With roughly 3,000 megawatts of wind farm generating capacity already in European offshore waters, and thousands more on the way, it’s clear that there is currently momentum in the wind power market. William Pentland of the Pace Energy and Climate Center has an article at Forbes.com, remarking on pr
A boat with suspension, a giant robotic arm and a vessel resembling a seahorse are just three of the innovative concepts shortlisted by the Carbon Trust as part of a competition to solve the problem of transferring engineers and equipment safely on to wind turbines as far as 300km offshore in wave h
Scotland’s wave and tidal sector face charges of £56 million every year to connect their projects to the grid while developers south of the border would receive millions in subsidy, new figures from Scottish Renewables has revealed. The current transmission charging regime issued by Ofgem is calcula
Oyster fishermen supplying top Michelin-starred restaurants have warned that plans to extend a wind farm will attract thousands of starfish… (telegraph) [mappress] Source: telegraph, September 19, 2011
E.ON is in talks with China’s wind turbine makers, the chief financial officer of its renewable operations said, adding the German utility… By Christoph Steitz (reuters) [mappress] Source: reuters, September 19, 2011
Modulift has designed and manufactured a lifting rig to assemble Repower’s 5 MW wind turbines for Harland and Wolff Heavy industries in… By Euan Youdale (khl) [mappress] Source: khl, September 16, 2011
An ambitious plan for what was to be the nation’s first freshwater wind farm with as many as 150 large turbines in Lake Erie off Buffalo’s… By Tom Precious (buffalonews) [mappress] Source: buffalonews, September 16, 2011
Under the name of “Friedrich Ernestine”, the ship will construct the offshore wind farm Gwynt y Môr (576 MW) off the Welsh coast. The installation vessel, which is the first of its type in the world, is able to transport up to four large-scale offshore wind turbines at the same time, and subsequentl
Delmarva Power has granted NRG Bluewater Wind another contract extension, giving the offshore wind developer until the end… (delawareonline) [mappress] Source: delawareonline, September 16, 2011
Around 70 Isle of Man residents found out more about a planned extension to a windfarm in the Irish Sea yesterday (Thursday). Dong Energy… (manxradio) [mappress] Source: manxradio, September 16, 2011
HULL City Council is set to pledge £5 million towards securing a new wind turbine factory on the city’s docklands. (thisishullandeastriding) [mappress] Source: thisishullandeastriding, September 16, 2011
Pharos Offshore Group has started construction of a newly designed remotely operated vehicle (ROV) specifically for the offshore wind farm cable market. The new Inter Turbine Array Trencher, the ITAT 800™, is an 800 HP (600 kW) self-propelled trenching ROV that can be more easily manoeuvred by the o
Essen based renewable energy developer, RWE Innogy, is looking for contractor do design, engineering, construct, supply and install the Innogy Nordsee 1(“IN1”) 155/33 kv substation including platform, substructure and foundation. Innogy Nordsee 1 is the largest single project RWE has undertaken so f
Narec has appointed three members of its senior management team to executive board positions. Tony Ikwue, Director of Technology and Innovation, joins the Narec board with responsibility for R&D and strategy.In this role he will ensure Narec’s strategic alignment with Government policies in the rene
