Marine data acquisition and consulting experts the Partrac Group have experienced the busiest and most successful year since operations began in 2003. The Group, which is headquartered in Glasgow, has attributed the resulting growth to the award of many new contracts and contract extensions, continu
Jan De Nul Group has been awarded a project for the design, the construction and the installation of 16 concrete foundations for an offshore wind farm in the Swedish part of the Baltic Sea, by order of E.ON (Sweden). Jan De Nul Group already started the design of the foundations of the 3MW wind turb
As a result of the successful offer for all shares, the Hansen Transmissions International NV has become a wholly owned subsidiary of ZF Friedrichshafen AG. As from 9 December 2011, the company name of “Hansen Transmissions International” has been changed to “ZF Wind Power Antwerpen”. Following the
Developers of the world’s largest offshore wind farm want to raise awareness of the potential career opportunities in offshore wind energy industry. ‘Champions for Wind’ is the name of careers education engagement programme. The initial phase will identify 10 secondary and special school teacher “ch
China is looking at abandoning the use of public auctions to set the price for offshore wind power projects, said an official from… By Zhou Yan and Du Juan (chinadaily) [mappress] Source: chinadaily, December 15, 2011
More than 2,900 MW of offshore wind power is proposed in the Great Lakes over the next five years and a consortium… (dcnonl) [mappress] Source: dcnonl, December 15, 2011
Romax Technology is to receive funding as part of a Department of Energy (DOE) funded project titled “Next Generation Medium Speed Drivetrain Development for U.S. Land-Based and Off-Shore Wind Turbines”. The project, headed by the DOE’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) has a budget of $7
Offshore Marine Management (OMM) has today announced the launch of a new maintenance support service for offshore renewables operators. With little existing guidance and no legislation currently in place, operators may not be conducting the maintenance they need in order to guarantee the integrity o
3sun Group, a specialist provider of products and services to the energy industry has announced the opening of a new base in Westhill, near Aberdeen, on the back of a number of key contract wins in the North Sea. The company has recently secured contract wins totalling approximately £7million to car
A series of planning applications for a new £200m wind turbine factory in Hull have been submitted. (bbc) [mappress] Source: bbc, December 13, 2011; Image: siemens
The Green Investment Bank is designed to accelerate private sector investment in the UK’s transition to a green economy. The first priority sectors for the Bank, subject to approval by the European Commission, are: Offshore wind power generation. commercial and industrial waste processing and recycl
ABB, the leading power and automation technology group, today announced that it has completed its acquisition of Powercorp. Powercorp’s portfolio includes automation and control technologies to manage the integration of renewable energy into isolated grids and keep generation in balance with consump
China Three Gorges Corp., operator of the nation’s biggest dam, agreed to pay HK$2.1 billion ($269 million) for a 29.1… By Aibing Guo (bloomberg) [mappress] Source: bloomberg, December 12, 2011; Image: cpne
Paris based EDF Energies Nouvelles gives up on bid to construct offshore wind farm at Le Treport. “We’ve taken this decision in order to concentrate on the four other zones,” said David Corchia, CEO of EDF Energies Nouvelles, reports Les Echos. In July French government launched €10 billion offshore
