UK scientists will measure the effect on the marine environment and wildlife of devices that harness tide and wave energy using sonar technology that has, for the first time, been successfully deployed on the seabed. Renewable energy from tidal currents can be generated using turbines in the tidal f
Since GE has abandoned plans to develop products for the Great Lakes, Lake Erie Energy Development Company, LEEDCo, has switched suppliers, reports WKSU news portal. Namely, Siemens will be supplying turbines for the wind energy project in the Lake Erie instead of GE. Siemens’ wind turbines are smal
In June 2012, Blue Water Shipping participated in Windforce 2012 in Bremen, Germany. This was the first time for an exhibition and conference in Germany to exclusively focus on offshore wind, and Blue Water Shipping was represented by Jacob Kjærgaard from Denmark, and Jörn Grüner from Blue Water Shi
EEEGR (the East of England Energy Group) has launched a brand new series of events to encourage businesses to diversify and grow within the energy sector’s supply chain. The forthcoming event series will be travelling across the region through September, October and November. The scheduled events wi
Energi Coast, North East England’s Renewables Group, has welcomed five new industry specialists to its steering group. The individuals bring a wealth of experience and expertise from the global energy industry supply chain to the group. They will support Energi Coast’s activities to raise awareness
TÜV NORD has won the contract to perform type certification of an offshore wind turbine from Chinese manufacturer Sinovel. The six-megawatt turbine will be one of the first Chinese-designed offshore wind power systems with internationally recognised type certification. “With the support of our colle
Mr Maarten Jongen has officially been appointed Managing Director of Damen Shipyards Singapore (DSSi) from March 2012. In his new role Mr Jongen will focus on marketing, services and further improving efficiency at the yard that has been building (aluminium) Damen vessels since 2000. DSSi has been p
The now massive oversupply of CO2 emission allowances on the market must be addressed to avoid a collapse of the Emission Trading System (ETS) that was put in place to reduce CO2 emissions. The European Wind Energy Association (EWEA) proposes the following two-step approach: • Firstly: delay 2.6 bil
Wind energy opponents who say that producing electricity using the power of the wind is not efficient would do well to take a look at the UK Government data, which shows that thermal sources of electricity – gas, coal, nuclear, waste/biomass, oil and other – lose massive amounts of energy as waste h
From July 12 a series of public exhibitions starts along the North Devon and South Wales coasts, regarding revised plans for the Atlantic Array Offshore Wind Farm. The new proposal from RWE npower renewables includes asmaller number of turbines, from the initially proposed 417 to the currently prese
MTL Group, the fast growing South Yorkshire based contract manufacturing company has been listed in the prestigious ‘Sunday Times HSBC International Track 200’ for the first time. The review ranks Britain’s private companies with the fastest growing international sales over their latest two years of
The engineering company NavConsult AWSS GmbH & Co. KG from Brunsbüttel/Germany, completed a comprehensive transport project for offshore wind turbines. Since the foundation in 2006, the planning, consulting and engineering company NavConsult offers high specialized, individual advices for the mariti
Donald Trump, the U.S. tycoon, opens the first stage of his golf resort today. The golf resort, built in two years and worth GBP 750 million ($1.16 billion), will be open when Mr. Trump plays the first round on the championship course. As written on Bloomberg, Scottish First Minister Alex Salmond ha
To respond to demands from the Renewable Energy sector as effectively as possible, Kersten Europe launches an entirely new website. The Renewable Energy/Offshore Wind sector finds itself in a dynamic market which is developing rapidly. Kersten Europe aims to participate in this by investing in the l
