The sheer number of logistical interfaces makes the task of offshore wind project management inherently riskier than for onshore wind. By David Craik (windenergyupdate) [mappress] Source: windenergyupdate, October 04, 2011
A YEAR after the Severn Barrage was controversially dropped, a research project could yet prove that tidal energy schemes off the South… By Graham Henry (walesonline) [mappress] Source: walesonline, October 04, 2011
University of Delaware researchers will help design a wind-turbine factory in Salisbury, Md., the developer has announced. By Aaron Nathans (delawareonline) [mappress] Source: delawareonline, October 04, 2011
An international group that promotes economic policies that have a positive social impact will be in Maine to learn more about the plan to… (necn) [mappress] Source: necn, October 04, 2011
Road rehabilitation, offshore wind farms and the Ontario College of Trades are all issues for the construction industry in eastern Ontario… By Greg Meckbach (dcnonl) [mappress] Source: dcnonl, October 04, 2011
RES Offshore announced that they will be working with EOLE-RES and Iberdrola. This follows today’s exclusive agreement to jointly bid for two of the five offshore areas that the French Government has offered for competitive tender. RES Offshore has a wealth of in-house experience built on participat
Specialist in marine engineering, equipment and aquaculture, Gael Force Group, is celebrating after winning the best subsea industry service supply title at the Energy North awards in Inverness. The company won the award for the development of its innovative SeaLimpet floating gravity-based mooring
Eneco, the developers of the proposed Navitus Bay wind park to the west of the Isle of Wight, met with local boating representatives at the… By Jack Melling (islandpulse) [mappress] Source: islandpulse, October 04, 2011
When summer comes and the fishing crews return, electricity demand rises by 40% or more. For Nushgak Cooperative, that creates a dilemma: The utility needs a plant big enough to generate that electricity, but the extra capacity goes unused in the winter, and customers have to pay for a plant that is
AXYS Technologies Inc. congratulates Grand Valley State University’s Michigan Alternative and Renewable Energy Centre (MAREC) on the deployment of their first WindSentinel™ wind resource assessment buoy. The WindSentinel™ will be used to help conduct a comprehensive Great Lakes wind assessment revie
The European Wind Energy Technology Platform (TPWind) will hold its first public event on Tuesday 4 October 2011. The conference of around 150 EU wind energy researchers, experts and other operators and stakeholders will focus on EU grids – including grid integration of renewable energy. The event i
MARINE developers have a major question on their hands – how to reduce the cost of power generation while increasing yield. By Jeremy Cresswell (power-eng) [mappress] Source: power-eng, October 03, 2011
The recently published energy statistics for 2010 from the Danish Energy Agency shows that Denmark has an increasing share of its energy consumption covered by renewable energy. Made up according to the calculation methods of the EU, the share of renewable energy increased from 20.1 per cent in 2009
Gamesa meets with its major Spanish suppliers tomorrow in Navarre, rallying them under the slogan “The challenge of international development.” Gamesa will discuss its international expansion plan and convey to vendors the need for continuing to work together on this strategy for global expansion. T
