Thousands of offshore wind turbines are planned by the government to meet EU targets on renewable energy, and Greenpeace says it expects the [mappress] Source: guardian, March 24, 2010;
Brussels – Belgium Minister of Energy and Climate, Paul Magnette granted concession rights for one of the last offshore wind development zones off the Belgium coast to Seastar. Seastar is a consortium consisting of green energy company Electrawinds and development company Power@Sea. Both companies w
RenewableUK, the country’s leading renewable energy association, commended two key green industry measures in today’s Budget: money for ports which service the UK’s burgeoning offshore sector and the founding of a ‘Green’ bank, funding growth of renewable technologies. The £60 million pledged for ‘d
The New York Power Authority wants to build a utility-size wind farm in Lake Erie. They’re calling it the Great Lakes Offshore Wind (GLOW)… [mappress] Source: observertoday, March 23, 2010;
RenewableUK today released ‘Rebirth of UK manufacturing’, a document highlighting manufacturing opportunities in the renewables sector.
Keppel Verolme BV (Keppel Verolme) and consortium partner AREVA Energietechnik GmbH, a German subsidiary of French energy company AREVA, have secured a EUR 62 million (S$117.6 million) contract from Wetfeet Offshore Windenergy GmbH (Wetfeet Offshore) to build a Mobile Offshore Application Barge (MOA
Research and Markets has announced the addition of the “Analyzing the Wind Power Industry in Denmark” report to their offering.Wind power… [mappress] Source: yourrenewablenews, March 22, 2010;
IBERDROLA RENOVABLES has bought 100% of the rights to build the Ventotec Ost 2 offshore wind complex in the German zone of the Baltic Sea from a German joint venture comprising DEE Deutsche Erneuerbare Energien GmbH (Deutsche Bank Group) and Ventotec GmbH (GHF-Group). They were awarded the permit in
The towers would stand 260 feet over the water. The blades would be 150 feet long. The footprint on the Pamlico Sound: 3 square miles. [mappress] Source: outerbanksvoice, March 18, 2010;
The region’s offshore and subsea sector was given a boost wlaseek with the award of work and investment to two Tees Valley companies, in a… [mappress] Source: thenorthernecho, March 20, 2010;
The country’s first pilot offshore wind farm was constructed in 2008. The Shanghai East Sea Bridge Offshore Wind Farm has a total installed… [mappress] Source: tradingmarkets, March 19, 2010;
Yesterday, David Kidney MP, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Department of Energy and Climate Change, and Helen Goodman MP, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Department of Work and Pensions, attended an event at Narec in Blyth, Northumberland to officially open a new 27 metre high train
With ocean-going trade slackening amid the global recession, shipping companies and shipyard operators in Europe are finding the offshore… [mappress] Source: greeninc, March 16, 2010;
The problem with wind power is that is cannot always be relied upon. The wind—and other transient, environmental energy sources such as… [mappress] Source: economist, March 15, 2010;
