Research and Markets has announced the addition of the “Offshore Wind Power Market Analysis and Forecast to 2020 – China’s Capacity Investments Position It to Overtake Germany by 2018, Second Only to the UK” report to their offering. GBI Research, a leading business intelligence provider, has releas
Toronto’s executive committee is still meeting and has some big-ticket items to discuss. It has, however, already followed staff direction o… by John Michael McGrath (openfile) [mappress] Source: openfile, November 02, 2011;
Nearly 16 months after the Oceana County Board of Commissioners rejected a proposal for an industrial-scale wind farm on the waters of Lake… By Dave Alexander (mlive) [mappress] Source: mlive, November 02, 2011
During the second day of the 10th World Wind Energy Conference in Cairo, the delegates discussed strategies for a transformation towards a 100 % renewable energy supply worldwide. During a session of the International Renewable Energy Alliance it was underlined that already with technologies availab
Danish Finance Minister Bjarne Corydon rejects the proposal put forward last week to let state-owned energy group Dong Energy build wind farms on a non-profit basis. Corydon admits that everything should be done to reduce the costs for offshore wind turbine development but points out that offshore w
On September 1st 2011 Marubeni Corporation and DONG Energy entered into an agreement whereby Marubeni acquires a 49.9% stake in the 172MW Gunfleet Sands offshore wind farm. Completion of the transaction was conditional on, inter alia, certain matters relating to financing. The transaction has today
RSPB Scotland has objected to proposals for an offshore wind farm near Aberdeen. A planning application for an 11-turbine wind farm off Abe… (bbc) [mappress] Source: bbc, November 01, 2011
Walney 2 offshore wind farm has today, 1 November 2011, started delivering CO2-free electricity to the UK’s national grid, with electricity now being generated from the first of its 51 turbines. Walney 1 was fully operational May 2011 and Walney 2 is expected to be fully operational by the end of 20
New figures from Scottish Renewables show that £750 million of new renewable electricity projects began generating in Scotland in the last twelve months. The figures are highlighted in a submission to the Scottish Parliament’s Economy, Energy and Tourism Committee as part of their analysis of the Dr
The Board of Directors of COSCO Corporation (Singapore) Limited (the “Company”) announces that COSCO (Nantong) Shipyard Co., Ltd (“COSCO Nantong”), a subsidiary of the Company’s 51% owned COSCO Shipyard Group Co., Ltd, has delivered another windmill turbine installation vessel (WTIV) “MPI DISCOVERY”
WFS Technologies announces the appointment of Derek Blackwood, OBE, President of Wood Group PSN Americas region, to its Board of Directors. Derek began his career as a student apprentice with BP Tanker Company gaining an HND in Marine Engineering. He worked in a variety of roles within the oil & gas
MILLIONS of pounds have been awarded to train East Yorkshire’s renewables workers of the future. The Government is giving £25 million to the region in a move that could eventually generate several thousand jobs in the offshore windfarm industry. The cash has been awarded as part of a joint bid by Hu
Scotland can help Qatar diversify away from oil and gas to a “more balanced” and “low-carbon” economy, said Scottish First Minister Alex Sal… By Pratap John (gulf-times) [mappress] Source: gulf-times, November 01, 2011
During the quarter Carnegie Wave Energy Limited received independent verification of the results of its CETO 3 deployment confirming the peak unit capacity at 203kW. This was the primary aim of the CETO 3 project and its verification brings to a close the most significant technical milestone complet
