Across the UK, businesses in areas such as Humberside, Merseyside and Teesside have formed alliances to deliver renewable projects, but no such coalition exists in Scotland. In order to create the Scottish Fabrication Alliance for Renewables, IFAB, the subsidiary of Highlands group, has signed a dea
New England’s power grid manager said that the Cape Wind offshore wind project is unlikely to start producing electricity by mid-2015, even though Cape Wind officials think otherwise, reports The Associated Press. Proposed in 2001, Cape Wind is still seeking buyers for the unsold half of its power.
A Lake Michigan wind farm stretching north from Evanston to Waukegan Harbor could provide power for up to 100,000 homes within the decade… BY Dan Moran (suntimes) [mappress] Source: suntimes, January 16, 2012; Image: usace
In the offshore windfarm support scenario it is becoming increasingly clear that the seakeeping ability of the current medley of workboats is not up to the job when the going gets rough. This is exacerbated by current and future windfarms that are being positioned further out to sea in more onerous
One of the latest developments coming from Germany – Europe’s biggest economy – in relation to the renewable energy industry is news that the utility giant RWE has announced its plans to invest €5bn in both the UK and Poland. There is also to be an additional €1bn investment in offshore wind develop
A newly formed consortium of Lake Ontario based organizations that have come together to encourage and facilitate the development of offshore wind power in Ontario is announcing its list of members. The Lake Ontario Offshore Network (LOON) is comprised of large and small employers in the Hamilton, B
The countdown is on for the world’s leading maritime exhibition – the 25th shipbuilding, machinery & marine technology, international trade fair hamburg, which will be fully booked again this year. “We are already better placed than at the highly successful SMM 2010,” says Peter Bergleiter, Project
Many nations have set challenging targets for renewable energy production and it was in this setting that AMI held the latest global conference on Wind Turbine Blade Manufacture in December 2011 in Dusseldorf, Germany. The UK Minister for the Environment had announced potential plans for another 29,
China Ming Yang Wind Power Group Limited (“Ming Yang” or the “Company”), a leading wind turbine manufacturer in China, announced that it has successfully hosted its 2012 Ming Yang Wind Power Strategic Supply Chain Conference in Zhongshan, China between January 9 to January 13, 2012. A total of 276 d
Drydocks World, the established international maritime service provider, announced that it has entered into a contract with Aibel, the leading Norwegian provider of services to the energy industry, for building a Wind Power Offshore Platform structure, to receive power generated from offshore wind f
The increasing length of offshore wind turbine blades has prompted the use of advanced composite materials, with positive operational experiences so far, but with a limited range of supporting analysis and testing methods that can be directly applied to large scale wind turbines. DNV initiated the i
Q10 Offshore Wind B.V. (Q10) has obtained a permit for the construction and exploitation of an offshore wind farm in the Dutch Exclusive Economic Zone in the Q10 Sector. Q10 intends to include a limited number of innovative offshore wind turbines (WTG) in the wind farm by means of a concession contr
The last major economy in Europe that is not a member of the offshore wind club is due to knock on the clubhouse door this year. France will be joining the club with a huge 3GW enrolment fee. This month, to be precise, 11 January 2012, was the deadline for the tenders to be submitted […]
A company that plans to build what could be the nation’s first offshore windmills said it was all but ready to break ground and begin construction on its multimillion-dollar project, with a goal of being up and running and turning out power by Labor Day 2013. Fishermen’s Energy of Cape May hopes to
