This spring Wal-Mart Stores (WMT) trumpeted its installation of wind turbines atop light poles at a supercenter in Worcester, Mass. Esmé E. Deprez and Matthew Boyle [mappress] Source: businessweek, June 25, 2010;
DONG Energy has signed an agreement to sell its ownership interests in Nordkraft and Salten Kraftsamband, two energy companies based in northern Norway, to a company in the Troms Kraft Group. The selling price of Nordkraft is approx. DKK 1.1 billion (approx. NOK 1.2 billion) while the selling price
Pan-European weather forecast specialist MeteoGroup has landed a contract to predict weather conditions during the construction and… [mappress] Source: newenergyfocus, June 24, 2010;
On 1 October, Andreas Regnell will take up the position of Head of Strategies for Vattenfall AB. Andreas Regnell has previously been employed at Boston Consulting Group, where he was Senior Partner & Managing Director at their Nordic division. He has primarily worked with strategic issues and major
Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick announced $25 million to accelerate development of the state’s Wind Technology Testing Center (WTTC), in… Joshua Philipp [mappress] Source: theepochtimes, June 22, 2010;
Earlier today, the Danish Energy Agency awarded DONG Energy the concession to build the next major offshore wind farm in Denmark off the Danish island of Anholt in the Kattegat. The construction of the wind farm will represent a total investment of approximately DKK 10 billion. With a capacity of 40
China will invite public bidding for more offshore wind power projects in the next five years to reach an installed offshore wind-power… [mappress] Source: chinadaily, June 21, 2010;
Dutch energy company Eneco has revealed that it has begun work to develop an offshore wind park at the 0.9GW West of Isle of Wight Zone it… [mappress] Source: newenergyfocus , June 21, 2010;
Lamprell Energy Ltd., the UAE’s leading provider of specialist engineering services to the international Oil & Gas and renewable energy sector, is pleased to announce a recent award from Seajacks 3 Ltd. The Engineering, Procurement & Construction contract is valued at US$ 129.0 million and is for th
German utility company Stadtwerke München (SWM) has bought a 30% stake in RWE Innogy’s Liverpool Bay wind farm Gwynt Y Mor.- According to… Vicky Portwain (theenergycollective) [mappress] Source: theenergycollective , June 21, 2010;
The General Electric Co. dominates the country’s wind turbine market on land. Local leaders want to help GE realize similar success on the… Tom Breckenridge [mappress] Source: cleveland, June 21, 2010;
Quietly, the U.K. has emerged as one of the world’s more promising offshore wind markets in harnessing the strong, steady power of ocean… Peter Alpern (industryweek) [mappress] Source: industryweek, June 21, 2010;
The Government today announced that it will go ahead with more than £70 million worth of investment in the UK offshore wind sector, but… [mappress] Source: greenwisebusiness, June 18, 2010;
A Belfast firm has won a contract to build a major power station to cope with electricity generated by Irish Sea wind turbines.Powerteam… [mappress] Source: afloat , June 18, 2010;