Total, ParisTech and Ecole Polytechnique are introducing the Renewable Energy Science & Technology Master II postgraduate degree program in fall 2011, with the backing of French electric utility EDF, PSA Peugeot Citroën, Saint-Gobain and Schneider Electric. Offering best-in-class instruction and coo
More confidence-building policy measures are needed to inspire greater amounts of financing for wind power projects, the European Investment Bank says. The EIB said attendees at a wind energy conference it organized in Hamburg, Germany, last week heard that financiers are acknowledging wind power pr
Tata Steel is investing £2 million in its Hartlepool tube works and has forged a supply deal with German steel tube producer Eisenbau Krämer (EBK) to increase its product and service offering to the offshore renewable energy sector. Growing activity in the renewables sector will require large volume
Centrica plc announces that Lesley Knox is to be appointed a Non-Executive Director of the company, effective 1 January 2012. Mrs Knox will become a member of Centrica’s Audit, Nominations and Remuneration Committees. Mrs Knox is currently chairman of Alliance Trust plc, the senior independent non-e
£11 million of Government matched funding, awarded following the first round of bids to the Growth and Innovation Fund (GIF), will enablel… Read more at 7thspace. [mappress] Source: 7thspace, October 07, 2011
Dynamic Shetland, Shetland’s new energy event, officially launched its website (5 October) at www.dynamicshetland.co.uk . Aimed at attracting the “biggest and brightest names” in renewable energy from all over Europe, the website aims to show the market every aspect of Shetland’s massive energy pote
Continually developing wind turbine manufacturing, Taiwan-based Teco Electric & Machinery Co., Ltd., perhaps the oldest name in… (cens) [mappress] Source: cens, October 06, 2011
The University of Delaware is coordinating six companies in a design effort to reduce the cost of energy and the time to deployment as well as attract investment in offshore wind power. With a $500,000 grant from the Department of Energy and an equal amount contributed by the companies, the consorti
Research and Markets has announced the addition of GlobalData’s new report “Renewable Policy Analysis – September, 2011” to their offering. This report includes policy updates on the major countries. There are around 15 news stories covered in the report. In addition to it, following two articles ar
DONG Energy has signed an agreement with the Danish Fishermen’s Association on compensation for loss of earnings from fishing in connection with the construction of Anholt Offshore Wind Farm. The working area will be cordoned off for unauthorised persons during the construction, and there will be no
A FAST growing marine engineering firm has been bought-out by its management team. By Owen McAteer (thenorthernecho) [mappress] Source: thenorthernecho, October 05, 2011
AN Inverness company specialising in marine engineering, equipment and aquaculture is in discussions with five firms interested in its… (inverness-courier) [mappress] Source: inverness-courier, October 05, 2011
Cape Wind Associates, the company behind the 130-turbine wind farm to be built in Nantucket Sound, are urging Massachusetts regulators… By Erin Ailworth (boston) [mappress] Source: boston, October 04, 2011
The growth in off-shore wind farms has helped environmental consultancy APEM achieve rapid growth in the last year. The Stockport-based company’s turnover jumped 48 per cent to £4.3m last year and it is set to repeat the feat with revenues of £6.1m this year. The success has seen the company open tw
