The coalition working to put a handful of wind turbines in Lake Erie aims to insert into the hotly contested state budget an amendment… By Chuck Soder (crainscleveland) [mappress] Source: crainscleveland, May 05, 2011;
A new training course for engineers working with wind turbines has been launched in Middlesbrough. (edie) [mappress] Source: edie, May 05, 2011;
Offshore safety professionals have acknowledged that there is a requirement for wind-specific regulations to prevent accidents when… (windenergyupdate) [mappress] Source: windenergyupdate, May 05, 2011
Floating wind farms, ocean wave power, hydrofracking, and the state of climate science will be among the featured discussions at NYIT’s sixth annual Energy Conference on Thursday, June 2 at the NYIT de Seversky Mansion in Old Westbury. The conference, “Beyond Carbon: OffShore Energy and Technologies
Significant news for the renewable energy industry in Europe emerged yesterday after Connie Hedegaard, the European Commissioner for Climate Change, again stated that we should “be discussing a renewable energy target for 2030”, in an interview with the Guardian. In April, Hedegaard made a similar s
A new vessel will be visible off the North Norfolk coast over the coming weeks as further work continues on the installation of the foundations for the Sheringham Shoal Offshore Wind Farm. The ‘Oleg Strashnov’ is a state-of-the-art crane vessel designed for heavy lifting operations, and its key feat
CENTRICA, the energy group whose businesses include British Gas, has signed a long-term lease that will enable it to build an operation and maintenance base at Grimsby docks to serve its wind farms in the Greater Wash. The facility will be completed by the end of this year. Centrica operates the 194
A PROSPEROUS Hartlepool fabrication yard has waved off two massive modules – and immediately set its sights on another huge job. (hartlepoolmail) [mappress] Source: hartlepoolmail, May 04, 2011;
With a new analysis showing UK wind farms operating at just 20 per cent of their capacity in 2010, the potential of wind power has been… (theecologist) [mappress] Source: theecologist, May 04, 2011;
Work is well underway in Hantsport to change the way people affect the environment around them. (novanewsnow) [mappress] Source: novanewsnow, May 04, 2011;
The Tillamook Intergovernmental Development Entity (TIDE) invites the public to learn more about ocean derived power by attending a public… (tillamookheadlightherald) [mappress] Source: tillamookheadlightherald, May 04, 2011;
The renewables sector could bring more than 1,000 jobs and £2bn of direct investment to Northern Ireland over the next decade, it has… By Clare Weir (belfasttelegraph) [mappress] Source: belfasttelegraph, May 04, 2011;
DNV is appointed as the Certified Verification Agent (CVA) for the Cape Wind Project, the first offshore wind farm to be built in the US. The role of DNV as CVA is to conduct third-party design reviews, inspections and other verification activities. US regulations require that offshore wind develope
At the BalticFuture 2011 conference in Rostock, Nordic Yards, manufacturer of technologically sophisticated and innovative special ships, is… (nordicyards) [mappress] Source: nordicyards, May 04, 2011
