“The purchase of 12.5% shares in STRI (Swedish Transmission Research Institute) is a natural step in our drive to support both the electrification of the oil and gas industry, as well as the integration of renewable energy and the large investments in the power transmission sector,“ says Kjell Eriks
Vallourec, world leader in premium tubular solutions, presents its patented PREON® marine tubes system designed to anchor offshore wind turbines to the seabed. Developed by Vallourec’s R&D teams, this solution will mean that offshore wind turbine foundations can be installed with less effort, noise
It seems that the accusations, saying that the projected savings in carbon dioxide emissions, amounting to 200,000 tonnes a year of Redcar’s offshore windfarm, are not overstated, Gazette live reports. Namely, EDF Energy Renewables launched construction in February of an offshore windfarm at Redcar,
Since early 2003, StormGeo has been running nested, limited area numerical weather prediction (NWP) models to gain real-time weather prediction and for studying historical periods. The company have extensive practice in using weather models to produce high-horizontal resolution hindcasts; historical
The Elbehafen Brunsbüttel, a universal port in private ownership of Brunsbüttel Ports GmbH / SCHRAMM group, is going to be extended this year. Brunsbüttel Ports GmbH, port operator and owner of the infrastructure, invest a total of about 15 Million Euro to improve the middle berth in the multi-purpo
Offshore Turbine Services Ltd is a new entrant into the rapidly expanding offshore wind turbine support market and having carried out a great deal of research, identified the CTruk Boats’ vessel as a very viable solution to all its needs so have two under construction and they are due to be in servi
Building and maintaining an offshore wind farm requires extremely accurate predictions of the weather windows available for each operation. Navigating a specially built vessel with a wind-sensitive load of turbine parts on its deck, jagging up the vessel to prepare for turbine installation, position
Tens of thousands of jobs are on the horizon in the new renewables, energy and chemicals process workforce over the coming few years, and many of them will be on the Humber, say industry experts. The massive potential for jobs in the region came under the spotlight at a Hull conference organised by
MAJOR components have begun arriving at new port facilities on the River Mersey in Birkenhead for the construction of Gwynt y Môr Offshore Wind Farm in Liverpool Bay. The €2billion (EURO) project, one of Europe’s largest offshore wind farms, 18km off the Wirral coast, is enabling significant new inv
3TIER, a world leader in renewable energy risk analysis, announced that Jerry Schwartz has joined the company as vice president of global sales. Mr. Schwartz is a former Microsoft international sales executive with over 15 years of senior leadership experience directing global sales and marketing st
Xinjiang Goldwind Science & Technology Co., Ltd. (Goldwind) announced its annual results for the year ended 31 December 2011 (the “reporting period”). In 2011, volatility in the domestic and global economies presented great challenges for China’s wind power industry. During the reporting period, to
In the aftermath of the decision made by Spanish company Gamesa not to award an 800-job contract to the Tees Valley, but to assign a £125m worth deal for construction of wind turbines to Leith near Edinburgh, Damien Wilson, the assistant director of regeneration and planning at Hartlepool Borough Co
At a meeting of the Board of Directors of DONG Energy A/S on 9 March 2012, the Board decided to ask the law firm Norrbom Vinding to conduct a legal investigation to assess whether, in connection with the establishment of salary and employment terms for specific existing and former employees, Anders
East Anglia Offshore Wind has revealed more info on one of the world’s largest offshore wind farms to be constructed off Suffolk coast. Joint venture between ScottishPower Renewables (SPR) and Vattenfall Wind Power Limited plans to develop one part of the 7,200MW project. The East Anglia ONE Offshor
