SeaEnergy announce that at the General Meeting held earlier today (June 22, 2011) shareholders voted in favour of the resolution to dispose of the Company’s entire interest in SeaEnergy Renewables Limited to Repsol Nuevas Energías S.A. The transaction is expected to complete before the end of the mo
Buckie MSP and Environment and Climate Change Minister Stewart Stevenson today pressed the case for an EU-wide carbon reduction target of… By Sam Hampton-Smith (stv) [mappress] Source: stv, June 23, 2011;
The first foundation of the offshore wind farm Thornton Bank 2 has been successfully installed off the coast of Belgium. The around 50 metre high and 550 ton steel foundation (a so-called jacket foundation) was manufactured in Hoboken near Antwerp, and in the past few days it was transported via pon
Scira Offshore Energy Ltd. has awarded Baze Technology, contractor in joint co-operation with leading renewable energy consultancy Natural Power, with the contract for their wind farm portfolio information system, WindManager, on the Sheringham Shoal wind farm. The site, located approx 20 km off the
THE tide floods in and out of Poole Harbour twice a day every day and now a plan is being proposed to harness that huge force… By Diana Henderson (bournemouthecho) [mappress] Source: bournemouthecho, June 22, 2011;
On Thursday evening, Åge Holmestad of Moelven Limtre AS and Svein Dag Henriksen of Hydra Tidal AS received the innovation award Schweighofer Prize 2011 for their work on laminated timber turbine blades for a floating power station project at Gimsøystraumen in Nordland based on ocean and tidal curren
AS THE world economy catches its breath and prepares to advance, there never was a better time for the Government to promote renewable … [mappress] Source: irishtimes, June 22, 2011;
China Ming Yang Wind Power Group Limited (“Ming Yang” or the “Company”), a leading wind turbine manufacturer in China, today announced detailed plans for the commercialization of its 2.5/3.0MW Super Compact Drive (“SCD”) prototype wind turbine generator (“WTG”). The Company also celebrated six month
AWS Truepower today announced important updates and improvements to its Deep-Array Wake Model (DAWM), which was first released in openWind® Enterprise in 2010. Concluding a rigorous validation of plant production and wind data from several projects, AWS Truepower also confirmed that the so-called de
States along the Atlantic Coast are racing to be first in the country to put wind turbines offshore. But a group in Ohio says the first … Read more at WKSU [mappress] Source: WKSU, June 22, 2011;
Financiers have warned that there may not be enough experienced pensions funds to meet simultaneous renewables build-outs across the EU… (utilityweek) [mappress] Source: utilityweek, June 22, 2011;
Turn a glass upside down and plunge it into a sink filled with water. By Michael Kanellos (greentechmedia) [mappress] Source: greentechmedia, June 22, 2011;
SIAG Schaaf Industrie AG, one of the worldwide leading suppliers for tubular steel towers and components for the onshore and offshore wind energy industry, is looking back on a successful trade fair participation in Anaheim/California. More than 1,000 exhibitors participated in the annual Windpower
W3G Marine (W3GM) and IHC Merwede have agreed to collaborate on the development of W3GM’s patented design for an offshore wind turbine installation ship (OWTIS). The OWTIS concept has major advantages over existing assets, not least in its ability to improve offshore safety by necessitating fewer ta
