2011 was a stable year for the offshore wind industry with 235 new offshore wind turbines grid connected, worth approximately 2.4 billion Euros. Today the European Wind Energy Association (EWEA) published its annual offshore wind statistics for 2011 in Brussels showing that 235 new turbines with a t
EMU has recently opened an office in Perth, Western Australia. Managing Director, Bruce Tomlinson, opened the office on prestigious St George’s Terrace in November. “The Australian economy is booming, particularly from its oil and gas and minerals markets, so we look forward to utilising our global
Mojo Maritime has won the Tidal Energy Engineering Firm 2011 award for the second year in a row, reports Maritime journal. Apart from this, the consortium, made up of Voith, Bauer, UoE & Mojo Maritime Ltd, has won the award for the Most Effective Tidal Energy Project 2011. The project was for the mo
Today, recruitment and crewing agency iPS opens a new office in Scheveningen, The Hague. Director Erwin Broeders: “Growing market demands and increasing workloads require a full dedication to our offshore activities.” iPS has given the dedicated Offshore team their own identity. This comes with a ni
EMU Limited has recently completed cone penetration tests along the cable routes at the proposed offshore wind farms in Germany, SeaDiscovery reports. Company’s continued equipment investment and commitment to research, including design in geotechnical and geophysical survey techniques, is ensuring
RenewableUK, the trade association for the wind, wave & tidal industry, has highlighted some misunderstandings and confusions in a Policy Exchange paper ‘The Full Cost to Households of Renewable Energy Policies’. The paper attempts to estimate the cost to households of current Government energy poli
RenewableUK, the trade association representing the renewable energy industries, has announced that the country’s wind sector has reached a landmark 6 gigawatts of installed capacity – enough to supply electricity to 3,354,893 homes. The 6GW threshold was reached by the Ormonde offshore wind farm, o
Tata Steel has secured a major contract from Siemens Wind Power to supply 25,000 tonnes of high-quality profiled steel plate for wind towers. The order – the largest to date for the steel company’s dedicated wind tower hub in Scunthorpe, England – is worth an eight figure £ sum and establishes Tata
Windstream Energy has announced its decision to build Ontario’s first contracted offshore wind power project in the Hamilton area. At a press conference yesterday organized by the Lake Ontario Offshore Network, Windstream announced preliminary agreements with Bermingham Foundation Solutions, Walters
Following rigorous testing and inspection, the current version of WindSafe®, an online condition monitoring system built by DMT GmbH & Co KG, has been certified by Germanischer Lloyd Industrial Services GmbH. Even in 2003, a machinery diagnostics system developed especially for wind turbines was the
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today released two nationwide resource assessments showing that waves and tidal currents off the nation’s coasts could contribute significantly to the United States’ total annual electricity production, further diversify the nation’s energy portfolio, and provide
RWE is taking advantage of the favourable conditions for German companies on the international capital market by issuing a GBP bond with a volume of 600 million GBP and a term of 22 years. The maturity date is 31 January 2034. Placed via RWE Finance B.V., the bond was significantly oversubscribed. T
Recent findings show that the intelligent software protects wind turbines against overload and avoids breakdowns. This development of the BMBF-funded joint project “Wint-LES” will be tested in practice. Offshore wind farms play an important role in energy transition, but the requirements for wind tu
Responding to the new Policy Exchange report (The Full Cost to Households of Renewable Energy Policies) WWF said today that the think-tank is ignoring the benefits renewables could bring and is advocating a risky reliance on market mechanisms. WWF noted that in contrast to the Policy Exchange figure
