In October, Blue Water Shipping participated in the China Wind Power Exhibition in Beijing – one of the leading trade shows for wind energy in China. The exhibition has in excess of 600 exhibitors – this year including a record Danish participation of 29 companies, represented at a joint, Danish pav
The piece of work “Zèfir: in search of deep water offshore wind energy”, carried out by students from the Cor de Maria school in Valls, has been awarded the first prize in the Sustainability category. Over 12,000 people of all ages took part in the 12th edition of the science competition “Ciencia en
The company had indicated it would announce the location of its new UK wind turbine manufacturing and logistics hub by the end of October af… By Graham Huband (thecourier) [mappress] Source: thecourier, November 02, 2011
As of 1 November 2011, the naval authorities have formally approved the area around Anholt Offshore Wind Farm to be a ‘restricted area at sea’. This means that as of 1 November 2011, navigation, anchoring, fishing, diving and works at the seabed, which are not related to the construction of the wind
Hertel’s offshore wind farm services team are taking part in EWEA, the world’s largest offshore wind event. The team use custom designed access systems through a combination of rope access techniques, modular platforms, netting systems and scaffolding. Multi-disciplined operatives are trained and ex
The establishment of the future operation and maintenance facilities has now come so far that flag and garland could be hoisted on the communication tower to mark the roofing ceremony. Approx 30 workmen, representatives from the harbour, consultants and DONG Energy’s project group were present. Thom
Buried cables from a £42m system designed to carry electricity from wave energy machines have surfaced on a west Cornwall beach… (bbc) [mappress] Source: bbc, November 02, 2011
The relocation of the approx 5,000 stones at the surface of the seabed, which may cause problems to the wind turbine and cable installation, is well underway. However, a number of planned wind turbine positions are presently being screened with advanced sonar equipment to unveil any critical stones
On 1 November, Lower Saxony’s Minister of Economic Affairs, Labor and Transportation, Jörg Bode, visited the Orange Blue Terminal in Eemshaven, in which the Buss Group has a majority interest, as part of a two-day official visit. Accompanied by some 25 representatives of business and industry, the m
At present, 15 of the 26 member companies, which have joined the industrial network DJURS Wind Power, have been awarded orders in connection with Anholt Offshore Wind Farm. The order value has already exceeded DKK 100 million, and this means that a large part of the investment in Anholt Offshore Win
Anders Soe-Jensen is the founding president of the offshore division of Vestas Wind Systems A/S, the world’s biggest turbine maker. He spoke… By Alex Morales (bloomberg) [mappress] Source: bloomberg, November 02, 2011
RWE Innogy successfully completed the installation of a measuring tower in the German North Sea. The measuring system has been installed in the construction area of the Nordsee Ost offshore windfarm 30 km north of Heligoland. RWE Innogy will start the construction of the windfarm at the beginning of
ENERGY giants have been warned to rethink investing in Scotland after a leading finance group raised fears over independence and its impact… By Tim Sharp, Kate Devlin and Michael Settle (heraldscotland) [mappress] Source: heraldscotland, November 02, 2011;
National Wind Farm Training Centre, which provides training to the wind energy industry, has been awarded RenewablesUK’s renowned Training Standards and Accreditation for promoting and delivering best practice health and safety training and competence standards. The RenewableUK training standards ar
