ORPC recently announced that it will begin the installation of its first grid-connected, Commercial TidGen™ Power System at a 60-acre site in Cobscook Bay near Seward Neck, Lubec. The Company hopes to begin on-water deployment of its Cobscook Bay Tidal Energy Project around March 7 following issuanc
On basis of its provisional consolidated financial statements, the Nordex Group closed 2011 in line with its current forecast. In November 2011, the Management Board announced that Nordex would be reporting lower sales and an operating loss of around EUR 10 million for the year as a whole. Highlight
Europe’s premier wind energy event, EWEA 2012, takes place in the capital of Denmark – the world champion of wind energy – during the country’s Presidency of the European Union. Danish Prime Minister, and Chair of the EU’s rotating Presidency, Helle Thorning Schmidt, will attend the opening session,
A “shallow water” Sway version with a shorter and wider tower has been adapted to as little as 55m water depth for installations in the UK and China. This will make it possible to bridge the gap between the jacket foundations and the cost effective Sway solution between 55-110m water depths. For lar
Upon pursuing efforts to cope with climate change and carbon emissions, China has established its first renewable energy related center to conduct research and development programs and policies. The China National Renewable Energy Center, established by the National Energy Administration with the su
Pelamis Wave Power has recently developed a unique system for quickly and safely installing and removing the machine from its anchoring system and electrical connection. The system allows the machine to be connected to its mooring and electrical system in around 90 minutes and disconnected in less t
Docking-based Tidal Transit has won its first contract in the offshore servicing industry for its state-of-the-art support vessel Ginny Louise. The contract was signed with Greater Gabbard Offshore Wind Ltd, which is developing the 140-turbine Greater Gabbard offshore wind farm off the Suffolk coast
The Malta Environment and Planning Authority has opened public consultation on a 36-turbine floating wind farm project off the northeast coast of Malta proposed by the Swedish company Hexicon. A closing date for the consultation period will be additionally announced. According to a Project Descripti
BMT Nigel Gee Ltd, a subsidiary of BMT Group Ltd, has announced further collaboration with Turbine Transfers, one of the leading providers of Windfarm Support Vessels (WSVs), on its latest unique development – the design of a 19m WSV utilising the Voith Linear Jet. The Voith Linear Jet (VLJ) is an i
Satrijo Tanudjojo, president of Nexans (China) Wires & Cables Co., stated in an interview “The future of power cable will be submarine. China has put a lot of efforts into renewable energy, and one of the areas which is considered to have the maximum growth potential is offshore wind farm,” therefor
Ocean Power Technologies, Inc., a leading wave energy technology company, today announced the appointment of Timothy Stiven as Managing Director of Ocean Power Technologies Limited, the Company’s UK-based wholly-owned subsidiary, effective March 1, 2012. He succeeds Angus Norman, who is stepping dow
A cavernous 70-year-old warehouse once used by the Navy is being transformed to play a key role in the nation’s energy future. Sometime this summer, workers will jockey a 150-ton rig designed to test the drive trains of offshore wind turbines into a massive hole in the floor of the testing facility
The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) announced that it reduced the size of the offshore Wind Energy Area between Rhode Island and Massachusetts by excluding commercially important fishing grounds. The reduced Wind Energy Area includes approximately 164,750 acres within the original area iden
The International Energy Agency (IEA) will acknowledge the coming of age of the renewable energy sector by publishing, for the first time, an annual medium-term report which analyses that market. This publication on renewable energy – which is now the fastest growing sector of the energy mix and acc
