Dong Energy, appointed to operate and maintain London Array, is looking to recruit people to work on the Operation and Maintenance of the wind farm. London Array is a joint venture between Dong Energy, E.ON and Masdar. Dong Energy will operate London Array on behalf of the consortium with successful
Fugro Seacore (FSCL) has successfully installed three sets of foundations for Aquamarine Power’s full scale pre-commercial Oyster devices at the European Marine Energy Centre’s (EMEC) Billia Croo wave test site near Stromness, on the exposed coast of the Orkney mainland. “A paired foundation was use
SSB Wind Systems GmbH & Co. KG, a leading supplier of electric pitch systems for wind turbines (WTGs), will be presenting itself at the EWEA Offshore 2011 in Amsterdam. The company offers decades of expertise in offshore wind energy and will be showcasing its control and pitch solutions for offshore
The UK government named five sites as a national Centre for Offshore Renewable Engineering (CORE). Great Yarmouth and Lowestoft where among them. New Anglia Local Enterprise Partnership earlier submitted application to the government for these two locations. It is hoped that the new status will attr
A number of bankers, investors and developers taking part in a panel at the EWEA OFFSHORE 2011 conference in Amsterdam on Thursday agreed financing can still be arranged for expensive offshore wind farm projects despite the ongoing debt crisis. Sean Klimczak, Managing Director in the Private Equity
A 40-tonne underwater plough will be used to lay electricity cables from the coast to an offshore windfarm. The cables will stretch from the shore at Pensarn near Abergele 13kms to the 160 planned turbines at Gwynt y Môr windfarm. At Towyn Road between Pensarn and Belgrano, four cables will be exten
WindMade™ is the first independent consumer label successfully developed by a corporation and is also the first consumer label to be officially endorsed by the UN Global Compact. With leading global brands such as Motorola Mobility, Deutsche Bank, Becton Dickinson and Bloomberg now committing to win
Greek Regulatory Energy Authority has asked the Transmission System Operator to proceed with improvements… (capital) [mappress] Source: capital, December 01, 2011
Aibel representatives are participating in the Offshore wind 2011 conference currently being held in Amsterdam. A report showing that as many as 17 EU countries are planning to build offshore wind energy farms was presented at the conference. According to EWEA, if the current plans of all 17 countri
By the end of this year 4 GW of offshore wind power will be connected to Europe’s electricity grids – but the sector has some way to go if it is to meet its 40 GW target by 2020, just nine years away. Ports, vessels, turbines and cables – are all vital elements of the […]
GE and Göteborg Energi have started installing the first 4.1-113 Offshore Turbine in the Gothenburg harbour, the two companies announced at the European Wind Energy Association’s EWEA Offshore 2011 in Amsterdam. The new turbine will produce enough electricity to supply 3000 Swedish homes per year an
Wave energy developer, Carnegie Wave Energy Limited announced a capital raising via a Share Purchase Plan (“SPP”) of up to $4 million. The SPP will allow all existing and eligible Carnegie shareholders to purchase between $3,000 and $15,000 worth of shares at 5c per share. Based on the share price a
EU funds for non-nuclear energy R&D double in the new research budget proposed by the European Commission – but are nothing like enough to fund what the European Commission says is necessary to achieve its 2020 targets. The European Commission today unveiled ‘Horizon 2020’ – its proposal for a new F
It’s been another busy day at OFFSHORE 2011 in Amsterdam, and yesterday the focus was on audience participation. First up were five of offshore wind energy’s leading manufacturers – Alstom, Nordex, Gamesa, Siemens and Vestas – in the battle of the big turbines. Each manufacturer outlined the benefit
