The issue of siting wind turbines remains a thorny issue. Planning for on-shore and off-shore wind continues in Michigan. By Saulius Mikalonis (mlive) [mappress] Source: mlive, February 21, 2011
Natural Power’s marine renewables team have been working with Shetland Islands Council over the past 12 months to map their marine renewable resources as a follow on to the Council’s successful Marine Spatial Planning exercise and are looking forward to publishing the results in the spring of 2011.
Fivium has been awarded a contract to deliver an IT system to support the modernisation and consolidation of UK marine licensing processes. The project will align business processes and IT systems supporting UK marine licences to enable greater transparency for users and the public. Fivium and the M
On the 15th February, EnviroBusiness co-hosted one of the largest in a series of offshore wind supply chain events taking place across the UK throughout February and March – the Southern Region, hosting 623 MW of installed wind capacity and 10.2 GW planned for Round 3. The south east offshore supply
Deepwater Wind’s initial project will raise state and local governments’ electric bills by a combined $1.5 million in its first year,… By Tim White and Ted Nesi (wpri) [mappress] Source: wpri , February 21, 2011
The heavy lift offshore crane, type CAL 64000 – 1500 Litronic®, specially developed by Liebherr for the company BELUGA HOCHTIEF Offshore,… (heavyliftpfi) [mappress] Source: heavyliftpfi, February 21, 2011
Vestas, the global leader in wind technology, has signed an agreement with WindPlus for the deployment of the first offshore project worldwide integrating a wind turbine with a full-scale semi-submersible floating structure. This is the first time this floating platform technology is being used. Win
The European Wind Energy Association is forecasting that up to 1,500 MW of offshore wind power will be connected to European national grids… By Peter Reina (enr.construction) [mappress] Source:enr.construction , February 18, 2011
GE’s acquisition of Wind Tower Systems LLC (WTS) will enable it to increase the height of its wind turbine towers cost-effectively, says… (modernpowersystems) [mappress] Source: modernpowersystems, February 18, 2011
Engineering and manufacturing group Siemens, has invested an initial £1.2m in transferring its mechanical drives business from Bradford to… (yorkshirepost) [mappress] Source: yorkshirepost , February 18, 2011
During February 2011 Christian Nath hands over the management of GL Renewables Certification. Andreas Schroeter has been appointed as his successor as Senior Vice President GL Renewables Certification and Mike Woebbeking will be Vice President GL Renewables Certification and Head of the Certificatio
The 130-turbine Cape Wind project off the coast of Massachusetts has spurred more support for offshore wind generation, including a $199-… By Johanna Knapschaefer (enr.construction) [mappress] Source: enr.construction, February 18, 2011
New Jersey’s and other states’ ambitions for developing a robust offshore wind industry may not be big enough. That was the message from… By Tom Johnson (njspotlight) [mappress] Source:njspotlight , February 18, 2011
U.S. Sen. John Kerry of Massachusetts is urging federal officials to approve a key portion of Cape Wind’s financing plan. By Steve LeBlanc (istockanalyst) [mappress] Source: istockanalyst , February 18, 2011
