MV Ginny Louise will be in UK waters in early December. She will be touring the UK’s East Coast in December starting in Southampton and stopping at Ramsgate, Sheerness, Brightlingsea, Harwich, Felixstowe, Lowestoft, Great Yarmouth, Wells-next-the-Sea and Grimsby. MV Eden Rose due in the UK in Januar
Building on the success of EWEA Offshore 2009 and the rapid growth of the offshore wind energy industry, the upcoming EWEA Offshore 2011 event will be significantly larger than previous years. This year’s venue will be the Amsterdam RAI Exhibition and Convention Centre, the perfect show-case for off
BUILDING services contractors SES has secured two multi-million pound contract wins for its North East office. By Iain Laing (nebusiness) [mappress] Source: nebusiness, November 11, 2011; Image: narec
Plans to extend the wind farm off the coast of Whitstable and Herne Bay has leapt a planning hurdle following an extensive community… By Chris Britcher (kentnews) [mappress] Source: kentnews, November 11, 2011; Image: vattenfall, February 21, 2011
More than 300 campaigners are expected to lay out their opposition to the Scottish government’s wind farm policy at a national conference… (bbc) [mappress] Source: bbc, November 11, 2011
The crown estate – property manager to the monarchy – has quite a portfolio: £7bn of assets ranging from some of London’s swankiest shopping… By Julia Kollewe (guardian) [mappress] Source: guardian, November 11, 2011; Image: thecrownestate
South Korea, which imports 97 percent of its energy needs, will invest 10.2 trillion won ($9 billion) to develop a 2.5-gigawatt offshore… By Sangim Han and Sungwoo Park (bloomberg) [mappress] Source: bloomberg, November 11, 2011
PLANS for a huge wind farm to be built off the East Yorkshire coast have been unveiled to the public reports the Grimsby Telegraph. With the firm behind the scheme promising hundreds of jobs to people in North East Lincolnshire if the scheme goes ahead. Mainstream Renewable Power and Siemens Project
The Board of Directors of C-Power has appointed the 56 year old Jaak Rutten as CEO of C-Power as from 1 January 2012 as the successor of Filip Martens who passed away recently. Jaak Rutten holds a master degree in agricultural engineering. He held various national and international commercial and ma
Pembrokeshire communities have until close of play today to have their say over plans for a massive offshore wind farm. The chance to comment on the RWE npower renewables Atlantic Array Offshore Wind Farm, which will be located 16km off the south Wales coast, closes at 5pm today (Thursday). If the d
China plans to increase the combined installed capacity of its offshore wind power sector to 5 gigawatts by 2015 and 30 gigawatts by 2020… (peopledaily) [mappress] Source: peopledaily, November 10, 2011;
SSE has downplayed concerns about the future of its flagship offshore wind farm, despite revealing that up to 52 foundations on the 500MW… (businessgreen) [mappress] Source: businessgreen, November 10, 2011;
THE man behind the Atlantic Array development has hinted North Devon would be the most likely place to benefit from jobs created by the offshore wind farm – not South Wales. Peter Crone, director of Farm Energy, spoke at a North Devon Green Party event at the Castle Centre, in Barnstaple on Tuesday
Researchers from University of Queensland and North Queensland Bulk Ports joined forces to identify sites for solar, wind or tidal energy… (theajmonline) [mappress] Source: theajmonline, November 10, 2011;
