AN award recognising the work of small businesses in the region’s green energy industry is being sponsored by a Hull-based civil and structural engineering company. Alan Wood & Partners is to sponsor a category of the Humber Renewables Awards 2012. The accolades – the first of their type in the regi
The Dutch Ministry of Economic Affairs, Agriculture and Innovation today issued a decree awarding a subsidy to Eneco from the remaining budget for the SDE [Sustainable Energy Production scheme] Round 2 to the development of a wind farm in the North Sea. This will allow Eneco to implement a new and i
DONG Energy has acquired the right to further develop the offshore wind project Borkum Riffgrund West 1 from Energiekontor AG for approx. EUR 30 mio. The procurement of the project is a significant step in DONG Energy’s effort to gain a stronger foothold in the growing German offshore wind sector. “
The SMart Wind consortium, led by Mainstream Renewable Power and the Project and Structured Finance unit of Siemens Financial Services, has secured grid capacity for the second gigawatt (GW) of its 4GW Hornsea offshore wind development off the Yorkshire coast. This second grid connection for the off
TAG Energy Solutions has appointed experienced industry professional John MacAskill as its new Business Development Director. John joins the business from leading renewables consultancy GL Garrad Hassan, having successfully helped establish new business and transitioned an ailing enterprise in the r
Carnegie Wave Energy is gearing up to announce the location of its first commercial demonstration wave energy project within 90 days as the … (thewest) [mappress] Source: thewest, November 04, 2011; Image: carnegiecorp
Niall Stuart, Chief Executive of Scottish Renewables, said: On the target to meet the equivalent of 100% of demand from renewable electricity by 2020: “There are more than enough projects in operation and in the pipeline to hit the 100 per cent target. It really is this simple: if we build enough ge
Atlantic Grid Development’s core project, the Atlantic Wind Connection, is an offshore high–voltage transmission backbone designed to serve efficiently mid-Atlantic region offshore wind energy parks while also making the congested land-based transmission grid more reliable and efficient. The system’
Over the last five years, the city of Yantai has established national and provincial-level marine science research centers, universities… By Zhao Ruixue (chinadaily) [mappress] Source: chinadaily, November 04, 2011
Mike Caraher is a surveyor with 13 years experience, latterly working at director level in the offshore and coastal surveying environment. Mike has enjoyed a long-standing relationship with Osiris Projects, originally working with them on a variety of coastal survey projects as a specialist sub-cont
A key challenge for vendors in the wind energy market is the lack of standards that define testing procedures. Finalising testing standards… (engineeringnews) [mappress] Source: engineeringnews, November 04, 2011;
The economic costs and benefits associated with wind energy as compared with other energy sources were analyzed at a University of Maine forum on Wednesday, Octo by Christine Parrish (freepressonline) [mappress] Source: freepressonline, November 04, 2011
Following the call for tenders for offshore wind energy launched in July 2011 by the French Government, Alstom is planning to establish up to two sites dedicated to the production of components and to the assembly of 6 MW offshore wind turbines in the port areas of Saint-Nazaire (Loire-Atlantique) a
Cape Wind produced a new report today entitled, ‘Cape Wind & Massachusetts – Creating Jobs and Providing Clean Power to Massachusetts’. This new report details how Cape Wind can uniquely deliver large scale clean energy benefits to Massachusetts, create jobs and enhance energy security and reliabili
