It has recently been reported that planning permissions which result in approvals for wind farms have dropped 50%. Meg Hillier is Shadow Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change and has responded to the report stating: “The poor success rate in wind farms receiving planning permission is dis
RWE is planning to strongly expand its generating capacities in NRW in the area of renewable energies by 2020. The geographical focus will be on the Rhenish lignite mining region. As far as technology is concerned, the company intends to concentrate on growth in the wind energy and biogas segments.
CLP Power said it is considering raising electricity rates 2 percent every year to cover the cost of offshore wind farms. By Guo Jiaxue (chinadaily) [mappress] Source: chinadaily, September 06, 2011
Green energy policies mean ‘more pain than gain’ for the UK, according to a new Civitas report ‘Green Mirage’ by Dr John Constable, director… (environmentalresearchweb) [mappress] Source: environmentalresearchweb, September 05, 2011
Mainstream Renewable Power, the fast-growing green energy firm founded by Eddie O’Connor, is targeting a valuation of €1bn when it floats… By Nick Webb (independent) [mappress] Source: independent, September 05, 2011
Breakthrough for Butendiek offshore wind farm: After intense negotiations throughout the summer wpd group, located in Bremen, was able to… [mappress] Source: wpd, September 02, 2011
The cost of investing in renewable energy in Britain is 105 billion pounds ($170 billion) higher than building the same capacity using… (reuters) [mappress] Source: reuters, September 02, 2011
GE today announced the successful completion of its $3.2 billion acquisition of Converteam, a leading provider of power conversion and automation systems and high-efficiency power electronics, motors and generators. Converteam’s solutions enable customers in a variety of industries to replace or imp
As of today the contracts for the acquisition of the former HDW Gaarden GmbH in Kiel have entered into force. Abu Dhabi MAR Kiel GmbH starts with 172 employees, the facilities, equipment and infrastructure of the former HDW Gaarden, working on first orders of its target markets offshore, mega yachts
UNDERWATER engineering specialist Tekmar Energy doubled revenues in the last 12 months and expects to achieve the same magnitude of growth… By Peter McCusker (nebusiness) [mappress] Source: nebusiness, September 01, 2011
Seajacks published report on availability of their jack-up vessels. Seajacks is a leading owner and operator of purpose-built self-propelled jack-up vessels. Seajacks currently owns and operates self-propelled jack-up vessels out of Great Yarmouth in the United Kingdom, ‘Seajacks Leviathan’ and ‘Sea
PLANS for the Atlantic Array Offshore Wind Farm are to go on display to people in North Devon at a series of public exhibitions starting… By Andy Keeble (northdevongazette) [mappress] Source: northdevongazette, August 31, 2011
Ocean Power Technologies, Inc. (“OPT” or the “Company”), a leading wave energy technology company, announces that it will release its fiscal first quarter financial results before the market opens on Friday, September 9, 2011. A conference call to review these results will be held at 10:00 a.m. East
Typhoon Offshore, the green investment company, and HVC, the Alkmaar-based energy provider to municipalities and water districts, have acquired from BARD Holding GmbH the 600MW wind farm that will be constructed in the North Sea, 55 kilometers North East of Schiermonnikoog. With this acquisition, th
