Gérard Mestrallet, Chairman and CEO of GDF SUEZ, and Yves de Gaulle, Chairman and CEO of Compagnie Nationale du Rhône (CNR) and member of the GDF SUEZ Executive Committee, inaugurated the CNR wind farm at Guerville, in the French Seine-Maritime department. With the commissioning of this 12 MW facili
CEO of Siemens thinks that German government is not investing enough in energy reform. Energy reform project demands a clear strategy with tight timing and control. It is still unknown who is responsible for this situation, according to Siemens CEO. The offshore wind farm needs to go through 40 proc
The Partrac Group announced that Dr Kevin Black (Technical Director) has been accepted to present at the 6th International Conference on Scour & Erosion in Paris on the 27th – 31st August 2012. Dr Kevin Black’s presentation entitled, ‘Scour Prediction at Offshore Structures: The Experience within th
The first of a potential fleet of ten vessels, MV Ginny Louise is currently in Yarmouth on its tour through the UK’s East Coast. Tidal Transit will perform sea trails over the next few days and will likely head to Grimsby early next week. Ginny Louise and its sisters are designed to provide up to [&
Aside from upfront costs, the maintenance of offshore wind farm assets represents a sizeable cost of any project. It is therefore in the renewable industry’s interests to find ways to drive down this cost – while all the time guaranteeing the integrity of its installations. This article explains how
Wind energy is taking an increasing battering, with vulnerability to storm damage, under-performance and increasing social and environmental impacts giving cause for concern. It also appears offshore turbine towers are more susceptible to scour than predicted, according to the latest issue (164 MA4)
Great Yarmouth could see increase in its population of up to 120,000. This increase would be the prospect of East Anglia Array offshore wind farm construction. Barry Stone, from Great Yarmouth Borough Council, said that increasing the number of houses would be the best way to attract businesses to t
The United States has never been shy about following European trends. Be it politics, philosophy or fashion, ideas have flowed west across… By Fran Berkman (longislandreport) [mappress] Source: longislandreport, January 04, 2012
TECNALIA will provide free electricity trials at their experimental marine energy laboratory… (basqueresearch) [mappress] Source: basqueresearch, January 03, 2012; Image: fp7-marinet
While others were about to enjoy their New Year’s Eve dinner, the installation vessel Svanen started installation of the first monopile at Anholt Offshore Wind Farm, and the construction of Denmark’s largest offshore wind farm has now started. According to the original schedule, Svanen was supposed
Osiris Projects are to exhibit at the Scottish Renewables Offshore Wind & Supply Chain Conference at the end of the month. With some 500 delegates from across the sector, its supply chain and supporting agencies, this is Scotland’s biggest, best and most important offshore wind event, taking place f
Delegates of the EWEA OFFSHORE 2011 conference in Amsterdam were left in little doubt that an offshore super grid has to be the way forward if European ambitions are to be realised. But while a super grid may be coveted by the industry, there are still a number of major hurdles to overcome. And if [
Eco Wave Power has completed the construction and testing phase of its first sea wave energy generation models the “Wave Clapper”, and the “Power Wing”. The testing took place in the wave pool of the Hydro-Mechanical National Institute of Kiev. The “wave pool”, 2.5 meters depth, and 18 meters length
Jim Gordon explained how the SJC decision to uphold the approval of the Cape Wind contract with National Grid helps propel the project forward. „I think big wind means that there is huge offshore wind resource right off the coast of Massachusetts that we can tap for greater energy independence, more
