TEESSIDE has been named as a national centre of excellence in offshore wind power. By Jez Davison (nebusiness) [mappress] Source: nebusiness, December 07, 2011; Image: teesvalleyunlimited
The idea of putting industrial-scale wind turbines off the shores of a tourist-dependent beach community was not an issue in Egmond aan Zee… By Dave Alexander (mlive) [mappress] Source: mlive, December 07, 2011; Image: noordzeewind
SCOTLAND’S tenth Green Energy Awards celebrated the successes of the renewables industry on the 1 December 2011 with the largest ever ceremony. Among the winners were First Minister, Alex Salmond, for Best Politician and Richard Yemm, founder of wave power company, Pelamis, for his outstanding contr
The appointment of Arthur Hollmann has enabled Bluestream Offshore to gain a vital foothold in the Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) market, complementing its existing Specialist Services capability. Certified by the Netherlands Directive Detection and Clearance of Conventional Explosives (BRL-OCE),
THE development of a wind farm in Manx waters could bring in £8 million of revenue a year for the island’s exchequer. (iomtoday) [mappress] Source: iomtoday, December 06, 2011
Fishermen’s Energy announced that they have completed another significant step in building what may be the first offshore windfarm in the United States. Early in November, a team of Fishermen’s engineers and specialists from Lockheed Martin installed a sophisticated wind measurement device on the ro
Gamesa announced on Friday that it has ruled out Dundee from its potential UK hub list. They said that Dundee can’t help them in achieving plan to manufacture G11X-5.0 MW and G14X-7.0 MW offshore wind turbines. Leith, proposed by Forth Ports, entered the race for UK hub. The Spanish wind turbine dev
In light of recent events, Japan has been urged to pay more attention to renewable energy sources. Coincidently, in the same month as one… By Carin Hall (energydigital) [mappress] Source: energydigital, December 06, 2011; Image: kyushu-u
The States of Guernsey has teamed up with several UK universities on projects to investigate marine renewable energy. (bbc) [mappress] Source: bbc, December 06, 2011
Today sees the launch of a new website to support and promote the South Boats Service Centre at Venture Quays, Cowes. This state-of-the-art boat refit, boat repair and boat maintenance facility for vessels of up to 30m has 24-hour tidal access to the yard’s ship lift and a hall height in excess of 1
EWEA offshore 2011 ended on Thursday. During the three days Seaports of Niedersachsen has presented the excellent conditions in the Lower Saxon seaports for production, assembly and handling of offshore wind energy facilities. Many industry representatives showed great interest in port services and
Tore Engevik has been appointed director of Aibel’s new business area, Wind. Engevik was previously CEO of Vestavind Offshore AS. “Engevik has long and relevant experience. He therefore has the best point of departure for heading the company’s new business area,” says President and CEO Jan Skogseth
FEARS have been raised that one of Yorkshire’s most famous scenes will be blighted by a vast new offshore wind farm being built five miles… By Jack Blanchard (yorkshirepost) [mappress] Source: yorkshirepost, December 06, 2011
THE owner of a former Tyneside shipyard is preparing to invest £50m in converting part of the site into a facility to make wind turbine foundations – creating hundreds of jobs. OGN Group is already using a section of Hadrian Yard in Wallsend to build an oil production platform for American firm Apac
