Maria McCaffery, chief executive of trade body Renewables UK, will use the opportunity on wave and tidal conference in Edinburgh to warn that The Green Investment Bank needs to think again about its strategy of avoiding investment in early-stage renewable energy projects. That strategy could be unfa
Anders Eldrup will resign from his role as CEO of DONG Energy. He will do so bymutual consent. Fritz Schur, Chairman of the Board of Directors, states: ”Anders Eldrup has made a huge contribution to DONG Energy for eleven years andis handing over a strong, well-run company. I wish him good luck with
Marine South East will host “Offshore Wind Farm Logistics Event – Reducing Cost through Optimisation” in Ostend, Belgium. Reducing the cost of construction, operations and maintenance is a priority for all wind farm developers. This event will bring together developers, contractors, universities and
Hamburg-based company will participate in EWEA 2012. The company will present their three wind turbine platforms the PowerWind 56/60, 90/100 and 500 in Bella Center/Copenhagen. The event will be held from 16th till 19th April 2012. EWEA 2011 attracted a record-breaking 9,000+ participants, coming fr
South Carolina has the infrastructure to establish a wind-energy cluster across the state. And with new initiatives under way to create a trained workforce for the industry, the state can become a wind-energy hub for North America. Elizabeth Colbert-Busch, director of business development at the Cle
Finance Secretary John Swinney welcomed a deal between the Orkney based European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) and the Ocean Energy Association of Japan (OEAJ) to develop Japan’s first marine energy test centre. The Finance Secretary will next month travel to Japan and South Korea to promote Scottish
IREC will organize the workshop “Multiterminal HVDC transmission systems for offshore wind power”. The conference is to be given by Professor Jun Liang professor from the Cadiff, UK university. It is to take place on Wednesday 14 march in the Lecture hall of the Catalonia Institute for Energy resear
The southern town of Raseborg, on the coast of the Gulf of Finland, has rejected the planned wind park in the sea area in front of it, reported Helsingin Sanomat. Town Board member, Mikael Borgman, proposed dropping the zoning for the offshore wind park planned to commence in cooperation with the ne
Ocean Power Technologies, Inc. today announces financial results for its fiscal 2012 third quarter and nine months ended January 31, 2012. Recent Highlights Operating loss at $12.4 million was significantly reduced for the nine months ended January 31, 2012, compared with $15.8 million for the nine
The Board of Directors of DONG Energy has today approved the company’s annual report for 2011 with the following financial highlights and outlook: — Revenue was up DKK 2.2 billion at DKK 56.8 billion. — EBITDA was DKK 13.8 billion, in line with 2010 (DKK 14.1 billion). — Profit for the year was DKK
The Chesapeake Climate Action Network is going to promote the citizen’s forum on a battle between clean and harmful energy,on Thursday at Notre Dame College,reports Htr News. The environmental group is considering realization of offshore wind projects in Baltimore,andalso self-identifying against ex
Leading international renewable energy consultancy group Natural Power has opened a new office in Horsley, near Newcastle, supporting Clients with a full range of ecological wind farm services. The new office will help build on Natural Power’s respected marine ecology services, with improved benthic
P&O Ferries, the UK’s leading ferry operator, is to enter the renewable energy market by supplying one of its large freight ships to act as an accommodation vessel for technicians working at an offshore wind farm in the North Sea. The three to four month charter of the 23,000 tonne European Seaway t
SCOTLAND’S world-leading marine and tidal energy development facility, the European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC), today (Friday, March 9, 2012) announces a major international collaboration to develop Japan’s first marine energy test centre. EMEC has signed a memorandum of understanding with the Ocea
