Last week, DONG Energy, one of the partners in London Array, played host to six students from Oakwood Park Grammar School in Maidstone, as the prize for winning the wind turbine challenge earlier this year. The contest saw young people from schools across Kent become engineers for two days where the
Global industrial engineering group Clyde Blowers has yesterday signed an agreement to acquire the wind gear manufacturer Moventas Wind Ltd and the industrial gear manufacturer Moventas Santasalo Ltd. Following the acquisition of the Moventas companies, Clyde Blowers, with its existing David Brown G
Reef Subsea AS announced that they have signed two five-year charter agreements for two newly-built dynamically positioned subsea construction vessels – Neptune Despina and Neptune Larissa – from Neptune Offshore AS. Simultaneously Neptune Subsea AS, the ship owning company of the vessels, welcomes
Critical Software Technologies (UK), Critical Software (PT) and Critical Materials (PT) are working with Floating Power Plant to help the company adopt a proactive approach to monitoring the condition and structural health of its Poseidon off-shore plant. Critical’s work on the Poseidon prototype, s
China Ming Yang Wind Power Group Limited (“Ming Yang” or the “Company”), a leading wind turbine manufacturer in China, today announced that it has signed a strategic cooperation agreement with Guangdong Yudean Group Co., Ltd. (“Yudean”) to foster off-shore wind power development in Guangdong provinc
A £3 million investment project upgrading renewable energy facilities in the Outer Hebrides has been completed. The recladding of the 12,000 square metre fabrication building at Arnish Point will allow the tenants, BiFab, to grow their already important position in the renewables and heavy engineeri
Dublin hosted the Global CleanTech Cluster Awards last night, when 30 finalists from all over the world congregated in the capital… By Carmel Doyle (siliconrepublic) [mappress] Source: siliconrepublic, November 15, 2011; Image: openhydro
THE public are being invited to find out more about a multi-million pound wind farm. by Helen Davies (leaderlive) [mappress] Source: leaderlive, November 15, 2011
Research and Markets has announced the addition of the “Analyzing the Offshore Wind Power Market in EU” report to their offering. This research report Analyzing the Offshore Wind Power Market in EU starts off with an analysis of the basics about wind power and then takes a look at the various factor
SeaEnergy PLC, the energy ventures company focused on growing oil and gas and renewables businesses, announces it has secured further funding support totalling £88,510 from Scottish Enterprise to advance its plans to establish an offshore wind farm support business. The funding, which will supplemen
The project is a “gigantic” (for tidal power) project off the coast of Paimpol-Bréhat in Brittany, France. It is a project of Irish tidal… By Zachary Shahan (cleantechnica) [mappress] Source: cleantechnica, November 15, 2011; Image: openhydro
A local college on Monday unveiled the first submerged tidal current generator in the country, which it said marked an important step… By Huang Chiao-wen and Jamie Wang (focustaiwan) [mappress] Source: focustaiwan, November 15, 2011
Anbaric Transmission has taken the first step toward building New England’s first offshore transmission truck line… (platts) [mappress] Source: platts, November 15, 2011; Image: neptunerts
A consortium of Lake Ontario based organizations has formed to encourage and facilitate the development of offshore wind power in Ontario. A number of large employers in the Hamilton, Niagara and Kingston areas have joined forces to create the Lake Ontario Offshore Network (LOON), a group of manufac
