Today marks the official start of production at Nordex’s newly built wind turbine manufacturing plant in Jonesboro, Arkansas. The plant’s first production crew will go to work this morning assembling a wind turbine nacelle, which houses the engine and other key components and sits high atop the turb
Ireland is missing out on an employment boost by failing to follow the example of the German and other EU governments and use our natural… (businessworld) [mappress] Source: businessworld,October 04, 2010;
Photograph of Thanet Offshore Wind Farm taken by Katie Drouet, 2Cs’ in-house photographer2Cs has played a pivotal role in the launch of the… (cambridgenetwork) [mappress] Source: cambridgenetwork, October 04, 2010;
With this background over 160 industry leaders will be meeting next week at the 2nd annual Global Wind Turbine Supply Chain conference… (7thspace) [mappress] Source: 7thspace, October 04, 2010;
For the wind turbine supply chain the past 12 months have been about component redesign, reconfiguration of component production lines,… (7thspace) [mappress] Source: 7thspace, October 04, 2010;
PLANS for a £3.6 billion wind farm off the Lincolnshire coast could go before the public next spring. Energy giant RWE npower renewables has… (theledger) [mappress] Source: theledger, October 04, 2010;
Energy experts from across the globe will meet Wednesday and Thursday in Atlantic City as New Jersey races to become the nation’s birthplace… By Michael Miller (pressofatlanticcity) [mappress] Source: pressofatlanticcity, October 04, 2010;
The third annual Renewable Energy Finance Forum (REFF)-West hosted by the American Council On Renewable Energy (ACORE) and Euromoney Energy Events in San Francisco this week brought together more than 400 investors, industry executives and policy makers for an engaging discussion on the state of the
The Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) has released its quarterly energy statistics, which reveals a 5.3 per cent year-on-year… (clickgreen) [mappress] Source: clickgreen, October 1, 2010;
A competition has been launched to find new solutions to the maintenance challenges presented by wind turbines built hundreds of kilometres… (lowcarboneconomy) [mappress] Source: lowcarboneconomy, October 1, 2010
Following the green light for the UK’s first major offshore wind manufacturing facility on Teesside last week, Challenge Capital, who led the deal, is calling for developers to back the UK offshore wind supply chain. Says Sean McLaughlin a partner at Challenge Capital LLP who led the transaction “TA
Seaford and the surrounding coastal communities stand to benefit from some of the 58,000 new permanent long-term skilled jobs that offshore… (bexhillobserver) [mappress] Source: bexhillobserver, October 01, 2010;
EWE Board of Management member Dr. Neuber: “An important milestone for a cutting-edge project” The plans for the Riffgat offshore wind farm have taken a further significant step forwards. The trade supervisory authority in Oldenburg granted planning permission today for this major project to be real
SeaEnergy PLC today announces its results for the six months ended 30 June 2010. Operational highlights: Offshore activity on SeaEnergy’s Round 3 Zone 1 site at Moray Firth has commenced, with geophysical, met-ocean and bird surveys all underway. A consent application along with an Environmental Imp
