Ireland‘s unspoiled, windswept west coast could become the focus of a new wave of wind farm construction in the wake of a high-level … (envirolib) [mappress] Source: envirolib, June 20, 2011;
It is expected that over 5,000 jobs could be created by the development of the marine renewable industry in the south west of the country… (ibtimes) [mappress] Source: ibtimes, June 20, 2011;
A novel wind turbine access system jointly developed by UK firms Houlder and BMT Nigel Gee this week won the Seawork Marine Renewable award. The lightweight three-axis motion compensated gangway, dubbed TAS and developed to provide safe and reliable access from workboats, has been widely taken up in
The report, published yesterday, follows a summit meeting for the offshore wind power industry convened by Lowestoft-based OrbisEnergy, the regional technology, innovation and incubation hub for offshore renewables, in partnership with the Royal Academy of Engineering. At the round-table meeting, he
SUCCESS is in the wind after a South Tyneside yard clinched its first major green contract from Down Under… By Terry Kelly (shieldsgazette) [mappress] Source: shieldsgazette, June 17, 2011; I
The effort to capture wind power more than 40 miles off the Maine coast using massive floating wind turbines continues on schedule – with lab trials at the University of Maine just completed in May, a first-in-the-nation offshore wind test lab opening at the University of Maine in Orono in October a
Texas has a global reputation for being home to major oil and natural gas fields, but the winds of change have brought a… (prnewswire) [mappress] Source: prnewswire, June 17, 2011
A 45% renewable energy target for 2030 would create the future policy-stability the green energy sector the needs, was one of the main messages emerging from last night’s public debate on EU energy policy post-2020. New energy policies must be drawn-up today, and not in 2020 when the current targets
Plans for an offshore wind development project in federal waters south of Martha’s Vineyard continue to move ahead, state and federal … By Janet Hefler (mvtimes) [mappress] Source: mvtimes, June 16, 2011
ABPmer announces a new phase in the dissemination of marine renewable resource mapping tools for wind, wave and tidal developers with the launch of the Renewables Channel on WEBvision, their online spatial information sharing platform. The Renewables Channel allows browsers to interrogate the recent
Dutch offshore and ferry operating companies Workships Contractors and the Doeksen family announce their continued expansion into the service sector of the offshore wind industry by signing a Heads of Agreement for an Anglo-Dutch co-operation with Offshore Wind Power Marine Services Ltd, one of the
Alstom, which became a player in the onshore wind turbine business in 2007 through its acquisition of Spanish turbine maker Ecotecnia… (powergenworldwide) [mappress] Source: powergenworldwide, June 16, 2011
Gov. Bob McDonnell has been an advocate for an “all of the above” strategy to expanding energy production in Virginia, and that includes … By Michael Sluss (roanoke) [mappress] Source: roanoke, June 16, 2011;
The Alstom Board has approved a major reorganisation of the company proposed by Patrick Kron, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Alstom. This reorganisation is effective on 4 July 2011. Alstom has undergone a period of strong growth, followed by the necessary adaptation to a tougher economic en
