WORK has begun on the third phase of expansion at the South Bank’s unique process industry training facility. (thisisgrimsby) [mappress] Source: thisisgrimsby, September 21, 2011
Around 100 residents of Charlotte and neighboring areas gathered at the Roger Robach Community Center at Ontario Beach Park… By Melissa Daniels (mpnnow) [mappress] Source: mpnnow, September 21, 2011
The Nordic Investment Bank (NIB) and Danish energy company DONG Energy have signed a loan totalling EUR 240 million ($328 million) for financing the Anholt offshore wind farm. The loan has a maturity of 10 years and will partly finance the construction of what will become one of the world’s largest
Alstom and several prominent US-based research institutions have been awarded a $4.1 million grant from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to research and develop advanced control systems and integrated innovative sensors that increase energy production and lower the capital cost of offshore wind t
Houlder and BMT Nigel Gee have announced they have been awarded a contract from The Carbon Trust as one of the selected participants in the Offshore Wind Accelerator Access (OWA-A) Competition. The competition, backed by the Trust and eight leading wind farm developers, challenged industry to think
Dominion has received a two-year, $500,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Energy to look for ways to reduce the cost of offshore wind electricity generation by at least 25 percent. “One of the biggest challenges to off-shore wind generation is bringing down the cost so it can be more competitive
Central Cape Breton Community Ventures Inc. wants to develop a multimillion-dollar marine research centre at the Port of Iona, which is… (capebretonpost) [mappress] Source: capebretonpost, September 19, 2011
CHINESE businessmen could be set to invest heavily in the superport being built in south Essex. (echo-news) [mappress] Source: echo-news, September 19, 2011
OPPOSITION parties delivered a hands-off message to Donald Trump over his “not in my backyard” attacks on an offshore wind farm. By Robbie Dinwoodie (heraldscotland) [mappress] Source: heraldscotland, September 19, 2011
A boat with suspension, a giant robotic arm and a vessel resembling a seahorse are just three of the innovative concepts shortlisted by the Carbon Trust as part of a competition to solve the problem of transferring engineers and equipment safely on to wind turbines as far as 300km offshore in wave h
Scotland’s wave and tidal sector face charges of £56 million every year to connect their projects to the grid while developers south of the border would receive millions in subsidy, new figures from Scottish Renewables has revealed. The current transmission charging regime issued by Ofgem is calcula
Delmarva Power has granted NRG Bluewater Wind another contract extension, giving the offshore wind developer until the end… (delawareonline) [mappress] Source: delawareonline, September 16, 2011
Indiana University Bloomington Professors Rebecca J. Barthelmie and Sara C. Pryor, along with colleagues from six institutions and companies in the U.S. and Europe, have been awarded $700,000 by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to study Lake Erie wind resources and to perform a detailed evaluatio
Blade maker Global Blade Technology will spend $17.6 million to place two wind turbine blade factories in the state of Indiana, saying it’s expecting possible demand from renewable energy developers in the Midwest and future offshore wind projects in the country. The company will lease 45,000 square
