Donald Trump’s representatives yesterday held a secret meeting with the companies behind plans for a 200 million offshore wind farm… (heraldscotland) [mappress] Source: heraldscotland, December 07, 2011
A replacement wind turbine installation vessel will arrive on site at the Sheringham Shoal Offshore Wind Farm in February to help reduce delays to the 317MW project’s forecast schedule following a period of unseasonally poor weather. The state-of-the-art, self-propelled 76m jack-up vessel Seajacks L
Speakers at the event next March will include former BP chief executive Lord Browne, now a partner in private equity firm Riverstone… (eadt) [mappress] Source: eadt, December 07, 2011
CAITHNESS could get a jobs boost from a £4.5 billion project to create the world’s biggest offshore wind farm. (johnogroat-journal) [mappress] Source: johnogroat-journal, December 07, 2011; Image: siemens
They say that the best way to predict the future is to invent it. And for The Switch, this holds true. They’ve created every bit of their present success by working closely with their customers, shaping the industry by making permanent magnet generators the technology of choice in the wind power ind
The head of city’s Labour group wrote to Energy Minister Edwing to ask him about Government’s plans for Dundee following the Gamesa’s plans to eliminate Dundee from the proposed EUR 150 million investment for the worldwide centre of its offshore business. Mr. Keenan wrote about the Dundee’s green en
THE latest bid to revive plans for a Severn barrage comes at a time when the renewable energy sector is facing increasing problems. by Chris Kelsey (walesonline) [mappress] Source: walesonline, December 07, 2011; Image: seagen
“RusHydro”, the largest Hydro-company in the country, plans to construct next year a tidal power plant in Murmansk, said Igor Usachev, a tidal energy manager at RusHydro. Russian Energy Minister Sergei Shmatko called the renewable energy direction very important and added that Russia has interests i
IFREMER symposium on the Vulnerability of coastal ecosystems to global change and extreme events, Biarritz, October 2011 Joni Backstrom, Dafydd Lloyd-Jones, Paul English and Nigel Thomas: Regional Environmental Assessment of Potential Impacts on Benthic Ecology from Cumulative Marine Aggregate Dredg
Holyhead Towing Company Ltd. (Holyhead) from Holyhead/Wales and OPUS MARINE GmbH (Opus) from Hamburg/Germany have announced the start-up of a joint venture company to further address the German offshore wind market. The new company will have its headquarters in Hamburg and trade under the already es
Called ‘Champions for Wind’ it is an innovative careers education engagement programme designed to raise awareness amongst 13 to 14 year olds of the full range of potential career opportunities in offshore wind energy and give an understanding of the qualifications and experience required to gain em
THE North Sea is in line for another major jobs boom as almost a third more oil and gas companies prepare to expand into renewables… By Nathalie Thomas (scotsman) [mappress] Source: scotsman, December 07, 2011; Image: repower
EASTLEIGH MP Chris Huhne has revealed plans to build up to 32,000 new wind turbines in the Government’s bid to reduce its carbon footprint. By Emma Streatfield (dailyecho) [mappress] Source: dailyecho, December 07, 2011; Image: decc
Joe FitzPatrick and Shona Robison have expressed their continued confidence in Dundee’s future as a centre for renewables manufacturing… By Alan Wilson (thecourier) [mappress] Source: thecourier, December 07, 2011
