The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement (BOEM) and the state of Maine announced the formation of an offshore… (pennenergy) [mappress] Source: pennenergy, September 15, 2010;
Deepwater Wind, the developer planning two offshore wind farms in Rhode Island, has moved its corporate headquarters here from New Jersey. The company announced Monday that it is now based out of what was a satellite office at 56 Exchange Terrace in Providence. The office, which opened in April 2009
Mansell has recently won a contract to the value of £3.9 million to construct an Operations and Maintenance Base at Ramsgate Port.This… By Harvey Dogson (ibtimes) [mappress] Source: ibtimes, September 15, 2010;
The Lake Erie Energy Development Corporation has selected the first three companies to develop an offshore wind farm on Lake Erie.The… (windpowermonthly) [mappress] Source: windpowermonthly, September 15, 2010;
Renewable energy generates close to 2% of electricity in UK. In 2008, UK’s electricity generation totaled 389,650GWh, a decrease of 1.9%… (vee2) [mappress] Source: vee2, September 15, 2010;
The Chinese government regulatory and policy framework has led to the exponential growth of wind power sector in recent years. The wind power installation in China has witnessed average growth of 100% since the implementation of renewable energy law in 2006. The law provides a feed-in tariff for som
The unique 3D sonar technology of the Coda Echoscope® is set for new decommissioning projects in the North Sea and the Gulf of Mexico. The benefits of the Echoscope’s 3D capabilities, which bring real-time visualisation to the underwater working environment, were substantiated in a successful role i
The Switch, a Finnish-based New Energy technology company, has launched its next-generation full-power converter series to better serve the wind power industry with unsurpassed reliability and endurance. The new full-power converters are the result of a comprehensive R&D project that started from th
The Wall Street Journal reports today on supply chain weaknesses for Northern European offshore wind development — a problem that US… (offshorewindwire) [mappress] Source: offshorewindwire, September 14, 2010;
Gamesa, a global leader in the manufacture and maintenance of wind turbines, continues to strengthen its position in China, where it will triple its investment through 2012 to expand and adapt its manufacturing centres for the development of its new turbine systems. Gamesa, which by 2009 had investe
Contract value of around EUR 35 million. Preparation for construction of Gwynt y Môr offshore wind farm on schedule. RWE Innogy and nkt cables GmbH have today signed a contract for the manufacture and delivery of high-voltage sea cable for the Welsh offshore wind farm “Gwynt y Môr”. In total, nkt ca
Vattenfall has completed the Thanet Offshore Wind Farm, off the south east coast of England, currently the largest offshore wind farm in the world. The official launch will take place Thursday 23 September.
Draka Offshore announced today they have been selected by PNE WIND AG as the technical development partner responsible for designing the… (sys-con) [mappress] Source: sys-con, September 14, 2010;
The U.S. Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) announces the release of a new report that assesses the electricity generating potential of offshore wind resources in the United States. According to the Assessment of Offshore Wind Energy Resources for the United StatesPDF
