NORTH Essex could be set for millions of pounds of investment from major Chinese wind energy companies. By James Dwan (gazette-news) [mappress] Source: gazette-news, September 16, 2011
Deepwater Wind hailed yesterday’s announcement by the New York Power Authority (NYPA) to jumpstart the process for developing a large offshore wind farm to serve downstate New York. NYPA has filed an application with the United States Department of the Interior to lease an offshore site at least 1
Tocardo BV is in negotiations with Marine Scotland over siting 20 turbines in the Tay estuary. (thecourier) [mappress] Source: thecourier, September 15, 2011;
Billionaire businessman Donald Trump has personally written to Scotland’s First Minister objecting to plans to build an offshore wind farm… (paisleydailyexpress) [mappress] Source: paisleydailyexpress, September 15, 2011
South Boats Special Projects Ltd. announce their immediate expansion to Venture Quays in East Cowes. Following significant new orders from key players in the offshore wind industry, the company has leased a number of units within the former Columbine works, one of the most recognisible shipyards in
The European Investment Bank is considering a loan of as much as 450 million euros ($612 million) for a German offshore wind farm developed… By Sally Bakewell (bloomberg) [mappress] Source: bloomberg, September 13, 2011
Nautica Windpower LLC intends to produce electricity offshore at 7 cents per kilo-watt hour – a rate competitive with new fossil fueled power plants. This week Nautica Windpower LLC (NWP) was awarded Department of Energy (DOE) funding to spur offshore wind energy through innovation. NWP’s Advanced F
REpower Systems SE is realigning its German production sites for wind turbines. Today, Tuesday, 13 September, the company is holding the topping-out ceremony for the expansion of nacelle and hub production in Bremerhaven. Starting in 2012/13 financial year, it will be possible there to assemble wind
The federal government is funding two Richmond-based projects as part of its push to accelerate the development of offshore wind power. By Al Harris (richmondbizsense) [mappress] Source: richmondbizsense, September 13, 2011;
Paul Rich, the public face of Deepwater Wind’s proposal to build two wind farms off the coast of Rhode Island, has left the company to… By Alex Kuffner (projo) [mappress] Source: projo, September 09, 2011
E.ON is moving to the next stage of its planned 665MW Rampion wind farm off the Sussex coast. The company, is also a partner in the London Array which will be the world’s largest offshore wind farm when complete, has applied for permission to put a 100m mast on the proposed Rampion site and [&hellip
Bosses of Lowestoft-based OrbisEnergy launched a bid for a slice of £200m of government cash to create a technology innovation centre aimed… By Shaun Lowthorpe (edp24) [mappress] Source: edp24, September 09, 2011;
Tidal Energy Limited announces that Converteam UK Ltd has been awarded the contract for the design, manufacture and supply of the electrical power generation and conversion equipment forming part of the demonstration DeltaStream device. The contractor’s scope of work will include the design and supp
U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu today announced $43 million over the next five years to speed technical innovations, lower costs, and shorten the timeline for deploying offshore wind energy systems. The 41 projects across 20 states will advance wind turbine design tools and hardware, improve inform
