DONG Energy has acquired the right to further develop the offshore wind project Borkum Riffgrund West 1 from Energiekontor AG for approx. EUR 30 mio. The procurement of the project is a significant step in DONG Energy’s effort to gain a stronger foothold in the growing German offshore wind sector. “
The SMart Wind consortium, led by Mainstream Renewable Power and the Project and Structured Finance unit of Siemens Financial Services, has secured grid capacity for the second gigawatt (GW) of its 4GW Hornsea offshore wind development off the Yorkshire coast. This second grid connection for the off
TAG Energy Solutions has appointed experienced industry professional John MacAskill as its new Business Development Director. John joins the business from leading renewables consultancy GL Garrad Hassan, having successfully helped establish new business and transitioned an ailing enterprise in the r
The Prime Minister cited an analysis by banking giant Citigroup that said Scottish home owners and businesses would have to provide £4 billi… By Simon Johnson (telegraph) [mappress] Source: telegraph, November 04, 2011
The Board of Directors of DONG Energy has today approved the interim financial report for the first nine months of 2011 with the following outlook and key performance indicators compared with the first nine months of 2010: EBITDA was DKK 11.7 billion, up from DKK 10.6 billion in the first nine month
Carnegie Wave Energy is gearing up to announce the location of its first commercial demonstration wave energy project within 90 days as the … (thewest) [mappress] Source: thewest, November 04, 2011; Image: carnegiecorp
Citigroup said major players such as Perth firm SSE Renewables and ScottishPower should be ”extremely cautious” in their investment decisi… By Graham Huband (thecourier) [mappress] Source: thecourier, November 04, 2011
British tidal energy company, Marine Current Turbines Ltd, today announces that Siemens is increasing its share in the company to 45%. “With this increase in its stake, Siemens is strengthening its activities in ocean power generation. We will actively shape the commercialization process of innovati
Niall Stuart, Chief Executive of Scottish Renewables, said: On the target to meet the equivalent of 100% of demand from renewable electricity by 2020: “There are more than enough projects in operation and in the pipeline to hit the 100 per cent target. It really is this simple: if we build enough ge
The national economy is sputtering and the local economy on the Eastern Shore of Virginia has its challenges. So it’s nice to see good econo… (delmarvanow) [mappress] Source: delmarvanow, November 04, 2011
Atlantic Grid Development’s core project, the Atlantic Wind Connection, is an offshore high–voltage transmission backbone designed to serve efficiently mid-Atlantic region offshore wind energy parks while also making the congested land-based transmission grid more reliable and efficient. The system’
Over the last five years, the city of Yantai has established national and provincial-level marine science research centers, universities… By Zhao Ruixue (chinadaily) [mappress] Source: chinadaily, November 04, 2011
Nordic Yards, manufacturer of technologically sophisticated and innovative special ships and maritime structures, brings the HelWin alpha offshore platform to dock at its Wismar yard. The self-erecting transformer platform is being built for Siemens Energy in separate sections at Wismar and Warnemün
Mike Caraher is a surveyor with 13 years experience, latterly working at director level in the offshore and coastal surveying environment. Mike has enjoyed a long-standing relationship with Osiris Projects, originally working with them on a variety of coastal survey projects as a specialist sub-cont
