence for the companies to support the development of marine projects and encourage the growth of the wave and tidal energy indus
Wind energy developers installed a record 41,000 megawatts of electricity-generating capacity in 2011, bringing the world total to 238,000 megawatts. With more than 80 countries now harnessing the wind, there is enough installed wind power capacity worldwide to meet the residential electricity needs
In connection with the review of the MT Højgaard Group’s projects a revaluation of the risk factors for a number of projects has been performed. This revaluation necessitates further exceptional provisions for the financial year 2011. In consequence of the revaluation, the Group’s financial performa
Powerful Humber tides are to light up one of the world’s most spectacular aquariums. In a new advance for marine renewable energy, the Neptune Proteus tidal stream energy device will supply electricity from April to The Deep, Hull’s iconic visitor attraction and research centre. The full-scale demon
Construction of electricity links between Britain and its surrounding markets could be perceived as a solution for exporting excess electricity that is hard to predict and cannot be stored, a manager at National Grid stated according to Reuters. In cases when renewable energy production, such as win
2011 was a bad year for Denmark’s largest construction and civil engineering group, which emerges from the financial year with a pre-tax margin of minus 3.6% and a pre-tax loss of DKK 335 million. The financial statements are, as previously announced, negatively affected by losses on isolated projec
Applanix introduced today POSPac™ MMS V6, its latest version of office software for mobile mapping. Featuring full support for GPS and GLONASS satellite observables with its industry-leading IN-FusionTM technology and SmartBaseTM Virtual Reference Station processing engines, POSPac MMS V6 is designe
The Massachusetts Office of Campaign and Political Finance has fined the Alliance to Protect Nantucket Sound with$22,500 for improperly engaging in and failing to properly report ‘electioneering activities’. In 2010, the anti-wind farm group emitted radio ads before gubernatorial election that advoc
Vos Prodect is about to deliver cable hang-off systems to be installed in an offshore wind farm project, which is located in the North Sea. Their Cable hang-off systems have been approved with a final acceptance test and packed in accordance with the requirements. Vos Prodect was contracted for the
The Association for Consultancy and Engineering has called on the Chancellor to use his budget to strengthen the green economy and expand the role of the Green Investment Bank. The UK is a world leader in offshore wind and the opportunity to maintain and enhance this position must be taken. With the
E.ON AG continued its consolidation course in a difficult business environment in 2011 and is past the worst. At the presentation of the company’s annual results, CEO Johannes Teyssen was cautiously optimistic about where E.ON stands. “We made good progress implementing our strategy. E.ON 2.0, our e
