A cheering throng of Henley Middle School students gathered around a new 45-foot wind turbine Friday to witness a ribbon… By Kurt Walters (cvilletomorrow) [mappress] Source: cvilletomorrow, December 19, 2011; Image: ams
Like others mulling around the Deepwater Wind open house, Wanda Street resident Dave Tiberio was curious. By Iain Wilson (scindependent) [mappress] Source: scindependent, December 19, 2011; Image: dwwind
With the new developments moving further from shore and into deeper waters, the challenges present at every stage of each project now urge for ‘out of the box’ thinking. Companies such as SeaTower (Norway) have already adapted their business strategy to face the emerging issues associated with proje
This report brings information in a rapidly growing industry! Considering the availability of favourable sites, the expansion for the wind industry offshore and its huge potential is a foregone conclusion. With various projects being announced in Europe and Asia and the debate moving towards managin
As a testament to its commitment to providing quality service, for the second year in succession DNV has been selected ‘Best Verifier’ by Environmental Finance and Carbon Finance – two of the leading global publications covering environmental markets. DNV has been ranked: *Best Verification Company
This month Norwegian wave energy developer, Intentium AS launches open wave energy project – owep. This is meant to be a hub where developers, decision makers, suppliers and students, can publish their own project or request for involvement. This will typically be a project for a complete ocean ener
MAKE Consulting has published its annual Wind Turbine Trends report. Analyzing an industry that faces intensifying challenges of wind development constraints, higher demands of wind asset owners and narrowing price premiums, MAKE expects technology to play a critical role in determining the success
RWE Innogy Nordsee 1 GmbH has awarded a contract to tkb Technologiekontor Bremerhaven for Offshore Windfarm Innogy Nordsee 1. The project includes the preparation of the basic design for 54 jackets, standard braced frame steelwork sub-structure and the associated 4 steelwork pile foundations per jac
DONG Energy has acquired a 33.3% stake in the first two offshore wind projects in the Hornsea zone from SMart Wind, the 50/50 joint venture between Mainstream Renewable Power and Siemens’ Financial Services unit, represented by Siemens Project Ventures GmbH. The wind projects, Heron Wind Ltd and Njo
This calendar year, Siemens won six contracts for offshore wind farms with a total capacity of about 1.4 gigawatts (GW) – enough to supply clean electricity to more than 1.4 million homes. The latest success was the award of the Amrumbank West project in the North Sea, for Amrumbank West GmbH, a sub
Dermot Byrne, CEO of EirGrid, said that the wind power could satisfy 30% of Ireland’s energy need by 2020, reports insideireland. By September 2011, the installed capacity of wind generation reached 1,585 MW in Ireland. There is ongoing work on researching the potential of other renewable sources. I
Speed is of the essence: the GIB is needed urgently to help fund energy efficiency, including by helping to reduce the interest rates… By Dustin Benton ( mrw ) [mappress] Source: mrw, December 16, 2011
At this year’s EWEA Offshore exhibition Amsterdam many new contacts could be established and the relationship of ep4 offshore business partner BBB Umwelttechnik could be intensified. The this year’s offshore exhibition EWEA Offshore 2011 in Amsterdam Die turned out as complete success. The joint exh
A Dutch firm developing wind turbines, which is backed by Dublin-based Mainstream Renewable Power, has received permission to trial… By John Reynolds ( irishtimes ) [mappress] Source: irishtimes, December 16, 2011; Image: 2-benergy
