Canadian firm Thin Red Line Aerospace is working on the first test deployment of its energy storage system for use with off-shore wind turbines. The Energy Bag provides power storage as “undersea compressed air energy storage” (CAES) to store compressed air deep underwater, and then release it again
Environmental activists and likely 2013 Democratic gubernatorial candidate Terry McAuliffe will gather in Richmond on Saturday to push … By Rosalind S. Helderman (washingtonpost) [mappress] Source: washingtonpost, June 06, 2011;
According to recently published research by OrbisEnergy in Lowestoft, the estimated value of offshore wind projects planned up to 2020 in… By Elaine Maslin (eveningnews24) [mappress] Source: eveningnews24, June 06, 2011;
Leading land-based and offshore wind energy developers testified today to Congress about the need for consistent and long-term federal policies to support the deployment of renewable energy, including federal financial incentives and market demand policies. The land-based wind energy witnesses also
Ashland Inc. will showcase its long history of customer innovations through advanced resin and bonding technology at the … (ashland) [mappress] Source: ashland, June 06, 2011
The Windpower Conference & Exhibition is an annual event organised by the American Wind Energy Association (AWEA) to provide a venue for the… (ormazabal) [mappress] Source: ormazabal, June 06, 2011
In a recent report on the permitting and financing challenges to the U.S. offshore wind industry, the Center for American Progress identified the Atlantic Wind Connection as a solution to many of these challenges that threaten to prevent domestic offshore wind from becoming a reality. The report had
New energy, enterprise and tourism minister and Inverness and Nairn MSP Fergus Ewing officially launched ENERGY NORTH, the region’s leading organisation for energy and engineering business, in Invergordon on Friday (June 3) as one of his first public events in the new Scottish Government. The event
These are conclusions of a survey by PWC among 57 chief executives of the largest users of offshore wind farms in Northern Europe… (publics) [mappress] Source: publics, June 03, 2011
Aberdeen-based SeaHold GEOSHIPS Limited (GEOSHIPS) has announced the acquisition of marine management services company Brooklyn Shipping Ltd (BSL). The acquisition is expected to lead to BSL’s staff numbers more than doubling to 80 this year and also contribute to a significant increase in GEOSHIPS’
P&O Maritime Services announces the arrival of its Multipurpose DP2 Cable Installation vessel, the CS European Supporter, to Tyneside in the UK. Following an extensive conversion, the European Supporter has been specially equipped to install inter-array power cables in the rapidly expanding European
Norwegian based subsea operations company DOF Subsea has enhanced its management team to strengthen the company’s focus on the renewable energy sector and to further utilise DOF Subsea’s current and future construction fleet of vessels. The company has appointed Kevin Moran as Vice President of Rene
A local energy forum will today be told that new technology holds the key to reducing the north coast’s reliance on coal-fired power… (abc) [mappress] Source: abc, June 03, 2011;
In most coastal states on the Atlantic and in the Great Lakes regions, there has been at least some initial conversation happening about the potential for offshore wind power as a renewable energy source. Here in Massachusetts, Cape Wind has been a prominent topic of discussion for about ten years,
