MAYO is a serious location for the development as a hub for the storage of international data by harnessing wind and wave power, Taoiseach… (con-telegraph) [mappress] Source: con-telegraph, June 08, 2011;
The Board and Management of Keppel Offshore & Marine Ltd (Keppel O&M) announces that Mr Chow Yew Yuen (周耀源) has been appointed Managing Director of Keppel O&M with effect from 1 June 2011, reporting directly to Mr Tong Chong Heong, CEO of Keppel O&M. Mr Chow will be based in Singapore. He will assis
Marine data experts Partrac announced recently that Dr Emmanuel Osalusi, a numerical hydrodynamic engineer, has joined the company. Emmanuel completed his PhD thesis (‘Analysis of Wave and Current Data in a Tidal Energy Test Site’) at the UK European Marine Energy Centre, Orkney, in 2009. His resear
Incat Crowther licensee Gladding-Hearn Shipbuilding, Duclos Corporation, has announced the availability of a new work boat for developers and service providers of offshore wind farms in the United States. Incat Crowther’s first Catamaran Wind Farm Service Vessel, built by Lyme Boats in Exeter, Engla
With five successful offshore wind projects under its belt, Vattenfall UK turned to Danish offshore wind installation business A2SEA to install the world’s largest offshore turbines, R5, at Ormonde, 10km off the UK coast at Barrow-in-Furness. “We didn’t want to take any chances at Ormonde, so we wen
The West Michigan Wind Assessment project team at Grand Valley State University has issued a report to address the benefits and concerns … [mappress] Source: mlive, June 08, 2011;
Eddie O’Connor, one of Ireland’s most successful entrepreneurs, has been awarded with an Honorary Doctorate of Engineering, from NUI … By Patricia Austin (insideireland) [mappress] Source: insideireland, June 08, 2011;
Siemens Energy has installed the first prototype of its next generation offshore wind turbine in Høvsøre, Denmark, and has today initiated the first trial operation. The new SWT-6.0-120 wind turbine with a power rating of 6 megawatts (MW) and a rotor diameter of 120 metres uses the innovative Siemen
Vos Prodect Innovations is going to be represented at Renewable UK’s annual offshore wind event which will be held on 29th – 30th of June 2011, in Liverpool. In addition to the well-known unique cable protection systems Vos Prodect is going to introduce our newest development ”Cable Hang-off System”
Hyundai Heavy Industries, the world’s biggest shipbuilder and Korea’s largest green energy provider, today completed the site trial of a prototype 500 kW tidal current power system at Uldolmok Passage in Jeollanam-do, southwest Korea. Tidal current power is a form of hydropower that converts the kin
SgurrEnergy announces the enhancement of the company’s strong working relationships with KfW IPEX-Bank, UniCredit Bank and other leading European project and export finance banks, by winning a new construction monitoring contract for Germany’s first project financed offshore wind farm, Borkum West I
The rapidly developing offshore wind industry off the UK’s east coast must gather knowledge from the oil and gas sector’s 45 years experience of working in harsh offshore environments. That is the key conclusion from a major study by Natural Power on behalf of POWER cluster to look at challenges fac
Three large cement anchors have arrived in Coos Bay, where they will wait in an undisclosed location, to be assembled later this Summer to… (kcby) [mappress] Source: kcby, June 08, 2011;
The rise of wind energy is no longer being looked upon as an alternate source of energy. The United States is a leader in the field of wind energy and the US in 2010 was the second largest user of wind energy in the world, just behind China. In fact, the US had over […]
