The development of a turbine manufacturing industry along Virginia’s coast is key to creating jobs and reducing the costs of offshore wind… [mappress] Source: newsleader, May 04, 2010;
Vattenfall is placing another piece into the climate puzzle by starting off the construction work of its third wind farm in the UK in… [mappress] Source: Vattenfall , May 04, 2010;
A recent Wall Street Journal article highlighted offshore wind energy projects being constructed in Europe: “By offering generous incentives, the U.K. already has built more offshore wind power than any other nation. Now it is planning a wave of vast new wind farms, in some of Europe’s stormiest wat
The new Maine law, which took effect on April 7, is based on recommendations of the Governor’s Ocean Energy Task Force. It outlines new… [mappress] Source: eere, May 03, 2010;
With the emergence of mobile offshore units primarily intended for the installation, maintenance and repair of wind turbines, classification [mappress] Source: motorship, May 03, 2010;
U.S. Interior Secretary Ken Salazar’s approval of the proposed Nantucket Sound wind farm this week prompted a wave of legal threats from… [mappress] Source: sentinelsource, May 03, 2010;
The number of wind farms generating sustainable energy is increasing steadily. These farms are supplied and maintained by tenders – vessels whose specialized design makes them impervious to heavy seas. “Thanks to our powerful propulsion plant, the special double-hull construction and our electronica
Bremen/Norddeich: The time had come. On 27 April 2010 Federal Environment Minister Dr. Norbert Röttgen started up the first German wind park [mappress] Source: ambau-hb, April 27, 2010;
Many energy experts believe that offshore wind energy will be one of the top renewable energy sources in the future, and that offshore wind… [mappress] Source: renewableenergyarticles, May 03, 2010;
The illustrious history of the century-old Nordseewerke shipyard in Germany was heading toward a final unhappy chapter when the global… [mappress] Source: pennenergy, May 03, 2010;
Engineering outfit SBM Offshore is to supply the design for two highly specialised wind turbine-installation jack-up vessels to Dubai-based [mappress] Source: upstreamonline, May 03, 2010;
An offshore wind farm could provide 10 percent of Virginia’s electricity demands without interfering with Defense Department operations,… [mappress] Source: dailypress, May 03, 2010;
POLITICIANS from all the major parties today give their backing the Yorkshire Post campaign to create a manufacturing hub for wind turbines… [mappress] Source: yorkshirepost, May 03, 2010;
After nine agonizing years of political battles, the first offshore wind farm to be built in the United States has finally been approved. [mappress] Source: kansascity, May 01, 2010;