Gothenburg-based cleantech firm Minesto gains more and more international attention for its “underwater kite”, a technology for a new type… By Johan Nylander (swedishwire) [mappress] Source: swedishwire, April 20, 2011;
Carnegie Wave Energy has notched up a major win in the race to commercialise new renewable energy technologies, after becoming the first… By Rachel Donkin (thewest) [mappress] Source: thewest, April 20, 2011;
The U.S. Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) estimates that the United States has nearly 4,150 gigawatts… By Aaron Levitt (benzinga) [mappress] Source: benzinga, April 20, 2011;
Swedish owned Roxtec has completed an 18 month installation of seals to protect cables in a 858 tonne substation servicing the Ormonde… (hazardexonthenet) [mappress] Source: hazardexonthenet, April 19, 2011;
Offshore terminal for the shipment of large wind turbines in the ferry port Sassnitz is currently under construction. (trading-house) [mappress] Source: trading-house, April 19, 2011;
At 03:24 Humber Coastguard received a call from the standby vessel DUTCH PEARL… (dft) [mappress] Source: dft, April 19, 2011
On April 1, The Crown Estate launched a consultation with the renewable energy industry on the design and development of offshore wind and… By Anne Monaghan (belfasttelegraph) [mappress] Source: belfasttelegraph, April 19, 2011;
Two new permits for wetlands disturbances could help ease the development of renewable power, but the changes would come at the expense of… By Bob Berwyn (summitcountyvoice) [mappress] Source: summitcountyvoice, April 19, 2011;
Offshore wind power is not in place in most countries still, but it is in some places (especially the EU) and it is expected to grow… By Zachary Shahan (cleantechnica) [mappress] Source: cleantechnica, April 19, 2011;
The Nordic Yards shipyards in Wismar and Warnemünde have received a contract to build a second offshore platform from Siemens Energy. (ostseeblick-nienhagen) [mappress] Source: ostseeblick-nienhagen, April 18, 2011;
Twenty-five years ago IBM scientists, J. Georg Bednorz and K. Alex Müller altered the landscape of physics when they observed superconductivity in an oxide material at a temperature 50 percent higher, (-238 deg C, -397 deg F) than what was previously known. This discovery opened an entirely new chap
In the rough and blustery North Sea, almost 30 miles off Germany’s coast, 12 wind turbines tower over the water, with rotors longer than… By David Wroe and Kathleen E. McLaughlin (globalpost) [mappress] Source: globalpost, April 18, 2011;
As New York Power Authority officials near a decision point for their Great Lakes offshore wind-farm plans, they find themselves almost… By Steve Orr (democratandchronicle) [mappress] Source: democratandchronicle, April 18, 2011
The route for the transmission line from Galloo Island Wind Farm to the power grid still hangs in limbo. By Nancy Madesen (watertowndailytimes) [mappress] Source: watertowndailytimes, April 18, 2011;