The wind energy industry is continuing to expand worldwide with the industry ebbing and flowing as global governments decide policy on supporting renewable power and then reconsider the economics, causing delays in financing major projects. The industry is caught in the financial tide but is growing
A deal between Cape Wind and Middleboro-based Mass Tank is dead, reports the Associated Press. In 2010, Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick announced that the Mass Tank would build foundations and other steel components for the Nantucket Sound wind farm comprising of 130 wind turbines. Carl Horstma
Findings from a major consultation in North Wales into how RWE npower renewables’ Gwynt y Môr Community Benefit Fund should be spent have been unveiled. The £19m fund – £768,000 per annum, index linked to inflation – will become available once Gwynt y Môr Offshore Wind Farm is fully operational in 2
MPI Offshore announced today the award of a charter party in respect of MPI Adventure by Trianel Windkraftwerk Borkum GmbH & Co. KG for the installation of wind turbine generators on the Trianel Borkum Offshore Wind Farm situated off the Northern Coast of Germany. MPI Adventure is scheduled to comme
Hydratight was one of 68 companies honoured for outstanding work on power projects at Bechtel’s annual Subcontractor and Supplier Recognition awards. The awards recognize subcontractors and suppliers who provided outstanding support for Bechtel Power’s renewables, nuclear, communications and transmi
The GL Garrad Hassan PhD Award has been presented to Iñigo Martínez de Alegría of the University of the Basque Country in Bilbao, Spain, for his thesis “Study on Full Direct Current Offshore Wind Farm.” Dr Andrew Garrad, Non-Executive Chairman of GL Garrad Hassan, awarded the prize to Mr Martinez in
Patrick Kron was appointed Chairman & CEO of Alstom on 11 March 2003. In the decade between 2003 and 2013, the company battled for survival from 2003 to 2005, then enjoyed strong growth in the years between 2006 and 2009, and finally coped with the global financial and economic crisis from 2010 onwa
The GBP 650 million worth Swansea Bay Tidal Lagoon project has gained support from the Swansea councilors, reports This is South Wales news portal. Robert Francis Davies, chairman of Swansea’s development management and control committee, thinks that people would be ”blown away“ by this, what could
The Severn Estuary holds the second highest tidal range in the world and within this Swansea Bay benefits from spring tides of up to 12m. This tidal range offers significant potential for the extraction of long-term, low cost renewable energy through the construction of tidal lagoons and is an excit
Japanese Environment Minister Nobuteru Ishihara plans to promote wind power in Japan through offshore wind turbines, reports Kyodo News Service. The main reason for the poor offshore wind development in the country is a relatively short stretch of shallow waters, which are suited for the deployment
Hopes for new business generated by the offshore windfarm boom and a new North Sea ‘gas rush’ attracted a record-breaking 500-plus delegates to the SNS2013 Conference at Norfolk Showground,Norwich. The turn-out and extensive media coverage delighted Simon Gray, chief executive of organisers EEEGR (E
Pontis director Dirk Jan Kootstra is one of the expert trainers during the 3-day Masterclass offshore wind, organized by the Northern Netherlands Offshore Wind network (NNOW). The master class is designed for SMEs seeking to improve their knowledge and practical insight of the offshore wind supply c
IREC and EWE OSS will exchange technological information, train engineers and cooperate technically on the ZEFIR project The Catalonia Institute for Energy Research (IREC) has signed an agreement with EWE Offshore Services & Solutions GmbH, the company that is co-owner and operating ALPHA VENTUS, th
Germany: Crane Vessel Stanislav Yudin Transports Tripods to Trianel Wind Farm Borkum The beginning of the month of March has seen the crane vessel, Stanislav Yudin, launch the transportation of tripods from the offshore terminal in Bremerhaven BLG to the Trianel Wind Farm Borkum. Main Reasons Why
